Ashland High School - Echo Yearbook (Ashland, IL)

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A C H S QUINT MAKES HISTORY fCOIltlIlLl8d from Page Thrrty Twoj Captarn Robrnson receryed the champron shrp trophy after the Panthers had won a 43 29 vrctory oyer Mt Sterlrng rn the fm a s NI.-any Ashland fans were on hand to wrt ness a close frrst half and a score doublrng affarr rn the closrng 16 mrnutes Robrnson and D Aggertt tallred 12 scores aprece whrle Qurnley trlted the lrd for 11 Ashland m4 P Plarns lo Wrrcoms hardwood qurntet went after blood at Pleasant Plarns to pluck the Car drnals 54 15 on the evenrng of January 13 D Aggertt and Qurnley had a busy nrght collectrng 37 pornts Glenn lard rn SIX more scores than the entrre Plarns team whrle D1 k made 16 pornts Artrcles oublrshed rn nearby papers brought the Panthers out clawrng for feath ers lllrnors School for the Deaf vrsrted Ash land January 17 and was defeated 41 22 rn a free scorrng affarr 'lhe local basketeers captured therr sec ond Lrttle Srx conference contest the 20th of January by downrng Greenvrew 43 30 pornts was agarn the fe rture show Petersburg., Among Vrctrms The Panthers tucked away another Lrttle Srx conference wrn by tamrng Petersburg 96 29 on the last nr ht of the frrst month 'Nlever drsturbed by the hot shootrng Trau hber crew the A C H S basketeers were rn the lead all the way Qurnlev slrpped away to count 15 pornts and to rank hrghest rn the scorrng column Mt Sterlrng nosed out Ashland for the frrst trme rn 18 starts 29 27 Thrs game cost the Panthers the West central champronshrp The home team vms agarn set back 28 21 by Pluffs on Februarv 6 Two freld goals rn the closrng mrnutes were responsrtle for the defeat By breakrng up a zone defense the Pan thers beat Routt hrgh ffourth place wrnners of the The teams fran e Fatholrc state tournamentj 3:1 30 Panthers led 16 6 at the half Both tallred 13 pornts durrng the th1rd Aggertt led the locals wrth 15 Vrrgrnra was defeated at the hands of Ashland for the thrrd trme 44 14 on the lo cal court February 10 'lallula conouered Ashland 41 40 rn a last lquarter rally February 14 on the opponents floor Vhxom Defeats Brother Bob The seasons largest crowd was present rn the Panther den on the happy nrght of February 16 when a torrrd battle featured a 31 '33 wrn over Rushvrlle for Ashland Nlex er behmd the Panthers led by a small margrn all the way The score never varred oyer src pornts throughout the entrre game Mau led Wrxoms lads vurth nme pornts Wrndrng up the seasons schedule wrth two home games the locals bumped Brown 'rn 35 13 and stopped 'Vlason Crty 23 22 to complete the Lrttle SIX conference schedule a so Seven Lost by Graduatron The Panthers passed the frrst round of play rn the regronal bv downrng a deter nrrned Alsey ourntet 34 25 Lnable to ox ercome a hot shootrng attack hard to lead 12 0 at the end of the frrst frfrn e The score stood Ashland 20 Alsey 12 at the half The reserxes were on duty most of the remarnrng two stanzas to outscore the opponents by one pornt On the sad nrght of March 3 the loyal sons of A C H S fell by the vxaysrde -Xn outstandrng Bluffs team bumped the Panthers 26 17 rn the semrfrnals Waverly met the Panthers rn the conso latron game and came out on top 33 26 Free tosses we e responsrble for another loss the locals mrs ed 12 trmes I'hrs gan e ended the hrgh school basket ,ball career of srx Panthers who had worked itogether erther wrth the reserves or the yarsrty on the hardwood for four terms After second semester sersrces on the se ond team as a freshman Lefty Aggertt receryed a guard posrtron on the startrng fue when a sophomore and held the berth untrl graduatron Lefty accompllshed a frne record rn hrs three years of yarsrtv Feary of Routt scored 20 pornts whrle D ff'ont1nued on Followrng Pagel Thrrty Three Q U O l - ,V V V . . . - A X . . - V - l . . V . - , - . A - . . . . . . , . . F' ' 1 F' ' ' . . , . . , . V V V . . ,, - I . . r. 'L ' . ,, - . V . . , , A . . .V . , V. . . U .G . . . , . L, Q . . - ,, g - V X . - . . V . . - IV V - . k . . V V . L 1 V V . V. . n Quinley's and D. Agger'tt's scoring 27 in the beginning minutes Ashland worked ' . ' , z . . ' '-. . . ' ' '. r ..., , v ' 6 U -nl .g . I . . A . . , V g , . . . . ' . ' Y Q. ' - 1 ' ' 1 ' . . - J . 1 ' .'. . B . . . 5 V V . V. V ' . . ' I a. . ' . . ' ' . . . VV N' 7 - . I ' . v U .... . . l V .L V . . . V . s A J V,