Cambridge High School - Trojan Yearbook (Cambridge, NE)

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BASKETBALL The opening of the 1945 basketball season found only four lettermen and about fifteen other players with little or no experience out for practice. The squad was coached by Ed Dyas. Cambridge played fifteen scheduled and three tournament games. The Trojans came through the season with five wins and 13 losses. Seasonal scoring went to Bob Newcomb with a total of 174 tallies. The other regulars scored as follows: Summers—83, Peterson—58, and McKinney—22. The Trojans opened the season by taking a bad defeat from the Lebanon five. The team lacked much needed experience and practice. Cambridge 24; Lebanon 51. With Newcomb and Meininger collecting 12 and 11 points respectively, the Trojans downed the Culbertson Bears in their last game before Christmas vacation. Cambridge—28; Culbertson—22. With Newcomb and Meininger outstanding on offense and good defensive plays by Peterson, McKinney and Summers, the Trojans took another win. Cambridge—25; Holbrook—16. Playing without two regulars, Meininger and Peterson, the Trojans gave a good showing against the Curtis Aggies, but came out on the losing end of the score. Summers and Newcomb led the scoring. This was the first conference game. Corn- bridge—25; Curtis—27. Again with the regulars out. Cambridge made a poor showing against a strong Red Willow quintet. Newcomb led scoring with 9 points. Cambridge—15; Red Wil- low—54. Playing good basketball until the last quarter, the Trojans were downed by a considerable margin. Meininger showed the way offensively with 8 points. Cam- bridge—24; Beaver City—40. In their second conference game the determined Trojans took a victory over the Gothenberg Swedes in an excellent game. Newcomb and Summers contributed 13 and 12 respectively to give the Trojans their offensive attack. Cambridge—28; Gothenburg—22. In a return game with Culbertson the Trojans were downed 33 to 22. Peterson and Newcomb led the scoring with 8 points each. Cambridge—22; Culbertson—33. Playing against a strong McCook quintet, Cambridge took a beating. Summers was the Trojan’s main offensive threat with 9 points. Cambridge—21; McCook—36. In another conference game the Trojans came out on the losing end against Lex- ington. Newcomb was high point man for the Trojans with 7 points. Cambridge—16; Lexington 35. Cambridge lost out in the first Southwest Tournament game when they fell be- fore Kearney. The Trojans played a hard game most of the way. Summers made 10 points as Trojan high point man. Cambridge—21; Kearney—33. —28—

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Back Row: Ronnie Fidler, Harold Summers, Ross Newcomb, Denzel Thompson, Bob Newcomb, Stanley Meininger, Don Summers, Dick Trant, Vaughn Stevens, Bob Payton. Front row: Paul Johnson, Joe Hougnon, Max Tomlin Dick Coba, Bob Mc- Kinney, “Shorty,” Dwyane Walters. “Pete” Peterson, Charles Cotton, Bob Colvert. NOVEMBER 17—BEAVER CITY Another surprise game. This time in reverse. Full of confidence, the Trojans learned what over-confidence can do to a team. This time we were on the short end again, 7 to 0. The boys layed it to the fact that all were trying to “kill somebody” instead of working as a team. NOVEMBER 24—TRENTON Cambridge was on the ball and in the mud, taking Trenton for a 19 to 0 clean- ing. Hitting hard in the first play of the game, it was the Trojans’ game throughout. NOVEMBER 30—McCOOK We wound up the season with the worst defeat of the year. It also was not quite as bad a game as the score would seem to indicate. Although the final score was 40 to 0, at the half-time it was only 13 to 0. The Bisons were full of over-confidence the first half, and the boys lit into them from the first. However, Coach Terry gave his boys a working over at the half, and they came back in the form they were seen to display all during the year. —27—

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Back row: Ed Dyas, Charles Cotton, Joe Hougnon, Dwight Jones, Ronnie Ommert. Front row: Stan Meininger, Don Summers, “Shorty,” Bob McKinney, Bob Newcomb, “Pete” Peterson (not pictured). Playing a close game against Arapahoe, the Trojans came out behind with the score 30 to 35. Newcomb and Peterson led the Trojans with 11 and 9 points respec- tively. Cambridge—30; Arapahoe—35. Playing perhaps their best game, the Trojans took Cozad 45 to 33 in a conference game. Newcomb made 18 and Meininger 11 points. Cambridge—45; Cozad—33. Cambridge was loser in another close game with Oxford, 29 to 27. Newcomb, Meininger, and Peterson contributed 9, 8, and 7 points respectively. Cambridge—27; Oxford—29. Holdrege won from the Trojans, 33 to 27. Summers, Newcomb, Peterson, and Meininger each made 6 points. Cambridge—27; Holdrege—33. In a return game with Arapahoe, Cambridge took a worse beating than before. Peterson was high man for Cambridge with 13 points. Cambridge—29; Arapahoe—45. Entering the Class C Tournament at McCook the Trojans took the first game from Trenton. Newcomb made 19 points. Cambridge—37; Trenton—30. In the second game of the tournament the Trojans lost their hopes of winning when Culbertson won the game. Summers and Newcomb led the Trojan scoring with 11 and 10 points respectively. —29—