Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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Back Row Roger Barkley Manager Myron Dreessen Manager John Muller Duck Lunden Ronald Salmonson Danny Hansen Robert Hart Dean Ruchardson Coach McLaughlun Front Row Jerry Reynolds John Rex Lowell Brower Bull Teaquust Don Hoeflung Dale Ruchardson Dale Lange Wally Duffy Joe Kupp Vern Ogden Gene Gunderson Odebolt Hugh Opponents Lytton Wall Lake Arthur Danbury Lake Vuew Auburn Nemaha Correctuonvulle A ta Battle Creek Schleswug Holsteun Wall Lake Schaller Lake Vuew Galva Schal ler lda Grove Paulluna Cherokee l 52 77 ac County Tournament tSectuonal Tournament Dustruct Tournament In hus second year as coach at OHS Russ Mc Laughlun showed hus coochung abulnty by turnung out one of the best teams Odebclt has had un a long tume The Trouans won 9 games bef re meetung defeat The Tropans were very defunutely off theur game when Alta took a 52 47 wun on theur floor A few games before thus Odeoblt had taken a thruller from Lake Vuew whuch proved to be one of the best games of the season The Trouans funushed theur schedule plus takung the sectuonal and goung to the funals of the dustruct before agaun los ung The second and last defeat un a total of I2 games was to Cherokee un the dustruct funals Cherokee later went to the furst round of the state tournament The nught they played Cherokee the Trouans looked the best PAGE FORTY TWO of the year The McLaughlun men umproved greatly un t e last three games Between the furst and last defeat e Troyans took the Sac County Tournament by knock un off Lake Vuew by one pount at Sac Cuty They took t e Sac County Conference by beatung Schaller and wuth a wun cver Galva un the last scheduled game of the sea son Odebolt also became the Mapl Valley Conf rence wunner lt was un the Schaller game that Odebolt was decked out un the new purple warm ups Along wuth theur struped pants the Trouans became the classuest lookung outfut on any Iowa floor As an unducotu n of the fughtung spurut that the Odebclt Trouans showed they came from a half tume I0 pount defurut agaunst red hot Schaller un the second round of the Sac County tourney to beat tnem by 4 pounts There never was such a changed ball club as to the ftrst half Another example of the fught the Trouans sh wed was un the game wuth Cherokee when Odebolt had a lO l lead before Cherokee knew what had happened Through many practuces drullung and Dlaun hard work the Tropans of 5l 52 looked great all season ong The leadung scorere for the local boys was John Rex senuor forward who hut from all over the floor for a total of 376 pounts and a game average of I8 8 pounts Vern Ogden was second hugh un total scorung wuth 227 pounts but Gene Gunderson who mussed a game because of suckness was second hugh per game scorer wuth IO 95 He had a total of 2l7 pounts Verns percentage was lO 81 Fourth hugh scorer was Lowell Brower He hut for l55 total prunts or a per game average of 7 75 Scrappy Dale Ruchards n was fufth wuth 65 pounts or a 3 25 game average and Strong reserve Bull Teaquust was number 6 wuth 61 pounts and o 3 O5 per game average The rest of the boys who made up the travelung squad were Ronald Salrnonson Joe Kupp Jerry Reynolds Don Hoeflung Dean Ruchardson and Dale Lange Wuth thus group of l2 fune ball players Coach Mc Laughlun and the Odebolt Trouans came through wuth flyung colors un the basketball season of 5l 52 60 23 h . ' 48 28 th ' . - 63 25 . Q . . . - 63 3l h ' , ' 38 . 34 , . - 60 28 3 e 48 27 ' . ' 65 ' ' 36 ' - - ' 47 l 52 ' ' ' ' 76 34 ' ' . 43 , 31 . . .C . I . , . 43 ' 28 ' , ' -72 4l ' ' - ' -44 40 ' -47 ' 46 ' - 6l Early 55 Odebolt's in the second half of that game as compared 62 52 ' - A 5l 36 ' ' ' ' E56 30 ' V A n A '60 ' 47 - I , , '45 54 I , ' l 8 Q ' A -5 , , Q

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NANCY JEAN MARILYN SHIRLEY JANET DELORIS JANET O Sensor Forward Captaun rf f rward court Made fourth Iowa Dauly Press Assocuatuon team Wcn honorable mentuon on Jack Norths all state teams and placed thur teenth un the state Free Throw Con test after wunnung un Sectuonol anal Dustruct ccmpetutuon Janet dazzleJ many a fan wuth her assortment of shots She was tne playmaker of tne team Enough cann t be saud about her attutude toward playung and ef forts put forth un practuce Janet always consustent was the reason for worry among many opposung coaches She played her best game agaunst pounts Wull be urreplaceable next year MARLENE A Semor Puvot Guard Coptaun of guard court Marlene mastered the back court She attauned a very hugh degree of profucuency n obtaunung defensuve rebounds and brungung the ball up court When Marlene was absent from the lune up we were headed for trouble She saved many games Holsteun game uncluded un whuch she played the latter part when we were out of subs wu a strauned ankle Wll be replaceable next year JANICE MARGARET 'HIRLEY A Junor Guard Shurley was one of our rn st valuable play ers thus year She played more