Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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Ronnie Zuck Don Combites Jim Sperry Howard Boumgardner CADETS - FIRST ROW: Coach D e a n Hill, 8 r u c e Paul, Ja c k Pershing, Le- land Thurman, Mar- ion Osborn. SECOND ROW: lar- ry Bell, Bud Lewis, Bert Lowe, Tom Cur- tis, Bernard Mc- Cance, Kurl Evans. THIRD ROW: Gary Gain, Ken McMillan, Bill Troul, Guy Wil- son, Steve Paddock. wld? WHS N w! f 'tf l ,,. ., Ss 45

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Jim MCCOFIG Jim Hughbanks Teams win fans' loyalty Tom McGrew, who was rated by many as one oi the finest players in this part oi the state, became the high- est scorer in B-PC history, with 548 points in 27 games. Hugh Walters, the other senior starter, did a fine job of rebounding all season. The remaining three starters--Iim McCone, lerry Zusf pann, and Gene McGrew-f-will be back to form a sound nucleus for next year's team. Iim l-lughbanks and Bon Zuck, who also won letters, gave the team a strong bench when it was needed. CADETS WIN 6, LOSE 15 With only one numeral winner re- turning trom last year's county cham- pionship squad, the trosh-soph team was very short on experienced ball- handlers. However, the Cadets' spunky, never-die attitude won the fans' admiration and respect through-out the entire season. Numeral Winners were Larry Bell, Kurt Evans, Gary Gain, Buddy Lewis, Bert Lowe, Marion Osborn, Bruce Paul, Locie Pensinger, lack Pershing, and Bill Trout. TOP: Cadet cheerleaders were Jane Pendarvis, Jill Gallehue, and Mary Lou Craycraft. CENTER: Crowd goes wild during last minutes of Spartan-Bomber game. BOTTOM: Manag- ers Lyle Head, Jackie Kirby, and Leland Fitch kept our balls shining.

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l l BASEBALL TEAM-FIRST ROW: Jim McCone, Jerry Zuspann, Dan Combites, Ace Rogers, Jim Nicholas. SECOND ROW: larry Combites, Ronnie Calhoun, Marshall Buchen, Gary Formhals, Larry Mead, Jerry Norris, Jim Evans. THIRD ROW: Gary Kane, Larry Hood, Roger Smith, John Bradshaw, Tom McGrew, Lyman Avery, Ronnie Zuck, Coach George Trotter. 1956 diamond heroes end season with 5-3 record Jerry Zuspann and Ronnie Zuck kid each other lo relieve the tension prior to a big game. line In spite of rainy Weather and mud- dy baseball fields, our Spartan slug- gers under Coach George Trotter racked up a very successful season, winning five of the eight games they played. The Spartans got off to a fly- ing start by beating Astoria in the first game but were forced to yield to Industry their second game before coming back to win an easy victory fro m Abingdon. Meeting Industry again in the first round of the Olympic Conference Tournament, the Spartans came out on top to advance to the semi-finals, where they lost out by one run to the Lewistown Indians. In their second gam e with Abingdon, the Spartans were forced to bow, but then went on a winning streak to win over Valley and Industry in the last two games of the regular conference sea- son. Although the Spartans had hoped, because of their season's successful record, to win the District T-ournament, they were beaten in the first round by Glasford.