Cissna High School - Review Yearbook (Cissna Park, IL)

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A T H L E T I 'C iS THE CARADINAL BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM: Kenneth Baier, Gilbert Brenner, Benjamin Feller, Donald Morton, Dale Yergler, Coach Lloyd Doenier. SECOND TEAM: Clayton Barker, Wendall Baumgartner, John Borwn, Earl Eberhart, Arlyn Lober, Wayne Newlin, Richard Reutter, John Sailor, Wilbur McCray, Donald Verkler, Glen Zbinden. CHEER LEADERS: Eileen Behrens and Iva Jean Schmidt. TENNIS TEAM: Gilbert Brenner and Wayne Newlin. THE HOOPESTON INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT .... This tournament is sponsored by the Hoopeston High School and is played during the Chrismas holidays. . The first game, with Henning, proved to be very close during the first half. The team came back the second half with more power and the game ended 39-27 in favor of Cissna. In the second game we played Rossville. We led by a safe margin until the last few minutes of play when Rossville came back very strong and at the end of the game the score was 21-19 in favor of Cissna Park. We met Hoopeston in the final game of the tournament and were beaten 33-17. However, the team was very proud of its second place trophy. THE COUNTY TOURNAMENT .... This tournament was played in Watseka. In our first game We met up with Watseka, considered one of the best teams in the county. We were eliminated from the tournament by a score of 30-27. THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT .... The District was held at Potomac. Cissna took first in the tourna- ment by beating Stockland, 25-23g Wellington, 22-105 and Potomac 15-12. By Winning this tournament we were eligible to enter the Regional Tour- nament. THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT- .... In the first game of this tournament we were defeated by Milford 20-16. This defeat eliminated us from fstatej tournament play and ended our season.

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TH'E CARDINAL A T H L E T I C vS BASKETBALL The 1940 Basketball Season of the Cissna Park Red Devils in my estimation, was by no means an unsuccessful venture. It may have a little of that tempo, mostly because of the enviable record which the team of '39 established last season. The '40 team racked up a fairly enviable record in games won and lost, winning 20 and losing 9, which is by no means a humiliating record. The tournament play was very satisfactory in that we placed second in the Christmas Invitational Tournament at Hoopeston and placed first in the District Tournament at Potomac. Only two members of the 1938-39 starting five were back to form the nucleus upon which to build the team. These men were very amicably supported by several members of last year's second team. The scoring dur- ing the greatest share of the season was good and at times spectacular. In retrospect, we have the Watseka game 'in mind and also the Alumni game. These were certainly spectacular games, when we consider the strength of the opponents. Four of the starting five usually figured heavily in the scoring and the result was a fairly well balanced oiensive com- bination. The team experienced a let-down in the Cstatel tournament play when they journeyed to Potomac to begin the District Tournament. The members of the team seemed to be suddenly panicy in their passing and shooting, in fact, it almost became a minus quantity. The result was that teams which would have been taken in ordinary stride, during the season, became our severest opponents. It didn't seem that .the sudden decline in playing ability of the members of the squad was due to lack of a desire to play, but rather to that intangible something which causes a black-out to occur on many of the hardwood cage teams during tournament play. Four of the Red Devil's first ten will graduate this spring. Three of these men will be from the first five. These men are Kenneth Baier, Cap- tain and guard, Gilbert Brenner, forwardg Dale Yergler, guardg and Wayne Newlin, forward on the second five. These men certainly did much to form the nucleus upon which to build the team. Their attitude and determina- tion to give the game the best they had was evidenced during the entire season. Their desire to be faithful in their practice, and attentive to the job set before them demonstrated their true temper. They were very goo,l trainers and kept themselves in good physical and mental condition at all times. With reference to these last statements, I'm sure that their attitude will be reflected in the attitude of the younger players next year. This alone is a wonderful and fundamental accomplishment. ' My hope is that these graduating boys will be loyal supporters of future Cissna Park teams and that they will do their part in cheering our teams on to victory. The following men will receive major letters for participation in basketball: Kenneth Baier, ,Gilbert Brenner, Dale Yergler, Wayne Newlin, Don Morton, Ben Feller, and Arlyn Lober. -Lloyd Doenier

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THE CARDINAL A T H L E T I C S THE FIRST TEN 'KENNETH BAIER-Height 5' 10 , Weight 175, Senior. At the beginning of the season, for the third consecutive year, Ken- neth was chosen to lead the basketball five. Such a record in itself re- veals the type of captain he was. Despite his slowness of foot, Sock was always a dependable guard besides being an outstanding ball handler. Cissna Park fans will miss him next year. 'GILBERT BRENNER-Height 5' 6 . Weight 115. Senior. Although Gilbert ranked second in scoring, he was considered an out- standing player on the squad. Possessing an eagle eye for the bas- ket from both far and near, he was able to account for many specta- cular baskets. He was also a very clever ball handler and a good de- fensive man. 'DALE YERGLER-Height 6'. Weight 155. Senior Dale was definitely the scrappiest man on the team and was beyond a doubt the most improved player. As a running guard he was a fighting rebounder on both defense and offense and also accounted for a large share of the points. 'BEN FELLER-Height 5' 10 . Weight 170. Junior. A substitute last year, Ben developed into the team's leading scorer as he accounted for 265 points during the season. A Junior this year, he is expected to be back next season to continue his high scoring. 'DON MORTON-Height 6'. Weight 160. Junior. Another substitute of the previous season, Don turned out to be our regular center. Besides being a very capable scorer, he was one of the main cogs in our defensive machine. He, along with Feller, should form the nucleus of a good '40-'41 team. 'WAYNE NEWLIN-Height 5' 10 . Weight 140. Senior. The other Senior of the group, Wayne won himself a letter. Not parti- cularly possessing the natural gracefulness of a class A athlete, he made up for it with persistence. Starting high school basketball as a Sophomore, he 'stuck with it to the very end. Another season would show him a much improved player. 'ARLYN LOBER-Height 5' 9 . Weight 135. Sophomore. Of the substitutes, Arlyn was generally the first one called. Although young in age, he is quite experienced on the hardwood. A continuation of his good showing of this year should win him a first five berth in the next season. 'GLENN ZBINDEN--Height 6' 1 . Weight 175. Sophomore. A lad of large stature, Cork has very good possibilities, Not having had advantage of grade school basketball experience, he is fast catch- ing on to the elements of the game and another year should mean, much to his basketball ability. 'JACK BROWN-Height 5' 4 . Weight 130. Sophomore. The smallest man of the squad, Jack has plenty of scrap and a good eye for the hoop. A little more height and he will be one to be reck- oned with. 'WENDALL BAUMGARTNER-Heigth 5' 61fQ . Weight 147. Sophomore. Another small man but one who is improving rapidly. He too is devel- oping into a better shot, a fact which should help him greatly.