Nokomis High School - Old Nokomis Yearbook (Nokomis, IL)

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OLD NOKOMIS . Basketball Top Row D Kettellramp M Wadz1ta C Zepp 1MgrJ S Lapshansky QMgrJ W Abrolat W Buescher Mr Cosner fAsst Coachj 2nd Row W Or1n 3rd Row Team 'Pana Farmersv1lle 'll-I1llsboro Granxte Cxty Wxtt Farmersv1lle l'G11lesp1e WTay1orv1lle 'FMt Ollve Fxllmore F1llmore tlTaylorv111e ,VM t Olxve Wxtt 'G1llesp1e rlilllsboro Herrxck Pawnee Mr johnson lCoachJ I Russ M Montt 'VI Jones W Ferfecky F D8VllO J Flor1n1 L Baxter F Stapleton 1934 1935 Schedule Place Opponents Nokomls here here there Collxnsvllle there there here here there here lldl boro there here here there here Pana Pana Taylorvxlle Pana a'Conference Games Nokomls boys were a l1ttle orf at the beg1nn1ng of the season but they later r1ghted themselves and began to settle down and really play basketball The team was somewhat handlcapped for speed but they readlly made up for thls by the1r h1gh percentage of shots made PANA Nokomls had an opener upper at home on Dec 14 whlch certalnly turned out to be a thrxller and a blood curdler Pana led all the way through the game by a narrow margln but was unable to stand off Nokomls' last quarter rally and the home team was successful 1n ty1ng the score when the final whlstle was blown The start mg l1ne up for Nokomxs was Flormx and Baxter at the forward pos1t1ons w1th Fer fecky at center and Orm and Davlto hold1ng the guard posltxons Pana took the game by scor1ng one more polnt 1n the overtlme than Nokomls was able to HILLSBORO The next conference game was at Hlllsbono where Nokomss dxd not meet wrth very much success although the game proved to be close and exc1t1ng throughout Flor1n1 was hlgh po1nt man and he played an excellent floor game as well At the end of the th1rd quarter the score was 20 18 xn favor of the opponents and Hxllsboro remaxned ln the lead putt1ng the game 1n the bag by a scole of 26 21 Twenty exght o 0 0 o 0 o o 0 0 o 0 o c 0 0 ' ...................,.... . .... .,...................... ..,.. 2 4 23 I ........................ ...,.,,...., , . ....,,........ 21 33 ' ..........................., .....,..............,......,.. 2 6 21 U' ' ..................,..,.. ' A .4....,................ 54 15 ' ...,..................... .............. .,............. 3 0 32 1' ' .....................,...... .,,.......,.............. . 19 21 ' .,..................,..... . .......4.. .....,,,......... 1 7 23 ' . ' .......,.................,. ,....,. ,........ ,..... .,... . 25 20 ' ............ . ............... ,,......... ......... ,,....... . 1 9 30 'kPana .,......,......................, there ,...... ......... .......,...., 2 1 35 ' ............................ ' s ..,...........,,....,..... 29 19 ' ' .............,....,.....,. .,......,...,................ 2 5 24 ' . ' .,......................... ...,.,......,,.,......,....... 3 6 24 ' .................... ............ .... , , ..... ,.,... . . ........... 3 0 40 ' ' ' ......................,. ,... ...............,............. 2 6 22 ' ....,,..,....,.......,.... , ........................., 31 23 ' ..................,.......,.. .............,..............,. 2 4 49 ' ............. . .,.......... ............................., 2 S 16 ' ' IK '77 ' ' 4. ' KS - 91 ' ' i . , , , .

