Guthrie Center High School - Tiger Tales Yearbook (Guthrie Center, IA)

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OUR TEN YEAR RECORD Basketball for boys and grrls has certatnlv taken hold 1n Guthrte Center Here are some of the hlghhghts 1n our boys and gtrls records for the past 10 years BOYS County Champs in 1946 47 48 53 and 1956 The 1955 56 team holds the school record for highest offenslve scormg 91 po1nts scored agatnst Bayard s 25 potnts tn the Sectlonal Tournament Eldon Reed and ,Ttm Dowd both scored 17 pomts rn the game Secttonal Tourney champs rn 1947 48 50 56 and 37 In 1956 they beat Mount Ayr 70 82 Red Oak squeezed by wtth a mere 46 45 tn the Dtstrtct Tournament A few of the Stars on the 55 56 team were Lyle Lxnton All County All Conference and Second All State Roll JU11 Dowd All County All Conference and All State Honor Roll Larry Squlres All Conference Second All State Honor Roll and Eldon Reed AllCounty All Con ference and All State Honor Roll ,Ttm Dowd holds the school s record for po1nts scored lll one season w1th 490 averagmg 19 po1nts a game Eldon Reed follows a close second w1th 477 po1nts averagmg 18 5 po1nts a game He also holds the school record for po1nts scored tn a smgle game 39 DOIHIS Larry Squtres ended hts semor year w1th 287 potnts thus averagtng 11 potnts a game Eldon Reed IS the all t1me scorer for the school w1th 1122 pomts for four seasons J1m Dowd follows w1th 111 DOIHIS scored in three seasons Th1s season Bob McCool a sophomore at Guthrxe has broken all eustmg school records for a sophomore by scormg 365 po1nts wh1ch IS over a 17 pomt per 1 mme averafte The school record for offense ts held by the 19135 36 team 1663 pomts averagtng 64 potnts a game. GIRLS Smce 1945 the G C Gtrls have never had a reallv bad season They lost the county t1t1e only once and the secuonal only twtce, Guthne teams have parucrpated 1n 7 state tournaments The lowest defens1ve team was tn 1946 47 w1th a 23 pomt average The htghest offensrve team record 15 held by our 1956 57 grrls w1th a 39 pomt average The h1gh8SI game was Guthrte Center 91 Elk Horn 29 played durmg the 1 116 17 season H1gh Semor scorer durlng tlus perlod was Barbara Davts w1th I, no DOIDIS Hlgh .Tumor scorer was Barbara Beane 604 po1nts Htgh Sophomore scorer was Jody Beck w1th 451 pomts H1gh Freshman scorer was Janet Paulsen w1th 143 pomts The Frew Throw Record rs held by Sheryl Beck 207 1n 1954 51 season Barbara Beane, a semor tlus year now holds the schools all ume scortng record w1th 1588 durmg her career The glrls record for the past 10 years stands as follows 1946 47 Won 23 lost 2 t1ed 1 Our total po1nts 1075 opponents total DOIUIS 60V Toumaments won. County Drstrtct, Secuonal, and attended State Head Coach Mr Reese 1947 48 Won 18 lost 4 Our total potnts 810 opponents total pomts 341 Tourn aments won County Head Coach Mr Iwewbauer 1948 49 Won 23 lost 3 Our total po1nts 1192 opponents total potnts 698 Tourn aments won County Dtstrlct Sectlonal Fourth at State Head Coach Mr Newbauer 1949 50 Won 19 lost 2 Our total po1nts 913 opponents total po1nts 023 Tourn aments won County Secttonal, and Dtstrrct runnerup Head Coach Mr Ixewbauer 1950 Won 24 lost 3 Our total po1nts 1387 opponents total poxnts 818 1951 Won 25 lost 3 Our total potnts 1306 opponents 919 Coach Mr Iwewbauer 1952 Won 19 lost 4 Our total pomts 1230 opponents 851 1953 54 Won 20 lost 8 Our total po1nts 1462 opponents 1243 I , . . . . . 1 1 1 1 I - . , - . . . . 1 1 1 - ' . ' - - ' . - : -' 1 1 1 1 1 1 -- I : ..- , - , . . , . . . . - 1 - 1 . 4' . , . . . . . . I F . 1 1 1 . . . , . V nf rv - -, -- , ' K . . . X . , . . . . . . . , . -. , . . ' ' -- ' , ff '-f . . . . . . . .,.a . . . . , . 1 . -- . - V . 1' , . . V - . . , 1 . ' 1 . ' ' -- f . ' -- J 1 1 - - 1 - ' 1 . . . - -- , . -- I --, . - . 1 -- ' . . . . .. ..- , ' -- ' -- l l - I , , , . . 1 - . - -- ' ' -- . , Q' . ' . ,, . . . -51-- , . -- I ' , - 1 52- , . -- , . . . -53-.. ' - -- F , - 1 ' - . 1- . , , ' ..

