Farmington High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Farmington, IL)

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Basketball Season Keeps Fans Guessmg The 1949 50 basketball sea on started off with a bang with a win over Metamora and ended with l5 wins against 12 losses This wa a sea on in which anything could happen and usually did Many of the games were high scoring The Cuba was one of tnese lt ended with a score of 86 55 in favor of the Farmers This is one of the highest scoring games in the history of F C H S basketball The team played its be t all around game of the eason again t nighly favored Ab ngdon even though the Farmers lost 65 54 A clo e econd to thi was the Peoria Woodruff game in which the boys played outstanding ball the first half the iiain tay on Coach Grebe s basketeer were eniors Carroll Baylor 6 4 high cor ing three year letter man forward Dale Blacq m talwart high Jumping center lon Clay ton rel able and high free throw percentage guard Dick Barley late season fast break ng forward Junior Ray Fatheree pivot shooting hard fighting forward sophomore lim Pollitt fast dribbling guard Reliable reserves were Tom Elias Bob Youngblood Barney Morgan Pete Colvin and Don Brawner The team was handicapped very much after the first few games by the lo s of Gene and Bill Muzzarelli. C-ene a Junior underwent an operation on his knee which he injured in the Canton football game. The second team was coached this year by Cecil Stin on. The team had a very succ ssful season with l7 wins and 4 loose . This tedm was led by Brawner Tuttle Williams Doube, Colvin and Beed. The reserves won the Fulton County P Tournament and will be of great help to the varsity next year. Page 22 Managers-Sam Yancick Ed Macklin

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Av Fxrst Row I Shaw B Hedden P Fogl1an1 S Long W McK1nney S Srong S Suydarn M Morgan Second Row I Scott L Sutton N Stalter P Elhot B Grlstrap BDo..1bet G Muzzarelh M Capron 'l'h1rd Row M Reed M Bennett B Ctardt D Galloway I Greenheld N Eb rly B Loven D Koller D Bennett Fourth Row M G1nger1ch L Schoonover A Burnnga E Vrer D TISZZI M Morotl M Plumer S Yanclck R Blackmer Senlor Girls Are Champs The eruor gtrls under the leadershtp of Betty l-ledden won the class tournament by deteatmg the Junlor thus makmg the fourth stra1ght year that the sentors have won The hrst game was played between the treshnfen and sentors the semors emerged as vtctors by a score of 42 12 The second game was played on March 6 between the sopho more and 1un1ors The Jumors had a hard tune deteattng tne ophomores and when the lna Wm tle blew ne Core wa led ttreemmute overttme was played and tue nal score was 36 32 On March 8 the champtonshlp game was played between the 1un1ors and sen1ors w1th the sentors emergmg as the v1ctors Pnor to the tournament all the gtrls regard less, ot thetr class were d1v1ded tnto seven d1f ferent teams Practxce began shortly after Chrtstmas Donna T1eZZ1S team won all the four games played durmg the tournament and emerged as v1ctors of the seven teams Th1s year 1nstead of play1ng accordmg to boy basketball rule the team followed alrl rules oongratulattons Senlorsl' Page 23 , 0 f ,- 1 V ., f We x , N. ' ' ' . 4 , Y 1 . 3 V J .. . 1 f If -g - . . , , 'X I 7 . ,L 1 J J vii g X , i N . I . f rfivtllr A . , S 0 1 - V - f - 1 - T I t - A , - l I, . -Af - V - I 1 - r 0 0 4- . o , , I - . A I - A I w ' . I' l 'sA',,t' s t'. A A s , , 1 , iw , .. . A , , ' .