Grand Island High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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Tuwrnly four Another basket for Grand lslzunrl is rorornlml as the camera Stops a thrillinz momont. It I5 at lvnsv svvuml uw tlw plnyvrs lulluw Ill after n field Qual has lmcvn shut. All eyes fnllnw thc' hull in nm' nf thc- many fivlrl Qnznls for Grand Island flurinu tht- Grand lslzmd Fairhury gmnv. Bob Horstnmn, numhvr 44, we-uns to haw th:- mlqs' as thx' plzlyvrs jump for Ihr hull with mztwtrn-trhwl arms.

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Hotshot Hoopsters By GENE RAVVLIZS '40 HANSEN, HOWARD LOUIS- Collvgc Preparatory. First tenni bask:-thall 2, student nizinngor 2, Merchzmt Leuglw 1, Purple Mau-que 4, 'What A Lift , 'Anti Canis' the Springl choir 21, Hllollywuorl Bttlllllli, 'Mzlrtha', Sfllfll'l1l l'uum'il l. VANDEGRIFT, l'. Fltl'IIJ-l'oI- leur' I'i'vp:iruloi'y. First lvaini foothzill 2, serum! tezun foot- hnll 1, first team hziskethnll 11, sc-roml tvann huskcthaill I, trzrvk 3. Purple and Gold staff 2, sr-niur home room vire- presirient 1, home room offi- cer 11, Sturivnt Counril -4, Ilnnsen Vnnrlenrift Nine wins-six losses-not an uncieteatect season hut a rather impressive recorci eon- siciering that tive ol' the six losses were cie- leats hy tour points or less. The lslanciers toolc on a I5-game schedule anci came through in twine shape. losing only one game hy a large margin. that heing to their seeonct opponent ol the season, Lincoln Central. The Purple and Gold openect up the season with a twin hill engagement talxing ilu- role ol' host to Central City on Frictay night anct the Capitol Cityis hoys on Satur- ctay night. The lslanciers helci true to ex- peetations hy trouneing the Prison, 51 to 24. anct going clown heliore the onslaught ol' ilu- l.inlis, 26 to 55. This margin ol' ctelieat was to he the only one to exeeeri the tour- point limit. The team then travelled to Urcl and Yorlc, getting hy the Chanticleers 45 to 45 hut howing to the Duties 52 to 53. The Givenys hoys then returned to the home Corral to engage in the Crucial game ol their schedule, the Hastings eneounter. The ls- landers toolc the leaci anti held it lrom the Tigers throughout the game sounclly troune- ing the hoys lqrom way clown soutw, 4.1 to 2I. The purple and Gotti then travellecl way out west to hunt Bison sealps, hut ran in to Cletails anti returnecl home with no nr-eel lor a hat themselves. losing out to lVlr'Coolc HISION-Gunrmt, 5'-10 KNICKRFHM-Fnrwzird, li'-2 I,Ul'HT-Center, G'-IH, POST-Gunrml, 5'-10 'cs Twenty-three

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nxiously wailing I it the tiraimt ISl.llNl B l for the rvliound 'uri' the mem emu ziml Elbus first 52 to 55. Again leaving their home stamping grounds, the lslanders tamed the Kearney Bearcats. 52 to 26. Returning to their end oth the conlerenee. the Third City boys held true to the pre- game dope and tmounced Columhus '55 to 22 and then upset the dope huclcet in howing the Tigers ol Fremont. 21 to 20. Talcing a non-contierence hreather the ls- landers entertained the North Platters hut not in too hospitahle a way as they stepped on the Bulldogs 47 to 21. The Islanders then played host to Geneva only to tuounce the Vvildcats haclc in their own county lay a score ot' 53 to 33. The crucial game ot the season then liollowed. the Purple and needing a win to stay in the conterence lead. were edged out ldv a strong Nortollc quintet. 30 to 28. The lslanders. the third place team ot the con- terence, wound up their season with two wins and one loss, treating Lincoln North- east and Fairhury 34 to '30 and .13 to 23. respectively, and tmowing to a medioere Lexington team. K1 to 35. For the lslanders diploma presentations will mean the loss ot Fred Vandegritt, Paoli Horstman, and Gene Post trom the starting quintet and Allen Dunn and Carlyle Vvilliams trom the second live. S AFl ER-Forwarrt, 5310 TfiFT'GllilFIl, fi'-IKM VANDEGRlFT+Forw:lrfi, 5'-11 WILLIAMS-Forwnril. 5'-il Twenty 1