Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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.......-.-17. 'Q 9 Cl 11 i f lx The Rockets keep their fans jumping too. Sometimes as we elim b down from the bleachers after a close game, we feel as if we had made that last point. A spontaneous leap brought a Ripple cheer- leader a sprained knee this year, but she bounced back in a few weeks. A well-organized program of intramural sports is open to all students. Lettermen's Club-BACK ROW: Ken Long, Jim Taylor, Ned Bosler, Clarence Munro, Bob Yount, Bill Scott, Dave Linsley, Bob Sommer, Bruce Mursch, Jim Campbell, Bob Lohman, Wally COX, Tom Donlon. THIRD ROW: Bill Batt, Dale Searcy, Art Pittenger, Duane Zar- ing, Bob Ranger, Ron Naum, Bill Alltop, Gordon Shaw, William Dis- tel, Gene Harvey, Don Miller, Al Lindop. SECOND ROW: Jack Douglas, Dick Hodges, Frank Parker, Ronald Long, Gary Greg- ory, John Lewis, Paul Jenkins, Fritz Harbridge, Marshall Gage, Vern Young. FRONT ROW: Jack Lowe, Mark Jones, Kenny Bramer, Ted Cunliffe, Fred Oliver, Ken Kaestner, Jim Jobes, Dick Free- man, Pete DeVault. 22 We keep

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3. Varsity Basketball Record Broad Ripple 60 ........Lawrence Central 66 ........ Decatur Central .............. 56 ........ Crispus Attucks ......,....... 58 ........ Cathedral ................ ....... 54 ........ Sacred Heart ...... ....... 55 ........ Howe ................. ....... 65 ........ Cathedral ..... ....... 55 ........ Tech ............ ....... 61 ........ Ben Davis ..... ....... 52 ........ Martinsville . .... ....... 50 ........ Greenfield ......... ....... 54 ........ New Albany ........ .,..... ........Noblesville ........Washington ........Manual ........Warren Central ........Tech 76 63 50 52 47 49 ........ Shortridge ........................ 71 .... .... G reencastle ...................... 57 ........ South Bend Adams .......... 81 ........ Deaf School ...................... 55 ........ Sacred Heart .......... ....... 52 ........Crispus Attucks :iCity Tourney tSectionals :lf 36 41 68 71 47 56 51 70 51 55 53 47 55 61 52 59 56 53 61 56 44+ 54? 70? Team Varsity basketball team-BACK ROW: Jeff Han- selmann, Bob Lohman, Tom Donlon, Coach Gene Beaman, Wally Cox, Bob Yount, Kenny Long. FRONT ROW: Duane Zaring, Dick Geupel, Jim Strickland, Bob Begley, Gene McGarvey. does well in tourney Ripple's varsity basketballers wound up their 1953-54 campaign by reaching the Sectional semi-finals bowing only to Cham- pion Crispus Attucks. Wally Cox, Ripple's All-City performer, led the Ripplites all year to become the highest scorer in Broad Ripple's history with a total of 429 points. Under the guidance of Coach Gene Beaman the Rockets won 9 of 18 regularly scheduled games besides breaking even in the City Tourney and winning two of three Sectional tilts. The cagers opened a killing schedule with two victories. Powerful Crispus At- tucks was the first to drop Ripple, 68-56. The Rockets were at their best in 1953-54 when they downed such powers as Sacred Heart, New Albany, Washington, and South Bend Adams. Gene McGarvey, senior guard, scored 133 points during the regular season to be the Rockets' number two point maker.