John Marshall High School - Lex Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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MARSHALL BEATS MADISON 65 - 55 The M-Men started their winning streak by defeating the Madison Sena- ors. Marshall started the first quarter with an eight point lead and by the ast quarter hadincreased it to ten points. Top shooters of the night were tan Koltschf22l and Nick Ioneslllll. MADISON VVINS 53 - 56 Marshall lost a crucial game to the Madison Senators, and this time the loss of the game all but put the M-Men out of State contention. In the lst quarter the M-Men took a I6-I5 lead, but the Senators tied it up to 29 all in the second quarter. In the third the M- Men pulled ahead with a 46- 39 lead. In the decisive quarter, the Senators began to hit the net and the final score showed the Minutemen lacking 53-56. Stan Koltsch and Dave Losk came out on top of the scoring column with I4 each. l I - -1 Ken Staab at the charity line. ROOSEVELT LOSES 50 - 4 6 The Marshall basketball team continued on in their hopes of regaining a chance at the state title by beating the under-dog Roosevelt team. The M-Men held the lead during the whole game. Top honors went to Nick IonesKl5l and Stan KoltschKl2J, Runner up was Dave LoskC9l. MARSHALL IUST SLIPS BY TEDDIES 50 - 49 The M-Men suffered a bad scare from the Spunky Teddies, With three minutes left inthe first quarter, the M-Men trailed l4 to O and by the time the quarter was over, the score was l7-4. The half ended with the Teddi holding onto their lead l8-31. However, pulled back into the game by holding the the quarter score ended with the M-Men sive round the Teddies maintained their ning basket. High scorers were Stan Koltsch with 17, Nick Iones with and Mike Galloway with 7. Mike Galloway takes a lay in. in the third quarter, the M-Men Roosevelt team to four points and still trailing 30-35. In the deci- lead till the last l2 seconds when Nick Iones stole the ball and passed it to Stan Koltsch who laid in the win- Ken sets one in, MARSHALL DROPS LINCOLN 66 - 57 The M-Men continued their winning streak by beating the Lincoln Cardi- nals, The Minutemen started the game by taking the lead and held it for the entire evening. Top men were again Stan Koltschll6l, Nick Ionesf15l, Dick RossC9l, and Ken Staabifil. MARSHALL TAKES LINCOLN AGAIN 51 - 49 In the first quarter it looked bad for the M- Men with the score 9-15 and it continued with the Cardinal holding the lead at the end of third quarter, In the fourth, the M- Men pulled up to a 45 all tie in the last minute of re- gulation time, In the first overtime, there was no score, In the second overtime, the lead changed hands several times, but,when the buzzer sound - ed, the M-Men were on top. Nick Iones had 16 counters and Dick Ross had IO. es 10

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Nick Iones and Stan Koltsch go up for the rebound. 'WILSON 'VVAXES MARSHALL 47 - 37 The Trojans handed Marshall its third loss of the season. Wilson led the whole game despite a third quarter rally by the M- Men which brought Mar- shall within one point of Wilsonf26-255. Top honors went to Dick Ross Kill and Mike Gallowayflill. MARSHALL BEATS WILSON Marshall snapped out of its losing streak by defeating the strong Wilson Trojans. At first the game looked as if it would go the way of the two pre- ceding ones when in the first quarter the Trojan team took a 13-12 lead. However, in the second, the M-Men had the lead at half time 28-25. At the final whistle, the M-Men hadincreased their lead to a 60-47 win. Top honors went to Dick Ross with 17 followed by Nick Iones with 15. R' I CLEVELAND 54, MARSHALL 43 The second game of the season seemed well under control in the first quarter with the score l4-12. In the second quarter, however, the Indians ran away with the game and the score at the end of the second half was 26-19 Cleveland. Outstanding shooter of the game was Nick Iones with 14 followed by Dave Losk with IO, CLEVELAND DROPS MARSHALL 65 - 61 Marshallcontinued to suffer defeat this time from the PIL leaders, the Indians. Marshall took the first half by a score of 33-27, but lost it in the third quarter when Cleveland tied it up at 45 all. In the last half, the Indians kept their four point lead . Top scorer for the evening was Nick Jones 1223, and followed by Dick Rossfl37, Dave LoskClOl and Stan Koltschf8l. Nick Jones drives in, GRANT CLOBBERS MARSHALL 66 - 54 Even with the gallant effort put forth by Nick Jones, Marsha1l's Minut men lost their fourth game in a row. In the first half of the game, the fourteen points scored against Grant were made by Nick Iones. Iones scored 12 out of 27 attempted field goals and made 9 out of ll tries at the free throw line for a total of 33 points, Dick Ross was second with 7 counters. MARSHALL 59 REVENGES GRANT 54 Marshall surprised the PIL by upsetting ninth ranked Grant in the state A-1 race. The M- Men took the first quarter lead at 16-14 and held it dur- ing the entire game to beat the mighty Grant Generals. Again it was Nick Jones who took the scoring crown with 19, followed by Ken Staab with 16. Dave Losk goes in tor a lay in.

