Kirksville High School - Regit Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Carol Epperson, Dorothy Luman, Pearl Ann Schupbach, Jolene Forke, and Janet Tolman. Cheerleaders Our cheerleaders did their utmost to give us a consistently fine performance during each sport season, We shall remember always their enthusiasm, their vigor, their grace, and es- pecially the perfect synchronization of motion which they achieved. hillicothe Tournament The Tigers opened defense of their tournament crown by downing a scrappy five from Spickard in the opening round of the Chillicothe Invitational Tourney. The Bengals found themselves with a slim one point lead at halftime , but forged ahead as Conyers hit for nine points in the third quarter. Conyers was high man for Kirksville with IZ points. Gene Pickett racked up Z3 and Dave Conyers 13 points as the Tigers advanced to the semi- finals by overpowering the Marshall Owls 56-41. Kirksville moved into the finals of the tourney with an easy 62-41 victory over fourth-seeded Carrollton. Dave Conyers swished Z1 points for the joy-filled Tigers. Avenging an earlier defeat, the Tigers outfought the host Chillicothe Hornets for the tourna- ment championship. The hard-fought contest was very close until the fourth quarter when the Bengals forged ahead to make the final count 57-51. Don Noble led the scoring with 17 and Sam Sparks and Dave Conyers added 10 and 8 points respectively, Iohn's boys not only walked off with their 4th Chilli Tournament crown in a row, but came home with a trophy and gold basket- balls.

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Remember these track stars? Up and over, Dave. What did you say to him, John? High Point Paul. Tiger Track for 52 I A The Tigers opened their season in track by placing in every event but one and swamping the Macon squad at Kirks- ville. Paul Schnucker led the Bengals in points by winning three events and running on the winning relay team. The Tigers finished third in a quadrangular meet at Chillicothe, but came back to Kirksville to win the class A district meet ahead of Mexico and Moberly, April Z9 the Kirksville cinder- men scored a close victory in a quadrangular track meet at Trenton. Winning the high hurdles for the fifth time in five starts, Paul Schnucker again led the Tigers as they closed their sea- son in track by tying Chillicothe for third place in the NCMC meet at Brookfield. Coach Spainhower expects a still stronger contender for the NCMC conference title in 1953. ' .dz 1 Time out to look at the birdie.