Gilman High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Gilman, IA)

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Gregg Mounta1nkp51 f +,G1lmani,24 In a postponed contest, Gilman was beaten at Green Mountain in a well played game, by the team destined to become 1944's Marshall County Champions. Gilman outscored the Mountaineer's in the last half, but fell short of voctory. Halftime score was Elmlgg Brlerly scored ll points, Lynch, a flashy player, 10, and Ewoldt 8 for Green Mountain. For Gilman, leading scorers were Wiseman with 9 tallies and Spencer with 5. A tough game to lose. Gilman, 51 - - Newton XMCA, 50 Behind 11 to 12 at the half, Gilman won an evenly played fray here from a fast breaking Y. M. C. A, outfit. Kumm with 11 and Sherriok with 1O points led Newton, while Wiseman with 12, Robertson with 9, and Hauser with 6 led the locals. Gilman, 54 5 f LeGrand, 26 With a slow first half lead of 16 to 9, the contest developed into the roughese affair of the year, with Gerald Green stopping one man with what appeared to be a flying tackle. Robertson scored ll points, Wiseman and Muckler 7 each, and Green scored 5 points. For LeGrand, even scoring also prevailed with Erickson, Shops, and Nalg each getting 6 points, and Phipps getting 5. Newburgh 261- - Gilman, 21 The near-south rivals again upset Gilman in a close contest which was tied at 15 all at the half. The locale were unable to stop Stevens, speedy left-handed hook-shot specialist, who peppered the basket for 15 points, and Cloyd, who tallied 8. Gilman scoring was again evenly di- vided, with Muckler making 5 points, and Spencer, Robert- son, and Wiseman 4 eashn .Struts scelnterl ,49.,l.e.1Cr1,leanl 152. Our worst setback of the season came in the county tournament with a rangy outfit and the sharp-shooting and speed of Eth1ngton,forward for the State Center team, in a game which saw Gilman cold and never hitting the stride at all. Ethington hit for 24 points and Honeck for 15 for State Center,while Gilman players scored as follows Wiseman, 123 Robertson, 7g G. Green 6. We were behind 10 to 19 at the half, Gilman, 58 f y Dunbar, 15 In a home game, weakly played, Gilman again defeated Dunbar by a large margin, after leading at half time 14 to 8, Wiseman bagged 17 and Robertson 15 for Gilman, while Rosfjord get 7 points and R. Hobbs get 6 points for Dunbar Montour, 55 fp-,G1lQan, 25 Montour avenged the early season upset in a good game in which Montour led 21 to 15 at halftime, and were never headed. W1seman's 20 point attack was high for Gilman, while R. Vana had ll and Downs had 10 for Montour. ...49...

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. , 1. - . . . K X H I D S 1 'f 4 Q! 3 f 1 xl f fl W 1 Newbourg, as - - eiglvmgang, it 't' In a rip-roaring contest at the local floor, Newburg and Gilman played a thriller to start the season. With the score gsadlocked ll to ll at the half, they played on even terms uring the second half, With the score at 25-25 when the 52 minutes were gone,Newburg came back with 4 points in the overtime period to clinch the game. Robertson, Hauser, and Wiseman with 6 points each for Gilman, and Cloyd with 12 and Stevens with 7 for Newburg led the scorers. Gilman was minus the reserve strength of Muckler and G. Green. Gilman, 40 - -,LeGrand, 22. The local lads bounced back after their initial defeat to decisively beat LeGrand. Leading 19 to 10 at half time, the Gilman boys were never seriously threatened. Robertson took scoring honors with 17 points. Wiseman tallied 10 points for the locals, while Shope with 14 points was high for LeGrand. G1lman1A6 - - Dunbar, 8. W Gilman trounoed the helpless Dunbar lads, in an une- ventful contest. Wiseman scored 14 points, Muckler 10, Robertson and G. Green each 8 points for G1lman,wh11e little Donnie Rosfjord scored 7 of Dunbar's 8 points. Gil- man led 19-4 at the half. Gllmag, ZQ-- f FergusonL,27l ilman took a high-scoring fray on the local floor from Ferguson, with Wiseman hotter than grandma's frying pan. Scoring from anywhere on the court almost at will, Bill put his uncanny offcolor shots through the hoop:17 times to make a total of 54 points, which is probably a record for the local floor. Robertson with 15 points for Gilman, and Slost for Ferguson with 15 were other leading scorers. Gilman led 55-17 at the half. Gilman,-g9,f,f Montour, 26 In a game which was easily Gi1man's best played con- test of the season, Gilman dudged Montour on the Montour floor which was a thriller until the final gun sounded. Coming from behind 14-18 at the half, Gilman played a su- perb game, especially through the efforts of Muckler and 'Skip Green, who were everywhere, getting rebounds, and stopping Montour defensively. Leading Montour was R. Vana, one of the smoothese players in the sect1on,w1th 15 points, and Muckler and Robertson with 7 points each for Gilman. Since Montour went to the state tournament last year, and this year went on to be beaten by Waverly,the State Champs, in the sub-state tournament, Gilman can well be proud of this victory. Since the locals also won the second team contest, it was the first double-setback Montour has suffer- ed during the last four years. -48-

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Gilman, 51 - - Laurel, 17, The home quintet easily beat a good Laurel team which had an off night at the local court. Bill Wiseman again took scoring honors with 18 points, and Robertson made 7, while Dye, outstanding Laurel player made ll points. .Gi1man, 27 -.- LeGrand, 25 This game in the sectional tournament at Tama proved to be a thriller, with Gilman on the short end of an 8-14 half-time score. A hot battle near the finish, the score changed hands many times during the sth quarter, and with Gilman behind 25-25 with 25 seconds to play,Robertson dumped in a goal to tie the score. LeGrand failed to score with their opportunity,and with only 5 seconds to go, Bill Wiseman somehow secured the ball, and let fly a long shot from the center of the floor which swished the net as the final gun sounded, stunning and delighting fans according to partialities. Robertson led Gilman with 8 points, fol- lowed by Wiseman and Muckler with 6 each, and Spencer with 5. Shops plays ll points. Chelsea, 27 - - d an outstanding game for LeGrand, getting Gilman,.25 Gilman cou rugged bunch of led 13 50 ll at Tama. Hanzelka half and poured with lO points. Behounek scored ld not get enough scoring punch to tip a Bahemians from Ghelsoa,although the locals the half, in this semifinal round game at of Chelsea got hot on long shots the last through 5 of them to take scoring honors Petter of the same team scored 9 and 6. For the Gilman team, 4 men did all of the scoring, with Wiseman again leading with 8, Robertson, Spencer and Muckler with 6 5 and 4 points respectively. This marked the final game of the season, with a season's record of 9 victories and 6 defeats. THUMBNAILgSKETGHES OF EACH PLQQQHA Donald Robertson. Yes voted honorary captain at the close of the season. Three-year letterman being a regular for- ward for two seasons. A big man, S'25n, he developed into a good rebounder near the close of the year,as well as a good scorer. Donald made the tying basket in the Nawburg game here, and in the Ledrand game at the sectional, besides being high scorer in the LeGrand game here with 17 points. Bill Wiseman. string man all scoring threat for the season banner night wa Bill Cade a sp A three-year letter-winner, being a first three seasons. He was Gilman's principal throughout the season,building up 185 points for an average of l2.2 per contest. His s against ferguson,with a total of 54 points eotacular long shot in the LeGrand game at the sectional tourney to bring a GHS victory in the final three seconds. He was 6'ln, l75 pounds, is hard to shove around, -50-