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

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ATHLETIC S

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PLAYING THE GAME The team started the season by losing to Buckley 44 to 38. Then they hit a three game winning streak with victories over Sheldon, Wellington, and East Lynn. The Red Devils next encountered the fast breaking Dan- ville team and were defeated before a capacity crowd by a score of 58 to 27. The Red Devils met Onarga and beat them with ease. Watseka, the next victim of the Red Devils, was defeated by a score of 43 to 31. Here we obtained the coveted Horse Shoe. The quintet then started the Christmas Tournament at Hoopeston with a record of five wins and two loses. They met the Oakwood team in the first round of the tourney and defeated them by one point. Hoopeston was the second team the Red Devils metg we were defated by a 45 to 36 count. In the consolation game the Red Devils met Bismark team and romped to a 49 to 41 victory. Hoopeston won the tournament by defeating Rossville. 4 Just four days later the Red Devils defeated the Bismark team by a ten point margin. The Red Devils were next defeated by Hoopeston in an overtime by a 40 to 36 score. Cissna won over Milford and were defeated by Sheldon, Gilman, and Buckley. ' The Red Devils entered the county with a 9 won and 7 lost record. In the first game Cissna met Chebanse and defeated them. The second game was with Gilman and we won it. Next we met the tough Sheldon gang and lost by a 45 to 31 count. This brought the Red Devils to the consola- tion game and we were defeated by Onarga Military. Sheldon won the title by defeating Buckley. With a win over Onarga, the team went into a five game losing streak, being retired by Potomac, East Lynn, Milford, Champaign, and Bismark. he Red Devils finally won one game by defeating the cadets of Onarga. The regular season ended with a record of 13 wins and 14 losses. The Regional Tournament was held at Hoopeston. Cissna played the small fighting Rankin team and were upset by a single point. Thus, the entire season ended with 13 wins and 15 losses. Coach Paul Dixon gave eight varsity letters to the following: Co-Cap- tains Dwight McGrew and Junior Kaufman, Glenn Feller, Jim Frank, all seniors, and to the juniors: Roland Gocken, Jr. Baier, Ross Roberts and Glen Bohner. Dwight McGrew won the free throw trophy this year with an average of .563 percent. The Junior Red Devils won 14 of their 20 games. The second's lead- ing scorer was Glen Bohner with 198 points. The annual class tournament which is played every year was this year Won by the juniors. The first round brought the freshmen and the seniors together and was won by the seniors. The second day the juniors met the sophomomres and defeated them. This brought the juniors and seniors together in the finals with the juniors winning by a 35 to 28 score.