Lenox High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Lenox, IA)

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Coach Rider's team was seeded as the number two Q BASKETBALL W...-Zi!,.,.. 654411479471 HIRTY FIVE boys answered the first call for basket ball practice on the night of November 12 After a weeks tryout the squad was cut to a workable S179 of twenty The Tiger squad was made up of the following boys FORWARDS Charley Gray B111 Terry Elvis Mendenhall Harold Brokaw Gene Rogers and Jack Gray CENTERS Russell Gordon and Vernal Thompson GUARDS Melvin Howard Gene Hanson Dean Knodle B111 Teply Jim Ford Raymond Straight Reldon Key Ed win H111 Phil Ranck Fred Haynes Jake Walters and Ray Nixon This year s Tiger team was a very young and inexper ienced outfit with only two seniors on the entire squad those boys playing the more dominnant rolls in the start- ing line-up coming from the Freshmen, Sophomore and Junior classes. Therefore all indications point toward very good Tiger teams for the next three years. As can be seen from the season's record, the tigers were an in and out team , losing to teams they should have beaten and winning from teams that looked better on paper . team in the Taylor County Basketball tournament only to get knocked off in the first round by an inferior New Market team that they should have beaten by twenty points. The Tigers failed to win any of the three Blue Grass Conference games they played, however, they did defeat Leon 22-14 in the Blue Grass Conference jamboree 11eld at Mt. Ayr early in November. AS of February 1 the Tigers had a record of 7 w1ns and 9 losses Following lS a result of the season s record up to Feb 1 1947 Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox- Lenoxf Len0xA Lenoxf Lenox-50 Lenox-24 LenoxA32 Lenoxf25 Lenox4-26 Sharpsburg 23 R1chland 31 Afton 26 Exira 28 Leon 14 Clearfield Shannon City 2 Cromwell 34 Richland-35 Clearfie1df22 Orientf35 Mt. Ayr-47 Sharpsburg-15 Mt. Ayrf56 Emerson-16 New Market-29 Bedford-53 1946-47 Basketball letter winnersfChar1es Gray, Elvis Mendenhall, Russell Gordon, Melvin Howard, Gene Han- son, Bill Terry. Co-Captains-Charles Gray, Gene Hanson. A very attractive basketball schedule is being ar- ranged for the 1947-48 basketball season that will include several Blue Grass Conference teams plus the colorful Diagonal team.

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A I TW: , ' , . ' Q-dw , - 1 L, -f Football - SPORTS Q I , , M,l.M,F Hi, , I 4 .V . .A , f ., 44 1 f . Y -fx, 1- , -1 '.1'p'l'f, , 7 f1v,,Mg wtf W Zta, f, , , . . f- K 41946 Season? SEASON S RECORD 1946 N THE afternoon of August 26 thlrty five candldates reported to Coach Rider for the first practlce of the new season Wlth the first game of the season but three weeks off there was plenty of work from the verv first practlce session Seven returnmg lettermen formed the nucleus of a fast hard dr1v1ng Tlger eleven that faced a tough ten game schedule The Tlgers lmproved mth every game thev played wmnmg two non conference games and be mg held to a 1313 tle xn a Blue Grass Conference tilt 1n their comeback trall The followlng boys made up the Tlger squad III Dt, Don Immel Gene Hanson Ray Nixon Kelth Reason lAL, 'ES Harold Stream Glenn lNorton Jack Trost Fred Hay nes CU XPDS Harold Larlmer Gene Trost Jim Ford Reldon Vey Milton Larlmer Gene Rogers Eldon Ewart B111 Moffett Jack Calxm O' RS Phll Ranck B111 Teply Bob Hanson EAGKS Charles Glay Melvln Hoxxald Vet nal Thomp son Dale Purdum Marvm Nelson Jack Glay Darwin Sexton Jake Walter Caroll Hay es Greenfield 14 Mount Ayr 7 Lenox 0 VllllSC3 31 Bedford 6 Leon 26 0 Cornlng 26 Lenox 19 Orlent 14 Lenox 13 Lamonl 13 4 Homecomlngl Lenox 7 Essex 0 Lenox 13 Osceola 39 Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Lenox Letterwmners were Dale Purdum Harold Larimer Donald Immel Jack Trost Gene Trost Glenn Norton Gene Hanson keith Reason Reldon Key Charles Gray Melvin Howard Vernal Thompson Phll Ranck Ray Nlxon and .llm Ford Returmng lettervunners 1n 1947 are Kexth Reason Reldon Key Charles Gray Melvin Howard Vernal Thomp son Phil Ranck Ray Nlxon and J1m Ford team due to thelr v1c1ous play throughout the season Semor Dale Purdum made the All Conference first team gettmg a left end pos1t1on Semor Harold Larlmer was glven a guard spot on the All Conference second team Junlor Vernal Thompson was elected to a second team tackle spot ex e'1 though he finlshed up the season at full back Xernal Thompson rece1ved further dlStlIlCtl0fl by be mg honorably mentloned to an honorable tackle berth on Jack Norths All State football squad selected yearly by the Des Momes Register K: Trlbune Co captams elected at the close of the grld season by the squad wexe Glenn Norton and Harold Larlmer ....33.. 4 V T -0 - Y . Y . 0 W . ' . W0 - v - Z6 L I . 1 . - . ' - v ' l v O 4 A . . . . K . . , K , I y 1 ' ' Q v 1 v v ' 1 7 ' V Y l ' ' . 7 I f l . 1 , . K H H h . V. . I . Y 1 ! l I ' Y 1 A ! - ' Three Tigers made the Blue Grass Conference All-Star P, M, 4 U Y . . . l 11.4 . , , v . r ' r x ', A . Q , Y . n . X ' v 7 7 7 ' LI ITI 2 ' , ' ', . - , - , ' J V I I P: . .' ' , , V , l . . . . r v - I 4 v - v l '1 - I . ' , , ' . ' ' : ' .

