Ashland High School - Echo Yearbook (Ashland, IL)

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Cmder Men Wm Laurels After wmdmg up the basketball campa1gn sprxng breezes begm to gllde on er the Ash land h1gh schools athletlc fleld brmgmg forth from the locker room the Panther thmhes W1th the sprmg fex er IH the a1r 26 cmder men reported for practlce The Panther squad cons1sted of Ryman, B Aggertt D Aggertt S H1nds and B Hmds all of whom were letter men of the 1937 season Robmson Adkxns Logan Qumley Caswell, Copeland, A Lynn W1lllS Balley Mullen Mau, Johnson, Blakeman E Lynn Smlth and Davls were members of the 1938 Panthers also but were not letter wmners The b1ggest goal reached by the 1938 track squad on Coach Traughbers schedule was the defendlng and wmmng of the Llttle S1x Conference meet The Panthers col lected 67 po1nts and Mason Clty ran a poor second w1th '36 wh1le Athens and Greenv1ew w1th 19 pomts aplece marks fell m the meet of whlch flmshed Elght Aggertt mg two records and sharlng the relay mark Bob heaved the shot 47 feet and sexen lnches to better the hold mark by four and one half feet Lefty cut a second off 220 yard dash t1me and ran the f1nal heat 1n 235 Lefty also shared a new dxscus rec ord of 104 feet two mches w1th brother D1ck D Aggertt bettered hrs Javehn rec ord by hurlxng the spear 148 feet four lnches Ryman broad Jumped 18 feet s1x and one half xnches to better hxs former mark by one half xnch The Panther relay team composed of B Aggertt Ryman J Adkxns and Copeland stepped the 1 2 m1le dlstance 1n 1 40 to slash flve seconds from the old mark held by Ashland Season Opens With Victory A C H S was vsell represented on the afternoon of Apr1l 12 when the Panther th1n clads opened the season's br1gade w1th a 67 58 wm over Chandlerulle ln a dual meet B Aggertt collected SIX of the Ash lands nme fxrsts and the locals recelved a place xn each event The second Ashland Annual Inv1tat1onal track and fleld meet was staged on the topped 1nd1w1dual honors by copp Thlrty home grounds Frlday, Apr1l 15 w1th Arenz vllle successfully defendmg the tltle Sxx teams competed and the scores are as follows Arenzvllle 61, Ashland 59 New Berlm 25 Bath 23 V1rg1n1a 17, and Chand lervllle 10 SIX records were shattered by the same athletes who set the marks ln the 1937 meet The Panthers shared two of the records Bob Aggertt bettered h1s shot put mark by 6 3 when he tossed the 12 pound ball 48 2 The Panther relay team carrled the baton to a new record by covermg the half m1le d1stance ln 1 39 ThlIlll9S Shme Some excellent performances were put forth by the local thmhes on Apr1l 15 m a dual meet W1th Pleasant Plalns Collectmg 12 fxrsts and seconds 1n the two remammg events the Panthers rang up 83 pomts wh1le Pla1ns made 34 Roblnson starred 1n the 120 yard hurdles w1th the t1me of 17 5 Lefty put the shot 48 5 and saxled the dlscus 108 feet D Aggertt twlrled the Javelln 147 feet and Ryman leaped 19 4 stlck men stepped the dxstance 1n 1 386 to fllllih 1n front The Ashland hrgh track men came through as second place wmners 1n the county meet w1th 36 pomts on the last day of Apr1l Arenzvxlle topped the Panthers w1th 48 pomts wh1le Vlfglnla recexved thlrd place w1th 22 B Aggertt copped hxghest honors of the day by puttmg the shot 48 9 to all 3 feet and 3 mches to the old mark Lefty also won the 220 yard dash and the dlscus D Aggertt and R H1nds collected one blue r1hbon aplece The Panther relay team brought home the f1rst place relay banner for the f1rst t1me 1n a number of years The Panthers competed 1n a trlangular meet w1th Rushvllle and Vermont at Rush v1lle on May 6 and were nosed out 57 52 Slckness handlcapped the local c1nder squad for the f1rst t1me durmg the season The Panthers made a poor showmg at the West Central meet May 10 collectmg only 10 and fue slxths pomts for fourth place Lefty Aggertt recelved the only blue r1b bon of the day 1n the shot QCont1nued on Page Thlrty Eughtj Sew en I I . , . . . . . I : ' , - 1 1 ' n , u , Q . , 4 n .- , - ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 , Y ! 7 5 ' ' 7 I , . . . . . . . . , . I , . D a 1 ' . Ashland shared in six records. Lefty in the broad jump event. The Ashland . , , . l . . , - , v . . .