Hammond High School - Dunes Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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B TEAM BASKETBALL Thxs years B team had a very successful season They lost only to Clark, whxch vsas the second game of the season In practncally all other games they won rather handrly The blggest thrnll of the B Team season came durmg the Ham mond Hxgh Tech game In thms game the lead changed hands many tlmes The end of the regulatxon game found the score tned Fmally, wlth two seconds left on the clock Coach Ku cers squad took posessnon of the ball and called tnme out After the tnme out, the ball was passed 1n to Eddxe Scott, who cooly shot a 35 footer that swxshed the nets as the gun sound ed Hammond Hxgh can look forward to a good varsnty team next year because of the excellent B team maternal Sechonal Tlme Sectnonal t1me' Excxtement' Fun' Vnctory' Each year twelve schools wnth hopes hugh enter the Hammond Sectlonal Each team IS prepared to battle for one thmg, the rnght to represent 1ts school 1n the Regnonal and thereby contmue on xts way to a possxble state champnonshxp But four days late only one team celebrates Tne other eleven return home heart broken and unable to want untnl the next year The Hammond Sectxonal ranks wlth the top ones 1n the state, for lt IS full of well balanced fme ball clubs ThlS sec tlonal IS more colorful than 1 parade, more excmng than a cnrcus, and more fun than a barrel of monkeys All the essen tual elements for a good tournament are present excrtement, color, school songs, pretty cheerleaders, and plenty of cheermg along wnth the many fme teams As the teams drop out, much cheermg and color IS lost, but the slack xs taken up by the fans of the vunmng teams, for they cheer even louder The sectxonal Mr Gellenbecks Kutty Kats romped to an 'IT and 3 record FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM Frrst Row Sherman Abrahamson Ken Abbott Ron Daun Frank Saculla Bob Granack Duck Kaye Pete Mllobar Second Row Coach Gellenbeck Bob Jurgenson lrvm Cross Tom Summers Christ Vorus Manager Steve Mlofsky Manager Bull Fanssler Page One Hundred Twenty sux B TEAM BASKETBALL Plam begms on Wednesday wlth four games bemg played The same schedule IS followed on Thursday wnth the grand chmax com mg on Saturday Probably the two hardest fought games are played on Saturday afternoon, for the four remalnmg teams play hard for the rxght to partxcxpate m the fmal game that mght The CIVIC Center IS packed to the rafters an hour be fore the game, and the cheermg, whxch reaches tts peak durmg thls afternoon sesslon, has been gomg strong for thxrty mm utes All rs quxet durmg the playmg of the Star Spangled Banner Then come the bxg games, and even 1f one of the teams IS a bug favornte, you couldnt tell xt by the cheermg Each cheermg sectxon trles to out do the others, for xt knows that nts team wnll go all out to wm It has been thus kmd of cheer mg that has helped many underdog teams come through wxth a thrxllmg upset vnctory Durmg the champnonshrp game the students and the rest of the jam packed crowd settle down to watch the game probably too tnred and excxted to cheer very much No matter player goes all out wlth hx heart and playmg abxllty, trymg to help hxs school wxn thxs great sect1onal After the game comes the old Indlana tradmon the cuttmg down of the nets by the vxctornous team And wnth thus ceremony the sectnonal comes to an end But mt comes to an end only 1n realxty, for lt wlll be played over and over both nn the mmds of the fans and the mmds of the boys whose hearts make th1s tournament what It IS year after year I I .I 4 1 -I : I I I T . , . . . - ' s ' . . . . U - , . . , - . . . . U l ' . . . , . . B R'char Ko tt . . . . ' y I d mya e what the fmal score ns, thxs game IS always great, for each - K , ' l ' - I I I - I Fnrsf Row Ed Scott Wayne Stuart Kurt Carlusle Bob Fought Tom Donlels Terry McMahon Harry Pappas Robert Shaw Second Row Coach Kucer Nick Vorls Bull Ricks Andy Forrest Ron Conley John Abbott Eugene Blockmon Manager John

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BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS The YVildcats entered the tourneys with .1 magic 10 on their minds. The 10 represented the 10 games win in order to cop their first state title. they had to SECTIONALS: H.H.S XVI-IITING 54 H.I-LS. GRIFFITH 45 H.I-LS. E. C. WASHINGTON 47 I-I.I-I.S CLARK 62 The Wildcats won their first four games of the magic 10 and in the process copped their 15th sectional title. Some of the tourney's highlights were the rout of highly favored Washington, the record shooting against Clark, and Frank Radovich's 77 points to pace all scorers. REGIONALS: H.H.S. 59 GARY ROOSEVELT S3 No. 5 came only after a hard fought game. The Cats Won this one with fine balance scoring with all five starters getting seven to ten points apiece. I-I.I-LS. 58 MICHIGAN CITY 49 For three quarters No. 6 was the Cat's toughest game, but a 25 point fourth-quarter splurge all but pitch-forked the Devils. Gib Blackmun, playing his greatest game, scored 30 points. SEMI-FINALS: H.H.S. SS LOGANSPORT 46 This was the big one for our Cat, for Coach King never had won a game at Lafayette. No. 7 proved to be lucky, for the Wildcats crushed the highly-favored Berries. Frank Rado- vich. Gib Blackmun and Bill Johnson paced the scoring. H.H.S. 53 Elkhart 63 As all good thing must come to an end, the Cats were finally stopped by .1 tall, strong Blazer team which rose to the occasion. But the never-say-die XY'ildeats fought to the end with Radovich and Blackmun again supplying the spark. Page One Hundred Twenty-eight REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Tournament Time By Ronald Burton The ball travels swiftly from one end of the floor to the other as it passes through one netted hoop and then the other. As the game is in its final seconds the crowd is on its feet. Fame and obscurity hang in the balance. The score is tied when the spectators start chanting. I:IVE-FOUR-TI-IREIL TVVO-SI-IOOT! SHOOT! The ball flies through the air! The gun barks as the ball flies through the ring. W'e don't have to look at the scoreboard to see who has won. Look at the players! For a second they stand paralyzed, dumbfounded! Some bend their heads down, dejected, and stride slowly off the floor, each feeling personally responsible for the loss of the game. Let us look at the other five boys on the floor. They are pummeled and lifted jubilantly above the shoulders of the happy crowd. They are carried away by the people they havenyt let down. They are carried past gloomy and dejected fans, too deep in their sorrows to care about anything at present. Yes, tournament time is a great time and a sad time. As game after game passes, hopes mount and new sorrows arrive. The tournaments are based upon what makes America the great and strong nation that it is today. This is competition!