Blue Springs High School - Campus Cadence Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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K asketball Back Row: Harold Basham, Bud Wells, Kenneth DeWitt, Elmer Butler, Hollie Stebbins, Calvin Burkhardt, Herbert Kissling. Front Row: Mr. Shofstall, Dick Lowe, Eugene Hanks, Gene. Totten, Charles Lewis, Bob Lemons, Lawrence Morris, Glenn Paxton. After the blow of losing six players last year the Blue Springs Wildcats did very well by winning 15 out of 25 games this season. Our first line-up consisted of DeWitt, Basham, Wells, Hanks, and Lgwe. Butler, Burkhardt, and Lewis also saw a great deal of action. The Wildcats piled up the total score of 525 points in l5games at the average of 55 points per game. There were also 154 fouls in.these 15 games, which shows that our team contained much hussle. The most exciting game of the season was played atWell- ington. The score at the end of the game was 5B up and the game was forced into an overtime. ln the first seconds Wellington grabbed the ball and scored two points. Quickly Basham dropped in a bucket in time to tie it up at the end of the first overtime. In the second overtime the crowd was on their feet.The play was cautious and the final min- utes were nearing. Like a streak, Hanks snatched the ball and headed for ourfbasket. He was fouled by three Welling- ton players and received two free throws. The whole game depended on these two shots. The crowd quietedg Hanks stepped up to the free throw line and shot the ball. It found its mark and the crowd went crazy. Again Hanks took the ball and shot. Again the ball slipped through the net and the game was ours. Lowe won individual scoring honors for this game with sixteen points. ' Blue Springs was host at the Sixth Annual Invitational Tournament here and were guests at the Greenwood, Pleasant Hill, and Ruskin Tournaments. We were Champions at the W0M.C. tourney and also champions of the Western Missouri Conference. 24 1'

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L Butlgge aggriinks were elected CO'CaPtainS for the season. Kisslig L .ardt, Wells, DeWitt, Lowe, lBasbam, Hanks, 3' ewlsf StebblUS, and Morris received letters, The team will lose Basham Hanks L w D W tt and Burkhardt by graduation this yeer O S, S 1 , Butler'l Bashems Burkhardt Butler Dewitt Kissling Lewis Lowe ' Wells Individual Scores POintS Fguls 156 102 JK ..... Y 000095000 000043 4 . ..,. '9'4200l 000012 ' ...89... ,,,3 Hanks..e.. igg ' 33 ' ....2... ,,,5 0::'.. 0000009000 000004 . ..:. 0000 000 000055 . 0000 000 000022 1 x Pts. it 5B Blue 29 Blue 55 Blue 42 Blue 49 Blue 59 Blue 43 Blue 38 Blue 44 Blue 49 Blue 58 Blue 55 Blue 52 Blue 69 Blue 25 'Blue 59 Blue x Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Springs Game Scores Pts. 0 0 0 0000000Lj.llis .......Buckner2l ......Wellington 40 ....Appleton City3O .........Levasy 20 ...Grein'Valley25 ...Lee's Summit 45 .....Lone Jaokl5 ... .... Buckner 17 ...Grain Velley5l .....Lone Jack 25 ...Lee's Summit45 .......BucKner 21 ....Wellingtonl7 ......Buckner 23 The above scores are for sixteen games only. 25 1 V r 1 R 4a 'i . Q Y, X