Miami High School - Eagle Yearbook (Amoret, MO)

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o E-T AM l First Row: Jerre Farrel, Ronnie Dykman, Mayne Craft, Bob Swain, William Cole, Boyd Erickson, Bud Goode, Ronnie Sergent. Second Row: Mickey Smalley, Manager, Elvis Nelson, Harry McCoy, Bill Irnin, Mike Leister, Alan Booth, Coach Looney.

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oys 7-e Um . The Bagles in winning 21 and losing 9, show great winning ability in Just having one of their starting men off last year's team. The boy's squad consists of: Jim Irwin, Martin Halfert, Don Julien, John Vannatta, Gary Lancaster, Marvin Oerke, Gary Zellmer, Denny Shannon, Ronnie Winter, Fred Shelton, Bob Swain, William Cole, and Elvis Nelson. The Eagles entered four tournaments and won four trophies, one first place, two second place, and one third place. Our first tournament was at Drexel. We played Cleveland first and won 6b to AO. In our second game we played Latour and won 56 to 55 in an over time. In our final game for championship we played Freeman and won 90 56 51. For the past two years Miami has been the first place winners n the Drexel annual tournament. Our second tournament was the Bates County tournament at Rich Hill. We Drew a bye and then played Butler our first game and was defeated 72 to 63. In our second game we played Rich Hill for third place and won 72 to A6. Our third tournament was the Garden City. Our first game we played Garden City and won 53 to 30. In our second game we played Latour and won 69 to 62. In our final game we played Archie for first place and was defeated 6l to 49. Our last tournament was the Regional at Metz. Our first came was with Lowery City 'in which we won 77 to ,65. Our second game was with'Urich fin which we won 58 to hO. Our third game was with Shell City in which we won 56 to 50. We played Archie for first place and was defeated 58 to 60. If we had won we would have gone to the state for the play off. This is the first time the Miami Eagles have won a trophy at the Regional Tournament. Out of our squad we lost six seniors, who have meant a lot to our team. They are Don Julien, Martin Halfert, Gary Lancaster, Marvin Oerke, Gary Zellmer, and Fred Shelton. The high point man on our team was Don Julien with b39,7John'Vannatta, h32, Jim Irwin, 3hL, Martin Halfert, 292, Gary Lancaster, ll9, Marvin Oerke, Sh, Gary Zellmer, 21, Bob Swain, l5, Ronnie Winter, 12, Donny Shannon ,L, Fred Shelton, L, and William Cole, 2, We all enjoyed this year of basketball very much and wish to thank Jack Looney for his excellent coaching. Miami O onent O. Score Miami O oonent .O. Score 63 Creighton 29 53 Asrain 57 56 Ballard 50 53 iGarden City 30 52 Drexel 56 69 'Latour 62 51 Butler 56 L9 iArchie 61 66 Rich Hill L6 52 Ballard' L9 6h vCleveland AO 5b Butler 62 56 YLatour 55 75 Appleton City L8 60 'Freeman 51 50 Adrain 50 67 Metz 57 SL Appleton City 39 63 WButler 72 65 Metz 56 72 YRich Hill A6 61 Hume h 31 L7 Drexel A5 77 vLowery City 65 Lb Archie L7 58 YUrich LO 61 Hume 38 56 WSchell City 50 h9 Archie 51 58 'Archie 60 'Tournament Games