Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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SECOND TEAM SECTIONAL TOURNEY THE MORTON Kits started its 1963-64 season with 12 boys turning out for the first practice. The squad consisted of : David Bowling, Steve Lemons, Eddie Ervin, Ralph Pierson, Ronnie Decker, Neil Stummer, Bill Molden, Danny Spitzer, Mike Jacobs, Charles Stroud, Mike Carmichael, and Allen Kuhn. The Kits started the season by defeating Mays 41 to 35. The second game was lost to Milroy by a score of 59-39. At Knightstown the young Tigers were defeated by a score of 60-47. Liberty beat the Kits 52-33. The Kits won their second game of the year by defeating Spiceland 44-34. The B-team lost to Manilla, but followed with a win over Carthage. Consecutively they were defeated by Centerville, Lewis¬ ville, and New Salem. A very close game was dropped to Clarksburg. Sulphur Springs visited the Morton gym to be downed by the future Tigers 36-26. Straughn was also de¬ feated by the improving Kits, and the next game saw the Kits winning over Burney 54- 53. Cadiz and Arlington defeated the B-team to end the future Tigers’ season with a 5-12 record. COUNTY TOURNEY ENTERING the Rush County Tourney the Tigers had a 0-11 record. Morton played Mays, who had defeated them the first game of the season. Mays eliminated the Morton five by a final score of 76-49. ARTHAGE dropped Morton from Sec- tional play by defeating the Tigers 60-47. The Tigers were unable to gain a lead on the Raiders of Carthage. This defeat brought Morton to the end of a long and depressing season with a 0-19 record. CHEERBLOCK rT'HREE years ago Mr. Brown organized the Morton Girls’ Cheerblock, which many people declared the best in the County! This year a Boys’ Cheerblock was also organized. Both the boys and girls wore black and white, and the boys wore cheerful little derbies and had a lot of fun using them for various skits. Mr. Brown’s ingenuity inspired some very clever skits throughout the year. CHEERLEADERS T EADING the cheerblock and team were the cheerleaders Jeanne Walters, Ruth Garrett, Lorraine Sandlin, Melody Phillips, and Anita Reynolds. Jeanne is the veteran of the group after four years of devoted cheerleading. Melody and Lorraine have ser¬ ved two years, while Ruth and Anita have just completed their first year of service. Lorraine Sandlin Anita Reynolds Ruth Garrett Melody Phillips Jeanne Walters

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Varsity Basketball Kneeling: James Bowling, Jeff Wilbur, Gary Tuttle, Student Manager; Richard Hill, Student Manager; Jerry Cole¬ man, and Richard Wilbur. Standing: Mr. Foster, Coach; Phil Spitzer, James Kincaid, James Cline, Dennis Carnahan, Gary Campbell, James Robertson, and Lyle Lowdermilk. UNDER the capable leadership of Coach Verle E. Foster the Morton Tigers start¬ ed the 1963-64 season. Practice started the first of October. The following boys signed up to start practice for the on-coming season. The Seniors to serve Coach Foster were : Jim Robertson and Jim Bowling. The under¬ classmen on the squad consisted of the fol¬ lowing: James Cline, Richard Wilbur, James Kincaid, Phil Spitzer, Jeff Wilbur, Jerry Coleman, Lyle Lowdermilk, Dennis Carnahan, and Gary Campbell. Jim Robertson, Jim Bowling and Jerry Coleman were the only returning lettermen from the 1962-63 season. The Tigers, with young and inexperienc¬ ed boys, traveled to Mays on November 1 where they were defeated in the opening game of the season. The Tigers then lost to Milroy 79-30, followed by a defeat by Knightstown. Liberty downed the Tigers 73-62, follow¬ ed by a defeat at Spiceland and were defeated for the sixth time by Manilla 71-67. The team then traveled to Laurel, who gave the Tigers another setback. Traveling to Carthage, the Tigers were given their eighth straight loss. The visiting Centerville five stopped Morton by defeating the Tigers squad 91-48 to end the 1963 part of the sea¬ son. Starting the 1964 half of the season, the visiting team from Lewisville beat the Tiger five 79-52 sending Morton into the tourney with a 0-11 record. Straughn, Sulphur Springs, and Clarks¬ burg defeated the Morton squad, giving the Tigers a 0-15 record. The Tigers then traveled to Burney only to get beaten 96-55. Cadiz downed the Tigers 73-61. Morton ended its season by traveling to Arlington for its seventeenth loss of the sea¬ son. Scoring honors went to Senior forward Jim Robertson. Robertson ended the season with 299 points to lead the Tiger scoring. Sophomore Jeff Wilbur won the free- throw award by posting a .667 performance.

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Second Team Kneeling: Allan Kuhn, Ronnie Decker, Eddie Ervin, Mike Jacobs, Danny Spitzer, and Neil Stummer. Standing: Mr. Foster, Coach; William Molden, Charles Stroud, David Bowling, Steve Lemons, and Dale Hill, Stu¬ dent Manager. Cheerblock