Golden High School - Yearbook (Golden, CO)

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--E BHS HETBHLL B B SQUAD Golden High's basketball games wouldn't be complete without their B team playing before the regulars. This year's team consisted of Chuck Goudgc, Ed Pike, Don Fleming, Don Churches, and Richard Lisco. The B's started their conference games with Aurora, but could not click. When the final gun sounded the score stood at 33-14. They lost the ncxt game to Littleton. On Golden's own floor they lost to Arvada seconds by a score of 23-14. The next opponents for the seconds were Wheat Ridge, who again took the Demons for a cleaning by a score of 21-7. On February second the B's journeyed to Aurora to start the second round with a close victory of 21-19. Six points were chalked up by C. Goudge to cop scoring honors. Their sixth conference game showed the B's dominating the Littleton Lions on their home floor by a score of 19-15. Arvada, too good for the seconds, chalked up a six-point margin against the local's score of 12. C. Goudge again stole scoring honors with his timely pivots and set-ups. Their last game of the season was with Wheat Ridge, with whom' the locals could not cope. The score stood at 15-28 as the final gun sounded. Leeper claimed high score. The highest score was set up by C. Goudge with an average of six points each game, followed by Lisco with an average of three points per game. E. Pike came in with a two-point average. BASKl'I'l'R.-KLL ra NQI xn var- n w- 1' at n . u. like, ll 6 Lee-per. D. I-'leming Mr. Pink Sen-ond Row: E. Tlmmi I 'tx un XV. Hylle-pzard, U lr ge: Goudgn

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' I BHSHEiBHll H First Row: U. Ali-Mnhun, lj. Taylor, G. Miner, V. Opp:-nlnnder, B. Owens, M. Signer Unzicli Brennec-ke. Second Row: M. Pike. lt, Bradley, C. Bacon, A. f'ori'mnn, L. Q-'l1ll!'f'l'1GS, B. Aitkenhead Considering every angle, Golden's 1939-40 basketeers showed up fairly well by winning nine games out of the eighteen conference and non-conference games la ed. p yOf the conference games played, Golden won four and lost four. The season started out on December 8, 1939, with a practice tilt at North High School, the game ending with a score of 22-17 in the Vikings' favor. On December 15, 1939, the Demons played host to Brighton, winning with a score of 34-17, despite the absence of two regular players. In another practice game a week later, the Demons showed their superiority in trouncing Holy Family 61-32. The locals took an early lead and steadily added to it. In Golden's first conference game with Aurora, the Trojans proved to be no match for the Demons with the score 37-20. Oppenlander was high point man. In a close practice tilt, the Golden Demons nosed out Coors Brewery 32-30. On January 19, 1940, Golden traveled to Littleton to win their second conference game by a score of 31-25. Arvada offset Golden's run of victories one week later by beating the Demons nine points. The locals pulled ahead in the first quarter, but could not keep going, and when the gun sounded the score stood at 30-21. In their next game, Golden won from Wheat Ridge by a score of 33-24, but due to an injury we had to bow to Aurora the next week to the tune of 29-17. Miner did his best to keep us in the ball game by pumping nine points through the basket in some spectacular shooting. Littleton again bowed to the Demons in their second game by a score of 27-21. The game was rather close with Golden c-oming forth.in the last half with a new burst of playing. The next Friday night in a fast and furious game with Arvada, Golden missed adding another game to their winnings by only two points which were made in the last seconds of play. The score at the final gun stood ,at 29-27. The Demons wound up their season with a gam.e with Wheat Ridge which turned out to be a second heart-breaker, with Golden losing by a score of 23-21. The highest average score was run up by Vic Oppenlander, center with 11 6!7 points per game. John Anderson was next with 5617 points per game.

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LURESHIHG CHHIHPIUHS S Q - WRESTLING SCHEDULE Golden ....,.., 14 W Golden ,..,....15 Golden.o....,.15 Golden ........ 25 Golden .....,.. 13 Golden Golden Golden .....,.. 18 , ........ 19 , ....... 21 East .,.,l,.. 1915 North ........ 23 Englewood ........ 14 West ........ 8 East ,....... 26 South ........ 11 North ......., 14 Manual ....,... 15 Golden ...,..,, 31 Englewood ,.....,. 8 Golden .A....., 34V2 Lakewood ....,... 4115 Golden .,.,..., 27 South .,...... 11 Golden ...,..4. 9 State Meet- 4th Place Robert Strouse .........,.,.,,... 48 points Robert de Spain .....,.,.,....,, 32 points Jim Matthews ....... .......... 3 1 points Fred West ..... ...................... 2 3 points Harold West ...l............,. 22V2 points Jack Boggs ....,..........l...... 1935 points Charles Gibson ......,,,l........ 10 points Lawrence Deering ,......,...... 9 points Buddy Volz ........,..........,...,.. 6 points Garvin Burroughs ..,........... 5 points Leslie MacAskill ..,,,........... 5 points Harvey Shallenberger ...... 3 points John Mason ......o.......... . ........ 3 points JIM MATTHEWS, Captain Elect Third Place State Champ BOB STROUSE, Captain First Place State Champ BOB de SPAIN Third Place State Chamrp T'