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

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Grand Island varsity was led this year by 12 men who lettered and who worked hard to bring to the Third City the best basketball possible. Bob Schuyler was this year's team captain and the senior forward. He could be counted on for those needed points and was a steady rebounder. George Dunham, senior guard, a good man on a long shot, could always come through at the free-throw line. Larry F easter, sophomore center and the team's leading scorer, was a steady per- former, netting 213 points. Darrel Pinkston, junior guard, who was always hustling, came through with 196 points. Mike Lee was the other starter. A junior guard, he was rough on defense and always on the move. Walt Switzer, reserve center, was always able to come through with a hook shot when it was needed. Roger Roe, a fine guard, was accurate with his long shot. Terry True- blood, a quick-moving reserve, handled the ball well and had plenty of drive. Fred Gaines, who sprained an ankle Without these boys life would be misery for coaches and players alike. They are GI's basketball student managers. Darold Irvine and Jim Gneckow. Here they are shown get- ting equipment ready for a game. Bob Gregory. varsity coach. and Bert Alfrey. reserve coach. con- gratulate each other with a hand- shake after their successful basket- ball campaigns. Dozen Get Letters C11 just as he was hitting his stride, was a dependable player. LeRoy Maki, an accurate set-shot artist, was a capable ball handler. Dave Ely, a transfer from Broken Bow, proved to be a good all-around basketball player. Ronald Falldorf, the team's other sophomore, rounded into a good defensive player and ball handler. Page IIUOIIIYYIIIC

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1 47 A39 v4s' rd as 'B'SQUAD Front Row: Jim Gneckow, Gene Suponchick, Louie Parkin, Jerry Seymour, Jerry Wagner. Larry Irvine. Jerry Case. Back Row: Student Manager, Bob Krohn, Claire Boroff, Gary Miller, Jim Hehnke, Bob Kap- pelmann, Bob Siggins, Roger Massey, Jerry Schroeder, Larry Smith, Student Manager, Jim Stalker. Reserves Aim for op Six juniors and nine sophomores gained valuable basketball experience in cage play on this year's reserve basketball team. The club, coached by Bert Alfrey, completed a 12-game slate with seven wins and five defeats. Members of the crew will be aiming for varsity berths next year or the following season. Some second-team play- ers will spend another year of seasoning on the B team. Four boys, Jerry Schroeder, Bob Kappelmann, Jerry Seymour, and Claire Boroff, were boosted to the first team be- cause of their showings. Sophomore Jerry Schroeder took high individual scoring honors with 104 points or an 8.6 game aver- age. Jim Stalker and Bob Krohn handled the student manager's chores. The reserve wins were over Farwell, 54-40: Elba. 54-48: Columbus B. 47-37: North Platte B. 47-37: Phillips, 68-4123 Gilt- ner, 59-38: and Hastings B, 55-35. Their losses were to Chapman, IST-323 Cairo, 35-463 Kearney B, 47-373 York B, 38-35: and Hastings B, 44-40. Forward Larry Smith was a good re- bounder and corner shooter. An accurate right-hand hook was the qu' lirenlv luur best weapon Jim Hehnke, center, used against the opposing teams. Consistently improving as the season progressed was the big center, Bob Kappel- mann, who poured in a lot of points. A steady and reliable good job was turned in each contest by guard Jerry Sey- mour, who was a second-year man. Claire Boroff saw plenty of duty at the starting guard spot. Speedy and a good point-maker was Jerry Case, junior. Larry Irvine, guard, had a good eye for the hoop. A consistent scorer and rebounder was Jerry Schroeder. A long two-handed set shot was mas- tered by Gene Suponchick. A hard worker was Jerry Gneckow. Roger Massey saw duty from the for- ward position. One of the tallest boys on the crew was Gary Miller. a hustler. Louie Parkin, sophomore guard. could hit from out in front. Jerry Wagner had a deadly jump shot. Bob Siggins, sophomore. saw plenty of action as a center.

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