Montmorenci High School - Tigerette Yearbook (Montmorenci, IN)

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, .aff--53. Vw- -ny sg 1 3 f ll Fe AT wif' ' ' 4 . im 'v n v .,,4 at Front row reading left to right: W J Raympnd Kerkhoff, Raymond Becker, Elmer Kerber, Ernest Nartin Don Taylor, Dave Berry, Carl Lange, and Edward Becker. .av ' ,Second row reading left to right: ,Mr. Vance, Franklin Dunwoody, Dick Sutton, James Williamson, Kenneth Rooze, Frank Kerkhoff, Robert Sigman, and Coach Howell Center: Lewis Wein .JBottom reading left to right: -K 3 Robert Homrlg and Clara May Becker B l I I Small but Mighty H Although Montmorenoi isn't very large, it is known all over Indiana mostly for its basketball team. A few years ago, nobody in the extreme northern part or the southern part of the state would have known what you were talking a- bout if you had mentioned Montmorenci, but then an incident occured that shocked the whole state. A team from a town of only three hundred people went to the state tourney and play- ed in the final .game. This team was composed mostly of strong, husky,healthy,farm lads. They couldn't be called the Ucream of the cropu, because they were all 'Morenci had.When the man that coached that team picked his first ten men, I doubt if he had more than fifteen or twenty boys to choose from. When you think of a team of this kind battling a team that has been picked from four or five hundred entrants, you begin to realize why this team shocked Indiana basketball fans. ' Then there 'Morenci High'. '25. Then, not produced one of she ever had to was a slump' in the table of victories for County tourneys were won in '22, '24, P and a tourney was won until '56, when Montmorenci the finest specimens of a basketball team represent hers The winning of this tourney was a surprise to local and county fans, because most dopan- ters had picked one of the city schools to win. About a month later the NTigersH played in.the sectional but d1dn't do so well, ----- but why should we Hkickn they put the little town of Montmorenci back in headlineseout in the public HblabU E:

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7 nf-., .' ' , -V Q -Q Y Y .-. , . BASKETBALL Montmorenci High School turned out one of its best basket- ball teams, the season of '55-'56. With a long schedule for the past season, the HTigersW came through with 15 victories and 5 defeats Cthree defeats being to teams out of the countyl, won their first county tournament since 1925 end lost to West Lafayette in the semi-finals of the Sectional. In the county tourney the Tigers defeated West Lafayette in the most thrill- ing upset of the tourney 24 to 22. After this upset they won over West Point 57 to RO and Jackson Twp. 29 to 17. In the finals they defeated the Jefferson NBronchosN 27 to 21. 5 In the sectional tournament the Tigers were chosen as a strong team and were picked to be hard for West Side and Jeff to beat. They beat Monitor 55 to 17 and drew a bye, putting them in the semi-finals where they lost to West Lafayette 29 to 2l.' ' ' This year the team will suffer the loss of five senior men Williamson, Becker, Rooze, F. Kerkhoff and Homrig, but there will be plenty of power left in the underclassmen for next years team. ' , ' senior men. Rcoze star for being co- Kerkhoff received team. The follow- ing men earned strips to be put on their sweaters in their senior year: Sigman, Dunwoody, Sutton, Ray Becker, and Kerber. Homor sweaters were given to four of the and Williamson received four strips, and a captains in the senior year. Becker and F. three strips for three years on the varsity BASKETBALL BANQUET A very lovely banquet was given in honor of the Montmor- enci basketball squad, March 17, 1956, in the high school gym- nasium. At the honor table was seated the first six men of the squad, Coach Howell, Principal I. W. Vance and guest speakers. The table was decorated with blue tapers and the center piece was made up of the county championship trophy of '56. The tables for parents were decorated with blue tapers and gold nasturtiums in blue glass bowls. Ambrose A. Mayfield, 'former 'Morenci athlete, acted as Johns,t Lsf3yEtteMLe?der commen org . . .as ers, McCarty, Jefferson High School principal, R.S. Williamsong C.W. Hemmer, former prin- cipal, now principal at Linwood, I.W. 'toastmaster. Speakers were Norman Sports Editorg Ed. Smith, WBAA sports Jefferson High School Coach, Morris E. Vance and Coach Howell. The banquet was prepared and served by the nineth and ten- th grade girls,undcrthe supervision of Frances Rae Opp, Home Economics Instructor. if ' ,- -vii

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