Chadron Preparatory - Eagles Tale Yearbook (Chadron, NE)

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JAY MUMA Forward - Junior 6 ft., 1$ in. Honorable Mention Class C (Omaha World Herald, Lincoln Journal) All-State Tournament Team Class C (Omaha World Herald) All-Conference Tournament Team All-Conference 352 points 3 letters Tirst Jive TOM MINGUS Guard - Junior 6 ft., 2 in. All Conference Tournament Team 139 points 2 letters - Co-Captain ED KUSKA Forward - Senior 6 ft., 1$ in. All-State Class C (Omaha World Herald, Lincoln Journal) All-State Tournament Team, Class C All-Conference Tournament Team All-Conference 334 points 4 letters JIM LINK - Co-Captain Center - Senior Honorable Mention Class C (Omaha World Herald, Lincoln Journal) All-State Tournament Team, Class C (Omaha World Herald, Lincoln Journal) All-Conference Tournament Team 345 points 2 letters DICK MINGUS Guard - Sophomore 6 ft., 2 in. All-Conference Tournament Team (Chadron Record) 172 points 1 letter

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basketball Squad 1954-55 Season Standing: Gary Clements, David Roberts, Tom Williams, Jim Kaiser, Bill Kohler, Calvin Clark, Charles Snook, Larry Savage, Douglas Wilson, Coach Conn. Kneeling: Student Manager, Vernon Cullers; Dick Mingus, Ed Kuska, Jim Link, Tom Mingus, Jay Muma. Prep won the Class C State Tournament this year, climaxing an undefeated season during which Prep won the Northwest Conference Tournament, the Northwest Conference Championship, and the Nebraska Class C District Tournament. Prep started its 24 game winning streak by downing Gordon, Hemingford, and Crawford. Prep then en- tered the conference tournament, and swept through it, placing four boys on the all tournament team. Then followed the conference schedule in which Prep met almost every Northwest Conference team twice. Hemingford provided the stiffest competition, losing by only eight points. Prep, as in previous years, failed to interest the larger schools in the area and played only two out-of-conference teams in the regular season. The first, Lusk, Wyoming, fell to Prep 35-50 in mid-January and was followed by Torrington 49-69 two weeks later. Torrington went on to win Class ”AA consolation honors in Wyoming. Prep breezed through its district tournament with Lodgepole—rated second in the state at that time be- hind Prep--being the chief contender. Although not on par with their season performances, Prep annexed the state tournament by defeating Clarkson 54-50. Behind five points at the half, Prep regained the lead in 1£ minutes of the third quar- ter and went on to win Prep's third state tournament.

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Zoumameut Squad Left to right: Ed Kuska, Dick Mingus, Jim Link, Tom Mingus, Jay Muma, Cal Clark, Dave Roberts, Gary Clements, Bill Kohler, Charles Snook, Coach Archie Conn.