Meadows High School - Vespa Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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nach ich llav-. g ags Fr Z :.: ,er Zwaazdafe The '47-'48 Ogden Meadows' cagers initiated play in the pace-setting Southwest Washington Hoop League and though they suffered the usual grow- ing pains of a rising team, they indicated un- deniable potentialities. The Hornets were a hustling and hard fighting crew as the down but never out attitude con- tinually kept opponents in despair. A good example of this type of play was the Hornet-Scottie re- match at Kelso. Ogden Meadows trailed the Kelso Scotsrnen for three quarters of the basketball game, but they were not to be denied as an array of field goals filled the air and the Hornets were on the winning end of a 41-35 score. The Hornets lacked adequate height and experi- ence, though juniors, Dick Cantonwine and Jack Edgar and senior Dave English proved outstand- ing on the backboards. This was a building up year as Coach Bill Lothspeich emphasized sopho- more and junior participation. Ogden Meadows used the fast break and the double pivot offenses exclusively. In the S.W.W. League, the Hornet scoring was fairly evenly di- vided as Ogden Meadows led in numbers of indi- vidual scorers with 7 out of the first 32. At the third annual basketball dance, wary hoop- ster, Jack Edgar, and marksman forward, Hank Speyer, were chosen co-honorary captains and a hustling sophomore, Jerry Miller, was voted in- spiration award winner. The Hornet big ten were: sophomores, Jerry Miller, Willis Anderson, and Ken Mendenhallg jun- iors, Dick Halverson, Art Kegler, and Jack Edgar: and seniors, Henry Speyer, Leonard Hill, and David English. The Hornets will lose three vital cogs in the hoop machine through graduation. Seniors Henry Spey- er, Leonard Hill, and David English have played brilliant ball for Ogden Meadows, and they will be missed from the Hornet maple. r, Mgro

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liist row: Doug Force, Euaszenc lionwtacl, Duane Fre-dcrickson, Kenneth Mendenhall, Gilbert ei Curl YVillixlms, Keith lslaim-rs. Secolul row: .lim Johnson, nmnaigerg Pat Coleman DILK Nrl'-son Art Kegler, Bula lvlorris, Clyde lfahlxnan, Lawrence Nash, coach. Zcweezffadd Zen The O.M. junior varsity Bees under the leadership of Coach Larry Nash had a successful slate, winning fifteen and losing eight hoop contests. The Bees had a .400 percentage in their first year of play in the S.W.W. league, winning four and losing six games. The O.M. aggregation opened the season with a 39-32 win over Rainier Junior varsity on the home maple and a return match on the Columbian court ended in exciting fashion with the Bees on the win- ning end of the 36-35 margin. These tilts were the beginning of the O.M. B squads winning ways as they were victors in nine consecu- tive contests. A 48-27 victory over the Concordia J ayvees and two nar- row wins over the touted Kalama B squads highlighted this winning streak. The Bees opened S.W.W. league action with a thumping 51-34 cage win over the Camas Papermakers junior varsity. The second tilt between the two squads was a spine-tingling affair as a last second bucket gave the Bees a 46-45 win. They ended a good season glori- ously toppling the Hill Military Cadet Jayvees 59-32. The B squad roster was: Duane Fredrickson, Ben Mosely, Dick Nelson, Gilbert Miller, Clyde Fahlman, Keith Haines, Pat Coleman, Eugene Bomstad, Jim McDowell, Bob Morris, Eddie Ellison, Carl Wil- liams, and Jim Bacon. 57