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' -qi Girls' Basketball - SPORTS Q wr l. MW 'Z 3,31 SUMMARY OF THE LENOX 19461947 GIRLS BASKETBALL SEASON tAs of January 28 19473 HE LENOX Tlgercttes yyon 13 games lost 3 and tred 1 By thls record you can see that the team had a farrly good year We yyere the first team to down the Rrchland Toyynshrp Shannon Crty sextettes The vrc tory over Rrchland was an rmportant vyrn as rt gave the local grrls revenge oyer an earlrer defeat The brtter prll of defeat was tasted three trmes by the grrls rn tht hands of Rrchland Wrnterset and New Mar ket rn that order Although dt fr ated rn these games tht Trgerettes showed more speed supc rlor ball hilftdllml and a better balanced club than therr opponents The Rrch land game saw the local first team rn therr rnrtral contest loslng by 9 pornts The outscorrng of Vyrnterset rn the second half by Lenox was one of the hrghlrghts of the year In the New Nfarlxet game another second half Lenox 39 Lenox 36 Lenox 33 Lenox 30 Lenox 38 Lenox 45 Lenox 46 Lenox 47 Rlchland 38 Orrent 25 Wrnterset 52 New Market 33 Clearfield 38 Thayer 26 Sharpsbur g 11 Emr rson 28 County Tournamr nt Lenox U2 Sharpsburg 11 Lenox 43 Clearfield 28 scorrng the vrsrtors 19 4 Season s results Lenox 39 Lenox 24 Lenox 30 Lenox 39 Lenox 44 Lenox 3-1 Lenox -11 Sharpsburg 9 Rrchland 36 Alumnr 22 Exrra 30 Clearfield 38 Shannon Crty Cromwell 17 7 The Team Bonnre Roe Co Captarn senror for her game Jan 3 Nlary -xnn Sluss for her change oyer rnto a pryot forw ard abrlrty to go up after that ball speed plus a yery promrsme freshman Catherme Brokaw for her consrstent hrgh scorrng throughout the season ball hand lrng two more seasons left Donna Plants for her steady play rn the baclx court always relrable two more seasons Janet Vyalter Captam senror wrll be greatly mrssed sacrrfrced scorrng as a foryyard to put strength rnto the uard court the lxey player of the team Kathleen Nia harry came a lone way to make fir st strrng showed great rmproyement played many OLlINl8Y'lCllYlU 9311105 wrll be b back wrth us next year - v P ' 1 ' ' 1 4 . l . 1 y . K . I . . l 3 ' .' . ' ' - I - Av l ' 4' ' f ' I x - x xr ' L K 3 Y x . V Q . , . . . V :' K - , v . 4 .S S H : ' : - ' , . ' comeback nearly brought the home team a Victory' Out- highly' accurate long shots. especially' in the New' ltlarket - I ' , . . ' ' ' Y no, n Y I Y Y l ' U' ' '-'. D . ' 'z A ' ' X' 5. - . U l . ' -' 4 g 4 - ' - -Y u. ' A . . I 6 . vi D - '- K r .5 .' ' x . . - N -, . V ' '- U, S ' b Q ,- L37-