Edgar High School - Edgar Echo Yearbook (Edgar, WI)

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Season Summary E --' -- The Wildcats opened their season by smashing Birnamwood in a handy fashion. 27-17. Good basket shooting decided the victory. ,Edgar -32- Abbotsford -20- Slick ball handling and shooting ability enabled the Wildcats to coast to an easy victory over the orange and black from Abbotsford. Playing against an aggressive and hard fighting aggregation the Wildcats barely eked out their third consecutive win. The Spencer boys out-fought our boys but failed to record a victory. E - - - - Things looked pretty bad the first half, but the Edgar quintet got up enough steam during the last sixteen minutes of play to march to a 27-15 victory. E ..- -- For the second time the red and white of Spencer proved to be a tough customer for the Wildcats. The game was a nip and tuck affair downto the last whistle, but the green and white again came out on top with a 28-24 victory. .Edgar -26- Athens -15- Edgar opened up its conference schedule with a well-won 26-16 win over Athens. Bob Ludkey provided most of the punch for the Wildcats as he poured in 10 points. Edgar -2.7- SQaIi0rd -3.1: A The Wildcats fought an up-hill battle all the way but they could not overcome Stratfords early lead. Early in the fourth quarter the boys tied the score, but Stratford threw in three quick buckets to Edgars one to win the game. With Marathon leadingthe Edgar boys at the half time mark 13-8, it looked like anyones ball game. However with the loss of Ken Straub early in the third period, the Wildcats lost all of their pep, and as a result Marathon coasted to a 46-23 win. Edgar -24- Mgsmee -23- lt appeared as though the Wildcats were going to snap out of their slump after they led the Mosinee quintet at the half 12-8. With the aid of two sub-forwards, however, the Mosinee team acquired the spark that enabled them to outscore the green and white during the second half. ' Er-- r-- . Again lack of scoring punch in the second half spelled defeat for the Wildcats. The Edgar aggregation could garner but six points during the second half while the Abby quintet fired in 21, which was more than enough to provide a victory for them. Edgar -39- Birnamwggg -14- The squad displayed some of their early season form as they got back into the win column by defeating Birnamwood 39-14. The team was wide awake and as a result they played one of theinbest games of the season. Edgar -39- Athens -33- Playing heads up ball throughout the entirevgame, the Humke-coached team slammed Athens for the second time to the score of 39'-33. Poor defense, poor shooting, and poor basketball playing spelled Edgar's fourth con- ference setback. Everything seemed to go wrong for the Wildcats and as a result they received the worst licking they ever got from a Stratford team.

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POINTS ON PLA YERS Bob Ludkey, Forward Bob was the hot shot of the team. His drive under and near the basket enabled him to score many alay in shots. Bob received the center position on the second all- conference team as a result of his high scoring ability. Ken Straub, Guard Ken's fine team leadership made him honorary captain of the team throughout the entire season. Drive and alertness made him the teams second highest scorer. Ken also was placed on the second all-conference team as a guard. Gordy Fergot, Center Gordy only played in eleven of the teams seventeen games. His absence was keenly felt when the team was in its disastorous mid-season losing streak. Gordy has lots of scrap and fight which was very helpful to the Wildcats. johnny joswiak, Guard johnny developed into a fine player even though he had only one year of basketball experience. With his height and weight, johnny snatched many rebounds from either board, and he also was a standout defensive player. Doug Witzeling, Forward Doug has one more year to display his wares to opponets. More drive and fight will make him one of the teams highest scorers next season. With his height he should become one of the most dangerous players in the conference in 1946. Bill Hafner, Forward Bill featured a dandy one hand push shot by which he did most of his scoring. Lack of drive kept him out of a few close games but Bill should overcome this handicap in his remaining two seasons at E.H.S. Irv Halverson, Guard Not enough basketball experience kept Irv out of the line up in many of the team's games. Irv was a fine team player and at times his cooperation gave the team its winning spark. Scoring Summary , G.P. F.G. F.T.MADE F.T.MISS Pj. T,P, Ludkey, Bob f, 16 43 27 30 51 113 Straub, Ken g, 17 35 26 29 22 96 Hafner, Bill f, 17 32 17 12 34 81 Witzeling, Doug f,c, 16 30 3 16 26 63 Fergot, Gordy c, 11 22 14 19 25 58 joswiak, johnny g, 17 13 8 13 16 34 Halverson, Irv. g, 7 4 4 2 1 12 Uekert, Bob f, -Q -Q -ul -2 -5 Q Totals 17 179 100 123 180 458 Edgars average Points Per Game, 27 Opponents Average Points Per Game, 27

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Seasons Summary Continued Failure to play thirty two minutes of good basketball caused another defeat for the Wildcats. For three quarters Edgar had complete control ofthe game, but Marathon came back' in the last quarter to eke out a win over the local boys. Edgar just didn't have the zip down at Mosinee and as a result they bowed to the Papermakers to the tune of 24 to 10. Er--'4- The Wildcats proved to be too much of a superior team for Unity as the score indi- cates. Capitalizing on fast breaks and smooth ball handling, Edgar easily outscored Unity and when the final whistle blew the score read Edgar 42, Unity 22. Playing in the semi-finals of the district tournament at Abbotsford the Wildcats almost turned the tide against Stratford. Leading the game untilthe last few seconds of 2 play it appeared as though the Wildcats were cinched for the finals, but a basket by Stratford snatched victory from their grasp in the last few seconds and Edgar's 44-45 season came to an end. ' Basketball Boys Row 1: 1. Ludkey, R. Uekert, B. Hafner, I. Halverson, D. Witeling, K. Straub, G. Fergot R. Ludkey, I. Ioswiak, I. Greisch Row 2: F. Stark, L. Niewolny, N. Untiet, W. Puchner, D. Warosh, 0. Halverson, F. Kreft R. Betzner, E. Witzeling, G. Lierman, D. Guralski, Mr. Humke