Gregory High School - Gorilla Yearbook (Gregory, SD)

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N H T' I eam Basketball Top row, left to right: Dick Barrett, Mike Carlson, Dean Keith, Paul VandenBosch, Tom Han sen James McMeen and John Jonas. Bottom row, left to right: Jim Sejvar, Louie McMeen Cal Stukel, Bill Allum and Coach Gibbons, The Gregory B team had a suc- cessful season by winning about 50 percent of their games. Coach Gibbons worked laborlously to get the boys in shape and to develop their timing. The boys and the coach Worked hard and deserved every game they won. Obeying the rules set for the tournament, they won fourth place at Burke. At Home Opponent GHS Colome - - - 35 39 Winner - - 24 26 Bonesteel - - 44 35 Fairfax - - - 31 37 Platte - - 32 41 Burke - - 36 25 Murdo - - - - 30 22 Parkston ------ 42 29 Away From Home Opponent GHS Parkston - - - - 38 26 Murdo - - 26 29 Fairfax - - - 27 29 Kimball - - - 22 46 Burke - - - - 28 15 White River - - 41 23 Bonesteel - - 39 28 Mission - - - 38 44 Winner - - - - 30 29 Chamberlain ---- 29 26 U U B Tournament Opponent GHS Bonesteel - - 48 38 Fairfax - - 38 33

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Sectional Tournament The boys Went to Yankton to play in the sectional against Yank- ton with a lot of spirit, although they were the underdogs. They played right along with the Yank- ton Bucks the first half, but fell behind after the second half got under way because of the torrid shooting the Bucks were doing. Joe Sejvar lays in two points Gary Hahn goes up for ri rebound The next night the Gorillas played Mitchell who had been defeated by Parkston for consola- tion honors. The boys spirit was down and they were defeated by a hot Mitchell team who had been Cold the night before. Coach Crockett lettered Gary Hahn, Max Krienbul, Joe Sejvar, Bob Lopour, Bill Jonas. Bill Henn- rich and Lee Tappe.

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FFA Basketball Left to right: Eugene Boortz, Neal Sargent, Don Stukel, Harry Voelzke, Delbert Wendell, Frank Boner, Bob Gaddis, Mr. Utoft icoachb, Dale Christensen, Floyd Shattuck, Clarence Raschke, Allan Nelson, Ken Hansen, Dick Lopour, VilRoy Myers and seated in center, Junior Shoemaker, Kmanagerl. The team played a very successful season by defeating all of the teams in the district at least once and they had the best won-lost record of all the teams in the district. The following is the schedule of the games played: Burke 35 - Gregory 37 Geddes 10 - Gregory 40 Platte 35 - Gregory 39 Burke 35 - Gregory 34 Geddes 28 - Gregory 35 Wagner 20 - Gregory 26 The 5-for-6 record allowed them to participate in the district tournament which was held at Wagner. In the first game they were trounced by Wagner, 49 to 25. Then in the next game, playing for third place, a tired-out team lost a thrilling one to Platte by the score of 39 to 34.