Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

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BASKETBALL (Continued from Page 21) The Dayton Elks again tasted the sharp shooting of the Rustlers on Feb. 10 when they left the Rustlers’ court with a stinging 40-25 defeat. Gaining revenge from a previous defeat at the hands of the Moorcroft Wolves, the Rustlers downed the Wolves on Feb. 13, 35-27 in a hard fought game. The Rustlers also gained revenge on the Arvada Pirates Feb. 17 when they in- vaded the Pirates court and came home with a 28-16 victory. The Rustlers led most of the way through the game but were threatened several times by the hard fighting Pi- rates. Feb. 20 found the Rustlers playing one of their best games of the season and also one of the toughest. The Rustlers, in an avenging mood, started fast with the opening gun and after a nip and tuck battle all the way through, managed to defeat the strong Clearmont Panthers 48-45. This was one of the best games of the season and a real thriller for the spectators. The Rustlers invaded the Busby Indians court on Feb. 24 and after a knock- down-drag-out battle came home with a 26-27 defeat. The Sheridan Colts were the last of the Rustlers’ victims before the District Tour- nament. On Feb. 27, the Rustlers had little trouble in turning back the Colts on the lat- ter’s floor, 31 to 20. March 4, 5 and 6. the Rustlers journeyed to Gillette where they took part in the district tournament. In their first game of the turney the Rustlers downed the Hulett Red Devils 45-25. In their second game the Rustlers fell before the determined Arvada team 38 to 26. The Rozet Mustangs fell before the Rustlers 44-31 in a game in which the Rustlers earned the right to play for third and fourth place. The Rustlers, getting back into the swing of things, won third place and another trophy for the school by de- feating the Moorcroft Wolves 33-23 in anything but an easy game. This victory also entitled the Rustlers to take part in the State Tournament in Laramie on March 17-20. In their first game of the state tourney on March 17, the Rustlers battled a strong Shoshoni team on near even terms but were defeated 28-30. This was a very well matched game and was a real thriller. March 18. the Rustlers tangled with Ft. Laramie and had another close game. At the end of the regular playing time, the score deadlocked at 34-34, but after a three- minute overtime period the Rustlers were one point shy and lost their last game of the season 38-37. This defeat eliminated the Rustlers from the tourney. The basketballs, suits and other equipment are all packed away now and are al- most forgotten but the coaching and sportsmanship taught the boys by “Coach” Lyman will never be forgotten. Every credit goes to Mr. Lyman for handling and coaching the “Rustlers” through a successful season. We hope we’ll have many more like it—and bet- ter ones too. Arnold Tschirgi was the “bad boy” of the team in committing 78 fouls. Bob Hauf, however was close behind him with 71, followed by Doug McLean with 66 and Ray Johnston with 58. Ray Johnston, the Rustlers top scorer, was high point man in the district tourna- ment with a total of 58 points. He earned a berth on the “All Tournament” team at Gillette and was the only player from the Powder River District to receive honorable mention on the All State “B” Class Team. This team was selected by the coaches and officials of the State Tournament held in Laramie March 17-20. 24

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BABY “RUSTLERS” le Junior Rustlers started their season against Dayton on our home floor. The Rustlers scored 2 points against Dayton’s 20 and thus suffered our first defeat. Still with hopes high the Juniors met the Big Horn Rams and were turned back 4 to 26. The Junior Rustlers then played Holy Name. Much improvement was shown by the Rustlers but they were beaten 8-22. The Rustlers then went to Dayton and tied at the first but the last half brought defeat, 6-19. Then the Rustlers went to Sheridan to play Holy Name and were turned back in a fast ball game 12-16. The spell was broken when the Rustlers in a very hard fought game turned Day- ton 12 to 13. Then the Rustlers were downed by Monarch 17-34. For the last game of the season they put on a very exciting game in which the Rustlers defeated the Clear- mont Panthers 18-15. This brought the season to a close.—By David Hallowed. RUSTLERS SECOND TEAM The Ranchester Rustlers Second Team played nine games this season. They lost five and won four. Several members of the second team saw some action with the first team as well as with the second. They w7ere Dick Kramer, Bob McStay, Eugene Facken- thall, and Thomas Fiedor. These games were played in order to give the boys the ex- perience they will need in future years. Their schedule was as follows: Ranchester....19, Big Horn 9. Ranchester....20, Busby 32. Ranchester....13, Big Horn 12. Ranchester....14, Buffalo 8. Ranchester....25, Buffalo 29. Ranchester.... 7, Clearmont 14. Ranchester....12, Hill School 28. Ranchester....16, Hill School 18. Ranchester....24, I. 0. 0. F. 14. —Thomas Fiedor 23

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The District Tournament as I Saw It About 6:30, March 4th, all the Pep Club girls were at the school. “Well, what are we waiting for?” someone said, which was silly, as our rides hadn’t arrived yet. We left at seven and thought we’d never get to Gillette but at 10:00 A. M. we arrived safely. We had cabins at the Kola Tepee. As soon as we got there Jan said, “You have to hurry! We have to get up that hill and yell for our boys.” So, we didn’t even unpack, but no one cared about clothes as we were having fun already. Away we went to yell against Hulett. After the first game we went back to our cabins. When we started to fix lunch, we found the stove was in one cabin and the food was in another. Too, every one’s suit- cases were mixed up but we finally got everything straightened out. I do not think any one got much sleep that night but we didn’t have any early birds. I think we might have had one but she knew better than to wake the rest of us. On Friday morning we practiced some new yells and initiated Violet as a third cheer leader. We all laughed so much no wonder we couldn’t yell at the Arvada game. Once it looked as if Arnold was saying his prayers but what really happened was he got his feet tangled with some one else. By this time Mrs. Torbert was sick. We still can’t get over how Don fixed some lemon juice for her! After the Rozet game we didn’t have much to do but we had a good time anyway. At the Moorcroft game we yelled until we couldn’t talk. It was the most exciting game we saw. The night of the finals some of the girls wanted to go to the games and some wanted to go to the show so we went in two groups. It seemed that some of the kids found attractions outside Ranchester, such as “people” from Big Horn, Sheridan, Moor- croft and Sundance. Even with the gamesover we still had fun and no one got much sleep Saturday night either. We left Sunday morning and, as tired as we were, it was good to be home. All the teachers were surprised to see us back in school Monday morning ready for study. But we still had a problem: we had to get the boys to Laramie. We saw that they got there to,, as we put on a special game to raise the money. We wish to thank our teachers, Mrs. Torbert and Mrs. Belding for the wonderful time they gave us. We also want to thank the drivers of the cars, Evan Dierks, Mr. and Mrs. Vint Johnston and Mr. Torbert. I hope the basketball team of next year will come home with first place. Too, I hope the boys and girls have as much fun as we did this year. Best of luck to the team and the pep club! —Ruth Schreibeis