Black Earth High School - Earthman Yearbook (Black Earth, WI)

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BASKETBALL With practically no football, the 24 boys who reported for basketball were more eager than ever to start practice. Middleton invaded and defeated the local cagers for the opening game of the season, Verona also proved to be too much for the local cagers. Mt. Horeb journeyed to this little town on November 22nd and Black Earth put up a courageous fight but were edged out 27-24. This ended our non-con- ference season. November 26th opened the league season for the Earthmen. It was a thriller, played at Lodi, which ended 39-38 with Black Earth on top. Prairie's basket in the final seconds cinched the game here, however the boys showed their stuff in the next by defeating Sauk City, 40-35. The local five lost two more games before Christmas to Maze, and Arena, respectively. After Christmas they again lost to Arena; Their next game was with Spring Green there. Black Earth was finally downed 33-31 in the final seconds of the game. The local team whipped Waunakee, 43-24, in the next game but dropped one to Prairie. In a return game here Black Earth again defeated Lodi, 50-42. In a return game at Mazo the Fighting Blues were swamped. Waunakee proved to be considerable tougher than before. The local five managed to squeeze out a 36-35 win. Black Earth played their worst game of the season against Sauk, but on February 14, they got reVenge, ups etting the runner up champions. Spring Green, with a thrilling 35-32 victory. This ended the regular season, with 6 wins and 8 losses. The fighting Earthmen met this team in the first game of the district tournament. The local boys were defeated 37-27. On the next night Black Earth playedWaunakee in an elimination game for consolation, and won 29-22. The fighting blues whipped Middleton 39-32 to win the con- solation awards in the Prairie Du Sac District Tournament. Individual Scoring Name Conference Non Conference TotaI Points F. G. F. T. F.Cv. F.T. Harlan Lartch 53 46 9 7 177 Torge Goderstad 26 8 2 O 64 Don Bergum 21 17 1 l 62 Bob DeWitt Z3 13 2 2 65 Gordon DeWitt 23 12 6 5 75 Gene Borman 20 10 4 3 61 John Aeschlimann 0 1 1 0 3