Fisher High School - Echo Yearbook (Fisher, IL)

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Ewfefgaffdgquad jam The Fisher cagemen made their basketball de- but a successful outing by downing LeRoy, 54-43. In their opening tilt the Bunnies, playing under their new coach, Mr. Crawford, proved that their scrappy, determined play would afford tough opposition for all their foes. After defeats at the hands of ABL and Octavia, the Bunnies bounded back to trounce Piper City and Mahomet by wide margins with Coach Crawford using every player on his varsity team in these games. Fisher split the remaining four games before the Christmas vacation losing to St. Joseph and Deland-Weldon but topping Heyworth and Unity. The highlight of the season came in County Tournament play when the Bunnies advanced to the finals only to lose out to the St. joseph power- house. The first hurdle overcome by the Bunnies in their march to the County finals was Homer which succumbed, 71-49. The rejuvenated cagemen gave another stellar performance in routing Univer- sity High, 71-46. With their victory over Ogden came the final game of the tournament against highly-touted St. joseph. The Indians lived up to their class and downed Fisher, 71-51. The Bunnies, however, played excellent ball throughout the tour- nament and were proud with the second place trophy. Fisher's top performer in the tournament was Dave Gossard, who led the tourney's scorers with a total of 72 points in the four games. Dave's 35 points in the Homer victory was just 4 points shy of the Tournament record. Following tournament play the Bunnies con- tinued playing inspired basketball by topping Homer and Mahomet for the second time by huge scores. Fisher next faced four formidable foes losing to Say- brook, bouncing back to defeat a favored Mansfield team, and then losing to Farmer City and St. joseph again. The Mansfield fracas was an airtight thriller with Fisher squeezing through to a 67-63 win. The Bunnies showed real strength in their next three top-heavy victories over Ogden, Deland- Weldon, and University High. The cagers ended Coach Crawford their season by losing to Roberts-Thawville, one of East Central Illinois's top teams. The season featured real teamwork, as the scoring record indicates. Playing an important role in the respectable season's record of 15 victories against ll defeats were the six senior cagemen- Dave Gossard, Everett Heiser, Eugene Wheeler, Dan Cullen, Darrell Wilson, and Curtis Brock. With another year's experience, next year's team, headed by Jim Horsch, Dean Carmien, Lyle Wheeler, and other members of the tournament winning Fresh-Soph team, should be just as success- ful as its predecessors.