Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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On Ike Lf ' iioi ' ion Reviewing the football season for the year 1946, we find that El Dorado Junior College started off the post-war grid battles with a bang. Heaving the pigskin for the first time since 1942, the Grizzlies in early games showed form that promised to make them a worthy contender for the state junior college football crown. Under the guidance of coach Joe Wallace, the Grizzlies began training shortly before the opening of the first semester. A large squad of fifty-two men reported for training, thirty-seven of these winning their football letters in competitive play. In making the final tally we find that El Dorado annexed fourth place in the state, and actually had a better season than the bracket would indicate, winning seven of the nine games played. Much credit for the fine showing of the team in this year of increasing competition is due to the experienced coaching of El Dorado ' s new mentor, Joe Wallace. Coach Wallace ' s team rang up the finest football record made by an El Dorado Junior College team in many years. With the possibility of as many as thirty letter men returning next year, we are all hoping for a most successful grid season in 1947. X9

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jfiom P7 to §Wfs »if xigaa§f |aBB| |H| ' Front row, left to right: K. Hobson. Hollis, Harper, O ' Neal, Bressie, Durnil, Fountain, Barrier, Kelly, Coach Wallace. Second row: J. Hobson, Dickey, Ivy, Kocher, Lambert, Jackson, Johnson, Dugan, Lehman, L. Kennedy, Coach Hill. Third row: Swenson, Anderson, Matthews, Bell, Holmes, C. Adams, Keltner, Black, Kelley, Gorsuch. Fourth row: Clawson, R. Adams, Van Dolah, Conine, Garland, Scholler. Appollo, Lee, Pendleton, W. Kennedy. Tccwall Junior College Football Schedule Year of 1946-1947 El Dorado Sept 20 . . . 13 Wichita U. B ' 6 Sept 29 . 19 Wentworth . . . 13 Oct. 4 . 29 Chanute . . . 13 Oct. 11 . 13 Pratt 6 Oct. 18 . 20 Parsons . . . 7 Oct. 24 . Hutchinson . . 19 Oct, 31 . 30 Sterling- . . . . Nov. 8 • 38 Dodge City . . . 7 Nov. 15 • ■ Arkansas City . 13 162 84 is

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(basrieivail BASKETBALL SEASON (1946-47) Dorado Opponent 34 Parsons 35 51 Chanute 29 48 Parsons 29 38 St. John ' s 34 40 Pratt 29 31 Hutchinson 33 54 Friends 32 48 Ark City 47 55 Dodge City 38 50 Garden City 39 74 Pratt 47 69 Central 43 38 Garden City 39 40 Dodge City 38 43 St. John ' s 39 51 Friends 53 63 Central 41 45 Hutchinson 49 47 Ark City 48 919 742 In a season characterized by the number of good basketball teams in the circuit, the El Dorado Grizzlies outpointed their opponents 468 to 407 in circuit play to take second place in the western division of the juco basketball conference. The first game of the season, a non-conference tilt, was lost to Parsons by one point ; but soon the squad of Coach Joe Wallace began to click, and the next four opponents fell victim to the speedy tactics of the Grizzlies. 20