Lamoni High School - Flame Yearbook (Lamoni, IA)

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Cqyotbaff f!!F -1 Flrst row Roland Baber, Duane Lyslnger Jason Lovlng, B111 Allen oaptaln , Cllfford Carpenter, Maurlce Bartlett, Champlln Lester, Vernon Leverson Second row Wayne Noblltt, Bob Whlte, Bob Stuck, Bob Holloway, Rlohard Mlckelson, Gene Ballantyne Eugene Payton Thlrd row Theron Bergman manager FT1tZ Reese Jack MHCAl11St6T, Joe Boswell, Bob Hynden, Paul Thompson, Bud lyslnger Fourth row Lloyd R1ce ass't coach Everett Walden, J1m Buoy Bob S1lver, Coach M A MaoAll1ster Another great football season was marked down 1n the record for Lamonl Hlgh School 1n 1941 as the Demons were v1ctor1ous 1n slx out of elght games played The Demons nelther won the conference trophy nor smashed any records but they made a record to be proud of The season's total of 196 to 45 1S another good record for Lamonl The flrst two games brought easy vlctor 1es The thlrd game at Leon saw an 1nsp1red neon team edge out the flghtlng Demons 7 to 6 Mt Ayr fell agaln and then the Demons dropped the second loss lamonl lost the con ference crown to Bedford by a 19 O reverse Two more dec1s1ve V1CtOT19S gave the La mon1 grldders th1rd place 1n the conference Captaln B111 Allen Joe Tapscott, Roland Ba ber Wayne Noblltt, Rlohard Mlokelson, and Duane lyslnger smashed Osceola before the home crowd 1n thelr last vlotory and game un der the Scarlet and Black of Lamonl Hlgh School The Blue Grass Conference all star team rewarded Jason Lov1ng the JUH1OT fullback Roland Baber, the veteran llneman, w1th cov eted pos1t1ons on the f1TSt team Joe Taps oott, the hardy veteran llneman, T6C91VEd a pos1t1on on the second team Jason Lovlng re celved honorable mentlon on the all state honor roll Too much credlt cannot be g1ven to Coach MaoA1l1ster for turnlng about another great team 1n h1s flfth year at Lamonl Lamonl Hlgh 1S aga1n proud of 1ts coach and the Scarlet and Black flghters -L L, , A :I l I I B kg ' ' '. lr! 4, M ' Q , Q :L .l . W - , 1 Q ' IM 'R Lf: Y - .,.i 1 . A I S l . - 1 a I I - vs I A I' Q 5 15 ' - J .1 ' rv 5 . : . ' . . C J . . i l . Q . . I . . 1 C J, . . ' c 1 5, - . - , . . . ' Q Q D - U . . - - , - . . . 14

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f all ,Basket Ja l Top row Theron Bergman, Eugene Waller, Eugene Payton, Rex Rob1nson Jason Loving, Cllfford Carpenter, Jack MacA1lister, Gllbert Howard, Bob Stuck, John Bergman Front row Lloyd Rice, Everett Walden, Bob Hollo way, Maurlce Bartlett, Jim Barrett, Bob Hynden, Bob Silver, Vernon Le verson, Roland Baber, M A MBCA111St9T Another great basketball team of Lamonl Hlgh School concluded its schedule after the mo t unusual season Startlng the season as a hopeless bunch ln the eyes of nlacn, the Demon cagers rose to helghts never before attalned by a Scarlet and Black Team The nfinderellan team won the first Sectional Championshlp of Lamoni H1gh and as a result went on to play 1n the first round of the Distrlct tournament There the underdog Demons fell before Corning, 26 24 to end the season lenced LBMOH1 qulntet, with llttle basketball sense havlng been pounded 1n the1r skulls, was swamped 32 to 10 Dlagonal then met and defeat ed the hapless L H S f1ve A forfeit over Le nox 1D the f1rst conference gave the LBMOD1 team 1ts f1TSL VICLOTY and then our dear old r1va1, Leon, eeked out a triumph, 14 to 13 lh the f1rst Blue Grass loop defeat Neighbor Da vis Clty was whipped by the Demons, a good Roy outfit beat out a 33 to 32 victory, a then Grand River met with the wrath of the mons, 48 to 9 The remainlng games before e county tourney were lndlfferent for the Scarlet and Black flghtere Corydon won out 1n a hard contest, and Mt Ayr was ralded by Lamoni, 39 to 25 in the first of these tilts A hlghly tauted Dlagonal team fell, and Bedford with an all veteran team won 36 to 29 Decatur Counts felt the rage of the im proved Lamoni team as the Demon knocked four teams for a roll The Demons snuffed out Van Wert, Davis Clty, LeRoy, and Leon to lring home the trophy for the fourth tlme ln five years Osceola wa stopped and mt Ayr beat the wealer Demons, 36 to 34 as the season's play resumed Bedford, the only team to beat the Demon twice took a game 48 to 33 and won the conference nox was no match for the Demons 1D the1r prlme The home fans saw LamODl'S Demon massacre Cor ydon,7l to 30 in the finale of the regular sea son, 1n the only sectlonal game, Leon ras edged 36 to 32 at the climax o1 the season Then La moni ended the glorious season with the loss to Corning 1h the District game at Diagonal With the exception of Creston, Bedford, and Cornlng, every team that challenged Lamoni in the 23 game stretch Ub1t the dustu at least once The Demons in 1941 L2 piled up a total polnt score of 787 to 615 w1th an average of 36 polnts on offense and 28 on defense The Ia moni cagers improved in every game and made an other grand record of 14 victories to 9 defeats for Lamoni High School : ' ' ' , . ' , , - In the first game at Creston, the inexper- from the defending champs, LeRoy fell, and Le- . ' I Le- ' v nd . De' 0 1 , ' - I th ' ' ue