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

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KANSAS A. A. U. TOURNAMENT El Dorado Opponent 44 Friends U 30 28 Pratt 26 60 Wichita U. B 61 54 Junction City 57 Independence Invitational Tournament December 29 December 30 December 30 January 2 January 3 48 Chanute 38 Coffeyville . . . 40 Arkansas City 37 Fort Scott . . . 28 Coffeyville . . . 35 37 50 48 27 BASKETBALL SEASON (1947-1948) El Dorado Opponent December 5 ... 39 Chanute 28 December 12 ... 46 lola 27 December 13 ... 58 Chanute 38 December 18 ... 43 Coffeyville 35 January 6 . January 9 . January 13 . January 16 . January 23 . January 27 . January 31 . February 7 February 13 February 14 February 20 February 27 48 36 34 41 42 47 53 42 43 22 50 45 880 Pratt Hutchinson . Coffeyville . . Arkansas City lola Pratt Dodge City Fort Scott . Dodge City Garden City Hutchinson Arkansas City 37 41 50 33 33 48 66 51 64 19 47 43 856 m • , yaps. i ; :- - ' M:« ' ■ ■■, 17

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I Ml T i I a, i , jJllMHMHyiHIBMIMlllJMllI : ....... » JKl ill ¥ Front row, left to right: Durnil, Beal, McQuade, Knaussraan, Towner, Garcia. Back row: Hollis. McCune, Clark. Reed, Kennedy. Cole, Coach Wallace. Basketball U: By winning a total of five out of nine conference tilts, the El Dorado Grizzlies took second place in the western juco divis- ion. They were powerful enough to out- point their opponents 880 to 856 in twenty- one conference and non-conference tilts. Under the able coaching of Joe Wallace, the Grizzlies got off to a grand start, as they were victorious over their first six oppon- ents. It was in the finals of the Indepen- dence invitational tournament that the Grizzlies first suffered a defeat. They were unable to outpoint the powerful Ark City quintet. At this point in the season, the Grizzlies were unable to keep up their speedy tactics, and they were defeated by a few of the stronger teams in the state by small point margins. Soon their luck changed as they tripped the Hutchinson five on the home court. This was the first time for several years that the Grizzlies were strong enough to drop the Hutch team. In the last conference tilt of the season, the Grizzlies pounded out a victory over the Ark City club in an overtime period. An extra event of juco basketball was the Kansas A. A. U. Tournament held in Wich- ita this year. As the Grizzlies marched against a number of the strongest teams in the state, they were powerful enough to capture fourth place honors. Coach Wallace and his team are to be complimented for keeping El Dorado on top as having an outstanding ball club. They certainly have done a grand job this year. 16

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tyydviG opotts At the time the yearbook goes to press, the thin-clad speedsters from Juco have entered in only two track meets. In a triangular meet at El Dorado, Hutchinson walked off with first place, and El Dorado came up with second place. Ark City finished third in the meet. In a dual meet with Wichita University B track team, the Juco men scored forty- nine points to Wichita ' s seventy-two points. The track squad still has several meets to attend and from all indications will give a good showing. Lee Casida is coaching the speedsters this year. Last year ' s track squad had a successful season. In a triangular meet at Hutchinson they finished second, with Hutchinson winning and Dodge City taking third. In the Baker Relays, the El Dorado Juco track men finished second in the mile relay. The Coffeyville Relays proved very successful for El Dorado, since the squad won the mile relay, finished second in the half-mile relay, and third in the 440-yard relay. In the state Junior College Track Meet, held at El Dorado, the Juco track men took third place. All in all, the track squad had a very successful season under the coaching of Joe Wallace. 18