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

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tizzlies On the Basketball CoWtt Seated, left to right: Jim Graham, DeWayne Powell, Paul O ' Neal, Bill Barnes, Jack Baker. Standing: Gene Bonnell, Clay Lumpkins, Coach Bob Douglass, Jim Lininger, Harley Singer, Dell Reed. Not pictured: Max Shafer, Raymond Kellstadt. The El Dorado Junior College basket- ball quintet started the season in fine style by winning their first three games against Iola, Parsons, and Chanute respectively. It was in the fourth game that the hex was thrown on the Grizzlies, when Fort Scott edged El Dorado in the closing sec- onds of the overtime game which was played at El Dorado. Then the locals traveled to Chanute to play in the eight team invitational tournament held at that city. El Dorado turned in a one-win two- loss record for the tournament, having lost to Chanute and Independence and winning over Iola in their final game. Immediately following the tournament, the Grizzlies began their loop games in the traditionally tough Western Junior College Conference; and again the plague overtook the El Doradoans, for they drop- ped eleven consecutive games, nine of which were conference games. Then fol- lowed two consecutive wins over Central College of McPherson, both games being won by a wide margin. El Dorado finish- ed the season by dropping their final con- ference game to Ark City. The final rec- ord showed El Dorado having six wins in twenty-one starts. El Dorado began the season with an entirely new team, for there was but a single returning veteran from last year ' s team. Soon after the season commenced, the team suffered the loss of several play- ers because of various causes. Although the Grizzlies did not enjoy a success- ful season in the conference, the students of Juco readily extend their sincere thanks to Coach Bob Douglass and his charges for their great amount of work and effort. Even though the six wins for El Do- rado were all non-conference, the Griz- zlies showed power in whipping the Cha- nute team in an early season game, and also by turning in two wins over Central College of McPherson late in the season. The team played ten games on their home court and eleven games away and were forced to postpone only one game during the entire season. 30

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LA DONNA PALMER was chosen by the football squad to be the Football Homecoming Queen. In an appropriate ceremony arranged by the Pep Club, she was crowned at the Homecoming Game by Team Cap- tain Winfred Alford. At the dance after the game, Queen La Donna reigned with poise and dignity. 2a

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; %o.;-2 i? . . .. , . ... . . ... ... ■ ' : ■ :,: BASKETBALL SCORES (1948-1949) El Dorado 49 lola - 37 El Dorado 41 Dodge City 47 39 Parsons - 37 50 Parsons 55 61 Chanute - - 60 32 Garden City 44 67 Fort Scott 69 (Overtime) 39 McPherson 20 38 Hutchinson 57 64 McPherson 41 33 Pratt 57 33 Ark City 55 27 Ark City 37 45 Chanute 50 Chanute Invi tational Tournament 39 Hutchinson 58 44 Pratt 57 El Dorado 55 Chanute 68 36 Garden City 52 52 Independence 61 54 Dodge City - 71 37 lola - 30 31