Lyons High School - Lions Den Yearbook (Lyons, IN)

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4 V' Loot-riolfiimo' Rall ,Lyons Team nom ,Eventuall Tops U .In veitime, 63-5 W Coach Al Gallo's luckless Uni-L iversity High basketball team saw a 14-point second-quarter lead slowly melt away last night, as ithe Univees dropped their ninth in twelve starts in a thrill- ing overtime contest. Lyons'put on a determined drive in the finalr half to gain a 63-57 decision in 'the Ul-lS Gym. 1 Larry Waggoner was the star for the Lyons quintet as he scor-I ed eight of the last 10 points in, regulation play, and then came ' back with five of the eight points' 'last-ditch' Foul .Defeals Lions Five in the overtime period. . When Lyons missed its first ieight shots, the Univees surged into a quick 6-0 lead after only three minutes. But then the Uni- ' vees had difficulty in finding ,the r range, as Lyons took up the slack. Bill Powers scored all of the Ly-I ons points as the Univees held an' 1 11-7 lead at the first stop. Vi Lyons Stagesvbrive I Tom Schuessler and Bill Brum-i mett put the Univees into a 101 -front-line men. scored more than' half of the Univees 17 points in l the second quarter. UHS outscoir-' point lead at halftime, as the twoy ed LHS 17-11 in the second period' - andl held a 28-18 lead at the half, after once fronting at 28-14. ' The third quarter was all Lyons. Bob Lace came into action and hit three straight 25-footers and Gene Hasler accounted for seven points during the period. Lyons outscored the Univees 22-12 in the period and the score was tied 40-40 with only eight minutes to go. I Dave Rich and Miio Sampson! hit baskets in the final 90 sec- onds, only to have Waggoner come back with two quick ones 1 to knot the score at 54-all at the end of regulation time. Lyons had a golden opportunity to win as, with only one second showingl on the clock, Roy Riggles. a sub- , stitute forward, was fouled by, U1-IS center-forward Bill Brtun-1 mett. But he missed the ifree: chance and sent the game into overtime. 1 Sampson was fouled in the -opening seconds of the overtime and cashed both shots. But tl1e hot-shooting of Waggener spoiled the Univee plans once more, as, he canned two field goals and a 'free throw to push the winners out in front by three big points. Gary Hunter added the final 'points on a field goal and a free throw. V Bill Barnes was a one-day hero at the Stinesviile High school to- day after he caged two pressure- piqcked ifsul baskets Tuesday' -night to give his schools team a 53-52 victory over the Lyon? quintet, at the Stinesville gym The Lyons team was leading the Stinesville lads 52-51, with only two seconds left on the clock. A Lyons player was charged with a blocking foul and Barnes non- chalantly stepped to the foul line and dropped both shows through the basket. He previously had failed to connect on four shots. The Lions were anead 15-9 and 28-27 at the end of the first and second quarters. respectively, but trailed 43-119 at the conclusion of Q the third. The Stinesville center, Summitt, gd his team in scoring with 18 ipoints, and'Barnes contributed 15. Larry Waggoner and Larry Hasler paoed the Lions with 13 apiece. The S1inesvi.lle B team also took the prelim, 28-19 The summary: liymera Net Five The Lyons High school basket- ball team, hard pressed all the way, defeated the Hymcra prep quintet 58-55 Tuesday night ln a game at the Coalmont gym. The Lions had a three-point bulge, 15-12, at the end of the first eight minutes, but trailed at the half. A third-quarter spurt gave the boys from Washington township 'an eight:-point lead, -13--10, as the final period open- cd. In the last quarter the Lions were abie to stave off a Shaka- makfcomeback attempt, to cap- ture the victory. Larry Hasler, with 23 points, was the top scorer for both teams, whflc