Lincoln County High School - Lincoln Lion Yearbook (Eureka, MT)

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SUSPENSE: A Iona shot by Art Purdy enters the basket at the LCI-IS-Biafork qame in the District 13 tournament at Colurnbia Fa11s February 21. The Lions were the 'D victors by a 41-36 score. INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS DATA P1ayer Games FG FT PTS Purdy, A. 22 95 49 239 Drake, Cv. 22 80 17 177 Bright I. 22 55 22 132 Meu1i, D. 22 54 30 133 McKenzie, R. 22 38 21 99 Kuchenski 22 33 15 71 McKenzie, H. 22 22 10 54 Pe1tier, I 19 12 4 23 Iohnson, G. , 17 1 3 5 Erie, N. 11 1 1 3 GAMES RECAPITULATION Date Team LCHS Dec. 6 Fernie, B. C. 7.i.., here 63 Dec. 12 Town Team ,r.,.,.. here 37 Dec. 13 Fernie, B. C. . ....., there 42 Dec. 20 Biafork .. ..... ....7..., h ere 57 Ian. 8 Polson ,,.,. here 65 Ian. 10 Columbia Fa11s .,.. there 33 PF 57 63 24 52 36 31 23 10 11 3 Opp. 31 34 27 41 22 40 THE C1-1A1w4P1O1N1: Art Purdy, LCHS teafn captain is presenfeii the iirst jL1ace troy 1 for he Districr 13 Zourzizrrneni afier th 1ast Janie February' 21, when Eureka a feat d Vxfhzteiish 41437 in the charnpio ship aarne. Ian. 16 Libby there 41 Ian. 17 Whitehsh here 57 Ian. 23 Troy here 53 Ian. 20 Eiqiork there 41 Ian. 30 Poison Lhere 42 Ian. 31 Whiteiisii there 52 Feb 5 Libby here 49 Feb. 7 Troy there 23 Feb. 13 Kahsrell B here 41 Feb 14 Cohzrnbza Fa11s here 54 Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb AT DISTRICT 13 TOURNAMENT COLUMBIA FALLS 18 'Whitefish 24 19 Cohimbia Fa11s 37 20 Libby 29 20 Troy 31 21 Blaforli 41 21 'Whitefish .... 41 '1'oia1 953 V, Page

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mms 'swan ESX BASKETBALL MA SQUADP' Back Row, left to right: Norman Erie, Eugene Iohnson, Iacl: Bright, lim Peltier, Hubert McKenzie. Front Bow, left to right: Coach Larry Buckley, Duane Meuli, Robert McKenzie, Art Purdy, George Drake, lim Kuchenslzi, and Leo Peltier, Manager. LCHS LIONS 1947-48 The Lincoln County Lions basketball team of 1948, the defending Northwestern Montana Champions consisted of six re- t'.1rning,lettermen and four members of last years B team, The returning letterrnen were Art Purdy, 3 years, fames Kuchenslci, l, year: George Drake, l year: Robert McKenzie, 3 years: Hubert McKenzie, l year. The other four were lack Bright, Iames Peltier, and Norman Erie. The Lions played l2 conference games, of which they won nine and lost three. This cut them in second place for the confer- ce cup, with Bigforl: first, losing only QUTFAQS. The games that were won were: Bigforlz, 4l to E75 Poison, 22 to 655 Libby, 40 to 415 Vfhi'-efish, Bl to 57, Troy, 24 to 535 White- fish, 35 to 52, Libby, 22 to 497 Troy, l8 to 225 Columbia Falls, 29 to 54. Games lost were to Columbia Falls, 40 Page 46 to 335 Bigforlz, 50 to 41, and Polson, 44 to 42, As defending champions of last year, the Lions had a hard fight at the District Tournament at Columbia Falls, Bl losing the first game with Whitefish by a score of 38 to 24, they had to go around the long way to reach first place by playing six games. The games and scores were: Co- lumbia Falls, 25 to 37: Libby, 28 to 29: Troy, 27 to 315 Bigforls, 36 to 41: and the last game for the championship, LCHS 4l, Whitefish 37. Winning first place in the District Tourna- ment enabled the Lions to participate in the Divisional Tournament at Deer Lodge. The first game the Lions played was with Anaconda Central and was won by Ana- conda by a score of 42 to 38. The Lions then played Plains, losing ot them 40 to 4l, and putting the LCHS team out of play for the rest of the tournament.

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WEARY CHAMPIONS Art Purdy holds the tournament champion- ship trophy which has just been awarded the team at Columbia Falls. Members of the Biafork team at riaht have their conference champion- ship and tournament third-place trophies. Bock row: lack Bright 145, Norman Erie tlll, Gene lohnson t8l, larries Kuchenslii C7J. Middle row: Leo Peltier, man- aqery lim Peltier Cl2l, Robert McKenzie t9l. George Drake t5J. Front row: Art Purdy CGD, Duane Meuli tlOl, Hu' bert McKenzie t3l. 1946-1947 TOURNAMENT' AND CONFERENCE TROPHIES Page 48