Culver High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Culver, IN)

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CULVER'S BASKETBALL TRADITION REVIVED Good work, team, good work, good work, team, good work, team, we say good work! This is one of the joyous strains which were heard many times throughout the year as the Culver fans saluted their mighty In- dians. This truly was one of those traditional Culver basketball seasons with the Culver tribe standing high with thirteen wins and nine losses during the I956-57 season. The opening game of the season showed that the Indians were to be rough to handle this year. It was a close con- test all the way, but the Indians ended up on top as the final score was Culver 64, LaPaz 59. Warren Curtis led the Culver attack with 20 points, followed by Ben- nett's I7 and TripIet's I2. WaIkerton's Indians proved to be too power- ful for Culver, scalping our tribe on our own hunting grounds with a score of 67 to 59. Curtis and Triplet led the scor- ing with I9 and I3 points respectively. For the third battle, Culver took to the road for the first time to meet the Akron Flyers. Score, score, we want more! was the cry of the fans as they observed the Old Culver Spirit which the boys again dis- played. Culver won by a margin of ten points, the final score being Culver 58, Ak- ron 48. Curtis and Triplet again were top point men with I3 and I8 points respective- ly. North Judson overpowered Culver 59-46 in the second setback of four games. Ben- nett and Curtis each scored I4 points for top honors. Culver overtook the Rensselaer Bombers for their third win of the season. The scor- ing was evenly divided between the starting 54 COACH RALPH PEDERSEN five and the final score was Culver 52, Rens- selaer 38. Our Indians bumped off Knox 'for their fourth victory. Free throws were the decid- ing factor in this game since both teams had I9 field goals. Culver hit 30 of 44 free throws, while Knox only made 26 out of 39. The final score was Culver 68, Knox 64. Curtis and Triplet again took the honors -- -4 with I9 points each. Culver lost a close con- test to Rochester with a score of 58-52. Duff and Curtis each scored I4 points for our Indians. The Four-Way Tour- ney was next in line for the Indians and Culver drew Argos for the open- ing game. The Dragons won over Culver with a score of 62 to 46, and went on to take Ply- mouth in the finals. Cul- ver dropped the consola- tion game, a close battle which ended 68-64 in favor of Valparaiso. AI Triplet was high scorer both nights scoring I7 and 27 points respec- tively. Next the Culver tribe knocked down the high flying Bourbon Comets, winning by an eleven point margin. Curtis again was tops in scoring with 25 points. The Indians were victorious over the Bremen Lions in a close thriller, the final score being Culver 46, Bremen 42. The top scorers for the evening were Wagoner and Duff, each scoring I4 points. Only a week after their first encounter, Culver again faced the Bremen Lions for their first game of the county tourney. Coach Pedersen and his squad experienced little difficulty in eliminating the Lions. Curtis led the Maxinkuckee Indians' attack swishing in 29 pointers. Coach Pedersen's tribe than advanced to the semi-finals, once

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