Crook County High School - Spurs Yearbook (Prineville, OR)

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1 Coach, Nello Giovanini DISTRICT TOURNAMENT COWBOYS vs. BEND ln a close early season game The Cowboys dropped a 4I To 37 decision To The Bend Lava Bears on January 6. COWBOYS vs. REDMOND The Redmond PanThers invaded Cowboys' TerriTory and beaT The local boys 45 To 33 January 20. COWBOYS vs. BEND Bend High deTeaTed The Cowboys Tor a second Time aT Bend. They meT The Lava Bears wiTh high spiriTs buT losT 48 To 29. COWBOYS vs. BURNS The Burns Bulldogs ouTscored The Cowboys 37 To 32 Tor The Team's TourTh deTeaT oT The season. COWB-OYS vs. REDMOND The Crook CounTy Team was again handed a deTeaT by The Red- 'mond PanThers when They journeyed To Redmond. The Cowboys gave Them a sTiTT run Tor Their money buT losT 47 To 35. COWBOYS vs. MADRAS The Team Tor The second Time Trampled Madras To The Tune of 44 To 34. ln This game The Cowboys began To show some of Their skill which led Them To a championship. COWBOYS vs. BURNS The Cowboys deTeaTed The Burns Team To Tairly make iT To The TournamenT. The score was 32 To 22. COWBOYS vs. LAKEVIEW ln The same series wiTh The Burns game The Cowboys losT To The Lakeview Honkers 38 To 34 aT Lakeview. G. Jerry Noble C. Richard Moore G. Denny Michel

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Couiloya Ll Du ric 8 .66 A !172w-Mme.. Affer finishing Ihird in Ihe pre-season iamboree, and Iourlh in Ihe season sland- ings, 'rhe Cowboys from Crook Counly upsel 'rhe leading conlenclers for lhe dislricl championship and landed lor Ihe Iirsl 'rime in C. C. I-I. S. hislory a sfale Iournamenf spoil. The Cowboys played an ordinary season wilh an on-again oil-again Iorm. Their season record was 6 losses and 2 wins. In Ihe lale season when Ihey rose lor dislricf Iournamenl parlicipalion, The Cowboys barely came Ihrough Io nose oul Iheir closesl conlenders. JAMBOREE AT REDMOND In Ihe dislricl iamboree fhe Cowboys moved info Ihird place. They were edged ouf by Bend I I Io 9. In Iheir second game Ihey Iosl' Io Redmond I9 'ro I3. Their win came when 'rhey lopped Madras I9 'ro 8. Patsy Lola Clara

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Left to right, row 1: D. Johnson P. Bergstrom, R. Moore, J. Davls, M. Gumperl., L. Coles, manager, H. Quinn. Row 2: Nello Giovanini, D. Hous- ton, R. Balley, J. Noble, D. Mlchel G. Billsborough, G. Campbell. DISTRICT TOURNAMENT The underdog or Cowboys rose To de.TeaT The once beaTen Bend Lava B-ears by 4l To 40 in The TirsT game of The Tournament The upseT was a surprise To everyone, and an encouraging biT of morale Tor The boys. ln The second game The Cowboys again knocked OTT a heavily Tavored Team, The Redmond PanThers, To win disTricT championship honors. They were awarded The TirsT place Trophy, and Tor The second Time in Three years The SporTsmanship Trophy. STATE TOURNAMENT Two gripping games were played by The disTricT 3 champs, when They weighed hard TighT and skilled ball againsT The Gresham and Springfield Teams aT lvlacArThur CourT in Eugene. Being ahead almosT The enTire game on Wednesday morning, March l7, The Cowboys were surprisingly edged ouT in The Third quarTer by The Gresham Team Tor a score oT 43 To 3l. On The nexT morning The high spiriTed Cowboys meT The SpringTield Team. Again The quinTs played experT ball and were ahead unTil The lasT few minuTes oT The game. SpringTield liTerally sprang from behind and de- TeaTed The Prineville Team by a 53 To 48 score. F. Pinky Bergstrom G. Darrell Houston F. Bud Johnson C. La Selle Coles 'i' f