Cambria High School - Comet Yearbook (Cambria, IA)

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OW 5 orlld As the 1956 57 basketball season started there were eleven boys out for practlce They were Dlck Holmes Gary Sheets Rae Newell Rex Perkms Rex Mead Wendell Terrell Don Burnham Glen Goben John Tllton Larry Everman and Floyd Glbbs Loyed Slngleton was our manager Durmg our regular season we had elghteen scheduled games We won fliteen of these and lost only three In tournament competltlon we won only one and lost three Our record for the whole year was slxteen wms and slx losses Gary Sheets and Rex Mead were chosen to be our captams thxs year Rae Newell was the leadmg scorer wxth 342 polnts followed by Dlck Holmes wlth 2.43 Slx senlors are on the squad and four were on the f1rst team We want to thank Mr Mlller our coach and every one else who made lt posslble for us to play and have as much success as we dzd Also we want to wish the team next year the be,st of luck WA sgjoorb glrls reportxng for practlce Among thls group were nme of last year s letter wmners We were very happy to see the famlllar face of Mr Mlller Welcome us agaln t.h1s year Our chaperone Mlss Burnham and our manager Sharon Lucas were very helpful durlng the whole season Our record of slxteen wlns and flve losses has made very happy Our offense has scored 1166 po1nts averagmg 56 pomts per game while our defense has held our oppo nents to 919 points an average of 44 polnts per game A great honor was bestowed upon us when we were rated as the best team 1n the county durmg the year were unable to brlng home the champo1nsh1p trophy al though we had beaten the vlctors twlce ln scheduled games We were very proud to get the honor of second place Two of our hlgh scormg forwards Sue Mead and Lmda Relph won f1rst and second place respectxvely ln the Sectlonal free throw contest Both competed Ln the Dlstrlct contest wzth Lmda wmnmg f1r st place On March 8 Lmda agaln entered competltlon and brought home the second place trophy from the state We hope the team next year has as much fun and enjoyment as we have We also wxsh them lots of luck the 57 5:3 season SCORES Leroy Derby Allerton Sewal Garden Grove L1nev1lle Weldon Weldon Humeston Allerton LeRoy Udell Garden Grove Lmevllle Derby Sewal Humeston Udell Llnevllle C T Humeston C T LeRoy S T Humeston S T Overt1me SCORES LeRoy Derby Allerton Sewal Garden Grove L1nev1lle Weldon Weldon Humeston Allerton LeRoy Udell Garden Grove L1nev1lle Derby Sewal Humeston Udell Allerton C T Humeston C T Garden Grove S T They 7 I - ' . : ,' , WE . 63 38 i I I . I ' , f . ' . ' 48 34 47 23 37 34 . . 62 ' ' 40 . ' 75 29 ' . . ' 59 17 . . ' 47 56 . 43 33 ' 69 Z5 55 25 . . l 146 48 55 ' ' 52 . . . 42 30 . . ' 36 42 ' 56 55 . . . 42 34 - , 4l ' ' . . 48 C l . I I I I . - . 51 . . 33 44 . . 57 . 7 2:1 f The 1956-57 basketball season started with fifteen W1E THESE? . . . . 4 . , .' . 62 39 . . . . 31 ZZ . 0 , . I 62 19 . . . 52 33 67 ' ' 55 . . . us 67 57 . . 67 37 . ' , . ' - 47 41 A . . 58 38 I n V 57 36 . . We 61 48 . . . ' - 64 ' ' 71 . . . 74 38 ' 60 53 ' 53 48 . . I , . 58 33 - - - ez . . 43 - . - - ' 34 . . 44 . . . . . . 53 . . 58 ' , ' in

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0975 7 gafezfgaff FRONT ROW Larry Everman Dxck Holmes Rex Perkxns Donald Burnharn Glen Goben Rae Newell BACK ROW Mr M1ller, Coach Wendell Terrell, Rex Mead Gary Sheets John Txlton Floyd Gxbbs Loyed S1ngleton Manager Rxe Nlewell G en Goben Dlck Holmes Rex 'Vlead Gary bheets .2 l- J

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Sectional Jump Dick District Free Throw Free Throw Winner Winner Rex Makes One Don Shoots State Cambria Guards In Action Free Throw Runner Up Watch It Gary A Familiar Sight Swish