Leaf River High School - Lerico Yearbook (Leaf River, IL)

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LEAF RIVER BASKET BALL TEAM The Leaf River team finished a rather suc- cessful season ending up in second place in the Route 72 Conference . John Rowland was captain the latter part of the season. He was also voted by the team as the most valuable player. The second team also ended up a very suc- cessful season by winning 12 games and losing 4 games. The district tournament was played at Leaf River and Leaf River finished in third placeby a victory over Monroe Center with a score of 23 to 22 in a very well played game. 1936-37 BASKET BALL SCHEDULE Opponent Leaf River Forreston at Leaf River 26 30 Leaf River at Shannon 21 22 Leaf River at Forreston 13 28 Franklin Grove at Leaf River 25 15 Polo at Leaf River 11 14 Byron at Leaf River 38 58 Leaf River at Thompson 37 29 Leaf River at Ashton 39 ' 18 Leaf River at Stillman Valley 35 14 Monroe Center at Leaf River 32 9 Shannon at Leaf River 13 37 Ashton at Leaf River 23 18 Forreston at Leaf River 22 45 Leaf River at Kings 27 21 Leaf River at Byron 35 30 Leaf River at Monroe Center 27 15 Stillman Valley at Leaf River 23 22 Leaf River at Polo 26 11 Leaf River at Franklin Grove 45 31 Kings at Leaf River 29 39 Steward at Leaf River 21 16 1936-37 SECOND TEAM SCHEDULE Opponent. Leaf River Franklin Grove at Leaf River 6 24 Leaf River at Forreston 14 39 Polo at Leaf River 24 10