Millard High School - Millard Yearbook (Fillmore, UT)

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l'he First String Smitty Bob PorkY Monk Dick SCORES Smith .............,... 153 Merrell -- 96 Miller -- 63 Iflller - 58 Marsh -- 26 Starkey -- 27 Sa n zotta Johnson lQ'hapman --- - 19 --- 16 -- 12 Delioria -- -1 and was second high hy making 5 points. Marsh played a very good defensive game. The Reserves also lost 25 to 24. The lflaglis lost their second league game to fl flashy Willoughhy quintette 56 to 33. Smith. Mer- rell. and Sanzotta were high with lll, 7, anll 5 points respectively. Miller and Sanzotta showed the most improvement hy playing a good offensive as well as a defensive ganie. Vhapman made 4 points by making 2 long' shots from the middle ot' the floor in the last few minutes of play. The Reserves lost 43 to 34. Bob Strong and Adam Zawada played il good game hy tallying 12 points each. The Eagles lost to a sharp shooting Ash- tahula outfit. 40 to 24. Geneva played a good defensive game but was weak on offen- sive. Marsh played a good all-round game and also made 5 points. Merrell and Smith were high men with 8 points each. The liaglets lost 31 to 15. liob Strong was again high with 6 points to his eredit. Our second game with llarhor proved a defeat for us, 31 to 41. The Mariners led all the way in scoring. Geneva would have had a better chance if Merrell hadn't broken his ankle in the first few minutes of playing. In the last quarter we tried a comeback but if was too late. Smith played a really fine game by tallying 14 points. The Reserves won 34 'to 18. Zawada went to town by also collecting 14 point-s. Mentor noscd us out 30 -to 31. This was really an exciting

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Varsity Basketball lst Row4Pudder tlvlanagerl, Miller, Starkey, Chapman, Smith, Eller, Marsh, Kelly tManagerl. 2nd Row-Luther tManagerl, T. Johnson, lVlerrell, Deloria, Coach Cluggish. The li rst three games of the season were exhibition games with Perry, Madison, and Spanx-er. Geneva rolled over Perry 40-25 and took llladison by a landslide of 62-T. Speneer gave Geneva a surprise by defeat- ing us 33 to 35. This was the first time sinee l938 that Spent-er has beaten us. The .llaglets won against all three of these teams. Genevals first league game was with Painesville. The Eagles revenged last year's game with them by defeating the Red Raid- ers 43 to 26. Smith and Merrell were high point with the first making 17 points and -the latter 15 points. The Reserves lost 33 to 26. Bob Strong was high with 9 points. The Eagles won their second straight league game by edging out Ashtabula Harbor 29 t-o 26. It was a very fast and exeiting game with first one team ahead and then the other, but the Eagles came out on top. The Reserves suffered a 2nd defeat, 24 to 19. Bob Strong again high with 9 points. Our third league game was with Mentor and the Eagles sent the Cardinals home with a 38-25 defeat. Merrell was high with 15 points and Smith second with 14 points. Geneva lost its first league game to Con- neaut 25 to 24. Merrell turned in one of his best performances and also was high with 13 points. Miller played a swell game, too. BASKETBALL SCORES Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva Geneva 1 944-45 Season --- Perry --- -- Madison --- -- Speneer Painesvil le - - Ha rbo r --- --- Mentor --- --- Conneaut Willoughby --- --- Ashtabula -- Harbor -- Mentor --- --- Conneaut Willoughby Ashtabula. Painesville .4

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game. Smith and liller were on the ball with Smith massing 15 points and liller 6. lrlller showed real improvement on ottensive. The liagletts scored 'another victory. 36 to 26. Zawada and Bob Strong were high with 9 points apiece. Conne-aut scored their second victory over the Eagles, 31 to 35. Dick Marsh was un- able to play now because of a sprained wrist. Ray lflller, making 15 points, played a mar- velous game. Ray Chapman and Tony San- zotta play-ed their best game of the season. Jim Miller, acting Captain, was 2nd High by collecting 7 points. The Eagles showed a never die spirit in their game. The Eaglets overpow-ered Conneaut 27 to 17. Dick Strong played a hard game and was high with 12 poin-ts. The Eagles were sub- dued in their last home game by Willoughby, 55 to 33. Ray Iiller and Iiob Smith each made 10 points with Starkey and Chapman both making 4 points. Starkey has showed much improvement over his earlier games. The lilaglets were whipped 27-18. Hob Strong netted 9 points and Jimmy Johnson followed with 7. At Ashtabula, the Eagles were taken for another loss, 38 to 24. Bob Smith and Bill Starkey eaeh mad-e seven points apiece. The Re-serves lost 39-28. Dick Strong was high with 11 points. In :the last league game, Bob Smith, collecting 14 points really played a very smart game. Ray Eller, picking up 10 points, was always in there fighting. The team as a whole played an ex- citing last game to end this year's basket- ball season. ii Reserve Basketball Team lst Row-B. Strong, D. Strong, Otto, Zawada, J. Johnson, Klingler. 2nd Row-Kelly tmanagerl, Christian, Elwood, Horton, Sopczak, Webster, Coach Cluggish.