La Farge High School - Memories Yearbook (La Farge, WI)

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1956 Memories 555555 FINAL KICKAP00 VALLEY STANDINGS TEAM WINS LOSSES La Farge 15 1 Wauzeka 13 3 Viola 10 6 Soldiers 'Grove 10 6 Gays Mills 10 6 Readstown 7 9 De Soto 4 12 West Lima 3 13 Seneca 0 16 Final Kickapoo Valley High School League basketball statistics show why La Farge walked off with Championship fhon-ors witlh 15 wins and one loss and posted a 22-2 overall season record. Coach John Popenfus' Wildcats led the league on both offense and defense, scoring 1,238 ta new recordl while holdling the opposition to 890. Per- centage-wise the Wildcats scored at a 77.4 clip and posted a defensive mark of 55.6. INDIVIDUAL SCORING Individual Team fg ft tp tp tLeagueJ Season T. Olson West Lima 144 378 484 B. Hoffland Soldiers Grove 138 356 472 J, Lucey G-ays Mills 131 346 432 B. Trehey Wauzekia 141 342 424 J. Harris La Farge 143 337 510 R. Vangan De Soto 142 323 422 R. McNatt La Farge 115 309 472 I. Anderson Readstown 105 309 469 J. Dull Soldiers Grove 92 249 309 C. Lerum De Soto 101 246 309 D. Huston Viola 97 240 306 R. Kennedy La Farge 87 229 298 B. Kennedy 79 173 270 D. Steinmetz 27 86 157 J. Thompson 21 61 90 G. Hodge 8 20 23 L. Parr 5 12 16 J. Dempsey 2 7 7 L. Smith 1 2 2 All Star Game - North 77, South 70 March 3, 1956, at La Farge The seventh annual Kickapoo Valley Senior All-Star game was held at La Barge on March 3. This game is made up of ten seniors from the North and ten from the South to be divided among the nine member conference schools. The delegates from the winninlg North squad includedl: Bud Williams and the Leagues leading scorer, Ted Olson, from West Lima, B-urdell Smith, Dean Jacobson and Ivan Anderson of Readstowng Dale Hamilton and Bruce Hill of the Viola squad, and Bob Kennedy, Robert McNatt and Jim Harris of the Conference Champion, District Cfhampion La Farge Wildcats. Tthe 'South brought to town its fine array of Seniors in the persons of: Bob Helgerson and Larry Honzel from 'Senecag Big Harlan Lerum and just as big Raymond Vangan from De Soto: also Doug Petit and Jack Lucey, Gays Millsg Soldiers Grove sent Jerry Dull and high scorer Bill Hoffland: Gordon McCullick and Bill Trehey come from the second place Wauzeka Hornets. The North jumped to a commanding 39-25 first half lead but saw it dwindle away to a 67-67 tie midw-ay in the fourth stanza. It was here Bruce Hill and Jim Harris, who completed a beautiful night's work, wrapped up a 77-70 victory for t'he North squad. Harris led the pack as ,he tossed in 13 field goals and 4 free throws for 30 points. Ted Olson dumped in 16 markers and Bob Kennedy' tossed in 14 for tthe North. Jack Lucey led the South 'with 23 points andl Bill Trehey tired in 11. Between halves Mr. A. E. Oaklief, secretary of the Conference, made the presentations to the All-.Conference Ucoaches' dream team , which in- eluded: Bill Trehey, Wauzeka-most valuable player Bill Hoiiland, Soldiers Grove Jack Lucey, Gays Mills Ray Vangan, De Soto Ted Olson, West Lima Jim Harris, La Farge. Honorable mention went to Robert MoNatt, La Farge, and Ivan Anderson, Readstown. It is here that the .members of the team, coaching staff and all personnel concerned wislh to to thank' the community anidl student body for its fine support given us during the past season.

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2222222 1956 Memories l arge's impressive record in giving the Cats El Will tussle from start to finish. lla Farge had a 19-13 lead at the end of the first period, but the Grovers narrowed it to three at the hall' Il-1-31. The tempo picked up considerably in the third stanza as the Wildcats ont-clawed the Cardinals 22- 20 and took a 56-51 lead into the final frame. The Grovers took a 62-58 lead with 2 minutes remaining. As the Cards added another basket and lla l-'urge scnrried for six markers time ran out and left the died in the wool fans a real barn- burner, This all set the stage for the hectic over- time period and gave La Farge the opportunity to show the stuff which made it a championship' team during the regular season. llig .liln Harris lopped the l.a Farge scoring attack with 21 and Bob Kennedy added 20, Bo., A1t'Natt tallied another 12 La Farge points and Roi Kennedy had 10. John Popenfus, coach, holding traveling league trophy Bill Hoffland, the slick Cardinal cager pivot man, meshed 28 points on 13 baskets and a pair of free throws. lla Fan-ge Posts District YVin ln Thumping Blue River February 25, 1956, at De Soto Mighty La Farge, the No. 1 team of the Kick- apoo Valley Conference this season, would not be stopped as Coach Popenfus' Wildcats rolled to a 91-72 triumph over Blue River in the finals of tthe WIAA District Tournament. Striking for 22 points in the first period and 23 in tfhe second, tlhe Wildcats completely domina- ted play in the contest against the XVisconsin River League contender. La Farge now has a record of 22-1 for the season, yet not good enough for rating in the WIAA's Little Sixteen. .lim Harris and Bob McNatt, La Farge's stars all season, were tlhe shining lights for the Wildcats again. Harris racked up 31 points in hitting 10 field goals and 11 free throws from his center posi- tion. McNatt,, a slick ball-handling guard, 'was not tar behind. He matched Harris in tield goals with 10, and 'had tive free t-hrows for 25 markers, Bob Kennedy came third in the La Farge scoring with 14 tallies. Top scorer of the contest. however, was Bob Bartels, Blue River forward who tossed 35 tallies. Mike Adams chalked up 17 more. La Fartge held a 22-16 lead :after one period and paced the Eagles 45-36 at the half. The Wild- cats struck for 27 points in the third quarter and pulled away from Blue River for good after that, Starting the fourth stanza ha Farge enjoyed a Z4-51 advantage. Cuba City Upsets lla l m'ge, Cats Bow Out Of Tourney Play VVith Fine 22.-2 Season Record Marclh 2, 1956, at Fennimore lla Farge tangled with Cuba City in the spac- ious Fennimore gym only to lose their second con- test of the year, The Cubans jumped to a 16-9 first quarter lead. The second period remained even as Cuba City protected its lead and led 27-20 at the intermission. The third stanza the Cats played the kind of ball they were capable of and outscored the Cubans 20-12 and took a 40-39 lead into the fourth frame. lt was here the Cubans chose to drive 'home 18 points to the Wildcats' 12 and chalk up a 57-52 victory. Bob McNatt, one of six Seniors playing their last game, scored 17 points for La Farge. Jim Harris, Senior pivot man, tallied 11 and Bob Ken- nedy, also a Senior, hlt for 10. The other three graduating members are Dick Steinmetz, Lanny Smith and Don Burnard. Dave Dall, Cuba City forward, and Jerry 0'Brien, 6 ft 3 in. guard, tallied 22 and 16 re- spectively,

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