Bennington High School - Blue Streak Yearbook (Bennington, NE)

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Basketball FRONT ROW Left to Right John witt, Eugene Hawkins, Gary Flynn, Dean Johns, James Hawkins, Edward Gray K ROW 'Jerryn Gottsch, Lavern Logeman, HTomn Flynn, Ed Williamson, nChucku Witte, Gene Cloudt, Mr. Reese The 1955 56 basketball season started on October 17 when 16 boys reported The lettermen who were back were HTomu Flynn, nd Williamson, Jerry Gottsch, Chuck witte, and Eugene Hawkins These five made up the first team Promis ng material were Gary Flynn, Edward Gray, John witt, Dean Johns, nPeteU Cloudt, and Lavern Logeman All finished the season but Eugene aickq Malvin Witt, and Don Witt The Badgers played 23 games of which they won lh and lost 9 They played two conferences which were the E C N C and the E N ton In the first round Bennington beat Herman by a good margin Bennington was defeated by Fort Calhoun by 3 points in the second round In the finals Bennington took third place easily from Arlington February 1, 2, and 3 were the dates of the E N C Tournament at Elkhorn Bennington trounced Gretna in the first round On the second night Bennington gave all they had but still lost to hlkhorn In the finals Bennington won over Arling ton for another third place over with ship good In the Distr1ct Tournament at Dana College, Blair, Nebraska, the Badger: won N S D in the first round Springfield pushed ahead and won over Bennington the score 21 17 on the second night Sprlngfield took the Listrict Champion L A Y E V I E Tom Flynn, a senior who nad a good Jump shot and also a good set shot, was a rebounder and played forward Nadu W1lllHmSOH, a senlor, was a good rebounder and played cen er navern Logeman, a senior, was a very good center on the second team He had a goom Jump shot 'Jerryn Gottsch, a senior, played guard, was a good rebounder, and was a good playmaker John Witt, a junior, was a good forward for the second team and a good substi tute for the first team - - I 1 ll ll - I1 '1 II ll ll . Il ll ' . . 1 N 0 H 0 ' 0 in I O O O O U C 0 January l, 2, and h marked the dates of the E. C. N. C. Tournament at Arling- P R R E W W , . . . t . I

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'chuck' Witte, a sophomore, was very good on a free throv and DB played guard He was good as a rebounder Eugene Hawkins, a sophomore, was a very good drlbbler with both hands played guard Dean Johns, a sophomore, was a guard on the second team He was a very good substitute for the first team James Hawkins, a freshman, was good on defense and he played forward Name Flynn T Williamson Logeman Gottsch 4 Witt Cloudt Witte Hawkins B 4 Johns Gray dawkins J Flynn G TOTALS pp nents Ft Calhoun Ralston Valley Springfield Paplllion Herman Arlington Hennan Ft oalhoun Arlington Gretna RECORD oF THE FIRST TWELVE 102 Goals rree Throws Free Throws Total made Mfssed Game Results Scores 51+ 56 Opponents Millard nennard Gretna lkhorn Arlington Waterloo Craig Springfield 22 22 121 222 1 1 2 2 1 2 6 Scores The Bennington second team had a good season, winnin 9 an sing 6 e regular players and their positions were as follows, Lavern ogeman cent r, John Witt forward, Ed Gray forward, Dean Johns guard, and Gary Flynn guard The iollowina is the results of the second team games QQ HSD. Calhoun Irvington Ralston Valley Springfield Papilllan Herman Arlington Scores pp gents S res Gretna Elkhorn Millard Kennard Waterloo Craig 28 L10 31+ 23 21 32 25 28 L+? L1 36 25 38 ul The following freshmen played the junior high team which won the Waterloo Invitational Tournament James Hawkins, Gary Flynn, Don Witt, Edward westphal, and Vernie Wait CD I fs . . 4 90 h5 36 3 ' 4+ 911 39 69 6 Q 3 6 h 12 ' 35 51 U3 4 A 16 13 2h O O l 0 41- 78 66 38 - L16 39 19 3 42 3 2 2 8 2 1 2 5 ' . 28 Lgll 3 . O 2 l 2 F65 555 555 , O The asterisk indicates those who lettered in the'E5-E6 season O o . 75-53 N. S. D. A6-36 Irvington 61-L17 Ellduorn L18-63 M6-Ml U3-51 50-70 72-29 35-57 39-36 66-141 5 ' M7-5h 55-53 52-U5 53-33 ' 73-50 51-A 70-88 . 2 as-50 N. s. D. L13-no ' Q3-32 l7-21 E U E il-A.- O o ts O o co 20-26 - 22-lu N. S. D. - 36-11+ - 32-29 - 10-27 - 3h-16 - 21-ll - 25-23 A on ' 1