Carl Sandburg High School - Poet Yearbook (Orland Park, IL)

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59. ,X Cr x N ' Weingartner QRIGHTJ high scorer X. X 2 'Q Y of the district tournament, glows 237' happily. Against Lincoln-Way Ron dunked in 20 points and in the ' game against Morgan Park Military Academy he added 23 more to 1 total 43 points. x r X' ' K I , I. k Q I . AN 't 5 ' W- QW 'Z 'lb LEFT COLUMN: Adoringly Spidel kisses the team's hard earned district trophy as Mr. Hopkins beams. Gee dribbles away from the Morgan Park Warriors in true Goose Tatum style. Kaehr, determined to make a swisher, barrels through M, P, to make two. Morgan Park fellows became entagled in fight over possession of ball. Three M, P, boys play ring-around-the-rosey as Gee concentrates on making 2 points. Spidel makes the hardwood ring as he spariks the ball past his guard, In the finals of the tourney fBELOWJ both teams await the results of Keefer 's Rich C97 fights desperately QBELOWQ 1202 hook shot. for a rebound.

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Seasun Ends With Thrills ,ns 1' if -.-...,. sf B aehr Don Gee 4 uard C1 rt e orward In the flrst of the snaps below M111er 1101 out Jumps one of the Braves to take a rebound off Sandburg s back board whlle KBEIOWJ Gee 1142 gets the up off to start 0 the Bremen game In the last snap Wemgartner Q63 ups P one rn Begmmng the season w1th a loss to Mary v1l1e the Eagles went on to w1n three games rn a row over Beecher Lemont and Reav1s The Eagles next met defeat from the hands of Peotone and Oak Lawn before losmg aga1n to an old Fox Valley Conference foe Pla1nf1eld The f1VC ball men also ran up aga1nst hxghly rated R1ch and were beaten even though Gee dunked 1n 23 po1nts and made honorable men t1on on the Herald Amerlcan Prep Team of the week Team moral p1cked up when Sandburg took th1rd place 1n the Grant Park Tournament by beatlng Beecher and Grant Park and loslng to Crete After the Chnstmas hohday the Sand burg f1ve lost two games to Bremen and Plam fleld both by e1ght poxnts The Eagles then won a lop s1ded v1ctory over L1nco1n Way and really downed a Reav1s qu1ntet w1th Ron We1n gartner scorlng 30 po1nts and collectlng 26 rebounds and makmg a forward on the Herald Amencan Team of the week. After beat1ng Lemont, Sandburg aga1n lost to Rrch and Bremen. The Eagles then gave the fans a real thr1ller aga1nst M1HOOka but lost 1n the closlng m1nutes 62 72. In the last conference game of the regular season the ball men swamped L1ncoln Way 74 47. In the d1str1ct tournament on the local court Coach Jorstad's f1ve beat Lmcoln Way 77 37 and Morgan Park M. A. 52 24 to take f1rst place and to w1n the1r second trophy. For next year Coach Jorstad forsees even better results from hrs team as four of th1s year's starters Gee, Kaehr, Busch, and We1ngartner w11l be back on the hardwood. L05 Q 0 ' :N V E? L ?fN i7 mf , 'ZQQVZLQ ' 'if ,V X fav h 1 I o Q W ' ' y 1 I . , I o ' I' X . , . Y Y 5 , . , .

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SPOJA C2 8COI'l The Frosh Soph team ended the year w1th a br111 rant record of 15 w1ns and 5 losses After 1ead1ng the Frosh Soph Southwest Conference for three fourths of the season Coach Adam's bo s were knocked down to second spot by a determrned rch qu1ntet 27 37 After str1ng1ng four v1ctor1es over Maryvllle Bee cher Lemont and Reavrs Sandburg 1ost to Peotone by 2 pornts BOTTOM ROW L TO R L Marten C Berryman B Beck R Schnerd B Partoll ROW2 M H111 L McBuruey R Farr C Reuter B Srmmons P Flavrn ROW3 J Srmartrs Manager S Funsten J Blew D Enckson R Munch J Peterson J Mor loc P Ford P Lrtke Manager Coach Adams ROW4 R Axrd D Gramnger M H111 A Kara R Russman K Wassner G Dret nch G Rudlsh Cchnerd QLEFTJ Ievels hrs arm at the free throw lme 1954 55 Frosh Soph Season Results Eagles 37 41 Opponent Maryvrlle Beecher Lemont Reav1s Peotone Oak Lawn P1a1nf1e1d R1Ch Beecher Bremen P1a1nf1e1d Lmcoln Way St Procoprus Reav1s Lemont Oak Lawn R1Ch Bremen Minooka Z7 Lincoln- Way Z1