Henryville High School - Hi Lites / Memories Yearbook (Henryville, IN)

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Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. 9 S 5--Henryv111e 58 Lexington 42 The Henryville Hornets opened the season with an impressive victonrby swamping the Lexington Minute-uen 58-42. Two of the outstanding Sen- iors, Bruce Erickson, center and Robert Robertson, forward, tallied 12 points each. 6--Silver Creek Henryville 65 Silver Creek handed Henryville their first loss of the season by de- feating the Hornets four points. s--Hehryv111e 48 New Washington 26 The Hornets drowned the New Washington Mustangs 48-26. The Hornets were on edge for the game and Jumped into a lead which they never relinguished. l6--Crothersv111e 59 Henryville 48 In spite of the hard playing and team work the Crothersville Tigers defeated the Hornets by a score of 59-48. This was the second loss of the season. 21--Henryville 37 Austin 30 The Hornets came through with another victory by stopping the Austin Eagles 37-30. Although the Hornets were never behind but they had to fight to keep the lead. Bruce Erickson and Robert Robertson tal- lied 7 points each. 50--Henryvi11e49 Georgetown 59 The Hornets gave Georgetown their first defeat of the season by de- feating the Bear Cats 49-59. 4--Hanover 62 Henryville 55 Hanover handed the Hornets their third loss of the season by defeat- ing the Hornets 62-53. 14--Henryville 44 Borden 41 The Hornets finished strong to Eiset the Borden Berries 44-41. Be- hind for over three quarters, the Hornets caught fire and refused to stop. 21--Char1estown 62 Henryville 55 The Hornets bowed to the Charlestown Pirates adding another defeat to their record. The Hornets loss by a small margin of 7 points. 4--Henryville 61 Saluida 55 Again the Hornets added another victory to their record by defeating the Saluida Lions 61-51. The game was hard fought and closly con- tested, but never to great a margin. Robert Robertson came through with another high point talley, this time 25 points.

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Jen. 12--Clark County Tournment Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. The Clark County Tournment was held at the Silver Creek Gym January 12. New Washington defeated the Borden Berries in a close battle by 2 points. The Hornets played the Charlestown Pirates only to lose by a margin of 8 points. Henryville and Borden played the consolation game which the Hornets won by a large margin. Jimmy Guthrie received the sportsmanship trophy which he well deserved. Charlestown was win- ner of the tournment. 15--Valonia 53 Henryville 46 The Hornets made the long Journey to Valonia to cemp etea egginst the Red Birds. The game was hard fought, only to lose 53;46. vid Wood was high point man for the Hornets with 14. 18--Henryville 68 . Georgetown 48 The Hornets again Spelled victory by defeating the Georgetown Bear Cats. This was the second defeat the Hornets competed against the Bear Cats. 25--Henryv111e 57 Crothersville 51 The Hornets added another victory to their record by edging by the Crothersville Tigers 57-51. l--Henryville 58 - New Washington g? The Hornets upset the Mustangs for the second time this season by a large margin, 58-37. ' 8--Charlestown 63 i Henryville 61 The Pirates again defeated the Hornets only a mere 5 points. The Hor- nets fought hard all through theygame. but ,time soon ran out leaving the Pirates on top. XRobertson and Wood, each made To points. 15--Henryville 41 Borden 31 lThe Hornets played host to the Borden Berries by upsetting them by.10 points. 22--Henryville 68 Pekin 52 The Hornets closed the season by adding another victory to their re- cord, making a total of 13 wins and 7 loses. 28--Sectional Tournment The Hornets drew Taylor in the Sectional and was upset in a thrilling overtime game bv 1 point. This was a very exciting game and also the last basket Dali game for the Denior boys, James Sims, Robert Bonert- son, DavidEWOOQ, and Bruce Erickson. 5--Class Tournment The Juniors and Seniors played the first game in the class tournment which the Seniors won by 5 points. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen 10 points leaving the Sophomores and Seniors in the finals.The Seniors won by 10 points. Sports Editor Mm