Mattawan High School - Mirror Yearbook (Mattawan, MI)

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reserve basketball The Junior Wildcats, following in the footsteps of their Dig brothers, composed a very satisfactory 11-5 record for the season. In league competition the reserves finished third behind Vicksburg and Paw Paw. Leading scorers for the fruitful season were Joel Lemmer and Bob Boyer. If the reserve players come through as expected they should develop into a top-notch varsity squad. Here are the results of the past season, which gave our reserves third place in the final standings: Paw Paw 56 Mattawan 40 Richland 17 Matt avail 41 Richland 23 if 46 Lawton 21 H 42 Galesburg 24 « 29 Vicksburg 26 n 36 Vicksburg 35 ii 29 Comstock 44 n 43 Comstock 26 n 47 Galesburg 2b n 37 Kellogg 23 it 42 Vicksburg 23 n 26 K. Christian24 It 32 Kellogg 29 n 37 Paw Paw 49 11 18 Paw Paw 38 it 33 From left to right 1st Row - Jim Dennany (Manager), Irving Slocum, Harry Otto, Terry Neubauer, Bob Boyer, Francis Korteway, Melvin Biagtas, Jim Rix, Elmer Cowley (Manager), 2nd Row - Coach Wheeler, Duane Simonds, Roger Nichols, L.D. Crawford, Alan Atherly, Roger Wagy, Jim Russell, Dick Korteway, and Lawrence Kimble. Missing from the picture is Joel Lemmer

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Our Mattawan Basketball Team experienced one of the finest seasons ever recorded here at Mattawan by winning eleven games while losing only seven. The regulars for most of the season were Darwyn Farrish, Don Nichols, Leonard Sokolowski, Tom Welch, and Fred Bowman all of whom played outstanding ball. The highlight of the season was the winning of the K.V.A. Tournament Trophy. Although underdogs in the tournament, our Wildcats showed great determination and with enthusiastic school spirit behind them they beat Richland 38-33, upset Paw Paw 36-34, and won the final over Comstock by a 40-28 score. Darwyn Parrish was selected on all six K.V.A. all opponent teams while Don Nichols was placed on three. At the end of the season the team chose Don Nichols as Honary Captain and Tom Welch as the most improved player. Here is the record which enabled Mattawan to finish third in the K.V.A. Mattawan 47 Richland 40 Mattawan 26 Paw Paw 50 n 64 Galesburg 36 n 43 Richland 30 ii 32 Vicksburg 56 n 56 Lawton 40 ii 56 Comstock 45 ii 43 Vicksburg 65 n 38 Richland 33 ii 41 Comstock 38 n 36 Paw Paw 34 n 67 Galesburg 52 ii 40 Comstock 28 n 35 Kellogg 39 ii 56 Kellogg 55 n 45 Paw Paw 68 ii 48 K. Christian 56 n 40 Battle Creek 56 tournament GAMES St. Philip From left to right 1st Row-Leonard Sokolowski, Darwyn Parrish, Don Nichols, Tom Welch, and Gene Krajewski. 2nd Row- Coach Piggott, Fred Bowman, Bill Francis, Merle Nichols, Larry Stone, and Lynden Barber. Wesley Wasson played the first part of the season, but was absent when the picture was taken.

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BASEBALL Nine letter winners were among the twenty seven boys reporting to Coacn Piggott for baseball this spring. Gene Krajewski and Darwyn Parrish were elected co-captains for this season. The souad was a bit handicapped this spring by the loss of the baseball diamond upon which the new elementary school is being erected. Practice sessions were neld on a makeshift diamond in the open field, behind the new schoOi and all games were played away from home. As we go to press, our Wildcats have won two out of three games. Tney nipped a good Kellogg team 5-1, trounced Lawton lb-Y, and lost a close one to Galesburg 4-3. Most of our players are underclassmen, next years hopes are also high. five game rese ve schedule has been s t to give Freshmen valuable experience. left to, rifiht 1st Row - Jim Fitzpatrick, Francis Korteway, Bill Francis, Bob Boyer, Die . Jones, Darwyn Parrish, Gene Krajewski, Jim Rix, Harry Otto, Larry Stone and Fred Bowman. 2nd Row - Coach Piggott, Duane Simonds, Roger Nichols, Lynden Barber, L. D. Crawford, Lester Woodward, Irving Slocum, Roger Wagy, Ken Jordan, Jim Russell Melvin Biagta.s, Tom Brown, Richard Korteway, Ronald Budgen, John McGrew(Mana-ger). Missing from tne picture are Ed Lorenz and Joel Lemmer,