Lyons High School - Lyonite Yearbook (Clinton, IA)

 - Class of 1954

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L! tl f Basketball Lettermen There were ten letterinen in the 1953-1954 varsity basketball squad - eight seniors, one junior, and one sophomore. Ed Heinsen, the sophomore letterman, was an outstanding de- fensive player. He guarded our opponents main scorers under the basket. Ed was a good re- bounder and a fairly consistent scorer, averaging seven points per game. Dick Shields, the only junior letterman, was a good shot and a good rebounder. Dick came through whenever he was needed in a close ball game. He was a good defensive player and a fine ball handler. The remaining letterinen are all seniors. Gene Veit, the team leader, was an allbround player. He was an outstanding ball handler. Through his accurate shooting, Gene led the team with a game average of twelve points. Harold Rog- gendorf, the fastest man on the squad, was a dependable ball handler and a good shot. His SEFOND STREET CLEANERS speed aided him in being a good defensive player. While leading most of the team's fast breaks, he compiled an eight point average. Steve Butz, a very good shot, was the team's top rebounder. Steve-'s fine shooting percentage helped him to average eleven points per game. Dick Marr, the tallest squad member, played his lirst year of basketball. Dick improved greatly throughout the year. He was a good rebounder and shooter, averaging five points per game. Clif? Kammerer, a good shot. was able to fill four different positions for the squad. Gary Gifford, a good ball handler, was able to go into any game and do a good job. Gary was a good shooter. Louis Weinbeck was a good rebounder and shooter. Lou was hampered by injuries this year and missed quite a lot of action because of this. Kenneth Asmussen, a good shot, was able to fill any of four positions whenever called upon to go into a game. Forty -nine le Ii

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,. -. , H' - . Q s . , 3 'O ei I 23 f '. ' i -, i f x x 'P I Y L pack : 'vu-Jael-c Ne:llul1:,l'a!Sl:lwx.Cl.rQ s sIwl1ris.wr1,sIxxiXN'.l.tl':I.HA1'Hl.lRwulivilllltl Securitl :ow-lJ.n..iOlis.uir1.Ste-vm' Butz. l'.l H1 :nom ri, Dirk NIA:-. Dirk Slum-lrls, Kennrtli Asmussen, Mr Crxmmlngs. Front :lm-Clzfl Ku:i1r:1n:er.G1'rlm' Vvt, l.: ..s KK:-irxlw-rl-c, Ganz' G.Ilwrtl. The varsity basketball team of 1953-1954 LYOHS 54 M1108 had a fairly successful season. The Wildcats 11150115 23 Zavxflm, . 1 A. l yous . t. ary 5 showed great potential but had their ups and Lyons 55 Fulton downs. The cagers won thirteen games and lost Lsnns 40 Dnwn, eight. with a conference record of eight wins and Lygng 52 Bgt!g'HLiOI'f' six losses. They tied for fourth place with I-YOHS 41 LOUIS Newman in the Illowa Conference. LWHS 76 Mlm . , Lyons 62 Savanna Coach Crimmmgs had a strong group of Lyons 52 SL Mins.-s players, as shown by the ten lettermen. From Lyong 65 New-,non a field of seven lettermen, Coach usually chose LYOHS 50 MOYHSOH the five starters. The 'Cats had balanced scoring EYOUS 39 Fulml' . . 48 L 1. wlth no standout players in every game. The 145222 40 Down! . -Y C squad was a fine unit that got along well and Lyons 60 Bmcnnnn- worked hard all down the line. The reserves had Lyons 63 Newman good spirit and pressed many regulars for LYOHS 59 M0ffiSOf1 starting positions all season. This all proves that eVefy win year WHS 3 teafn victory. SgjCliQng1lT0ufn31nQnt The members of the team were Kenneth LYOUS 48 LCCIHHC Asmussen, Steve Butz, Gary Gifford, Cliff Lyons 54 Sr- M3fy'S Kammerer, Dick Marr, Harold Roggendorf, and Louis Weinbeck, seniors: Charles Johnson, Pat Dismet Tournament Shaw, Dick Shields, and jim Waldorf, juniorsg Lyons S4 Durant and Ed Heinsen, a sophomore, Lyons 40 Dewitt F0ffY'e Eht CLINTON LINCOLN-MERCURY



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3 S-I Back row-John Lyons, Ronald Lampe. G.-ne Waldorf, Eric Farley, Gary Thoms, Rodney Lanaghan, Second row-Gary Murphy. jim Stuedemann, Ronnie Sheridan, Gene Goettsch, Kenneth Meyer, Don Utroska, Mr. Dejsger. Front row-Dick Bartels, Frank Rixen, Charles Ladehoff, Vern Morrow. Freshman-Soph The 1953-1954 Freshman-Sophomore basket- ball team did not have too successful a season, winning seven games while losing thirteen. The Little Wildcats finished close to the bottom in the Illowa League with a record of two wins and twelve losses. Mr. Dejager deserves a lot of credit for the fine job of coaching that he did with the team for his second year at Lyons. There were six boys, four sophomores and two freshmen, who won their letters. Dick Bartels, a sophomore guard, was a hard driving player and was top scorer on the team with 203 points. Frank Rixen, a sophomore forward, was a strong rebounder and the second highest scorer with 147 points. Don Utroska, another sophomore forward, was a scrappy player who was a good shot and scored 132 points. Rodney Lanaghan, a freshman guard, was a good play maker, had lots of spirit, and scored 106 points, in spite of his lack of height. Gene Goettsch, a sophomore center, who alternated in most of the games with Ken Meyer, scored 102 points. Kenny Meyer, the freshman center, was a good Fifty CARSTENSEN TRANSFER E-35 STORAGE - omore Basketball rebounder and scored 56 points. There were several other good players on the team, but they didn't see too much action because of the losing record. Lyons 43 Miles 34 Lyons 27 Savanna 34 Lyons 41 St. Mary's 30 Lyons 29 Fulton 37 Lyons 32 DeWitt 42 Lyons 36 Bette-ndorf 55 Lyons 65 Clinton 53 Lyons 40 Loras 52 Lyons 56 Miles 36 Lyons 39 Savanna 47 Lyons 43 St. Mary's 52 Lyons 47 Newman 41 Lyons 35 Morrison 45 Lyons 53 Clinton 38 Lyons 27 Fulton 56 Lyons 41 Loras 36 Lyons 45 DeWitt 55 Lyons 38 Bettendorl' 51 Lyons 44 Newman 56 Lyons 25 Morrison 43 CLINTON COUNTY AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSN.

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