May led Hymera with 19. Larry 'Waggoncr scored 18 and Bill Powers collected 10, to take second and third honors, respect- irely, for the Lions. The summary: Lyons 1585 FG FT PF Hunter, 1 1 1 4 Lace, 1' 0 0 2 Grounds, 1' 1 2 2 Powers. c 4 2 3 Fulford, c 1 0 3 I Waggoner, g 3 2 2 I ! Hzisler, g 8 5 0 I Totals 23 12 15 Ilymeru 1553 FG FT PF 5 nay. 1' 1 5 3 ,i C1-fron. 1' 1 2 2 'Bose c 6 3 -1 Trump, H 2 2 2 Thompson, 3 4 3 2 Dale, g 0 0 J Tolals 20 15 13 O O ns Wm The Lyons High school basket- Lyong q52y FG FT pp toall team, which teed off against Ldgg f 2 os rry a ri ay, con inue , 2 5 s 1 be 1 st F d 1 d Grgundgs f 1 3 1 its high-scoring Wednesday even- Waggener, f 5 3 1 ing to defeat the Pleasantville Powers, 'Q 3 1 0 Blue Streaks, in the only prep Shepherd, g 3 1 4 net contest ln this area. Hasler. e 6 1 1 ' In the game in the Broomfield BPOWU, 3 O 1 0 'gym last night, the Lions led by Hunter. E 0 O 0 - only two points, 17-15, at the end - - - , of the first quarter. In the second Totals 20 12 12 1 eight minutes, however, the team I U :increased its fire power, to in- SYIUCSVIUC 1533 FG FT PF icrease its margin at the half to Ilianies. ff 5 5 4 39-27. e. er' 5 2 3 The winners poured 13 points Brmof?-f 0 0 0 through the hoop ln the third Iilgifrllgt' C 9 0 3 Aperiod and held the Blue Streaks gs On' E 1 0 4 to 10 to make the totals 53-37 as O 0 2 the final quarter opened .ia s,,,, 0 0 0 Larry Hasler led the Lyons More 'g 3 0 1 team in scoring with 21 poltlgs T - ' and Laurel Glenn paced , e Totals 23 7 17 streaks with 19. Gary Shepherd + T-.1. -.- ... - ,, 'itallied 12, Bob Lace nine and Powers 14, for the Lions, Jerry Bland tallied eight 'Larry Mitchell seven 'for Streaks. The Lyons Cubs also won B contest, 30-24. Bill and and the the il i 1 1 4 -1 lv V Powers, c L 1 Lyons Team Downs Solsberry 0u'nlei The Lyons High school basket- ball team won over the Solsberry Hornets 59-45 in a game Friday night at the Bloomfield gym. The victory was the second for thc Lions over the Hornets this season. In accounting for the triumph, the Lions were ahead 13-10, 28- 22 and 39-33 at the quarterly rests. Lary Hasler led the Lions in scoring with 16 points and Larry Waggoner, with 15, took second honors for his team. For Sols- berry Watkins and Stewart, with 14 and 11 points, respectively, were the scoring standouts. The summary: Solsberry 1451 FG FT P15 Stewart, f 5 1 3 Watkins, f Yoho, f Ham, c Sullivan, c Stanger, g Hendricks, 5 3 l 1 0 4 19 4 2 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 O 1 14 S Totals 7 Lyons 1599 Lace, f Riggles, f Grounds, f Fulford, c Hunter, c FG FT PF 2 6 2 1 2 0 0 3 6 0 1 ' 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 'Z 4 1 0 Waggener, g Shepherd, g Hasler, g Brown, g 8 1 - Totals 25 13 1 0 IE Lyons High Netters Capture Victory The Lyons High school basket- D611 team. hitting more than fifty .Perce-nt of its shots, won its first VIC?-Ory of the season Friday Night at the expense of the Sols- berry Hornets, in a game at the Bloomfield gym. ,The game started off on a ifalfly even basis, with the Lions leadmg by only two points, 14-12,' at the end of the first quarter, and - - - .J three points, Z8-25, at the end ofy the half. In the third period, however, the Lions rained 19 points through the hoop and held their opponents to ten, to give them a lead of -17-35 as the final I period began. The Lyons B team also cap- tured its first victory of the cur- rent campaign, in the prelim, 1 37-30. In the main event, Larry Wag- rgoner took top scoring honors with 22 points. Bill Powers scored , 20, Larry Hasler 17, Bob Lace: six, Gary Hunter 2, Gary Shep- herd 4, Gordon Grounds -1 and Ralph Fulford 2. For Solsberry, Hendricks, with 20 points, and, Stewart, with 15, were the top? point-producers. I 59

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