Cooksville High School - Talisman Yearbook (Cooksville, IL)

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Ben Funk furnished the opposition for the next game, and upset the Cooksville team with seconds to go. The Bluebirds were in the lead throught the game and left the floor at the half, leading 16 to15. Kenny Smith was the leading scorer making four baskets and a free throw for nine points. Ben bunk finally won by a close margin of 23 to22. November 14, Cooksville took the bus to Saybrook to play a .nonconference game. The Saybrook team had full control at all times and emerged victors 51 to 22. Towanda came to Cooksville, November 20, and won in a fast game by a score of 46 to 29. Smith was outstanding for the home team. On the road again. This time to Ellsworth to play the first conference game of the season. The Ellsworth team had too much reserve power and finally won 37 to 26. Jerry Herman led the losers with five baskets and a free throw. Anchor's high scoring Aces showed they were a team to watch by beating the Bluebirds '71 to 26. January 8, Cooksville went to Bellflower for a non-conference game and were defeated by a score of 69 to 24. Arrowsmith defeated Cooksville for the second of the season by a top heavy score 54 to 30. Colfax defeated Cooksville in a close January 15. Bob Garmon, played his first game of the season , scored 17 points. In the last quarter, Colfax forged ahead to win 42 to 31. Cooksville met Bellflower for the second time of the season Ian. 18. and were outscored 47 to 27. The first quarter the home boys held their own, but the high scoring team from Bellflower cou1dn't be stopped. On Ian. 21, Cooksville went to North to play Danvers in the County tournament. The game was the best of the opening sesion and had the crowd on its feet all of the time. Danvers finally won in an overtime by the slight margin 32 to 28. Cropsey, having just won second in the county, had an easy time with Cooksville, beating us 63 to 32. Bob Garmon scored 20 points to lead Cooksville to a well deserved victory over Ellsworth. The game was full of action from the first whistle and the final score only gave Cooksville a 2 point advantage. The final score was 27 to 25. Cooksville suffered defeat at the hands of Colfax, Feb 1, by a close score of 40 to 36.

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The second victory of the season was at the expense of Downs. Cooksville had too much on the ball and were never headed. Smith and Garmon led the scoring with 8 points each. Downs suffered their second defeat at the hands of Cooksville buy a score of 44 to 21. Again the Cooksville boys played heads up ball and showed power in the last half. Garmon ca-ptilized upon the weak showing of Downs and scored 17 points. Saybrook came to Cooksville Feb. 6, and were all but upset. Both teams played a good brand of ball all the way. At the half Saybrook led 21 to 17, but in the third quarter Jerry Herman sank three baskets and Garmon got a basket and free throw to put Cooksville ahead 27 to 23. The last four minutes Saybrook got hot and scored 12 points to win 27 to 30. Jerry Herman led the losers scoring with 4 baskets and 2 free throws. Cropsey came to Cooksvill Feb. 15, and won in a fast and wild game 60 to 38. Garmon and Smith sparked the Cooksville attack with 16 and 15 points respectively. Cooksville went to Towanda Feb. 18, to play one of the best games of the year. The outcome wasn't decided until the final whistle. The running score was: first quarter tied at 6 all, half 13 to 12, third quarter 24 up, and the final score 37 to 36. jerry Herman led the losers scoring with 5 baskets and 1 free throw. Towanda was the opponent in the district tournament and won 49 to 37. The Cooksville team couldn't seem to get going. Bob Garmon connected for 17 points. The last scheduled game of the season was played' at Ben Funk, Cooksville averaged an earlier defeat by beating them 33 to 25. Bob Garmon couldn't be stopped and amassed a total of 22 points for the victors. THE COUNTY TOURNAMENT The McLean County basketball tournament got under way on Monday afternoon Ian 21, at one thirty. There were two games that day, Colfax and Danvers were the two winners. Our team was nosed out by Danvers in an overtime, the score being 31 to 28. There were many fine looking teams from all over the country participating in the playing, all gunning for the cha mpionship game to be held Saturday night, Jan 26. Many of the favorites in the tourney were knocked out in their first game. McLean High. a team that thought to go far in the tourney, got knocked out by a spunky little Lexington five. Another team rated high by Sportswriters was the Heyworth Hornets. They didn't last very long either, under the preasure of Chenoa. A little team from the northern part of the County, the Gridley Redskins was the favorits in this tourney. After they played their first game, the people who saw them play agreed with the experts who had picked Gridlay to win. When Saturday night came around, the Gridlay Redskin s stalked prowdly out on the court. Who should come out on the floor behind? None other than the Cropsey Bulldogs. The game was a thriller for the first quarter of play but after that Gridley ran wild.