Chadron Preparatory - Eagles Tale Yearbook (Chadron, NE)

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Beck How: Horton, Forbes, Livermont, Buchanan, Clerk, Woods, McMeekin, Webster, Hoffman, Neelend, Kent, Woolery. Front How: Palmer. Roberts, Armstrong. Allgood, Mume. Lytle. Churchill, Goff, Coach Conn, Hamoton (holding bell). Prep 41 St. Agnes 27 n 34 Gordon 32 it 46 Hemingford 16 ti 47 Crawford 52 it 67 Harrison 40 ti 34 Lusk Wyo. 37 it 36 (overtime) Gordon 38 it 41 Eushville 39 it 63 Hemingford 34 n 62 Hay Springs 31 1! 62 St. Agnes 26 II 49 Crawford 47 II 64 Rushville 48 II 73 Hay Springs 49 II 70 Martin S. D. 40 Conference Tourney Prep n Prep ii 52 St. Agnes 21 46 Hemingford 30 43 Gordon 25 41 Crawford 43 District Tourney 65 Morrill 35 59 Rushville 39 71 Hay Springs 40 District Playoff Prep 55 (2 overtimes) Chappell 57 (Basketball

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fi3aiketl a(( w ea o i The Chadron Prep basketball team had a very successful season despite the fact that only one regular player was back from last years State Champion team. The Junior Eagles attack was built around Bob Armstrong, last years second high scorer and Charles Muma, rangy center. Les Churchill, Bob Allgood and Curt Roberts filled the other three positions. At the beginning of the second semester, Larry Lytle, transfer from Wall, South Dakota, took over first string duties and scored consistently through out the rest of the season. The Preps started their season with a win over a stubborn St. Agnes team 41-27. The Junior Eagles then went on to take two more games before Christmas vacation with a 34-32 win over Gordon, and a 46-16 victory over Heminrford. Following Christmas vacation the Preps met their stiffest competition and went down in defeat 52-47 to a strong Crawford quintet. Bob Armstrong led the Junior Eagles with an impressive 27 point scoring rage. The following week the Preps took second place in the Northwest Nebraska Conference Tourney. The Preps breezed past its first three opponents by scores of 52-21 over St. Agnes, 46-30 over Hemingford, and 43-25 over a large Gordon team. Bob Armstrong was high point man for the tourney and Charles Muma was a close third. Following the tournament the Preps traveled to Harrison and won very easily 67-43. Bob Armstrong and Charles Muma led the attack with 27 and 17 points respectively. The following night the Junior Eagles went down in defeat to a big, strong Lusk, Wyoming team by a 34-37 score. The follovdng week the Preps played their worst game of the year and lost to Gordon 36-38 in an overtime. However the Preps got back on the winning side by defeating a determined Rushville team 41-39. Bob Allgood took all honors by scoring 16 points and making the winning basket. The Junior Eagles had little trouble in their next three contests. They beat Hemingford 63-34, Hay Springs 63-31, and St. Agnes 62-22. Then the Preps again met Crawford and the third time proved to be the charm as Crawford suffered its first conference defeat at the hands of the Preps 49-47. The Junior Eagles then vent on to finish their regular season with three impressive wins. They breezed by Rushville 65-47 with Bob Armstrong playing his best game of the year, scoring 31 points. Next they traveled to Hay Springs and came out on top 73-49 with Charles Muma getting 25 points. The following night they met a supposedly strong Martin, South Dakota team but hrd little competition and won 70-42. The Preps then moved into the District Tourney at Hay Springs and breezed through the Tourney by beating Morrill in the opener 65-35, Rushville 59-39 in the semi-finals, and Hay Springs 71-40 in the finasl. Bob Armstrong collected 75 points in the three games while Larry Lytle got 41. The Preps next met Chappell in the District playoff for the third straight year. The Preps played good ball all the way through the garas, but lost to a well balanced Chappell squad 57-55 in two overtimes. The loss of Charles Muma early in the third quarter, by fouls, hurt the Preps attack. Chappell went on to take second place in the State Tourney. This ended the Junior Eagles Basketball season for 1950-51. The boys never quit or gave up for a moment in games, practice, training, or sports- manship. 28