Cooksville High School - Talisman Yearbook (Cooksville, IL)

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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.

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The Bulldogs showed well against the Redskins, but the Gridley boys were just a little too fast and witty for the Cropsey boys to handle. The score was 46 to 26 in favor of Gridley. A A Bellflower and LeRoy played for third place, and LeRoy won by a large margin. The tourney ended with the following teams the Winners: Gridley, Cropsey, LeRoy and Bellflower. XXX A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE The day is bleak and cold. The whole world is listening to their radios. The boradcast that will make history will begin in 30 seconds. The newspapers have carried page stories for weeks. What is the great event? Why don't you know? Cookeville is playing for the McLean County Basketball Championship. Did I forget to mention the year? Why it is Ian. 25, 1947. This band of stout hearted men had fire in their hearts and revenge in their eye. opponents are Danvers, a little heard of team, which reached the finals because of the biggest snow storm in history. All of their opponents have forfeited to them. How did the powerhouse from Cooksville arrive on the scene? Why it was simple. Haven't you ever heard stories of the Model A that parks three miles out south of town? This great piece of machinery was hooked to the front of a new school bus, driven by Mr. Hirst, and pulled it through snow drifts 18 feet deep. A woek's supplies were carried and the team made camp three feet from the gym door. But back to that game. As you know Danvers had put Cooksville out of the tournament in 46 by good luck in the closing minutes. Now the great bone crushers were back. On the first play Cooksville made a basket, and at the end of the first quarter the score was 105 to O in favor of Cooksville. Coach Hirst threw in every- body as the first five dressed. The slaughter was ended after quarters when Danvers gave us the game, at the time Cooksville led by a score of 201 to 1. Thus a great epic in basketball history was ended and the fame of that team of 4'7 shall live forever.