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1957 TIGERS A PLEAS XINT SURPRISE After graduaung the f1rst SIX regulars off our last year s all t1me champ1ons th1s years vers1on of the T1gers was very much of a surpr1se to most basketball fans Start1ng out slowly mth a whole new team Coach Nystuen brought hlS charges along so that by tournament t1me they had httle d1ff1culty lll wmmng our second sect1onal ll'1 a row w1th the closest game bemg 16 po1nts To top Ih1S off, they went mto DISIFICI Tournament play mmus the1r top scorer and rebounder Bob McCool, who was 1ll at the t1me and they defeated the1r f1rst round foe Ankeny 58 49 Tlus v1ctor was truly a team effort Ankeny had beaten us early 1n the ear and had won the tough North Polk Cotmty area Secnonal, but even w1thout our star McCool the boys won thetr f1rst D1str1ct game for the second vear m a row w1th a resoundmg upset w1n on shear hustle and des1re As of pubhcat1on t1me the boys are entermg senu fmal d1str1ct play at East Des MOIHCS facxng a verv strong Grmnell team. Most observers at the begmnmg of the season would have put our cl1ances of f1n1shLng very high 1n the Coon Valley Conference as very doubtful However these boys went 1nto the1r f1nal conference game Wlfh an undefeated record of 6 O 1n conference play ar1d were playtng Mannmg at the t1me the number one rated team 111 Southwestern Iowa for the champ1onsh1p Manmng s expenence and shooung ab1l1ty proved too much for the defendtng champ1ons and the TIQCFS had to be content w1th an und1sputed second place Lfl the f1na1 conference standmg I-hghhghts of the year tncluded a hard fought two pomt v1ctory over a strong Audubon team at Audubon. D1ck Lewer h1gh scormg Audubon forward was held to s1x po1nts by the defens1ve mmded TIQCYS Go1ng ll'ltO the Gltdden game, we were undefeated U1 the conference w1th f1ve v1ctor1es but faced an always dangerous foe U1 the Sw 1ldcats Agam the T1gers responded w1th a 68 47 v1ctory A crowd teaser of the regular season was the 71 67 overt1me VlCIOI'y over a very worthy Tmgley f1VE The over all record, to date, lS 14 v1ctor1es agamst 8 defeats Offenswely we have scored 1076 po1nts agamst our opponents 977 Our leadmg po1nt getter IS Bob McCool a 6' 2 sophomore with a total of 365 pomts whxch IS over a 17 pomt per game average Bob has broken all ex1stmg school records for a sophomore this year He h1t 37 pot. .s H1 our Sect1onal fmal and d1d not play the ennre game. He has been our top rebounder and dere.ns1ve player all year J' 1m Boh lender, seruor forward, has 289 po1nts to date and has been a mamstay w1th h1s floor play all year The Buckmaster twms, Marvm and Merlm have shown a steady 1mprovement all year and have been tndispenstble w1th the1r scrap and des1re, Marvin our playrnaker has scored 158 pomts up to now, and Merlm started the season as a reserve but has earned a regular start mg pos1t1on as the season has progressed Rlchard G11son has been a steady defensive and re boundmg starter all year and IS the workhorse of our squad He has 121 po1nts to date Sopho more, Gary Reeves has seen extenslve duty at guard and has helped us cons1derably w1th hts out shootxng. A v 1 . . . V , - . . . r 1 v' v tv ' ' 1 4 . 1 H . . . . - Y ' - 1 . 1 . '- ' ' tv' r r ' xvv 1 - 1 . . ,1 , - . . . . . V - 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . , , . 1 . . . . . I . - 1 1 . 1 4 1 . - . ' . . . . . ,, Q 1 1 . . . .n' . . . . , A . - 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 .

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