Blaine High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Blaine, KY)

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455 44 Capta1n Capta1n Farrell Sturg1ll Cass1e Skaggs Complmments of LOUISA DEPARTMENT STORE Lou1sa Kentueky THE WILDCATS Flrst Row, left to rlght Farrell Sturg1ll, Bobby Castle, Elmer Webb, Charles Thompson, Cass1e Skaggs Second Row, Johnny Ferguson, Johnny Skaggs, Charles Salyer, Ralph Ferguson, Emmett Barker, Coach, Paul Gambxll Th1rd Row, Johnny Jordan, Everett Boggs, J1m Sparks . . Y, I , fig, ' ' I ,.., ,. My . , Y, V ,ty 5, t I lp, .2 ,, ,X 'K g' , r k V WM f . ww :N'.2'fbl?f W? v, I I. W U Y , f v gr -W-,si tl rl

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The greatest tragedy ever to h1t the Blame commun1ty was the destructxon of the Bla1ne Hlgh School 1n the f1re on September 25 1957 The s1tuat1on for the 57 58 W1ldcats looked gr1m after the gymnas1um burned The W1ldcats are not eas1ly d1scouraged and dec1ded to go ahead and play the games they had scheduled Other schools around were very n1ce and fr1endly to the W1ldcats by lettxng them use the1r gyrn HBSIUIYIS for pract1ce The gyrns used 1n pract1ce were the Flat Gap gym the Sandy Hook gym and the Lou1sa gym The Cats have had as of now only ten pract1ce sess1ons The gymless W1ldcats as they have become known are hav1ng the best season they have had 1n several years The team has won 8 games out of 19 starts Such schools as Sandy Hook Flat Gap and Lou1sa have contrlbuted the1r gyms for the Wxldcats to use as the1r home floors The coaches have establxshed the fact that a team on xts home floor has a 10 pomt advantage over 1ts opponents The loss colurnn shows several games 1n whmch we have lost have been by from 1 to 8 pomts By that estab11shed fact the W1ldcats would have won more games thxs season xf they had the1r own gyrn They have 5 games left to play and hope to w1n half or poss1b1y all of them The playlng depended pr1mar11y on f1ve boys the f1rst semester and s1x boys the last when they galned M1lton Alley a 6 4 forward Cassxe Skaggs who IS the fourth leadmg scorer of the E K C has a season average of 21 7 pomts per game Hxs favor1te shot 15 the Jump shot but he also l1kes to go xn for a lay up H a 6 forward Farrell Sturglll a good drxbbler l1kes to dr1ve under the basket for lay ups and shoot Jump shots He 15 a 5 9 guard Elmer Webb the p1vot man lxkes to shoot a hook shot and a sneak shot under the basket H a 5 ll 112 cen r Charles Thompson a 6 1 forward 15 a good rebounder H15 favor1te shot 15 a Jump shot near the basket Emmett B lrker a 5 9 guard l1kes to shoot a one hand set shot from the s1de of the court M1lton Alley a 6 4' forward, l1kes to shoot a one hand push shot from the corner He l1keS to dr1ve for a lay up also Mr Gambxll the coach IS well pleased w1th the 57 58 squad cons1der1ng the fact that they have not had a gym for regular practxce BLAINE WILDCATS WIN ERIE HI 65 49 DEFEAT SALYERSVILLE 83 TO 63 On Fr1day January 17 the Bla1ne W1ldcats avenged an earl1er defeat by de feat1ng the Er1e Hxgh f1ve of Grayson 65 to 49 Er1e had defeated Blame 69 62 earl1er ln the season Cass1e Skaggs w1th 21 and Sturg1l1 B Bla1ne Bla1ne Blame Blame Bla1ne Blame E1a1ne Flame Elaxne Bla1ne Elame Blame Blame Blame Bla1ne Bla1ne Blame Bla1ne LAINE 57 58 Schedule OPPONENTS Ezel South Port sm outh Warfxeld Van Lear Vanceburg Lou1sa Warf1e1d Carter C1ty Salyersvxlle Erxe Halderman Flat Gap Prlchard Van Lear Flat Gap Er1e Salyez-sv1l1e H1tChehS Comphments of Moore s Jewelry Phone MES 4678 Mam Cross Louxsa Ky w1th 20 pomts led the scor1ng parade for Bla1ne Schnell w1th 19 and Henthonne Blame took an early lead 24 13 m the f1rst quarter and 1ncreased It to 47 to 23 at halftmme Bla1ne h1t 9 out of 20 at the free throw hne whxle Erxe sank 9 out of 28 attempts BLAINE ERIE Off1c1als Johnson and Cartee Thursday of last week the W1ldcats won the1r seventh game of the season by defeat1ng Salyersvxlle 83 to 63 It was the second wxn over Salyersv1lle for Blame th1s season Cassle Skaggs B1a1ne's leadlng polnt maker w1th a 21 7 average shared scor 1ng honors w1th Elmer Webb the Wlldcat center w1th 26 po1nts Webb the thlrd leadmg scorer has a season average of ll 2 po1nts per game Sturg1ll w1th 18 pomnts exceeded hrs 15 4 season average Grace, w1th Z0 and C Adams w1th 17 pomts were leadmg scorers for Salyers v1lle Bla1ne h1t 17 out of 29 attempts at the free throw lme and Salyersvxlle h1t 11 out of 27 trxes BLAINE SALYERSVILLEI4 19 9 Z1 63 Off1c1als Johnson and Cartee , , , . , . . ' ' I Il ' . , ' ' . e is , ' , ' . e is ' te . - I II ' ' . . . , . . 9 ' - . . ' ,. fllaine 55 Hitchens 36 with 17, led in the scoring for the losers. ' 32 40 ' - ' ' 51 79 ' ' ' ' 56 ' 61 ' - ' ' ' 52 58 ' ' ' ' 66 84 - ' 54 ' 48 24 23 13 5 65 5 ' 58 ' 62 13 10 13 13 49 I ' 46 ' 63 ' I 3 - . ' 63 ' 60 , ' 62 ' 69 ' . ' 86 45 ' - ' 69 95 ' ' - ' 65 ' 64 ' ' ' 52 53 ' ' - ' 61 79 ' ' ' ' ' I q 49 . - I ' ' 83 ' 63 ' ' . ' ' 79 ' 44 l , ' ' - I ' ' , ' , , 19 24 21 19 83