Dunlap High School - Eagle Yearbook (Dunlap, IL)

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W w The opening game we saw a strong Farmington five walk to an easy victory over the Chillicothe quintet. The same night the Morton Potter met Metamora in a hard fought battle all the way. Morton came out on top to stay in the tournament. The second night of tournament play Tremont pulled one of the most unex- pected upsets of the season. Washington up until this time had been undefeated and was top-seeded for taking the tournament. Tremont had read the paper along With Washington and were geared to such a pitch for this game that Washington could not stand the pace and went down to defeat in a very rugged battle. The second game of the evening we saw the Dunlap crew meeting the small fighting Eureka five and With little trouble got off to an early lead and continually widened the margins of the score the remainder of the game. Final score Dunlap 36 and Eureka 31. All ten Dunlap players saw action in this game. vii: mmmmmmmummmmmmmuu i F. v' - Dunlap Eagles Win Metamora Tournament The Dunlap Eagles, flashing a powerful offense and defense, sent the Meta- mora Red Birds down to defeat, 54-34, in the finals of the Metamora district tourna- ment to win the right to compete in the Peoria regional tournament this week. mmmmtmmmmiivm 5'. iL'Ale. ' 5- mm- Dunlap proved their strong defense by holding Metamora to six points in the first half while tallying 19 points themselves. Willis With 18 points, Perley with 16 points and Heavrin with ten points paced the Eagles to the twelfth consecutive win. M E 5.. F E 5E .c'r E E s; In the opening round of the tournament Dunlap easily defeated Lowpoint, 56-31. Perley led Dunlap to victory with 21 points. In the semi-finals the Eagles trounced a determined Flanagan quintet 57-40. Perley with 21 points, Willis with 15 and Heavrin with 12 points paced Dunlap to victory. The Eagles Were a determined outfit throughout the ball tournament. Their scor- ing efforts were paced by Perley, Willis and Heavrin. This With the all around Hoor play of Ewalt and Ashbaugh, earned them their victories. In their three games the Eagles averaged 56 points while allowing their opponents an average of only 35 points. i 1; WWWMMMWHMQMWW Dunlapmilentral Game Dunlap advanced to the semi-finals of the local regional tournament by sub- duing a stubborn Peoria Central team 34-30, in a close hard fought battle last night -at Woodruff gym. Twenty-five hundred excited spectators sat on the edge of their seats to watch Dunlap, Metamora District Champions, come from behind in the final quarter to polish of f a smooth working Central quintet. A2 , .I: ' Dunlap, displaying a control type of ball game, jumped to an early lead and Were still ahead at the end of the first quarter 9-6. The Lions outscoring Dunlap in the second period, led at the half 17-15 and held the lead going into the final quarter 22-21. Scoring honors for the game went to Kehl of Central with 14 points. Perley led the Winners with 13, closely followed by Heavrin with 11. In the first game scores were entirely different, Woodruff rolling over VVash- ington 74-46. Thursday night fast-breaking Woodruff and defense-minded Dunlap ' met in the semi-finals at Woodruff gym, With the Winner meeting Spaldinglin the f inals Friday night. .wmmmmmamwmmmimmmIvmmmmmmmammwmi: . r 71!; 11 51;; 115521131; MAP; Ugh? 4393M; ll 4.1; KMJ MklhuoUi MAX 4 9; 95711.31pr QLLyATM-Q M 517,931 E 17 VARQAQQLJLAK W15 ligggft ' '1

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