George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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UPPER LEFT — Forward Tom Burosh puts on brakes trying to evade Tolleston ' s guard. Clark won, 48-42. RIGHT— Another shot of the Tolleston classic at Whiting ' s Memorial gym. Kristoff is jumping. LOWER — B. Kristoff, T. Czyz, B. Varshal, D. Daugherty. The Pioneersmen gave GRC boosters the usual fine Sectional showing. They began with a thrilling 53-51 victory over Whiting. The Clarksters outscored the Oilers 13-2 in the last three minutes to notch the win. Clark beat fundamental sound Merrillville, 54-48, in the evening session and edged Noll, 37-30, in the semi-finals. It was then that the Pioneer machine began to falter. But it didn ' t run out of gas until the final half of the Sec- tional final against Hammond High. The Shieldsmen held a half-time three point margin, but dropped the classic by a 51-41 decision. WESTERN DIVISION STANDINGS W. L. E. C. Washington 10 1 Froebel 9 2 Clark 8 3 Hammond High 7 4 Valparaiso 7 4 Lew Wallace 6 5 Whiting Tolleston., Emerson... E. C. Roosevelt Gary Horace Mann 2 Tech

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UPPER LEFT — Captain Don Poppen and Coach Ed Shields diagram a play. UPPER RIGHT — GRC ' s capable mana- gers, F. Sharkey, A. Schuhrke, B. Sutherland and R. McCampbell, look over error chart. LOWER — E. Ranostaj, C. Barrix, D. Poppen (captain), T. Burosh. PIONEER NETMEN BOAST BEST SEASON IN EIGHT YEARS Coach Ed Shields and his 1951-52 netmen had their best season since 1944 when the Pioneers captured the Conference title. The 1951-52 cagers placed third in the Western Division with an 8-3 mark and ran the season count to 15-9- In the year 1951 the Robertsdale lads won only four while dropping five, but when the bell tolled and 1952 rolled in, the Pioneer machine began to move. First they checked Tolleston, Wallace and Whiting from climbing too high on the Western Division ladder, before they tumbled to Johnny Barrato ' s league-leading Senators. Valpo, Fort Wayne South and Gary Horce Mann were the next to try, with no avail, to stop the red-hot” Shieldsmen. The basketeers closed the season with a loss to the Wildcats, a win over Emerson and a defeat to second-place Froebel. 22

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UPPER LEFT — Daugherty up for shot; Hammond High’s Batchelor tries to no avail to block Poppen ( Ranostaj (24) looks on. UPPER RIGHT— Anderson (21) watches Kristoflf rebound in same game. Clark lost, 44-38. — P. Carmichael, D. Dikun, H. Easter. 25) and LOWER INDIVIDUAL CLARK SCORING Player B FT T Ranostaj 119 67 305 Burosh 98 52 248 Poppen 64 52 180 Daugherty 74 24 172 Kristoff 44 69 159 Barrix 20 9 49 Czyz 15 10 40 Varshal 5 4 14 Prahlow 3 0 6 Carmichael 0 3 3 Easter 0 2 2 VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE dark Opponents Whiting 38 60 Thornton Fractional 37 39 South Bend Washington 42 40 Hammond High 38 41 E. C. Roosevelt 50 42 South Bend Riley ... 41 44 LaPorte 52 •Whiting 41 43 Tolleston 48 42 Lew Wallace 52 49 Whiting 50 46 E. C. Washington .. 43 72 Valparaiso 54 46 Tech 38 30 Fort Wayne South 54 51 Gary Horace Mann 72 66 Hammond High .... 38 44 Emerson 53 45 Froebel 33 36 ••Whiting 53 51 ••Merrillville 54 48 ••Noll 37 30 •‘Hammond High .... 41 51 • — Holiday Tourney. • — Sectional Tourney.