Litchfield High School - Trojan Yearbook (Litchfield, NE)

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Litchfield Triumphs In Class C Tourney ... Arcadia Hopes Smashed 47-36 Coach Bill Cook's Litchfield Tro- A though the victory must cer- jans played inspired basketball 'am,y cUasifiedas a teumef- Monday mght to walk off with top '0 ' he Trojan team sparkled honors in the Class C district with the play of individual stars. tournament by defeating the Ar several of whom were hardly cadia Huskies 47-36 in the finals. known Pr:°r t0 the 8ame- The game was a nip-and-tucki The winners hit affair all through the first half and 11 of 26 free throw attempts with both teams sharing the lead Arcadia had 15 from the field and (on several occasions. The biggest six of 13 tries from the charity point spread of the first half was stripe. a four point Litchfield advantage Only one player, Hawley, fouled midway in the second quarter. out with less than a minute left „ „ , in the gf»™ Halftime Tie The score at the end of the first1 uumw stanza was Litchfield 10. Arcadia Higrr eight. At halftime it was tied at •» « Hi nil Qulhard I 1H ail. Trumblc The Trojans inched into a 37-27 j Eiu rth I third period lead and the largest I point spread. 14 points, was totals •chalked up with less than fouri minutes remaining in the final in ArcMlU CM) n vi f n vi s 0 a Elliott 2 0 2 l 4 0 ('«imody 1 0 0 4 4 3 3 5 4 1 2 Sybranl 0 0 1 3 3 2 Andemon 0 2 3 Tuning 0 1 « Allen 9 0 « IS 11 11 TOTALS IS 6 19 four rinal Pcctune The Litchfield Trojan basketball team was this season resur- rected from a deep rut by the superb tutalage of Coach Bill Cook. Until Christmas the team had suffered only one loss. After Christmas vacation, the story was a little different. Although the Trojans were beaten out of the Loup Valley Conference Tourney by Sargent the first night, the team still received a conference crown of of co-championship. In the District Tourney Ansley was the first victim by over twenty points, Thedford followed losing by three points, and after many postponements, Arcadia and Litchfield met to decide the championship. Now the long hours of practice were to pay off, with the District Class C CHAMPIONSHIP, a totally new experi- ence for Litchfield. To date the basketball picture stands with a 12 win-5 loss re- cord. We can not hold up the press to put in the outcome of the regionals, we can only hope. The Litchfield Trojanettes blasted off this year with eight wins and two losses. With two years of experience they have developed fast spikers and a good defense. With this record and team, they hope to bring home a trophy in March from the Conference Tournament. Due to the loss of the score book, som The record to date is: Merna 24 Callaway 39 North Loup lost Pleasanton lost Arcadia 16 Comstock 9 Taylor lost Ashton 26 Arnold 30 Mason City 40 of the scores are not mentioned. Litchfield 29 M 29 11 won 11 won ii 34 72 M won 31 42 8

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BASKETBALL LETTERMEN’S CLUB Left to right: Top row: Coach Bill Cook, L. Hammond, W. Sweley, W. Vian, C. Trumble, D. Ellsworth, J. Guthard, B. Beck, R. Dietz, F. Holm, R. Fread, G. Haller. Bottom row: W. Bennett, G. Sweley, L. Reitz, D. Hiser, B. Young, L. Reitz, D. Hiser. p r ff Pf Z

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famous last words : Stop drooling Bill. It may be silly, but ain't it fun? Climax! Sleeping it off Like this, my dear, like this.