Eastern High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Madison, SD)

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fe I 4 g e t 32 5 QEMJME BJ winning the Sioux Valley Conference title for the first time since being a member of that loop, and taking the Lake County Conference title the third suc- cessive year, the Blue Jays of Eastern High school finished a very suceessfull 1957-38 basketball season. Reporting to the initial call for re- cruits were John Baker, Gyles Martinson, Virgil Johnson and Clarence Christensen, guards, Thomas Fawbush, Tom Lyons,Morris Jackson, Reed Smith and Merrit Nelson, forwards and Stanley Hansen center. The Jays started the season against Rutland having an easy time winning from Rutland's inexperienced eagers,41 to 25. Next traveling to Ramona the Jays were hard put to eke out a 29 to 28 victory in a very hard-fought.extra-period game. Colman was the next victim when the Jays rallied in the last peripd to give them- selves a 25 to 21 win on Colmanls court. The Jays now eased up and played a slow game at St. Thomas to take a 17 to 9 win giving them a record of four wins out of four games played. Madison high school stopped the Jays in the next game win- ning by a 28 to 14 count on the Armory floor. The next game found the Jays at Egan where they held their opponents to two gift shots the first half, taking the game 51 to 17. Dell Rapids was next but failed to stop the Jays in a fast game on the Dells court, , the final count being 28 to 18. In the return game with Ramona the Jays took a 25 to 19 win Hes seas new