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........OLD NOKOMIS . LEE CND BAXTER CL ED Though this was Baxters first year out for football he proved himself suffl ciently capable of holding down the pos1t1on of left end The opponents found it very tough when they tried to sweep his end and he was a good blocker as well GEORGE CND HINTON CL TD Football and HCZZIC went hand ln hand for four full years Hezne made an excellent tackle because of his great ability to block and also to break up the r1val s MELVIN CND JONES CL GD jones held down the guard position because of his unusual peed and his block mg taCt1CS At times he played 1n the back ii ld but we llke to remember him as the fighting guard on the team of 34 35 WENDELL CND BUESCHER CCD Wendell IS carrying on the center position for the Bueschers He has one more year to look forward to and it shoald be a bright one He has kept the opponents from scoring many times by his excellent tackling while backing the lme of defense HOWARD CND DUDDY CR GD This being Duddy s first year out for football he showed some lack of experience but he readily made up for this by his natural ab1l1ty and his willingness to learn Wherever the fighting was the thickest there was where you would find hlm FRANK CND STAPLETON CR TD Pug was a very good tackle because of his wonderful ability to charge in on the opponents offense His tackling and blockmg showed up well and his cheerful attl tude helped keep up h1s teammates spirits offense WALTER CND ORIN CR ED Wally was quite able to keep the opponents on the lookout for a pass that he situatlons as they came He played an excellent game and showed up well in all of them MORRIS CND MONTI CL HD Hunk made a good plunging back and could always be counted on when ground gaming was in need He was high scorer th1s year in the South Central Conference and he had a reputation of havmg such a hard head that it couldnt be hurt He was not only a scorer but he was able to block the defense end alone in many games STEVE CND POPOVICH CR HD Doggle has two more years of football ahead of him which should bring more glory for him He IS a good plunger also He shows excellent natural ab1l1ty for he played end ln his Freshman year but this year h has been shlfted to the backiield where he plays even a better game FRANK CND DAVITO CQ BD Frank was the pilot of the team for he had charge during the game He was a good signal caller because he was always cool and never seemed to lose his head when the game became excltlng He figured m the scorlng and was a great aid to the team in many ways WILLIAM CND FERFECKY CF BD Boollsh was the outstandmg star of the team and was well known in all South Central towns and places in th1s vicinity He was a good punter and was on the throwing end of all the passes He was e pecially not cl for his ab1l1ty to run back Dunts He had the misfortune of obtaining a cracked r1b in the Pana game which hindered him greatly toward the end of the season JUNIOR CND FLORINI CSUBD Jibby was one of the mam subs He was a substitute end nd proved unusually good any time that he was sent in Often one had to look twice to be sure he was not one of the regulars JACOB CND GEISS CSUBD Ge1ss played guard position in case shifts were made or someone was out on ac count of injury Whlle he was in the game he could be depended upon as much as anyone for he would keep fighting t11l the final whistle bl w Twenty seven O O O I O O O , , 1 . .- . ,, . ,, . - .. - ,. . Q - l I ' I . . . S . - - , -, . ' . . . . , . v . , , . ca xr - . ' - - - , . . ' . . . ' . , . . il Y! ' ' I might pull down in their midst. One could always count on him to rise and take the KC YY ' l . '. . ' . , 55 w y, . Q . n . . . , , e li ' Y! ' . l ' . . Q. E . . if ' YY ' ' l a . . . 5 ' ,

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........OLD NOKOMIS........ GILLESI-'IE Following the Hillsboro game came the tilt with Gillespie here on jan. 1l. Nokomis played well throughout the whole game and F list with eleven points to his credit. The rivals held the the third quarter and allowed them only three points in the they were unable to catch the home town boys and when was in the lead with the score board reading 21-19. TAYLORVILLE Taylorville visited Nokomis for the next tilt on Ja successful and everyone figured in the scoring list. The same as in the Pana game, then Geiss was substituted for Nolcomis was trailing their opponents at the half by a sco out the rest of the game and succeeded in taking the game MT. OLIVE Nokomis went to Mt. Olive on jan. 19, where a game turned out to be better than had been expected. The the half it was tied again with the score ten apiece. From into the lead and the score was 25-20 at the end. PANA On Jan. 25, Nokomis journeyed to Pana for a second er Pana was slightly off at this time and Nokornis was what fecky topped the list with ten points: Davito ran a close second with a Florini figured up eight and Orin succeeded in securing six with Geiss adding the other two. One can easily see that everyone was looping them through. Pana found themselves on the little end of a sccre reading 35-21. TAYLORVILLE Nokomis went to Taylorville on February 8. to try to give them a trimming on their own fioor as they had done at home. The game turned out to be very close all the way through. but Nokomis lacked four points when the final gun was fired. Davito showed up well as a tioor man and he was high point man as well. for lie put four held goals and one free throw through the hoop. lVlT. OLIVE Mt. Olive visited us to furnish competition forthe next combat which took place on the fifteenth of February. The game turned out to be a runaway, for Nokomis led by-a large margin throughout the game. Geiss played an excellent gamez he had ten points to his credit while Frefecky figured up twelve. and Davito. eight. The final score was 36 to 24 in favor of the red and black quintet. GILLESPIE Nokomis' next journey was to Gillespie where a tough game was fought to the very end. In the previous encounter with Gillespie, Nokomis won the game by a narrow margin but the tables turned this time and Gillespie won by four points. The game was very close throughout: the score was 5 to 6 in Gillespie's favor at the end of the first quarter and 12 to 11 in Nokomis' favor at the half-way margin. Gillespie again went in the lead in the third quarter by a score of 17 to 15 and the final score was 26 to 22 with them holding the margin. HILLSBORO Hillsboro visited us on March 4. for our last combat before the District Tour- nament. The Hillsboro-Nokomis game was a hard fought batt1e. Ferfecl-cy led the scoring list in the game with a total cf eight points and Davito -game next with seven. Florini played the best floor game. Nckomis led at the half-way margin by a score of 13 to 9. but the game took a decidedly different turn in the second half. DISTRICT TOURNEY Nokomis was a little more successful in this tournament than in the previous ones as she reached the semifinals before she was beaten by Taylorville. llerrick furnished the opposition for the first game. Nokomis used the second team through- rut and won by a large margin, Tl.is game was played on Wednesday, Mar. 6. and the next game was the following afternoon when the Nol-coinis boys encountered Pawnee. This game was decidedly easy. .ind Nokomis won by a large score. In the semi-finals the home boys ran up against some stiffer competition in the Taylor- 'sille team. At the end of the first quarter the ganie loo!-'ed as if it might be close, but Taylorville gradually widened the leading ziiargin. Thus the Nokomis basketball season was brought to i close. 'I 'ITV .'