Eau Claire High School - Kodak Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Dick Greene leaps high and sinks two points off Regis' Steve Behrndt. - Frank DuFrane lifts a jump shot in the inter-city clash with Regis. EAU CLAIRE 55 MARINETTE 40 Eau Claire found previously once-beaten Marinette .an easy mark as the Abes outscored them in the first three quarters, 48-27, to coast to a final margin of 55-40. The Marines boasted a tall quintet but they couldn't cope with some deadly long shooting by the Eau Claire guards which broke open the defense and allowed the Purple and Wlmite front line to work very efficiently. Dick Greene and Duffy Erickson grabbed numerous re- lbounds to control the ball for the most part, and :poor shooting by Marinette prevented them from doing much damage when they did have possession. The Novakmen showed their best balanced scoring of the year as Han- son scored 15, Hugdahl and Greene 10 apiece, and Du- Frane and Erickson 9 points each. EAU CLAIRE 70 LA CROSSE CENTRAL 42 Making a blistering 5815 of their shots, Eau Claire rornped to their 9th win of the season by downing La Crosse Central, 70-42. Gerry Anderson set the year's scoring mark as heitossed in 29 points. Central was never really in the contest as they trailed from the start and the only doubtful aspect about the game was how big the difference would be. The Red Raiders were out- scored in every quarter and the final half found local mentor John Novak sending in the reserves, who took up where the Eau Claire starters had left off. Nine players broke into the scoring column with Duffy Erick- son's 9 points ranking second to Anderson's big total. EAU CLAIRE 54 AWISCONSIN RAPIDS 60 The Abes fell victim to the defending state champions, 60-54, as all-state pivot man, Charlie Gurtler, pumped in 25 points. Eau Claire had to play. without the services of Dick Greeneg however, -Ronnie Sather, his- replace- ment, turned in a good all around game and flipped in 10 points. Rapids used a pressing defense and a bril- liantly executed fast break offense which gave them a 17-9 lead at, the quarter. Eau Claire .fought hack and by outscoring the Rapids quint, 17-15, in both the second and third periods they gained a tie at 45 all going into the last canto. Then the Raiders dumped in 5 quick bas- kets and managed to keep the Abes at bay for the re- mainder of the game. Duffy Erickson was the big gun for Eau Claire as he notched 17 points. The taller Rapids team had 5 other players in the double figures to sup- port the 6-5 Gurtler's fine showing. EAU CLAIRE 67 WAUSAU as In a ragged game Eau Claire breezed to their tenth win of the season, 67-38, over Wausau. After a fairly close first quarter, the Abes pulled far beyond hailing distance by outscoring Wausau in the last 24 minutes, 52-26. The Lumberjacks had little to offer except an ability to col- lect personal fouls as they lost four players via the five foul route and they picked up a 'total of 56 miscues for the evening. Eau Claire was headed by the fine reboun- ding and shooting of Gerry Anderson and Dick Greene who fired in 24 and 20 markers apiece. EAU CLAIRE 58 REGIS 62 Sensational shooting by jimmy Miller and bruising re- bounding by Steve Behrndt were the main factors in Re- gis' dealing the Novakmen their Sth loss of the cam- paign, 62-58. Intermission came with the scoreboard showing a 24-24 deadlock which was promptly erased when play was resumed as the Abes forged to a 57-32 lead. Regis then proceeded to score 20 markers to the Eau Claire quintet's 5 to command a 52-42 advantage with 5 minutes to go. The Abes fought desperately to within one point of a tie, 58-57, as the Ramblers lost several players on fouls, only to have their drive fizzle out and the Green and White boys pulled away for keeps. Anderson tallied 20 and Greene 19 for the Old Abes while Miller and Behrndt shared honors for the victors with 18 each. '

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EAU CLAIRE 47 LA CROSSE CENTRAL 39 Strong second and fourth period rallies by the Abes en- abled them to score a 47-39 triumph over La Crosse Cen- tral on the latter's home court. The Red Raiders jumped to a 15-10 lead at the quarter mark but the Purple and Wliite made a strong comeback 'and held a 5 P011'1f 16215 at' the half. Roger Monson helped LaCrosse narrow that to a single marker in the third quarter, but Co-captains, Gerry Anderson and Dick Greene, went to work and aided by a one-man stall put on by Frank DuFrane, Eau Claire had little trouble in pulling away in the -final 8 minutes. Greene netted 13 and Anderson 14 to lead all scorers. A EAU CLAIRE 40 REGIS 49 A well executed' pressing defense by the Regis Ramblers made it possible for them to hand Eau Claire their sec- ond loss of the season, 49-40. Time after time the Abes couldn't get the ball over the 10 second line and the Ramblers were quick to take advantage of the situation. The Novakmen struggled to a 26-20 edge at the half but lost that lead as late in the last period Regis tied the score at 40 all and in the closing hectic minutes the Abes went scoreless while their intr-city rivals whipped in 9- points. Pivotman Dick Greene and forward Gerry Anderson tallied 15 and 13 points while game honors went to Rambler Ronnie Flynn who scored 17. EAU CLAIRE 72 CHIPPEWA FALLS 67 An unerring eye for the' hoop in the first. half gave Eau Claire the lead it needed to stave off a desperate rally in the final quarter and emerge victorious, 72-67. Inter- mission found Eau Claire ahead 46-31. However, they almost lost the game late in the fourth period when the Cardinals pulled to within 3 points, only to have the Abes score a field goal and then stall out the remaining time. Gerry Anderson topped all scorers with 24 points while teammate Roger Hanson played his best game of the season as he aided the cause with 22 points,,most of them on short shots. Rugged John Willkie and center Bob Meslow sparked Chippewa Falls with 23 and 22 -EAU CLAIRE 64 STEVENS POINT 70 A pressing defense that repeatedly took the ball away from Eau Claire cost the Abes their third loss of the season, 70-64, at the hands of Stevens Point. The Point- ers showed deadly accuracy for the basket as they con- tinually hit on long shots when their fast break was stymied. Eau Claire grabbed 'a 11-8 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the half found them trailing 30-23. ,Superb shooting on the part of Dick Greene brought Eau Claire to within 2 points of a tie at the start of the last period, 47-45. However, the Pointers were not to be denied as they held under pressure to pull away to a 10 point lead while the best that the Abes could counter with was two long set shots by Greene. The C0-captains again gained high point honors with Greene scoring 25 and Anderson 17. Frank DuFrane also hit the double figures with 13 while for Stevens Point Sanks and Woef- ler pumped in a total of 40 tallies between them. EAU CLAIRE 54 LA CROSSE LOGAN 39 Playing at home Eau Claire found the victory combina- tion again as they locked up La Crosse Logan, 54-39. The Abes had little trouble throughout the game as they completely out rebounded the Rangers, and a tight man to man defense kept the La Crosse team from getting very many good shots. La Crosse also tried to press the Eau Claire guards, but it proved to be ineffective and actually did more damage than good. Shooting percen- tages were quite low for both squads with substitutes seeing considerableaction. Greene scored 18 and Gerry Anderson 16 for the locals while Bob Otto's 14 ranked high for the visitors. Dick Steidtmann 1355 battles for a rebound in the St. Paul Marshall game. - Gerry Anderson iumps, shoots, scores.

