Fulton High School - Static Yearbook (Fulton, IL)

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HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT Steamers, cont. Harper Harvey completed the big 3 scoring punch, playing outstanding basket- ball at the center position, and scoring 195 points even though he missed the last six games, due to illness. He, too, gained All- Conference fame, being selected as center on the 2nd tearn. Senior, 6' 6 tall. Cliff Johnson, the veteran of the team, missed the first few games of the season be- cause of a football injury, but nevertheless came through with 106 points at the guard position and honorable mention on the All- Conference team. His defensive play was a vital part of the teams' success. Senior, 5' 9 ta l. Jim WVessels, the little playmaker , hit for 102 points, but was more famous for his ability to set up the offensive pattern. He was the boy who got the ball rolling . Next year he will return to his guard position on the new floor and should once again become one of the team's most valuable players. Junior, 5' 7 tall. Varsity Basketball Schedule 'Illowa League Games Page 64 SCORES OF GAMES Fulton 19 Clinton 56 Fulton 48 Dixon 60 Fulton 52 Prophetstown 39 iFulton 42 Lyons 36 'Fulton 55 DeWitt 31 t'Fulton 52 Sterling 64 i'Fulton 47 Morrison 38 fFulton 47 Savanna 49 Fulton 50 Polo 34 iFulton 44 St. Mary's 38 Fulton 48 Prophetstown 45 Fulton 53 Erie 43 'tFulton 63 Lyons 40 'tFu1ton 55 DeWitt 42 'tFulton 65 Sterling 59 iFulton 43 Morrison 59 iiFulton 66 Savanna 67 'iFulton 69 St. Mary's 63 Fulton 54 Amboy 59 Fulton 42 Polo 60 Total 13 Wins - 7 Losses Dave Woods, who scored 61 points, gave the guard position some much needed height, and became known for his deliberate style of setting up plays. His greatest honor came. however, when he won the free throw cham- pionship trophy by hitting for a .605 per- centage. Senior, 6' tall. Francis Smith, a promising prospect for the center position next year, filled in at the end of the season for Harvey and contributed 32 points to the cause. Smitty lacked ex- perience, but he made up for it with ag- gressiveness. Junior, 6' 3 tall. Mel Letcher, alternating at center and forward, scored 26 points. By filling in very capably, he helped the Steamers out of num- erous tight spots with his defensive play as well as his offensive play. Senior, 6' 2 tall. George Walter, who was the veteran guard of the Firewagon Five , saw consid- erable action along with Cliff Crandall and Leon Wassenaar, two boys who will see plenty of action next year. Walter is a Sen- ior, 5' 8 tallg Crandall is a Junior, 6' tall, and Wassenaar is also a Junior, 5' 9 tall. Fulton 59 - Elizabeth 34 Fulton 49 - Byron 44 Fulton 55 - Savanna 33 Fulton 39 - Rock Falls 44 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT A Fulton 48 - Milledgeville 47 Fulton 46 - Morrison 49 ILLOWA CONFERENCE STANDING W L Sterling Community .,..,, ,....,. 1 1 1 Fulton ...................,.....,,. ........ .... 8 4 Morrison ,.... ag .,,,.,,. 8 4 Savanna L ,... 8 4 St. Mary's .,..... ,,,, 4 8 DeWitt ,.,,, ..,. 1 11 Lyons ..,..... .... 1 ' 11

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Indians ROW I -J. Bielema, J. Voss, L. Kettler, P. Norman, T. Snyder, B. Flinn, A. Eissens, I. Hoogheem. A. DeWeerdt, ' ROW II-Mr. Henderson, L. Bonneur, D. Stuart, D. Ardapple, D. Wiersema, G. Hoese, D. Loftus, C. Rogers, V. Sikkema. The Fresh-Soph basketball team, which was coached by Mr. Henderson, was fairly successful this season and played good ball most of the time. The team traveled with the varsity. Six freshmen and six sopho- mores made up the traveling team. The starting lineup was a combination of seven players, namely, Art DeWeerdt, Irwin Hoog- heem, Joel Bielema, LaVern Boelkens, Leroy Kettler, Bob Flinn, and Tom Snyder. The other boys saw action mostly in the closing moments of the games. Irwin- Hoogheem acted as the playing captain through most of the season. The team won nine and lost eleven of their scheduled games. They also won one of the two extra games which were played with the Clinton-Frosh. They prac- ticed daily during the eighth and ninth per- iods, continuing until four-thirty. The award winners were: Kettler, Flinn, DeWeerdt, Bielema, Boelkens, and Hoogheem. Page 66 Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Fulton Clinton CSoph.J Dixon Clinton CFroshJ Prophetstown Lyons DeWitt Sterling Morrison Savanna Polo St. Mary's Clinton tFroshJ Prophetstown Erie Lyons DeWitt Sterling Morrison Savanna St. Mary's Amboy Polo