Garfield County High School - Yampah Yearbook (Glenwood Springs, CO)

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COACH STUBLER - Under his able guidance the Red Devils went to the semi-finals at Denver. a feat that no other Garfield County High School squad has been able to accomplish. Mr. Stubler was able tr- get full co-operation from the boys be- cause he was so well liked and admired by the team. b JACK FLYNN - lack, manager ofthe '47 basket' ball team proved to be faithful to his duties and to the team. PAUL AMICHAUX- This lanky junior earned a place on the first string by virtue of his ac- curacy under the basket. The team's rebound artist, cleared the backboards with the ease of a much taller player. His brilliant defensive work combined with his offensive ability will make him a threat to the League's other centers next year. CLEYO FERRIN - Ferrin's speed and agility made it possible for him to steal the ball from many opponents and in turrt cash it in for two points on a fast break. Also Cleyo's ability to handle the ball and his eye for any kind of shot allowed him to be a potential scorer against any foe. Cleyo is one of the seven seniors on the first ten to graduate this spring.

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Back Row Flynn, C. Dever, Root. Vanderhoof, Simillion, Coach Stubler Second Row - Pretti, T, Simpson, Nordberg Amichaux Long. G Rowe, F, Bukowich Front Row Hubbard, Ferrin, Schutte, Weaver, Leonardi. Moorhead. Getrs DELTA TOURNAMENT Tne Demons knocked the lid off the '47 Delta Tournament by downing the Fraig Bulldogs 42-30 in the first game of the tournament john Schutte racked up 22 points to lead his team to an impressive win over a hard-fighting Craig team who gave the Glenwood quintet plenty of trouble throughout the game. Both teams were evenly matched and the victor could not be determined until the final gun sounded However, the Glenwoodites pulled ahead enough at tne end to win hv a wider margin than was expected. For the fourth time in the same season the Red Devils met the Fruita Wild- cats, this time in the semifinals of the Delta Tournament. The winner would play for the chamionship the next night. Fruita had downed a powerful team from laonia to win their way into tha semifinal gime. The Demons copped this game as they eked out a 35-51 win over their opponents to assure them a place in Stare Tournament, This game proved to be the best game of the tournament in the opinion of fiios r who watched the closely fought contest Snapping a 7-game winning streak of the Demons, the Grand junction Tigers won a hard fought 43-29 hattle over the Glenwood five for champion- ship honors. Coming up strong in the second half, the Red and Wlwite over- came a I6 point half-time deficit to come within 6 points of the Bengals, until the final minutes ofthe game when the Tigers dunlced in 8 fast points to win the vhampionshxp two years ranning. The Tigers were prohahly as hot on th.-ir Sl'lUl'S2h2lI'lV'll'11C in the ve-ir. hut the Demons fought hard and gave the Orange and Black no end of trouhle throughout the game. Immediately following this game. trophies were given and the All-Tourna- ment Teams were named. john Schutte, unanimous choice, and Lawrence Leon- 3.-di were both picked on the first team.

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MAX GETTS - Max proved to be a valuable asset to this year's aggregation as his height enaf bled him to control either backboard as well as break up many plays by seemingly pulling passes from the air and thereby giving the Demons con- trol of the bali again. Iunior's graduation in 0 ' . , Slow shahxwxgjurie will mer? a greaggrss to next year s squad. 'f C ul JY -'X ., l 9 Mia ae gif' CARLE ON HUBBARD - Thisflashy Demon 'reserve showed unequaled form and skill. Hub was 'wigaiwtwvgwflo F' iw ' gf, 0, 'lr A0 F H WF l ,if Wg an excellent set shot and an unrivaled defensive star. He played consistently throughout the sea' son to earn his letter and the praise ofthe school. Z1 LAWRENCE LEONIARDI - Peck , after an absence of a year from G. C. H. S. , returned to become one of the spearheads of the Demon at- tack. His ability to come through with the goods at th: right time was plainly seen not only in the Fruita game in Delta where he garnered the winning basket but in numerous other games where his ability to keep cool was an incentive for the other members of the team. Peck will be sorely missed by next year's team. CLIFFDRD LONG - Kip was one of the two juniors to secure a spot cn this year's first five. His quick actions and continuous presence of mind enabled him to break up many of his oppo- nents' plays, which would have otherwise been good for a basket, as well as pass the ball to set up one of his team-mates. Kip's'l return next year will prove invaluable to the team.