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

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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

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TRACK AND FIELD S A l 5 Q' iftl T C re +- ,iw R- .35 in ' First row: L. Kroeger, H. Rogers, B. Cheney, D. Orr, W. Shepherd, C. Smith, E. Ribble. Second row: B. Newell, S. Tinkham, J. Vincent, Mr. Eis, J. Vogler, J. Gillett, A. Weatherwax. STATE CHAMPIONS At left is Richard At right is Don Cooper, Stockmen whose per- G.C.H.S. specialist in formance in the shot- the 880 yard run. His put event at the State driving finish at Lin- Meet in Lincoln won coln won him the Class him the Gold Medal CGold Medal, in Class C competi- tion. The Eagles clirnaxed a moderately successful track season as they placed fourth in the S,P,V,A.Meet held at Chappell. The Pur- ple and White attended the Invitational Relays at Alliance Sidney, and a Triangular Meet at Ogallala. Three boys qualified for the State Meet with the district con- testants at Bayard. The boys who participated in the State Meet at Lincoln were Richard Stockrnen, Don Cooper, and Lowell Kroeger. Rich Stock- rnen won first place in the Class C Shotput and Don Cooper placed first in the 880 yard run, which earned third place in the state in our Class for GCHS. Lettermen for the 1951 season were Rich Stockmen, Lowell Kroeger, Don Cooper, Cliff Smith, Boyd Billingsley, Jack Vincent, and Harold Rogers. 67