El Reno High School - Boomer Yearbook (El Reno, OK)

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Bill Penwright Sarah Robinson James Strettenberger Lloyd Sullivan Gordon Whitacre

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Lewis Luttrell Don Morrison • Bill Mac Swain Dolores Musgrove Frankie Nagle Bobby Gene Marquardt Robert Morqan ■■ppp Billie Penick

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a an ((ti nt Schedule El Reno 34 El Reno 24 El Reno 46 El Reno 25 El Reno 54 El Reno 43 El Reno 44 El Reno 44 El Reno 40 Seminole 35 Sayre 40 Mangum 40 Amarillo 27 Seminole 36 Carnegie 39 Hobart 33 Carnegie 37 Altus 36 Tourney El Reno 39 Hobart 37 El Reno 33 Carnegie 48 Schedule El Reno 46 Sayre 55 El Reno 44 Altus 48 El Reno 30 NW “B” 57 El Reno Junior College Chieftains started their 1948- 49 basketball campaign in the early part of December with ten boys turning out for positions. They were Charles Hulbert, Bill Mac Swain, Don Fcddersen, AJ Herberger, Lewis Luttrcll. Jack Clady, Don Smith, Del- mar Stccklon, Albert Brown, and Harvey Dorsey. The Chieftains quintet marched over to Seminole and squared off with the Seminole Chieftains at Seminole in their opener and were handed a heart breaker by one point, 35-34. The black cat seemed to follow them on their next session also, as they were handed a 40-24 loss by the Sayre five. The Chieftains packed up their articles and moved to Mangum for their third time, which resulted in “charm”, with a 46-40 victory. Then is was “Amarillo bound”, and for the second time they were defeated by a slight margin. This time 27-25. Frcm there on out the Chieftains fairly took the little round ball in their own hands, clipping off five straight victories. Their potent basketball ability and expert ball handling, plus a considerable amount of tutoring from Coach Roy K. Smith, enabled the quintet to breeze by Seminole 54-36, who had formerly defeated the Chiet- ains by a one point margin in the opener of the season. Carnegie was the next opponent to face the Chief- tains, although the Carnegie squad was rated as the top crew, the Chieftains came out on the top end of the rope, 43-39. Hotter than a day in July, the Chieftains visited the Hobart Junior College. The result was a 44-33 victory for the Chieftains. For the next game, the squad stayed home, and played host for the Carnegie team. They defeated the visitors for the second time this season, this time 44-37. Altus Junior College visited the Chieftains for their next session of basketball and the local J. C.’s took ad- vantage of every break with the final score reading 40 to 36. The Chieftains were then invited to attend the Kiowa County Junior College Invitational Tourney at Hobart, Oklahoma. On the opening night, drawings were made, with the Chieftains drawing the Hobart quintet on the first bout. The outcome was close, but in favor of the Chieftains 39-37. After this six-game winning streak, the Chieftains suffered a loss to the Carnegie team. 48-33, while their two previous games were taken by the Chieftains 43-39 and 44-37. This entitled the Carnegie team to first place in the tourney and the El Reno J. C.’s to second. Trophies were awarded following the final game, and the El Reno team brought home a second place trophy. Three games were left on the Chieftain’s schedule, but all were caught in the midst of bad weather, colds, bad luck and off-nights, resulting in three bad topples. The Sayre quintet handed them the first of these by a score of 55-46, Altus was next, 48-44, and the North- western “B” team finished the season for the Chieftains 57-30. Winding up the year’s schedule, the team scored 546 points with their opposition totaling 568 points. Thus 7 wins and 7 losses was the complete tally.