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

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CHEERLEADERS R. Buzan, Showalter, Forneris, Little, Bean, J. Buzan, Tolly, Hobbs JUNIOR VARSITY Forneris, R. Buzan, Tolly, Bean VARSITY Showalter, Hobbs, J. Buzan, Little

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BASEBALL THIRD: Miller, Moss, Gorden, Coffman, Ritter, D. Brown, L. Brown, D. Damery. SECOND: Hopkins, Sperry, S. Brown, Reeves, Uhrich, Atteberry, Clark. FIRST: Edwards, Boggs, Gobble, Lorton, P. Damery, Oldfield. The Knights got a jump on the area baseball teams for the fall season by playing in the Decatur Prep League during the summer. The Knights did very well in the Prep League as they won the first half and placed second in the last half. Many of the boys that composed the team in the fall were regulars during the summer league. Rusty Logue, who pitched two consecutive no-hitters during the Prep League play, Mike Buzan, and Bobo Logue were greatly responsible for our fine showing in the League , but we re unable to play in the fall due to graduation. The fall season was very rewarding as the Knights won all four conference baseball games and the conference championship. This was the first baseball championship for the Knights since the conference was formed in 1955. The Knights were able to produce fifty-two runs in the four conference games. The spring season was greatly hampered by rainy weather, but the Knights were finally able to get seven games played. The spring season was not as fruitful as the fall season, but provided the Knights with a great deal of competition as they played several larger schools. The Knights compiled a 4-3 record during the spring season to give them a 9-4 overall record. The team captain was Dennis Damery, and David Brown and Rodney Gorden were named the most valuable players.