Livingston High School - Eagle Yearbook (Livingston, IL)

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Rich Sandrin Guard Frank Urekar over L1nco1n Guard Brighton Jan 29 In th1s game the Eagles scored one of the highest point totals in recent years They neared the cen tury mark as they slaughtered the Bulldogs by the score of 95 A3 Helnz and Malench led the Eagles w1th 26 and 22 POIHUS PGSPBCEIVSLY entral Catholic Jan 31 In this game the Eagles blew a 16 po1nt half t1me lead and lost 50 L9 Central scored the winnlng point on a free throw after the game was over lench and Rich Sandrin hit 18 and 12 polnts respectively for the Eagles Madison Feb 8 In this game the Eagles had nothing that even looked llke a defense as Mad1son seemed to score at w11l The final score showed Madlson 55, LCHS 37 Malench netted 15 and Helnz, 12 points to top Eagle scorlng Bethalto Feb 9 The Eagles were very cold 1n the fir t half NThe blp Jump 'Grab lt BODI against Bethalto and were lucky to be t1ed 26 26 at inter SCOF1ng machlne moved lnto hlgh, and won the game by the big score of 63 39 Rlch Sandrln, Malench, and Helnz led the scoring attack wlth 19, 18, and lb points respectlvely Gillesple Feb 1 On this date the Eagles motored to Gilles pie to play the state rated Miners The Miners Jumped to an early lead and made lt last as they won 59 L3 Helnz paced LCHS w1th 15 polnts Mt Olive Feb 15 In the second perlod of th1s game the Eagles tallied only 5 polnts wh11e Mt Olive WaS SC0F1UE 21 Th1s proved to be the game Mt Olive held on in the second half and won 60 L6 Art He1nz and Bob Bodi paced the Eagles w1th 15 and 1O points respectlvely Pocahontas Feb 19 The Eagles went to Poky expecting a rough game and they got lt The Poky lads put up a very strong flght before bowing by the score of L9 A7 Malench sparked the Eagles w1th 27 polnts St Louls Feb 22 Th1s was the flnal home ap the four Senlors Helnz R1ch Sandrln, Urekar, and they closed wlth a rous ng 60 L7 VICUOPY Malench poured 29 po1nts through the nets t Llncoln East pearance for and Malench 31 Bob Malench Forward Art Helnz Forward f I ' lx ' ' . Ma- 111 ' t'f Q' - . ' s - bg- 5 7 .J. 9 , - 'l' mission. Right from the start of the second half, the Eagle ? 1 1 0 ' 0 ' ' E E V. . ' . 1 - , F, 1 Q. 'vw . , 1' , . Q l Q n 1 ' . . . O

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. 1 EAGLEE Bob Bod1 Center :wa 1' Mt Olive-Dec 18 The Eagles played one of their best games to date, as they defeated Mt Olive 5h 51 The game was marked by the fine passing of the Eagles Malench and Heinz led the Eagles with 18 and lu points respectively Medora Dec 21 For the final game of the year 1951, the Eagles went to Medora and ran up one of their highest scor 1ng games of the year, as they trounced Medora 78 h3 M lench, Heinz, and Rich Sandrln led the scoring with 23, 22 and 15 points respectively Benld Jan A The Eagles went to Benld expecting an easy victory, but returned home with a humiliating 50 A7 defeat Earlier in the year, LCHS had defeated Benld by over 20 points Malench topped all scoring with 23 points Bethalto Jan 5 On the following evening the Eagles, using a full court press defense for most of the game, walked over Bethalto by the top heavy score of 60 38 Malench and Heinz netted 21 and 19 points respectively Bethalto Tournament The Eagles were entered in the Bethalto Tourney along with Dunbar, Central Catholic, Mt Olive, Brighton,Idnco1n of Venice, St Peter and Paul of Waterloo, and the host team In pre tourney predictions Dunbar was seeded first, and the Eagles second In the first game, the Eagles were matched with Lincoln The Livingston lads were all tightened up and played a very poor game 1n losing A5 Al Henna and Rich Sandrin led the Pocahontas Jan 18 On this date the Eagles hung up their 5th straight home court victory as they defeated the Poky lads by the score of A7 30 Malench sparked the Eagle at tack with 20 points Roxana Jan 2A The Roxana Shells came to Livingston with only one thing in mind to avenge an earlier l point de feat at the hands of the Eagles The Eagles folded up in the final quarter and were defeated for the first time at home The final score was 55 AO Heinz paced the E les with 1 S 5 points nTime out Up and in Donald Kline Guard 30 Jim Sandrin Forward ' ' 0 l ,L , . . - h.5w+,. ' - . a- L, E , ' ' . . ., . - . V I 43,53 4 :T ' ' L4 5 I O 5 - - ' V1 Eagle attack with 17 and 12 points respectively. ,V . . . g liiiir I 0 4: x ,fi he fy' u a X E B . ' ,L ' N n n

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lead the Eagle attack Carllnvllle Feb 28 The Eagles got off to a very poor start agalnst Car l1nv1lle, as they made only one basket ln the flrst perlod When the second perlod started the Eagles began to roll and kept rlght on go1ng untll they had won the game A9 38 Malench an Rach Sandrln, who started the a l rolllng for the Ea 'Nhere'd lt go9N'- 'Look what we found'n gles by h1tt1ng three long ones, led the scorlng wlth 19 and l2 polntg respectlvely Reglonal Tournament The Eagles went 1nto the Regional wlth a three game w1nn1ng streak and kept on gO1ng as they defeated St Paul, Witt, and Carlyle on SUCCSSSIVE nlghts to brlng home the champ1onsh1p St Paul March 5 The flrst round opponent of the Eagles was St Paul of Hlghland The Trogans played a very good game and were leadlng 19 18 at the half In the second half the Eagles settled down and went on to w1n by the score of 56 39 Wltt March 6 The Eagles almo t blew th1s one' They had a 21 to 6 lead at the end of the flFSt perlod, but had to come from behlnd ln the last flve seconds to wln 51 SO Wlth flve seconds to go, Art Helnz vaulted hlgh lnto the a1r to tip 1n the w1nn1ng basket Malench and Helnz led the scor ers wlth 20 and lu polnts respectlvely Carlyle March 7 In th1S game both teams played l1ke a bunch of old pros Nelther team got 6XClt6d or rattled, but play ed fast, heads up ball The ball control of the Eagles, es peclally 1n the last mlnute and a half, was almost flawless The game was won at the all lmportant free throw llne The Eagles made 8 out of ll whlle Carlyle made only l2 Rr 22 Helnz, who was h1tt1ng h1s unorthodox Jump shots, led the Eagles w1th 19 polnts The final score was AL 40 Sect1onal Tourney The next tournament for the Eagles was the Sect1onal at Woodrlver Thelr flrst opponent was Waterloo asmdl school wlth a blg record The boys left home full of confidence and qulte relaxed, but when they took the floor wlth SOOO people looking on, someth1ng happened They played a very poor game and were defeated 62 L8 Kllne led the Eagle at tack wlth 13 polnts The Eagles ended the season wlth 16 v1ctor1es and ll defeats Maybe not the best record 1n the world, but that Reglonal Champ1onsh1p sure made thlngs look better 32 , nn, w- .. . - rL..-1--1 - ua-.-,x, r-1 . d 1 b 1 ' ' - 'Y ' ' The scoring was well divided among the five regulars.