David City High School - Scout Yearbook (David City, NE)

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B01 Fo Mrke Iohnson Don Ktlgofe Don Dwomk rwqrd Forward Center GUGYC3 Guard QI? 017288 UU! The 1952 53 basketball season saw the Dav1d C1ty Scouts completrng the season wrth seven wms and nrne losses In conference ac hon the Scouts managed to w1n two of seven games to f1n1sh 1n seventh place 1n the Central Erght standrngs Coach Iohn Rumbaugh s squad never fa1led to make a good showrng as only three games were lost by more than 6 pornts Dav1d C1ty opened the season W1th a con v1nc1ng 44 24 Wm over Osceola but were dropped by Wahoo 25 22 rn an overt1me affalr Don K1lgore dropped 1n a char1ty toss w1th two seconds rema1n1ng to gtve the Scouts a v1ctory over York 35 34 Crete wh1pped Dav1d C1ty 51 34 the worst defeat of the season Central C1ty s Btson gave Dav1d C1ty a heart break1ng 34 33 defeat before the Scouts attack caught hold and rolled past Aurora 55 50 Norfolk mpped Dav1d C1ty 42 40 to start the February act1on Seward the eventual Central Erght cham pron came back 1n the fourth quarter to har Walt Svoboda scores a lay-up shot after stealing the ball from an Aurora player. ness the Scouts 53 44 The cool smooth oper atlng Cozad Haymakers who wound up the season as the state charnpron sk1pped to a 45 41 v1ctory over Dav1d C1ty The Scouts had the rare exper1ence of play 1ng two overt1me contests ln a row as they lost to the Schuyler Warrlors 40 40 but carne back to top the Columbus D1scoverers 66 65 Don Dworak poured rn 21 pornts agarnst the Drs coverers the largest 1nd1v1dual total for a Dav1d C1ty player durlng the season The Alblon Cardrnals bounded past the Scouts 59 50 before Dav1d City slapped a 52 48 defeat on Gothenburg 1n the f1nal game of the season ln the Drstrlct Tournament at Central C1ty the Scouts met the BISON tn the ftrst round and were defeated 5l 48 1n an overt1me heart breaker Mike Iohnson pushes in a free throw in action agamst York. Page 5.5 Lane B1rkel Walt Svoboda

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At the start ot the York game Don Dworak and Paul Toms Jurnp for the tlp oft Vars1ty Sconng Chart Player Iohnson Dworak Blrkel Svoboda Kllgore Morgan Darrow Peters W1nscot Wood Cermak Totals 43 82 56 135 25 52 19 37 32 52 7 2 18 97 38 Wayne Morgan Duane Cermak Guard Guard 9 Before the drstrrct tourna ough the score book wr orak and Mlke Iohnson r ment Coach Iohn Rumbaugh goes th hrs two leadmg scorers Don Varslty Games Osceola Wahoo York Crete Ashland Ord Fullerton Central Clty They Tom Darrow Drck Wood Center Forward Aurora Norfolk Seward Cozad Schuyler Columbus Albron Gothenburg Central Clty B111 Wlnscot Forward

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Freshman Schedule We They 32 Seward 39 28 Schuyler 16 19 Columbus 36 13 Columbus 28 23 Osceola 25 26 Wahoo 23 32 Seward 36 27 Osceola 25 38 Schuyler 21 9 York 40 33 Wahoo 27 The reserve squad pictured are ftop row left to rightl Assistant Coach Kenneth Shuck, Bill Peters, Denton Kindler, Durward Gibb, Dennis Iacob and Melvin McElravy. fbottom row! Robbie Armagost, lim McGurk, Noel Mclntosh, Bob Piller, Iohn Wert and Karen Moser. Reserve Schedule We They 30 Central City 38 Aurora Gsceola Norfolk Wahoo Seward York Ulysses Crete Schuyler Columbus Fullerton Alblon Ashland The freshman basketball squad pictured are ftop row left to nghtl Coach lohn Rurrtbaugh David Fms Lf-onad Ce mal: Tony D1v1s Denme McElravy Henry Rozanek and Walt Svoboda Cbottom rowl lerry Hoett Douglas Muehlrch Robert Porter Bernard Votava and Marvin Shanahan Walt Svoboda attempts a set up as an The rrernbe s ot the varsity sauad pause a moment f om a hard .Aurora player tries to block lt prcr tice the Scout carfierarnan ftop row left to nghtl Don Kil ao e Mike lol' La e B1rl'el and Vfalt Su oboda fbottom row, B111 Wins ot D1 lc Wood Do Dworak Coa h Iohn Rumbaugh Tom Page 56 Darrow Duane Cerrnak and Wayne Morgan 38 36 42 15 43 32 26 50 28 32 40 52 22 10 48 33 44 19 36 34 39 37 46 ' 24 V t 1 A t i y , . rnson, n . - ' .