Lakota High School - Days Gone By Yearbook (Lakota, IA)

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BOYS' BASKETBALL With the return of several lettermen, many of them of three years experience, Lakota's cage season looked bright and the first five games seemed to promise the best season yet. Buffola Center and Titonka both Class A schools were both beaten in early season play and although the scores were not high the defense appeared tough. A series of ankle injuries and the loss of Virgil Barrett through an appendec- tomy put the skids under the hapless Lakota quintette and they lost several games in a row some of them to teams they had previously beaten. Statistics showed that the Eagles were bogging down in the rebound department especially in the offensive end, as teams were able to start fast breaks from there that ended in scoring plays. All possible means to correct this failed as the boys had practically reached a limit in their power to overcome gravity. However these boys were still able to have a better than a fifty per cent average for the season. They displayed good sportsmanship and were always good competitors. Dick Ravn playingthis last year as a guard after holding down this position for four years was usually assigned the toughest man to guard and always carried out his assignment well. Merwin Farrow was good on all around floor play. Duane Christ, a speedy forward, was usually able to slip around his guard for extra points. Jenifer Bosma and Virgil Barrett seeing Varsity action for the first time gave promise of being able to carry on the game successfully next year. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Although not the calibre of teams of previous years, Lakota's diminutive sextette gave a good account of themselves in a schedule which included teams only in their near vicinity. With the loss of Agnes Olson in the front court and two regulars in the back court, replacements had to be picked from inexperienced players, which included two Freshmen. Shirley Ankeny did a remarkable piece of work in holding down forwards matching her in size. Pearl Farrow also performed exceedingly well in the front ' court and although not always consistant, probably turned in the best scoring perfor- mance of any Freshman in this section of the state. Florence O1son's good passing and floor play helped set up plays for many scores. The real performer for the Lakota sextette proved to be Pat Murray, the only hold-over of the 1946 quarter finalist. Sparking the team to their many victories and consistantly turning in stellar performances, Pat was constantly praised by the op- posing coaches as being the most versatile of the cage performances. Margaret Christ did outstanding rebounding work and floor play. She was honored by being picked on the Second All County Team. Berniece Wirtjes also did good work in stopping forwards with high offensive averages. Fouls seemed to be the outstinding weakness of the team. This caused at least four of the six defeats they suffered. This was undoubtedly caused by lack of experience and should be corrected by next year. Patsy ,Miller, Hilda Swalve, Loretta Miller and Dorothy Winkleman proved to be capable replacements. Outstandingimaterial in the seventh and eighth grades promise to make interesting competition for suits and positions next year. 35

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FRONT ROW: fLeft to Right, Billy Beemer Frank Lewis Gerald Bierstedt Elnor Heidecker Larry Gerzema FRONT ROW: JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL SECOND ROW: KLeft to Rightj Dick Ravn--Coach Gordon Hans Harlan Heidecker Billy Wortman Larry Winter Morris Janssen Roy Swanson Mrs. Stafford--Sponsor JUNIOR I-HGH GIRLS' BASKETBALL SECOND ROW: fLeft to Rightl fLeft to Right, Deloris Scharemberg Merwin Farrow--Coach Darlene Ennen Janice Miller Marlene Kienitz Darlene Farrow LaVaun Barrett Shirley Farrow Erna Heidecker Geraldine Jansen Donna Olsen Norma Hippen Mrs. Stafford---Sponsor 37 THIRD ROW: QLeft to Rightj De Wayne Maass Dwayne Rippentrop Irvin Wirtjes THIRD ROW: QLeft to Right, Sharon Dundas Mary Jane I-Iagedorn Arlene Ruby Beverly Rippentrop Marlene Sachs Marie Behnkendorf Lois Miller