Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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TO TS Highland's second experience with tourna- ments came February 23-26 and March 2-5 when we were hosts to a district and regional tournament respectively. There was a great deal of enthusiasm displayed by our student body at both tournaments. Highland did not play in the district tournament but partici- pated in the regional tournament and lost to Wood River by a score of 35 to 20. The dis- plays on the north wall of the gymnasium and the management of both tournaments produced many compliments from the participating schools. The scores of all the games follow: DISTRICT TOURNAMENT February 23, 1938 Alhambra 45 Worden 44 Lebanon 35 Troy 34 New Baden St, Jacob VeI1iCe Breese Alhambra Trenton New Baden Troy Venice Trenton TTOY Trenton New Baden Venice REGIONAL TOURNAMENT March 2, 1988 Edwardsville New Baden Wood River Highland Alton Venice Collinsville Livingston Wood River Edwardsville Collinsville Alton Wood River Collinsville TU? Mr. Davis has coached our football team for the past six years and our basketball team for three. Every student in Highland High School admires the interest Mr. Davis takes in building up athletics in our school and his in- terest in the whole student body. To make a successful team, a coach must have the sup- .DAVIS port of every' boy in high school. This support Mr. Davis does not have, but the growing num- ber of freshmen who report for sports is a hopeful sign. Mr. Davis is also commended for his staunch stand on fair play and true sportsmanship in all school activities at all times.

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B Q I ASKETBALL Coach Davis inaugurated the official 1937-38 basketball season early in November by issuing a call for recruits to that great sport. Of the thirty-five men who responded at the start of the season, the following were selected for the first ten: Lory, Thiems, M. Silegrlst, Alldridge, Heb- rank, Supplger, Buehlmann, E. Lebegue, Brockmeier, and Knebel. 1 Dwight Lory, a senior, was the captain of the team this year. He was the high point man and was the target for the best guard on each team we played. We will miss Dwight next year. Roger Thlems did a wonderful job of holding down the guard position considering he played only two years. At times Milton Slegrist brought plenty of grief to our opponents. Like Lory and Thiems, he is a senior and will be missed next year. Dick Hebrank H11 d the regular center's shoes well after Alldridge left us at the end of the first semester. Ger ld Suppiger will go places lf he continues to improve as he has so far. We shall have Gerald another year. With two more years to go Kenneth Buehlmann should be a good ball player before h N is out of school. Earl Lebegue's basketball career was cut short by a hip injury early in the sea on, but we will expect big things from him next year. Robert Brockmeier improved a great deal tx is year and will be an asset to next year's team. Harold Knebel should also help out a great deal with his weight and playing ability in 1938-39. Kenneth Sudhoff, Jam es Baumann, and Fred Siegrist have three more years to get ln shape. We can use them as soon as they do. , A Highland won only one-third of its games this year. We participatled in one tournament this year but lost to a much stronger team, Wood river, with a score of 35-20. In the annual city games between Highland High School and St. Paul High School, our boys came out the victors of both games. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT PLACE OPP. H. H. S. Nov. 4 Marine Highland Nov. 12 Dupo Highland Nov. 24 Pocahontas Povahontas Nov. 26 St. Paul Highland Dec, 3 Belleville Belleville Dec, 10 Bethalto Highland Dec. 17 'Greenville Highland Dec. 23 Dupo DUD0 Jan. 7 Witt Highland Jan. 14 Livingston Livingston Jan. 21 Carlyle Highland Jan, 28 Pocahontas Highland Feb, 4 Trenton Trenton Feb. 11 Lebanon Highland Feb, 15 Greenville Greenville Feb. 25 Mulberry Highland PLAYER Pos1T1oN F. G. Fl T- TOTAL Brockmeier 4 11 Knebel 1 Supfplger 7 20 Alldrldge 24' 43 M. Siegrlst 15 33 Buehlmann 4 10 Thiems 9 24 E. Lebegue 4 15 Hebrank 15 36 H2 2

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BUYS' GYM I l I 4 In the boys' gym classes an attempt is made to develop the boys ot' our school hoth physically and mentally. The work is divided into formal gymnastics, sports, and games. ln lorinal gymnastics, exercises are given which develop certain muscles ot' the body. This form ol' exercise is not used much because the same results can be obtained from playing games in which the player must also think it' he is to be a winner. The games played in their respective seasons are basket ball. hand tennis, voiley ball, and soft ball. Teams are usually chosen, and a series ot' games is pliyed to decide a winner. This year more time was devoted to wrestling than in previous years. ln this sport a boy is oil his own and cannot slide by upon the ability ot' his team lnates, as is sometimes done in team play. State interscholastic wrestling rules are followed which do not allow the Horse Play which occurs in the professional ring. Quite a number ot' our boys have engaged in track work this spring. On April Ito there was a freshman and sophomore meet held at llupo. Our teams looked promising. al- though they did not win. This was our boys' first experience in running in a track meet, and Voach Davis thinks they gained much experience in running against boys of other schools. This year Highland is participating in the newly formed T-Conference of which our eoach is president. A meet will be held on May ill, at the Lebanon Hih School track field. The schools entered in the meet are members of the league: Troy, Trenton, Pocahontas, St. .lac-ob, and Highland. At present, Gruenenfelder is practicing for the 4403 Malan. the S803 Fred and Dick Siegrist for the 2203 H. Metzzer, Eugene Maroon, and Suppiger for the loo and 22113 Itlaedge is practicing for the pole-vault.: Clayton for the mile: Suppiger at the weights: Hebrank and Maroon for the broad jump: and Brocknieier, Sudhotf, and Suppiger for the hurdles. Next year a 1110111 complete program will be attempted in the boys' gym classes. XVe believe that this is one of the most important pliI'ts of our school work. 28