Hampton High School - Scarlet and Black Yearbook (Hampton, IA)

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WRESTLING SEASCDN Although the Wrestling squad as a team did not have an outstand- ing season, there were many good individual matches. As t.he season progressed, Hampton became more experienced and improved remark- ably. One of the many good matches was the one in which Joe Pitsor de- cisioned Ralph Riecks, state champion at 135, 7 to 3. In a tough district meet, LaVerne Sheeler advanced to the finals. Because most of the boys will be back next year, the team should be considerably stronger. WRESTLING SQUAD First Row: A. Simons, J. Pitsor, Coach Mott, J. Staley, Jr. Endriss. Second Row: L. Guldberg, D. Kru'kow, D. Dreyer, F. Scalise, D. Wise, J. Williams. 34

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BASKETBALL SEASON Einstein wrote the famous equation E:MC2g Cheeley wrote one just as famous, G+E+S:V or in other words, Greenhorns plus experience plus scrap equals victory. That was the case of this year's basketball team. Last November the call to all aspir- ants Went out. The answer came in two no- tables, Paul Schipper and Tony Perez. The rest was scrap , But what came of that team is well worth noting. The season was fair, many good spots, nu- merous rough ones. We defeated top teams and lost to top teams. At the end of the sea- son we stood tied for fourth place with Web- ster City in the Conference standings. We had Won 5 Conference games and lost the same number. Probably our best showing in the season's play was the defeating of Webster City by a score of 56 to 27. It was a great game for Hampton fans as we downed the team who had previously beaten us. Another good game was the win over Algona here. Algona ended up third in the conference. Clear Lake, a. team we twice defeated in the same number of tries, ended up second in the conference. However the great thrill to coach, player, supporter, and spectator came in post season play. We breezed our Way through the sec- tionals by defeating St. Joe of Mason City. Then came the district tourney at Iowa Falls, where we downed both Grundy Center and Eldora to earn our way to tl1e Sub State tour- ney at Waterloo in the Hippodrome. We met Teachers College High School in the first game there and went on to vict.ory in an ov- ertime. Then came the game! After climb- ing to the sub-state finals, where only 10 A teams in the entire state are left we met Wa- verly in the most exciting game of the year. We started off with a bang and took the lead early in the game and held it until the last quarter when Waverly took over for the win -46-44. It was a heartbreaker, a hair raiser, or call it what you will. However, it' was also history making. This was the SECOND time in the history of HHS that any team had won its Way to the sub- state finals. Yes, we had now tied the record of any team and had come so near to beating it. In fact in field goals we outscored the opponent by two, but free throws spelled the difference, as they counted for six more than we. More honor came as Paul Schipper was chosen fby a unanimous votej to the center spot on the all-conference first team and Tony Perez named to the second.

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DISTRICT TCDUIQNAMENT SQUAD 95 Larry Guldberg 3 145 Joe Pitsor-Captain 31 ,mi WI' 112 Jim Williams 12 Qs 155 Dick Dreyer 0 , if fi 129 D011 Krukow 3 135 Jim Sftaley 5 ICQ. P- W M : 1 165 Laverne Sheeler 15 H. W. Alvin Simons 9 35