Argyle High School - Treasured Echoes Yearbook (Argyle, WI)

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FRONT: Managers Keith Kleier, Steve Chenous. BACK: Ed Anderson, Roger Godfrey, Tom Aebly, Craig Gruenberg, Coach Waage, Jon Erickson, Eric Anderson, James Skattum. Tom Ritschard. Richard Boyer. VARSITY BASKETBALL SCORES OF GAMES ARGYLE OPPONENT 41 Brodhead 52 62 Juda 76 59 Monticello 79 93 Hollandale 21 45 Black Hawk 72 48 Albany 57 60 New Glarus 69 54 Belleville 71 48 Blanchardville 68 48 Brodhead 54 65 Juda 88 57 Monticello 55 83 Hollandale 60 46 Black Hawk 74 49 Albany 55 55 New Glarus 87 63 Belleville 65 67 Blanchardville 90 CONFERENCE STANDINGS New Glarus 13 3 Blanchardville 13 3 Black Hawk 13 3 Juda 10 6 Brod head 9 7 Belleville 8 8 Monticello 3 13 Albany 2 14 ARGYLE 1 15 Coach Ron Waage. a former Argyle basketball player himself, really stepped into a most difficult situation in his first year as coach of the Orioles. There was only one player from last year's team returning and that was senior Rich Boyer. The remainder of the team was made up of three juniors and five sophomores. The fans were tremendous, they knew the situation very well and followed the team faithfully; they only expected improvement and that they got. The boys worked hard knowing all the results of their efforts would not be evident this year. One conference game was won, a thrilling two-point victory over Monticello, 57-55, and the two non-conference games against Hollandale were also won, the first by a record 72 points, 93-21 and the other 83-60. The team played especially well in losing to New Glarus 60-69 and in losing to Belleville on a shot made with six seconds to go 63-65. Among the nine conference teams the Orioles finished the regular season eighth on offense and sixth on defense. Although defense was somewhat better than offense, some fine individual game efforts were evident. Roger Godfrey and Eric Anderson each scored 27 points for their highs. Rich Boyer and Craig Gruenberg scored 18, Tom Aebly scored 16 and Tom Ritschard and Jon Erickson had highs of 12 apiece. Roger Godfrey lead the team in scoring with 220 points. He and Eric Anderson were the only two players shooting 40% ormore from the field. Tom Aebly shot the best from the free throw line with a 64% average. Godfrey had the most rebounds (128) with Aebly a close second (122). Leading in assists were the guards Eric Anderson and Rich Boyer. As a team the Orioles shot 35% to the opponents' 40% in field goals. From the free throw line Argyle shot 53% to the opposition's 59%. The season did not produce many victories, but surprisingly it did not seem long with the hope of much improvement next year.

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Steve Hyland. John Pittz, Leon Burreson. Tim Hendrickson, James Skattum, Gary Vlasak, Coach Hyland. Randy Hanson. Jim Wenger. Joe Mick. Greg Flannery. Carl W'eibel, Kevin Baumann. JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL SCORES OF GAMES ARGYLL OPPONENT 30 Brodhead 54 37 Juda 47 26 Monticello 41 36 Hollandale 29 30 Black Hawk 48 30 Albany 51 29 New Glarus 55 30 Belleville 47 48 Blanchardville 22 26 Brodhead 45 24 Juda 55 21 Monticello 40 47 Hollandale 32 34 Black Hawk 74 30 Albany 38 26 New Glarus 41 43 Belleville 48 41 Blanchardville 28 CON FERENC E STA N DINGS New Glarus 13 3 Juda 12 4 Black Hawk 11 5 B rod head 11 5 Monticello 10 6 Belleville 7 9 Albany 6 10 ARGYLE 2 14 Blanchardville 0 16 The junior varsity team coached by Terry Hyland in his first year as its coach won two conference games against Blanchardville and two non-conference games against Hollandale and finished with a record of four wins and fourteen defeats. Since the varsity team needed many sophomores who would normally have played with the J. V. team the boys who played were woefully lacking in experience. In their last six games they were only out of one game and possibly could have won the remaining five had some of the players not been limited in quarters played by being called up to the varsity squad. Jim Skattum learned to dirve to the basket with success, Gary Vlasak began to time his rebounds well by the season's end, Jim Wenger shot free throws well. Leon Burreson finally lound his shooting eye. Carl Weibel developed from a helter-skelter player to a team performer, Randy Hanson had some fantastic shots from “his spot” on the floor, Steve Hyland though short was not intimidated by larger opponents and Tim Hendrickson was steadily improving before transferring to Blanchardville. (Coach Hyland and team members actually applauded Tim's basket scored against us in the final game so great had the team spirit been developed.) Jim Skattum scored 166 points in leading the team in that category and had the most assists. Gary Vlasak had the most rebounds (134), most fouls (48) and most tied up opponents (33). Jim Wenger was a standout on defense and had the most recoveries (35) and led with a .565 free throw percentage. Leon Burreson had the second best free throw percentage (.542) and had the least number of fouls for a regular (17). The J. V. Orioles were outclassed by their opponents in many categories on the floor but their spirit was high and they had a fine following of faithful fans who appreciated their improvement. 26