East High School - Trojan Yearbook (Waterloo, IA)

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K X x X X 2 X s Ex ..x - Top Rom'-.Xrtltur Nlanske, Student Manager: john Brennan, john Kyle. Coach Ratfensperger, Lawrence Simbric, Willie Pugh, Carl- ton Wagner, Carl Knapp. Hottonz Roz.'fl.eRoy Walner, Alex Solfra, lidwin Jeppesen, Ray' niond Nyhan, Carlyle Bixby. SITCTIONAL TOURNAMENT EAST - CFDA R FALLS Playing their first tournament game, the Fast lligh quintet did not show up so well in the lirst half. llowever. in the latter part they started playing better basketball, and along with a good man to man defense, they easily downed the Falls aggregation EAST - J ESUP .Ndvancing into the second round of the tournament, the boys met slesup, who proved to be their Waterloo. .lesup started the scoring on a field goal, but liast quickly scored, and from then on the lirst halt' was very even. llovvever, in the second halt' klesup started in playing better basketball, and at the end of the third quarter was leading by a safe margin. During the second half Fast started a rally and soon was only two points behind. .X few minutes before the game ended our boys began to hit the basket from all angles, but the gun sounded a bit too soon, and -lesup left the floor, victor by a count. ts- BLACK X

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lfourlfv -RUR'-C2ll'l Knapp, ,Xrthur Nlanske, Assistant Coach llarry Sievers, Coach l,eonard Rallensperger. Third Rom'-Russell l.asley, liranklin l.aw. lihen llansmire, LeRoy Leeper, Marco lialinich, Nathan listrin, LeRoy Vaughn, William Pugh. Sawmill Ram'-Robert Leeper, l.enard llall, Carlyle Bixby, jake Stong, Wayland Woodyard, llarry Marx, William lfowler. Ifirsl Ron'-Robert Slaughter, llenry l.arsen. Raymond Xyhan, l.eRoy Walner, Rohert Brown, DeWayne Cuernsey, Wilhur Lawless, Alexander Sollra. XYA'liliRLOO, ll-COE COl.l.EGli lfRESllMliN, U A comhined liast-West eleven met the Coe lirosh at Mississippi Valley Park on 'lilianksgiying Day and hattled them to a scoreless tie. The freshmen were strong. heavy. and last, hut the Fast-West team showed them real fight. The con- test was sponsored by the junior Chamber of Commerce, and the proceeds went to charity. 'l'he game proved a big drawing card, and everyone went away satis- lied at having seen what the formerly mythical liast-West team could do. LE'l l'llR WINN ERS Wilbur Lawless, l3eXX'ayne Guernsey, Alex Sollra, lselloy Walner, Marco lialanich, Leonard llall, LeRoy Vaughn, William Pugh, Roy Leeper, lfranklin Law, jake Stong, lihen llansmire, and Nathan listrin. BL ACK

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'l'lvird ROL'----lXl1lX Guernsey. Bob Slaughter, Coach llarry Sieyers, Russell Roch. Ronald lloyye. Gordon Smith. Semlza' Rom'-Carroll lfredericks, l3eXYayne Guernsey, Ralph l.ee, Rob leisinger, captain: Byron ttuernsey, captain- elect, Don Buzzard, Robert llarter. lfirsz' Roteffljatil Gilbert, Richard llarter, limory Watson. 'l'OL'RNfXlXl PZNTS Coach llarry Sieyers sent six men to the district meet at Cresco. lhey made a very good showing considering the lact that it was lfast's lirst representation in such an event. Robert leisinger, our heavyweight grappler, won first place lor the district championship. l3eXX'ayne Guernsey, l-l5 pound class, and Don Buz- zard, I55 pounder, each placed third. Carroll liredericks, IOS pounds, placed fourth. Robert llarter and Byron Guernsey also wrestled lor liast. llaving successfully won the district championship, Robert leisinger qualified lor the state meet at Ames. llere he was eliminated in a time-advantage match. having some tough competition. 6- BLACK