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ILLOHMET - - 1945 ls' 1944 , 45 FRONT ROW--LEFT TO RIGHT. Lindell DeJarnett, Buddy Baccus, Jimmy Foreman. Roy Moorman. C. EL Alliston. Coach Schneeman. SECOND ROW. Ed Wilson, Manager: Roland Moss, Gerald Comer, Charles Hurt, Bill Cagle, Jack McCurrie, Ivan Heltong Manager. Bill Swenson. The Trojans completed a very successful season March 8, 1945, at Carbondale in the first round of the Sectional Tournament when they were nosed out 51-50 in a very exciting game. Although the Trojans were defeated in the last minute by a much larger Carbondale Community High team, many people thought the Trojans had the better team and should have been the southern representative in the Sweet Sixteen at Champaign. After leading most of the game, the Trojans fell in the waning seconds. For the whole season's play the Trojans finished with 24 wins and 9 losses against competition from Illinois. Kentucky, Tennessee, and lVl'issouri. They defeated a highly touted Ryan High of Nashville, Tennessee, by eleven points. and handed Soldan High of St. Louis a nineteen point reverse. For the first time in many seasons Metropolis accepted an invitation to participate in a Christmas Invitational Tourney, which was held in Paducah in the Tilghman High School Gymnasium, December 29, 30. 1944. The Trojans drew an undefeated Wingo. Kentucky team, as their first round opponent, and with their fast-break clicking at its best trounced the Indians 56-28, causing a lot of eye-lifting among the Kentucky fans. In their next game they played St. Mary's Catholic High School of Paducah, and ran up an amazing total of 74 points while the Knights 'were making 47. Then came the grand iinale. The Trojans met the Brewers Redmen. undefeated so far and also un- defeated in regular season play the previous year. The Trojans were keyed too high to stop now and eked out a 50-47 victory over McCoy Tarry's lighting crew. As a re- ward for winning, the Trojans received the Gene Funkhouser Trophy. The Trojans had little trouble in capping the regional title again, beating Rosiclare, Brookport and Vienna.
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