Genoa High School - Oriole Yearbook (Genoa, NE)

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W We Basketball 32 , Fil BACK ROW: Donn Major, Gene Whitlow, Coach Marvin Brown, Bruce Hasch, Ronnie Ericson, Richard Dannelly. FRONT ROW: Bryan Smith, Mike Peterson, Gale Christensen, Bill Shanahan, Phil Doe, Le- roy Morris. The Orioles' 1954- 1955 basketball season was very successful. The varsity had an 11-5 won and lost record, with the reserve team turning in a good 8-4 won and lost record. The season began with a three point loss to Albion on the home court. The reser- ves showed promise in winning their game 40-38. St. Edward became the first victim by six points. The next game, a big one, was dropped to Fullerton in a suspenseful last quarter 65-70. The Orioles rolled over Silver Creek with a 91- 44 blasting. This concluded the 54 part of the season with a2- 2balance for the varsity. After Christ- mas the M-B-N tnumament saw Genoa finish in second place. After a bye in the first round the Orioles dumped a previously victorious Albion quintet 55-53. In the championship game they fell by five points to a hustlirg Fullerton aggregation. They then traveled to Osceola and returned with a solid Goldenrod Conference win by a 79-59 margin. Lady Luck played against the Orioles in a 60 -61 overtime decision to St. Paul. This freak ball game cost the Orioles a clear- cut Goldenrod Championshipg a bitter reminder of the Stromsburg football fiasco. Revenge came sweet in a 46-43 victory over Stromsburg. The rest of the season proved to be a list of unworthy foes as the Orioles swept by Clarks, St. Edward, Polk, Cedar Rapids, and Newman Grove. -23-

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26 to 6, Genoa's favor. The Fullerton Warriors defeated the Genoa Orioles 19 to O, at Genoa, in our third game of the season. Had it not been for a leaky pass defense Genoa would have given Fullerton a good game. Genoa's defense was led by Gene Whitlow, Richard Dannelly, Jerry Hoeft, Bill Shanahan, and Bryan Smith. Ronnie Ericson tumed in his season's best game at offensive center, while Bruce Hasch performed well at end. The Ofioles came out on top in its fourth game of the season by a score of 33 to O over Newman Grove. Bill Shanahan got into the picture by scoring a. touchdown. Lowe and R. Dannelly, playing fullback, also each scored a touchdown, along with the work of Leon Noble and Ralph Anderson. The caging of the Newman Grove Bluebirds must have made the team feel ready, for they came right back at Silver Creek and pounded a 47 to 7victory. Don Major ran seventy yards for a touchdown and Bill Shanahan dashed eighty yards for a touchdown. Maurer, Hasch, and Lowe each scored touchdowns. Genoa moved closer to the Goldenrod Championship by shellacking Osceola 18 to 0. Don Major scored early in the first quarter after receiving a lateral pass from Shan- ahan, while Bill himself scored two touchdowns. 'Gene'Whitlow and Ronnie Ericson tumed in good defensive performances. The Orioles won their seventh game at the city park. Genoa skinned the St. Ed. Beavers by a score of 27 to 7. All the boys made a good show of themselves, es- pecially, Bryan Smith-left end, and Bruce Hasch-quarterback. It happened! Stromsburg was the happy recipient of the breaks and beat a listless Genoa team 13- 12. These are the times that try men's souls! Genoa came right back at Clarks and won a share of the Goldenrod Conference Crown by a score of 19 to 7. The spectators saw the Orioles defeat Clarks in one of the best played games in three seasons. The Bombers, completely out-played in all departments, -saw Bruce Hasch, quarterback, and Don Major, fullback, tum in efficient offensive work while Bill Shanahan and Gene Whitlow turned in outstanding defensive work. Jerry Hoeft, who played only the first of the year, was selected as honorary game captain, while Bill Lowe and Don Major were selected as co-captains. The Orioles won seven games and lost two under Coach Marvin Brown, and Assistant Coach Harold Sohrweid. Dave Elm and Leroy Morris did a fine job of keeping the uniforms clean. This season will stand as one of the best in Oriole history. 'The students and the faculty will long remember with a warm feeling the Goldenrod Co-Champions of 1954! THE ORIOLES' RECORD Genoa St. Paul ----- 13 Genoa Polk ------- 6 Genoa Fullerton ---- 19 Genoa Newman Grove - 0 Genoa Silver Creek- - - 7 Genoa Osceola ----- 0 Genoa St. Edward - - - 7 Genoa Genoa -2z- L Stromsburg - - - 13 Clarks ------ 7

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Success came to the reserves six times after the holidays. The season was over, but the air never had a chance to clear before tournament time. Genoa edged Central City 51-44 in the first game, only to fall before a seemingly unbeatable Loup City five, 75- 50. The lettermen this year were Hasch, Whitlow, Shanahan, Smith, Doe, Major, Dan- nelly, and Ericson. Coach Brown and his assistant coach Harold Sohrweid, along with students and fans, can be proud of the 1954-1955 Orioles' basketball teams, the Goldenrod Co- Champions of 1955. Individual Scoring Varsity Reserves Shanahan Peterson Hasch Smith Whitlow Johnson Dannelly Ericson Doe Beck Major Dannelly Smith Morris Ericson E. Anderson Christensen Silverberg Peterson Elm Morris Bright B. Doe D. Anderson Wanek Reserve Basketball BACK ROW: Jerome Swanson-student manager, Eyman Anderson, Donald Schumacher, Bill Doe, Coach Marvin Brown FRONT ROW: Gail Johnson, Richard Anderson, Duane Bright, Larry Wanek, Gary Bane, Dave Elm. 4.24,-