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

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on Eastern's homo court. Rutland was de- feated 55 to 2O at Eastern and Egan by a 26 to 12 score on the local court. The Jays then drubbed Winfred 27 to 4 but in the following game went down in defeat 24 to 31, at the hands of a determined Chester five on the Chester court. In an exciting game played at home the Blue Jays edged out Dell Rapids 22 to 21 but failed to hold back the Colman cagers, thus losing the game, 29 to 18. The Jays then camo back and defeated St.Thomas 24 to 17, to keep their lead in the Lake County Conference. Chester was the next victim with the Jays getting revenge for an earlier defeat by winning 29 to 17 on Eastern's home court. In winning from Trent 56 to 4 in the following game the Jays clinched the Sioux Valley champion- ship and following that, a win from Win- fred with a 50 to 23 score, also gave the Jays the Lake County championship, for the third successive year. In the district 17 tournament the Blue Jays drew Howard as their first round opponents defeating them 22 to l5.In the semi-final with Carthage the Jays won 22 to 16. The final game of the tournament found the Blue Jays unable to hit their usual stride thus losing the game to the determined Ramona Cagers, 21 to 16. In a non-conference game with Humboldt the Jays lost to the Cornbelt champions by a score of 24 to 16. The Jaylets took the Lake County cham- pionship, having won all their games. Players were Arden Kern, Lawrence Ritz, Rudolph Farrand, Stewart Rekstein,Merle Johnson, Theodore Winden,Elton Kirstein. E943 E353 SESJE E5 V, 7