Gregory High School - Gorilla Yearbook (Gregory, SD)

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XT vt as e lf2.CN Qaffai, WINNER 27--GREGORY 47 The scrapping Gorillas next went to Winner to tangle, with the Warriors. The game although not very close at any time was enlivened by several near skirmishes between the spectators, which merely shows what kind of a game it waa. The boys won easily, however, and came home on the long end of the score. The Gregory seconds turned in a credit- able performance to win their game 55 to ll. COLOME 20--GREGORY 55 the next to try to topple the too, after a game fight went 20. The Gorilla seconds'follow. twice as ,many points as their opponents, to win, 26 to 15. -Colome Cowboys were mighty Gorillas but they, down to the tune of 55 to ed their example, scoring GEDDES 26--GREGORY 24 ARMOUR 28--GREGORY 56 On January 27th and 28th the gentlemen of G. H. S. took a trip across the river to defend their laurels. They played Geddes the 27th, stayed all night and played Armour the next night. Geddes handed Messner's boys their second defeat of the season in a close, well-fought gametw'ascore of 26 to 24. The night of the 28th they tangled with Armour at Armour. Still feeling the effects of the previous n1ght's defeat the Gorlllas descended upon Armour and handed them a neat loss. ' COLOME 26--GREGORY 58 The boys again left their stamping grounds to en- croach upon the Cowboy's range. They came back with the Cowboy's hide. The seconds took the Cowboy Cubs by a score of 27 to 19. PLATTE 56--GREGORY 31 February llth, Platte, Gregory's nemesis once before, in a close fought battle, came to Gregory to try it again. They were completely successful and went home vimgtoriouse It was a close fought game however, and no one knew how it was coming out till the whistle blew. The Gorilla seconds set an example which their elders failed to follow whean they warped the Platte seconds 17 to 7. Fifty gight N..-1 i l 1 a 1 E . 9 I I 1 L 4

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152-ity 1 'fi 5 F 7 ' Q , W I L CHAMBERLAIN 20--GREGORY 24 nf Touring to Chamberlain for the first game 'away from the home floor the Gorillas took their second gamerfrom the MGubsn by the narrow margin of 24 to 20 in a'gameithat was not as close as the score indicates. Gregory was nev- er in bad danger and the close score was a result of Cham- berlain's team rallying late in the game. BURKE ll--GREGOHY.56f Coming back after two weeks vacation the boys went to Burke to tangle with the Bulldogs again. The result,an- other one-sided score, although Burke was game and fought to the end. Primm and Belak were outstanding scorers,net- ting 17 field goals and two free throws between them. The second team won their game easily in the preliminaries. PLATTE 34--GREGORY 24 The Gorillas suffered a defeat on their next encoun- ter. They played Platte there, and went down on the short end of the score. The game was close from start to finish but Platte's fast breaking team was too much for the boys. It was in this game that Gregory discovered that it had potential material in Bob Eickman, freshman. The Gregory seconds kept their record intact by defeating the Platte seconds 51 to 21. DALLAS ll--GREGORY 59 Tuesday, January llth, both teams ,went to Dallas to play there. The seconds Won their game easily having an l8 to O lead at the half. In the second half the seconds stretched it to 50, holding Dallas to '4. The first team won just as easily. senses 19--GREGORY ea P 'x I ' I Three days after the Dallas game, Gregory was host to Geddes, a scrapping outfit. They came with great hopes but went home disappointed. In spite of their determination they had not reckoned with the fighting spirit and accur- acy of the Gorillas. BALLAS 4--GREGORY 59 c January 19 Dallas came East to try their luck again, but it was not better than the last time.' They were de- feated decisively. Fifty-seven

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Q7f5w axe?-EQ R N- 4 N--d WINNER 17--GREGORY 47 For the last scheduled game of the season the Gorillas welcomediwinner for the annual nlast game of the seasenu battle. They returned Winner home with a slightly dazed expression on their faces. . DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Tertiary 25rd saw the boys leave for Fairfax for the district tournament. In the first game the boys were matched against Dallas. They were disposed of by a 48 to 9 score. By this victory Gregory moved into the semi-fin- al round where they played Bonesteel.This game was easily the best game of the tournament. Gregory was hard pressed to dispose of them 17 to 14 in an overtime game. By that victory Gregory moved into the final round against Fairfax. The last game was a walk-away for the Gregory Gorillas who flattened Fairfax 65 to 25, winning the district title. SEMI-REGIONAL TOURNEY Monday, following the District tourney, the Gorillas went to Winner to play Rosebud,winner of the district west of us. It was a good game from start to finish but Gregory encountered little difficulty to win 56 to REGIONAL TOURNEY March 2 saw Gregory as host to Geddes al tournament. Geddes came with high hopes blasted, as the Gorillas went into high to of 8 points. The game ended at 55 to 27. qualified Gregory for the State Tourney at STATE TOURNEY 27. for the Region- which were soon win by a margin This vic to ry Aberdeen.. The first game Gregory played was against the fast stepping Arlington crew which took Gregory's measure to the tune of 27 to 21. It.was however a fast, close game. Arlington, who won the state championship, said that the closest and best game give1them was by Gregory. In the consolation round Gregory was defeated 54 to 22 by Parkston, a ball club not in the same class with Gregory but seemingly loaded with Rabbit's feet. For a while it looked like Gregory was going to turn in at least one victory but in the second half Parkston forged ahead and stayed there. Thus ends the 1957-'58 Basketball season. Lettermen returning next year are: Bain, Eickman, Johnson and Foss. High hopes are held for the coming season. Fifty-nine