Deckerville High School - Eagle Star Yearbook (Deckerville, MI)

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 Row Is Merriman-Mgr., Rlckett, Walker, Theobald, Hillman, Fockler, Coach Krawczak. Row 2: Gough, Forrester, Duncan, Pattullo, Morauski. Not In picture: Frank 0' i DECKER VILLE 22 SANDUSKY 44 DECKERVILLE 36 SANDUSKY 51 DECKER VILLE 44 HARBOR BEACH 57 DECKERVILLE 56 PECK 40 DECKERVILLE 46 CARSONVILLE 13 DECKERVILLE 31 NORTH BRANCH 28 DECKERVILLE 41 NORTH BRANCH 17 DECKERVILLE 38 CROSWELL 51 ♦ DECKERVILLE 36 CROSWELL 28 DECKERVILLE 41 MARLETTE 59 DECKERVILLE 35 MARLETTE 66 DECKERVILLE 36 PECK 42 DECKERVILLE 66 CARSONVILLE 28 DECKERVILLE 41 mom CITY 29 DECKS? VILLE 21 YALE 29 DECKERVILLE 21 YALE 64 The basketball team got off to a comparatively slow start, but steadily im- proved. There were only two experienced first team players from the preceding year, Don Forrester and Wayne Duncan. We also had a new coach, and the players had to get used to him and his method of playing basketball. The team reached its highest peak just before the Christmas vacation, when they beat Croswell by a score of 36 to 28. Afterwards, the boys seemed to have lost all of their spirit. They bowed to Marlette oy a score of 66 to 35. The team beat Carson- ville, but then bowed to Yale and Sandusky. The boys practiced often and hard, and fought for every game win or lose. Wayne Duncan, Don Forrester, Roger Pattullo, Jack Gough, and Dan Morauski made the first string and held them through the complete season. Don Forrester was the high scorer for the season with 144 points, an average of 9 points per game. Wayne Duncan followed with 126 points. Jack Gough with 110 points, Roger Pattullo with 101 points, and Dan Morauski with 90 points. Frank 0 Mara, Tom Walker, Max Fockler, Dick Theobald, Keith Smith, Norman Rickett. and Ward Hillman filled in the rest of the first team. These boys made stiff competition for the first five, and they had to work to keep their positions. Keith Smith finished the last half of the season on the Junior Varsity, but was promoted to the first team just before the tournament along with Dale Pearson. Bud Merriman and Bill Lichter served as managers.

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SECOND TEAM The second team basketball squad consisted primarily of Sophomores and Freshmen. Inexperienced to start with, the boys won only three games, but they practiced hard and improved steadily throughout the season. Dale Pearson was high point man with a total of 67. Don Lenk and Norman Rickett followed with 32 points each. Others were Roger Noble, 30 points; Keith Smith, 29; Don Anders or 28; Don DeLon 25; and Ward Hillman, 23 DECKERVTLLE 13 SANDUSKY 53 DECKERVTLLE 16 SANDUSKY 41 DECKERVILLE 22 HARBOR BEACH 52 DECKERVTLIE 10 PECK 28 DEuKKRVILLE 29 CARSONVTLLE 5 DECKERVTLLE 19 NORTH BRANCH 23 DECKER VTLLE 18 NORTH BRANCH 17 DECKERVTLLE 21 CROSWELL 22 DBCKERVTLLE 25 CROSWELL 34 DECKER VILLE 23 MARLETTE 55 DECKKKVILLE 36 MARLETTE 52 DECKERVTLLE 19 PECK 29 DECKERVI TUE 21 CARSONVTLLE 10 DECkKR V1T.TE 26 BROWN CITY 45 DECKER VTLLE 16 TALE 32 DECKERVTLLE 32 TALE 43 Row Is MacDonald, Wadsworth, Dutchar, Whelan, Brady, Anderson, Poterek, Lenk, Trepkoski, Coach Krawczak. Row 2: Landsburg, Polley, Browning, Pearson, Noble, Schillings, DeLong.