Blue Mound High School - Blu Mo Illio Yearbook (Blue Mound, IL)

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BASKETBALL The 1958-59 edition of the Knights carved out an enviable record of twenty-four wins and three defeats. This record, from a percentage point of view, is the best in the history of the school. The Knights featured a number of fine ball players that molded together perfectly to constitute a smooth-operating machine. The real strength of the Knights was vested in team balance, team spirit, and team effort. The Knights started off the season on a dismal note as they lost their opening game to Macon by a 62-54 score. This defeat served to ignite the Knights as they reeled off fifteen straight victories before they were stopped. In running up this victory streak, the Knights disposed of such teams as Niantic, Pana, and Macon, and captured the Meridian Confer- ence Tourney by defeating Stonington in the final game. The Knights lost to Lakeview of Decatur in a.n overtime thriller in the Macon County Tourney to end their longest winning campaign, but reeled off nine more victories before the close of the season. On Friday, February 13, the Knights clinched the Meridian Conference Championship with a win over Assumption. In February, the Knights lost the services of forward Terry Coffman due to injury. The loss of Terry greatly hampered the possibilities of the Knights in post-season tourney play. The team played very well, though, even in losing to Morrisonville by three points in the district final. There will always be the unanswered question as to how far the Knights might have advanced in the tourney series had they been at full strength during tourney play. The 1958-59 edition of the Knights was certainly a team that gained the respect and admiration of all that had an opportunity to watch them play. At the Athletic Banquet, the Roger Uhll Free-Throw Award was presented to David Brown, who was also named the most valuable player for the year. Co-captains for the year were Rodney Gorden and Roger Baughman Player SA F G Pct FTA Pct T P OR T R Baughman 217 100 . 461 121 529 264 4 272 Brown 438 195 445 117 743 477 53 160 Coffman 288 111 385 78 705 277 49 111 Damery 78 23 295 34 705 70 13 38 Gorden 322 134 .416 119 673 348 23 74 Ritter 213 95 .446 82 622 241 4 225

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BAND STANDING: Schepper, Tolly. Pinnell. THIRD: Armstrong, N. Hamilton, Hobbs, Bridgman, Damery, R. Brown, J. Boggs, Hall, Ramsey, Bafford, Sperry, Naber, Kallenbach, Widick. SECOND: J. Hamilton, Kraft, Atteberry, Noland, Hoppe, Moss, Boggs, Zeeb. FIRST: M. Widick, Ryan, Ashby, Woker, Snell, Gibson. 1958-59 has been a busy year for the band members and Mr. Schepper. This year there were 32 members in the band, 13 of which were high school students. At the first of the year, the following officers were elected: President John Hall Vice President Evelyn Atteberry Secretary-Treasurer Judy Hamilton Manager Mike Sperry Librarians Virginia Kraft Joyce Moss Macon County honor band members from Blue Mound were Judy Hamilton, Virginia Kraft, Marilyn Widick, and Linda Tolly. Evelyn Atteberry participated in the all-state concert held in Champaign. Other activities were a fall concert, a spring concert, play- ing for the county teachers' institute in March, providing the music for the March P.T.A. meeting, participating in the Macon county band festival, providing the music at the home basketball games, and entering in district and state contests. Also, a dance band was formed again this year. The band marched at the Fall Festival parade ,'the Assumption festival parade, and the Armistice Day parade in Decatur. The year was topped off by a skating party at Taylorville in May.

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Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue Blue VARSITY STANDING: Miller, D. Damery, Fuehrer, Reichert, L. Brown, Mos s , Hopkins . SEATING: Coffman, Ritter, Gorden, Rog. Baughman, D. Brown, Rod . Baughma-I1 , VARSITY GAMES Mac on Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mommd Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Mound Blue Mound Bethany Stonington Findlay Pana. llliopolis Moweaqua Niantic COT! Mt. Auburn Moweaqua Macon Illiopolis Tower Hill Findlay Tower Hill Mt. Auburn Assumption Stonington Assumption Edinburg P. Damery. MERIDIAN CONFERENCE Blue Mound 60 - 35 Blue Mound 52 - 45 Blue Mound 46 - 38 T OURNAMENT A s sumption Mac on Stonington MA CON COUNTY T OURNAMENT Lakeview COT, 67 - 59 Blue Mound DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Blue Mound 6 5 - 3 1 Blue Moxmd 44 - 3 0 Morrisonville 48 - 45 Edinbu r g Moweaqua Blue Mound