Gregory High School - Gorilla Yearbook (Gregory, SD)

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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.

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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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g -I-rack Left to right, back row: Dean Keith, Pat Feyereisen, Harlan Opperman, Grant Sperl, Bob John- son, Lee Tappe, Allen Whiting, Jack Raymond, Ray Giske, Clarence Raschke and Denny O'Nei11. Middle row: Mr. Crockett, Ken Brotsky, Bill Jonas, Bob Lopour, Rusty Olson, Jim Barrett, Terry Schlaht, Jack McCollam, Don Stukel, Joe Supik, Sid Lindquist and Mr. Gibbons. Front row: Emmett Kotrba, Ben Kolbe, Larry Schlaht, Don Sattler, Bob Kirwan, Frank Supik, Larry Kucera, LeRoy Dummer, Virgil Powell and Adrian Powell. The 1955 track team started out with Larry Kucera, Emmett Kotrba, LeRoy Dummer and Don Sattler as returning lettermen. The track meets attended were a triangular at Winner with Winner, Burke and Gregory competing. Gregory placed second. Next was the Winner Invitational, where Gregory placed fifth. The next weekend the Gregory tracksters traveled to Mitchell to the the tape. Corn Palace Relays, which is one of the largest meets in the state. The regional track meet was next at Yankton. Emmett Kotrba won his way to the state track meet by placing first in the one-half mile run. Larry Schlaht, Larry Kucera, Bob Kirwan and Wayne McCollam won third place in the mile relay and Virgil Powell won fourth in the shotput throwing. Emmett Kotrba was the only Gregory trackster to compete in the state track meetg he won sixth place in the one-half-mile run. Coaches Gibbons and Crockett lettered the following men. Emmett Kotrba, Larry Kucera, LeRoy Dummer, Virgil Powell, Adrian Powell, Wayne McCollam, Larry Schlaht, Bob Kirwan, Frank Supik, Jack McCollam and Don Sattler. Kucera, the anchor for the mile relay, breaks Emmett Kotrba just before he wins the half-mile run.