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

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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