Garden County High School - Eagle Yearbook (Oshkosh, NE)

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BASKETBALL Qlhw Wai ,mmm HH left to rlght Coach Cochrane J lxlorrtw B Orr I Rohm on J 'wlmvr D Orr J- Hlldr th B Heath J P mson J Fnede D H3dd1X and Coach Lu S1x returmng basketball lettermen Paul Robmson Jlm Rob1n son Floyd I-hldreth John Fr1ede Don Hadd1x and B1ll Orr helped spur the Eagles by m1d season to an 1mpress1ve record of seven wms and three losses The purple and Wh1te downed three SPVA members and two other class C teams 1n a f1ve game wmnmg streak The class B S1dney Maroons ended the streak for the Eagles 1n a tlght battle Insp1red w1th sp11'1t and team play the G C H S Eagles upset the Imper1al Longhorns who prev1ously were undefeated wlth f1VC WIHS to the1r credlt Don Haddlx Paul Rob1nson and Jlm Mahyors were honored as stars of the week by the State Newspapers 6 ,-1, . 4 9,0 ' gp- f - V A f f 5' 1 , 55 G ,,,. , , .ff K f' X-, 1 I' Q 4 1 X , A ' M' A -, ., rf - nv H W' 'fr . 'J. . A , J. 'lx-. N tw f Na' film ' . E w 1 D ' - ' 1 ' A n 1 . , ,. 1,.,. :,.1.,La,... Q,. ,.I. I ' I ' I 4 2 s , 9 , . . Q . . Y A

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In the SPVA tournament, the Eagles won their opener against Wauneta. In the semi-finals they lost out to a very scrappy Paxton team but came back the next night to cinch the third place award. In the State Class C district tournament the purple and white nipped the Grant Plainsmen in the initial tilt. The highlight of the season for the Eagles came in the semi finals when they knocked off the Chappell five who were ranked second in the state class C ratings A sharpshooting St Pats of North Platte team proved too much forthe tired C1CHScagers and theylost out in the finals However our boys did bring home the second place trophy for the district tourney The Eagle varsity scored a total of 837 points in nineteen games to their opponents 746 They finished the season with twelve wins and seven losses which is the most impressive basketball record in the career of current students They gained third place in the SPVA tournament and second in the district Jim Majors led scoring for the boys with 223 points Paul Robinson followed with 177 and Jim Robinson and John Friede were next with 171 and 110 respectively Jim Robinson led the varsity in quarters played with 73 out of a possible 76 Left to Right Coach Cochrane S Tinkham W Wallace G Stahly I McKune H Heath R Cheney E Ribble R Jacobs T Olson R Cranmore Coach Els Fi 'A A 411 65