Greensburg High School - Tower Tree Yearbook (Greensburg, IN)

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Wm Wrth Tom Downey as Secretary the G H S war department had what can be called a good season rn basketball thrs year The boys rn the Prr ate surts turned the tables on some good teams and also lost to some good teams They finrshed rn fourth place rn the South Central Conference In thrs department Downey has two able as srstants rn Norman Freeland who drd a swell Job wrth the Saplrngs and Ravmond Scott who worked wrth the freshman team The season started wrth vrctorres over North Vernon and Columbus followed by two strarght losses to Mar trnsvrlle and New Castle One of the hrghlrghts of the season was that double dousrng of Columbus We splrt honors wrth Rushvrlle Batesvrlle Shelbyvrlle and regrstered srngle wrns over Aurora Connersvrlle Seymour North Ver non The Prrates lost one stand games to Mar trnsvrlle New Castle Greencastle Lawrenceburg Madrson and Franklrn From the Regronal G H S fans came away glum The Hope qurntet had rung, down the curtarn for the locals rn the 1944 45 season The holrday tourney was held rn Greensburg this year wrth Shelbyville Rushvrlle Connersvrlle copped the honors from Rushvrlle rn the finals after the Downeymen had bowed to the Lrons by a clo e score rn the afternoon sessron The Prrates became Sectronal Champs for the fourth strarght year by defeatrng St Paul rn the finals To reach the champron round they pre vrously sank Sandusky Clarksburg and New Pornt Here are some of the boys who made rt a good season Max Kelley The mrnute but mrghty guard was one of the most popular boys on the squad Max was rn there fightrng every mrnute and never gave up untrl the final gun Charles Riches Agrle and actrve Chuck has been one of the marnstays on the team thrs year He got hrs pornts when they were needed most He rs famous for Rrchevrzrng Batesvrlle rn a game here Drck De'NIoss A typrcal Prr ate fearless fast and ferocrous Zrckre was one of those go get em types who never gave up the shrp Danny Rrchards Danny pulled many games out of the fire for the Saplrngs last year and played fr great role on the Prrates thrs season as a sub He rs one of the fastest on the squad Fddre Krng Lrttle dynamrc Eddre has fooled many an opponent by gettrng around them for a bucket Eddre rs one of the smallest boys on the squad but this doesn t stop hrm Jrm Robertson Our' grft from Paolr Ind Jrm has proved hrs werght rn gold thrs year vwrth those rebounds and one hand prvot shots was named All Regronal center Stonewall Jackson The Jrg was up for the op rn there fightrng to make thrngs hot for hrs op ponents Joe Carnev An up and coming P11 ate Joe has another year to play for G H S and should be a real Prrate next year Nerl Solgere Another ferocrous Prrate to be Nerl has had a very good year on the Saplrngs and Prrates Bob I rnk Bobby wrll be a senror next year and ought to make a fightrn Prrate rn 1943 46 wwe fr Jrm Robertson wrnner of Motors Award 'Q 7 rlltf-A HAHA I Iron! lxrrr, 4 illI1X llollrrrrrlr lrrrlr sul .10 . . . . ' ' .' . . ' . ' ' 1 H ' ' .li '.. 7' ..- U ' - ' ' ' - ' ' He and Greensburg participating. The Golden Bears position when T-Bone started to play. He stayed ., 1 I 1 V I Y ' ' A - -rf 4' at r WI , , K . M ' K as N f X - . y ' r J ' r r 1 ' f D 5 , I r Q T ,. 7 ' V Ihr-'li ll:-xvx.: I,-ltr ,ru riulrri Hv2ll'lln-X,-X11 'I-'r-4-l:rrr+l, XY.-lar:--,

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Bob Llnk Joe Larnew Bull Jackson DIIZATLS Nell S0lgCl8 Dan Dlnk Chuck Rmhey Tom Downey Coach Nl IX Kellex HIHIICI oi Xlhletlc Nledal

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The tip off the start of another nail biting game future Pirates now Saplings and Coach Norm Freeland They re on comlng stars so remember these names Qstand mgj Tom Barnes John Hellmlch Roger Welage Bob Link fsittingj Nell Solgere Ed King Joe Carney Four xixa cious seniors led us ln cheers for our team Qtop to bottoml Janice Woodward Wayne Johnston Margie Keillor md Scott Buell are tvpical of the G H S smut How could We help but be the best boosters when we have such leaders ' Feel that chill go down youi spine md hcfu th rt thump in ex eixone s heait ind see the ezgei eves fol lowing the marching feet' N Itllldllj it s the G H Q Band struttin' their stuff and we're mighty proud of 'em. Their spectacular shows between games were the envy of every school . . . They're the Pirate benchwarmers with T. Downey in the foreground and you can bet they aren't Watching a spider weave its web. It's after games like this that we see that coach is minus some more hair!