Hoopeston High School - Picayune Yearbook (Hoopeston, IL)

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One of the greatest teams ever produced at john Greer rolled through the season unde- feated, collecting 27 wins and scoring l46l points. These 27 wins included l9 scheduled games, the Christmas tournament and the county tournament. The john Greer team not only became county champions, but also won the Vermilion County conference champion- ship. This year's team received state-wide rec- ognition by several Chicago Tribune and Daily News writeups and being rated among the top l5 by the United Press. Four returning lettermen from last year's team and Coleman from Georgetown, consti- tuted Coach Astroth's first five. The quintet, composed of Captain Herb Neathery and Cloud as the high scoring forewards, Coleman as a sharpshooting center, and Martin and Trimble as the great guard combination, were threat- Tm-: Prczwunr: 3rd Row-Linn, G. Gossett, McFarland, Finley, Saffell. 2nd row-Echard, Arnold, Trimble, Meyers, Yoakum. lst row-Coleman, Martin, Neathery, Cloud, Liz. ened only once during the entire season. The seven substitutes proved themselves able to hold their own, upon substitution in most of the games. The john Greer team surpassed last year's record in several ways. First of all comes this year's undefeated record, more points were scored this year, the county tournament was won, and also the ability that won them a berth among the top l5 teams of the state, as re- corded by the United Press. john Greer won the Regional Tourney and defeated Onarga Military before suffering the only loss of the season, to Champaign, in Sec- tional play. Coach Campbell's reserves compiled 9 wins and 8 losses. The reserves were played liberally, with all of the squad seeing action. PAGE 29

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Basketball Reserves 4th row-Campbell, Scullin, Tucker, Davis, Clark, McNeil. 3rd rowiGosselt, Miller, Carter, Clyden, Rector, Brooks, Sherrill, 2nd row7Adkins, Merritt, Drollinger, H., Goold, Droll- inger, R., Samaras, Correll. lst row--Saffell, Linn. PAGE 30 Hoopeston Hoo eston D 1 Hoopeston, Hoopeston, Hoopeston Hoopeston Hoopeston Hoopeston l-loopeston l-loopeston l-loopeston Hoopeston l-loopeston Hoopeston l-loopeston l-loopeston l-loopeston Hoopeston l-loopeston l-loopeston Hoopeston, Football Won 7-Los , Arcola, 7 Oakwood, O Pontiac, 6 Gibson City, l9 , Westville, l8 7, W. LaFayette, l3 27, Watseka, 7 l9, Kankakee, 6 7, Georgetown, 26 Basketball l Won 27--Lost O Bismark, 30 Henning, 33 Catlin, 33 , Onarga, 45 Sheldon, 27 Rankin, 29 Mooseheart, 37 Cissna Park, 23 Paxton, 25 Urbana, 36 E. Lynn, 32 Potomac, 37 Score Card Hoopeston, 57 l-loopeston, 63 l-loopeston, 42 l-loopeston, 57 Hoopeston, 57 Hoopeston, 54 7l Hoopeston, Rossville, 32 Paxton, 44 Georgetown, -ll E. Lynn, 39 Westville 40 Q oakwoodf 32 , Milford, 39 Christmas Tournament l-loopeston, 66, Rankin, 23 l-loopeston, 57, Cissna Park, 35 l-lcopeston, 4l, Roosville, 27 County Tournament Hoopeston, 73 l-loopeston, 48 Hoopeston, 60 Hoopeston, 55 Hoopeston, 47 REGIONAL Hoopeston, 48 Hoopeston, 5l Hoopeston, 59 SECTIONAL Hoopeston, 69, Hoopeston, 30, , Armstrong, 33 Rossville, 3l E. Lynn, 39 Allerton, 34 Potomac, 24 Milford, 35 Rossville, 4l Bismark, 38 Onarga Military 48 Champaign, 5l