Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

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THE LOCOMOTIVES Bottom Row L to R—B. Spoon, K. Flager, G. Whitney, G. Ready, S. Tuomi, T. Miller; second row—Coach Petereon, D. Thompson, J. Knaub, S. Michael, B. Burns, Coach Wilson; third row—Coach Hackney. W. Weishaar, R. Southwoith, D. Tisor, D. Reiber, D. Shay-Mgr. The Locomotives started out the season by adding 4 games to their 26 game winning streak making it a record of 30 consecutive wins. Although only one lettermen, Gerry Ready, from the Big 32 Championship team returned, the team finished the season with a record of 19 wins and 8 losses. The Locomotives finished third in the Eastern Division Class A Tournament and second in the State Class A Tournament. During the season Kevin Flager set a new assists record with 112 and also established a new recoveries record of 119. Gerry Ready broke the old assists record and had the second highest number of recoveries in the school's history with 82. Gary Whitney was the rebound leader for the year with 212. Wayne Weishaar earned the field goal percentage trophy making 50 out of 124. All 4 of the above mentioned boys were chosen as members of all-tourney teams in both the divisional and state tournaments. Kevin Flager was a first team allconference selection. 28