Ashland High School - Echo Yearbook (Ashland, IL)

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A C H. S QUINT MAKES HISTORY fCont1nued from Page Th1rty Threej play at A C H S Play1ng IH every game and never m1ss1ng a startmg berth 1n any performance Lefty completed a stung of 102 contests Robmson has served at center pos1t1on for one year on the startmg f1V6 Jack Qu1nley completed the hst of three SQHIOTS of the flrst f1ve Glenn play ed Wlth the second strmgers when he was a Jumor and gamed a startlng pos1t1on as a forward when a sen1or Qu1nley leadmg scorer of the past season put Ashland on top 1n many games Mullen, a valuable reserve IS a member of the 1939 graduatmg class also Caswell, a h1gh scorer of the reserves served as a subst1tute ln h1s fmal season Blakeman a capable and valuable guard reserve 1S the s1xth semor to w1n hardwood Four of the flrst ten performers that Wlll flght for A C H S durmg the 1939 40 campzugn are D Aggertt, Mau Lynn, and Danenberger Wlth the help of Way, Thompson B Qu1nleV Logan Bast, will stead Sp1cer and Rmg Th1rty Four played two terms with the reserves. compliments.

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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,

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Panthers Win Own Tourney Ashland's seventeenth consecutive invita-I Chandlerville and New Berlin ended the tional tournament vvas one of the most suc cessfully managed and exciting in many years Opening the first round of play on Mon day at 2 30 Chambersburg du iped a big Chapin five 33 15 Ending the afternoon play Franklin nosed out Chatham 23 21 Plains walked on Modesto 27 12 in the first game of session tvvo Waverly ended the first day of the tourney bv trouncmg Mu1 rayville 33 19 Chandlerville came from benmd to tame Palmyra in the first game of the lower bracket Tallulas reserves performed most of the time to romp over an inexperienced Meredosia quintet 43 14 An improved Virginia five opened the second night s session against Bath by scoring an unexpected win over Bartholomews bas keteeis 31 29 in the last minute of play Perlm won a thrilling contest from Mt Sterling 32 25 to finish the first round of play On Wednesday night at 7 30 Waverly eliminated Pleasant Plains 52 17 to begin the quarter finals Chandlerville topped Tallula 21 13 to qualify for the semifinals The Panthers played for the first time 1 the tourney to tame Chambersburg 45 18 A capacity crowd witnessed Thursday nights games New Berlin defeated Vlr glnia and Ashland overcame Franklm 34 17 Semifinal play started Friday night with the four follovving teams remaining in the tournament Ashland Waverly Chandler ville and New Berlin ASIIL XND W AVFRLY IANGLF ported that the Waverly Ashland battle was one of the outstanding games played in Central Illinois this year The score never varled over six points du mg the vvhole game and the Panthers vvere tn top at the gun 26 22 Ashland s quintet took a 6 3 lead the first frame and were in the drivers seat from thls time throughout the contest At the half vvay intermission the score was 15 12 1n favor of the home team and 22 18 begin ning the last period both teams tallied four points the fourth quarter Robinson vvas the big gun vvith 10 points semifinals on Friday night with an excit ing and very close game Berlin out scored Chandlerville by three points the last hall LAST NIGHT OIF PLAY IS UNEVEN Chandlerville hit from all angles against Waverly in the consolation game to gain third place by a score of 38 30 The Comets got away with a fast start and vvere never overcome Ashland ended the annual affair by as tonishing a full house with a 35 9 victory vvhile a tight defense held New Berlin with out a field goal The score read Ashland 17 Berlin 2 as the Panthers retreated to the locker room at the half Berlin was held scoreless the third frame and each team scored seven points apiece in the last heat Qumley found the hoop for 19 points Principal Pittman presented the trophies after the final game Bob Aggertt receiv ed the first place trophy for the Panthers Sullivan stepped forward to be awarded second prize for New Berlin Harper high point scorer of the tournament and Chand lervilles representative vvas presented the third place trophy Waverly earned the right by the conduct of the players and the crowd also to take home the sportsmanship trophy Captain Morris was presented this trophy ASHLAND T Qumley D Aggertt Robinson Mau Lynn Mullen Iv PW BERLIN Sullivan Hurmis Marr Bergschnelder Page Roach Shuff F T 0 Thirty Five ' , . A . il . u . ' ' 1 ' ' ' FG F TP ' ' ' I .................................... 8 3 19 ' : , ' , - . A ,..............,.........,.... 2 0 4 ' . ' .................................. 2 1 5 , .' 1 I' - , . ' 1 1' A ........................................., 2 1 5 A capacity crowd on Thursday night re- B. Aggertt ....,.......................,, 1 0 2 - ' ----............i........,............ 0 0 0 ' ' ...............,...........,,.,,,..,., 0 0 0 .- 1 ' ' v ' ' ' 15 5 35 r' . ' 1 ' u . G F TP ' ' - - I ' .......,..........................., 0 1 1 ' ' ' - ' ' ......,v,.....,,...........,.,.... 0 2 2 ' ' I ' ' .....................................,,.,, 0 1 1 ' ' . , ' ...................... 0 3 3 ' ' ' ' - .-...................................... 0 2 2 ' ' - ' - ....,....,........,,.................... 0 0 0 ' - ' , ' .................................,,.,. 0 0 0 . I Y . Y. . ' 9 9