Kirksville High School - Regit Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Basketball Milan - Opening defense of their NCMC crown, the Tigers downed the Milan Wildcats 70-32, December 5, at Milan. larold Tarr led the scoring with 18 points. The B squad also won with John Bagley getting 14 points for Kirksville. Hannibal - The following night the Tigers opened in Kirk auditorium with a 44-37 verdict over the Hannibal Pirates. lon Noble was high man for the Bengals with 10 tallies. The Hannibal B team edged out Kirksville in the preliminary contest 42-40. Unionville - Compiling the biggest point total for KHS in seven years, the Tigers overwhelmed Unionville 85 -38 at nionville. Frank Epper son had 20 points and Dave Conyers 17 for the victors. Kirksville walloped Unionville in the B game 56-37. Chillicothe - In a hard fought game at Kirksville the Tigers managed a 51-43 win over the Hornets of Chillicothe on De- ember 11. Tarr countered 14 points for Coach Spainhower's crew. The B squad lost its second game' of the season 43 -29. Trenton - Playing control ball, Trenton gave the Kirksville five a scare but the Bengals pulled out to grab their 5th fin of the year 45 -39 at Trenton, Gene Pickett had 13 and Noble 12 points for Kirksville. The Tiger B squad also came through with a victory, 46-21. Bloomfield - The Tigers were never headed as they defeated the Bloomfield, Iowa, Mustangs 57-47 at Kirksville. Parold Tarr led all scorers with 21 points. Kirksville also took the B verdict 46-40, Marceline - Making it 40 out of their last 41 conference games, Kirksville rolled over Marceline 59-35 at Kirksville n January 7. Scoring was fairly evenly divided among several players. The B team won with Larry Gardner collecting 17 points. Brookfield - Darold Tarr led Kirksville with 14 points as the Bengals mauled B1'O0kfield 53-40 at B1'D0kfield. The Tiger cubs dropped a 53-49 decision with Nelson Conyers getting 13 tallies. Macon - The Tigers racked up their ninth win of the season by 'C1'OuhCing Macon 33 -52 at Macon, Rube Noble had 8 points for Kirksville. Bob Munns led the B squad with 10 counters as they won 41-18. A Team TOP ROW? George 1-Chr, Donnld Noble, Sam Sparks, Gene Pickett, Richard Krekemeyer, Frank Epperson, BOTTOM ROW: John Spainhower fCoachl, Wadie Houtchens flvlanagerl, Gene Martin, Darold Tarr, Bob Hinton, Dave Conyers, Frank Colton flvlanagerl, Larry Rogers flsflanagerl. 24 PROUD CO-CHAMPS

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Milan - With the Wildcats getting only 5 field goals, theKirksville boys had no trouble in dropping Milan 94-25, at Kirk auditorium. Richard Krekemeyer had 16, Gene Pickett The Tiger B's also had an easy time with .Tim Baker' Unionville - Unionvil1e's scrappy Midgets couldn't game 86-40 at Kirksville, Big Sam Sparks dumped in Z1 John Bagley garnered 17 and Bob Shumaker 13 tallies Bloomfield - Notoriously hard to beat at home wins by downing the local five 50-39 in the Iowa city. Lehr The B team fared better as they won their game Chillicothe - The Tigers dropped their first NCMC the Chillicothe crew 58-55 at Chilli. Noble countered 14 The Cubs also went down to defeat with Larry Gardner Trenton - Fresh from the Chillicothe Tourney the Tigers Pickett each had 12 points for Kirksville. Chuck Martin scored 12 points as the B lost their Hannibal - The Tigers, overcoming a one -point third- 48-40 at Hannibal, Dave Conyers had 12 points for the The B team lost to the Pirates, 51-47, as John Macon - Ahead all the way, the Tigers downed Macon counters to lead the well-balanced scoring attack, Nelson Skip Conyers led the Cubs with 18 points Marceline - The Bengals moved on to Marceline where was high man, scoring 15 points for Kirksville. The B team won 47 -37 with Bob Munns hitting for Brookfield - Kirksville wrapped up their fourth straight Brookfield Bulldogs at Kirksville. The Tigers must share losing one conference game. Frank Epperson was high The B squad closed its season with 41-33 victory. 15 and Sam Sparks 14 points for the Tigers. hitting for 18 points, hold the Tigers as Kirksville took another conference points for the Cats, as the B squad won handily. Bloomfield, lowa, snapped the Tigers' season string of 11 and Hinton each bagged 9 points for the losing Bengals. 48 -Z 4, with Bob Munns snaring 11 points. conference tilt of the campaign as they were downed by tallies for the Tigers. scoring 15 points. mauled the Bulldogs 54-37 at Kirksville. Elpperson and game 40-36. quarter deficit, went on to defeat the Hannibal Pirates winning Bengals. Bagley scored 18 points. 67-38 on February 9, at Kirksville. Don Noble had 13 in the preliminary contest. they downed the host 80-39 on February 10. Gene Pickett 13 points. NCMC title with a regular season closing win over the the honors with Chillicothe as a result of each team's scorer for the Brookfield game with 12 points. AI VI B Team TOP ROW: John Bagley, Larry Gardner, Bob Munns, James Blodgett. Jimmy Baker, Bob Shumaker, Nelson Conyers. BOTTOM ROW: John Spainhower fCoachJ, Wadie Houtchens fManagerJ, Jimmy- Rolston, Gary Sallafie. Davi.-1 T---npr vm-rv R nm-rs fManagerl, Frank Colton Qlvianagerl. B-TEAM 57