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Dick Ross makes an easy one. WASHINGTON 47 , MARSHALL 52 The Minutemen kept rolling along in their hopes for a chance at the state title by defeating the Washington Colonials. The first half of the game looked bad for the Marshall team when the Colonials went to a 16-8 first quarter lead and then maintained a three point lead into the second half. The Minutemen pulled back into the game with the superior shooting of Stan Ko1tschfZ3l, Nick Ionesf13l, and Ken Staabfllll. Benson MARSHALL BEATS THE OOLONIALS 72 - 38 The Minutemen literally mopped up the Washington team. Quarter and half scores were 10-4 and 23-14 in favor of Marshall, The third quarter score was 47-26. ln the last quarter the whole team got into the act when the second and third squads were put in. The final score was 72-38. Nick Jones had 16, Ken Staab 13. MARSHALL SQUEAKS BY TEFFERSON 56 52 After resting out a bye, the Marshall M Men continued winning at the expense of the highly rated Democrats. Marshall took an early lead in the first quarterfl0-171, By the third quarter the M Men had increased their lead to fifteen pointsC40-251. The Democrats came back strongly in the last quarter and almost caught the unwary M Men when they scored 27 points Top man was Ken Staab with 17 followed by Nick Iones with 14 MINUTEMEN 70 DEMOS 64 The M-Men again showed that they liked close games In the first quart er the M-Men trailed 14 - 15 and the half found them holding a five point lead over the Democrats 31-26. ln the third they increased their lead a point, 47-41. However, in the home stretch the M Men were caught in a 60 all tie at the end of regulation time ln the overtime the Demos took the lead, but began fouling the M-Men Dave Losk laid in one and Nick Jones hit ajumper and before the final bell the M Men had increased their lead to 70-64. Four men hit in double figures during the game Nick Iones fl9l, Stan Ko1tschC16J, Dick Rossf14l and Dave Loskf12l Stan Koltsch uses his exclusive hook shot MARSHALL SLIPS BY BENSON 59 51 Marshall finished the first round by defeating a strong Benson team The M-Mentook an early first quarter lead 15 11 but the M Men lost this lead when Benson pulled ahead 35-27. The Tech maintained their lead in the third quarter, but in the final round the Minutemen scored 23 points to win the game 59-51. Top man was Nick Iones with 13 MARSHALL DROPS BENSON 80 55 The last game of the season was one of the best The M Men inspired by the possibility of a four-way tie in the PIL went after a chance to goto state, The first quarter ended in a tie at 14 all In the second quarter the M-Men opened up a five point lead and at half time the score was 34 29 The third quarter ended at 56-42. In the final quarter the reserve strength fromthe bench was again used and the M Men had a 25 point lead Dave Losk had 18, Stan Koltsch 17, Dick Ross 14 and Nick Jones 10 Nick Iones sets in another two points.