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EAU CLAIRE 58 LA CROSSE LOGAN 64 A hard fighting La Crosse Logan team gained revenge for an earlier defeat by Eau Claire when they dumped the Abes, 64-58, in an overtime battle. The score was tied 58-58 at the end of regulation time and Logan found the range for 5 baskets while holding Eau Claire scoreless in the extra 3 minutes. The Purple and White were handicapped con- siderably when, in the fourth quarter, Ron I-Iugdahl and pivotman Dick Greene left the contest with 5 fouls.. Gerry Anderson racked up 14 points and Duffy Erickson, who also played a sparkling defensive game, tallied 12 to lead the Eau Claire scorers. Hugdahl contributed some talented long shooting as he garnered 11 markers. Bob Otto and Dick Severson totaled 41 points for Logan. EAU CLAIRE 56 CHIPPEWA FALLS 62 The Chippewa Cardinals made it an even split for the season as they edged the Novakmen 62-56. The Cards displayed the hottest shooting that the Abes had met all year as they con- nected on 23 of their 42 field goal attempts for a sizzling 55'M1, and they cinched the game by converting 16 of 20 free throws. Eau Claire tried desperately to overcome a 29- 25 halftime deficit but were unable to ever get any closer than 3 points. Eau Claire's Dick Greene and ChippeWa's Bob Meslow staged a battle against each other in the pivot with Greene outscoring Meslow 27-26. However, it was bet- ter balanced scoring that proved. to be the deciding factor as Anderson and Erickson combined with Greene to score all but 5 points for the Abes while Meslow had good sup- port from 5 teammates. EAU CLAIRE 45 SUPERIOR CENTRAL 56 ,Speed and scrap were utilized to the utmost by the Central Vikings as they tripped the Abes, 56-45. A pressing defense bothered Eau Claire some as the lightning-fast Vikings cap- italized on fundamental mistakes by the Old Abes to score several easy baskets. Eau Claire's center, Roger Hanson, was plagued by rim-rolling shots which just wouldn't drop, and Central was fighting for and 'grabbing the resulting re- bounds. The Abes trailed 26-23 at intermission and slowly dropped further behind as the game progressed. Anderson and Hanson netted 13 each and Dick Greene 12 to pace Eau Clairewhile jack Evans' 16 topped Superior. EAU CLAIRE 57 MARSHFIELD 36 In a ragged dull game the locals took measure of an im- potent Marshfield team, 57-36. Neither quintet showed any respectable accuracy for the hoop and the Tigers seemed content to handle the-ball near the 10 second line without making any real effort to work it in for points. The Old Abes struggled to a 26-15 lead at the half, and after playing on even terms in the third period, the localsdoubled the Tigers' output in the final stanza to widen the final gap. T he Purple and Wliite box score showed 6 players dividing the scoring with Anderson dumping in 12 points, Greene 11, Lorentz 10 and Erickson, Sather and Hanson 8 each. The lone bright spot for Marshfield was Jim Boson with 11 markers. EAU CLAIRE 60 WISCONSIN RAPIDS 64 A determined second half rally almost enabled the Abes to upset the powerful Wisconsin Rapids team on the latter's home court. With a large group of screaming, almost de- lirious Eau Claire fans- cheering them on, the Abes came within one point of a.tie, 61-60, in the last. IW minutes of the contest, only to have the Raiders gain control of the ball and hold it as the Abes fouled for possession. It was an uphill -battle all the way and the keyed-up Purple and Wlmite boys never quit as they forced the defending state champs to carry the issue right down to the wire. Rival cen- ters, Dick Greene and Charlie Gurtler, waged a thrilling scoring duel as both players made shot after shot from seem- ingly impossible angles. Gurtler finished with 30 for the evening while Eau Claire's Greene notched 28. The camera catches some disappointed ,expressions on the Eau Claire cheerleaders at Wisconsin Rapids. Ueft to riglaij M. Golden, B. Nelson, F. Laycock, J. Martin, Riley, E. Burns C Ronnie Sather struggles -for a rebound with .big Charlie Gurtler of Rapids.