guard than any gurl un tne state Her abuluty to guard untercept passes and out uurnp taller opponents was apallung he was an artusan un passung and rebounduung Shurley who loves bas ketball always turned un a commend a Ie performance DELORIS C Junuor guard Delorus un only her second year of basket ball has shown she has the attutude skull and abuluty to turn un a caputal performance-She gave tureless ef fort throughout the season S e could always accomplush the feat ask ed of her She should see a lot of actuon next year She gets her O for her terrufuc performance agaunst Holsteun JEAN S Soph Prvot Forward Jean was second hugh scorer She poured un 42pounts agaunst Auburn for her best performance thus year She raused ha voc wuth many puvot guards and was respected by all of them You should see a lot of thrullung basketball from Jean un the next two years as she has all the factors whuch go together to make a fune gurl on and off the court MARGARET E Soph Guard Mar garet un her furst year of basketball has won the respect of her coach and many others She wuth unturung ef forts practuced dulugently and could be depended upon to a complush any task asked of her Her attutude was beyond reproach as she mussed only one nught un fuve months practuce She should be a key lunk un the teams to come MARILYN H Soph Guard Marulyn worked hard to achueve team status In her furst year of basketball she showed promuse l-ler attutude toward playung was excellent however her unfrungement upon rules curtauled her usefulness NANCY S Soph Fleet footed Guard or Forward Very profucuent un euther court A genuus at stealung passes had more pump balls than any gurl om the team As guard she can adhere to any f rward She played a very um portant role un wunnung the county tourney as she clung tena uously to speedy Joan Wrught of Schaller Nan cy havung natural talent wll do much to defeat any opponent JANICE T Soph Forward Januce beung actuve un many actuvutues mussed many early season practuces Later relueved of some dutues she broke un very umportant role un county tourney game agaunst Schaller un whuch she made many crucual baskets and I4 pounts Januce the next two years should blossom unto a terrufuc forward JOANNE H Soph Guard Joanne a steady and reluable guard was undus pensable She was an unyueldung guard whether un front or post where she was handucapped wuth a lack of heught Joanne who has mastered fundamentals us gufted un her capa cuty to rebound and advance ball up court You should hear a lot about Joanne un years to come JOANNE MARLENE l PAGE FORTY ONE f ' 1 I ' ' . ' ' ., . , ' , i I ' l I - I . , . . . . I . . . I I . Holstein in which she netted 5l - . lt to the starting line-up. She played a ' A ' i . . ' - . . - , - . - . I , 'th ' . i ir- ' .

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GENE LOWELL O JOHN REX Semor Forward leadung scorer wnth the hugh average of l94 polnts per game All County fnrst team All State Hon orable Mentuon John was key man nn the fast break and made many of hrs points on the now almost famous runmng lump shot from the slde VERN OGDEN Jumor Forward cool headed left hander Most conslstent on the floor Per fected a dazzling druve an shot from port side on the fast break All County second team GENE GUNDERSON Jumor Center one of the outstanding rebounders ln Northwest Iowa Exceptlonally fast for has size he was largely responsuble for gettung that qunck break under way All County furst team All State Honorable Mentvon LOWELL BROWER Junlor Center Guard A fune team player a good snot well pouseu and along wutn Gunderson made our double post offense one of the strongest nn Northwest Iowa All County second team DALE RICHARDSON Sophomore Guard Dale was the playmaker on offense and play :ng alone out front gave hum many chances to develop hrs back pedalung footwork and to demonstrate has scrappy defensive abulnty JOHN JERRY RONNIE DALE DO BILL TEAQUIST Semor Forward Guard Competltnon was keen nn Bulls department and he had several Tex played all three posltuons at one tnme or another and was good an all Bull has a habit of donng well what ever he attempts JOE KIPP Semor Forward Joe created a fune competltuve splrnt not only un hlmself but also among has teammates He specialized In tne jump shot and demonstrated almost per fect form Joe s abulnty was vltal to the suc cess of the Trojans ln the season of 52 mnghty mute was a great help an ball control and ball hawknng tactucs Developed a terrlfnc jump shot Back agaun for another year Sammy should prove unvaluable JERRY REYNOLDS Semor Center Jerry con centrated on offensnve work under the basket Had a soft turn and push shot that was ac curate Made It tough for all opponents yet was a fnne splrlted player DON HOEFLING Jumor Guard Sknp was dependable and ambltlous Has footwork rm proved greatly and he along wuth Ogden Brower Rlchardson Gunderson Salmonson Lange and others should make a strong well balanced team for 53 VERN BILL PAGE FORTY TH REE J E N Y - l ' - 7 RONNIE SALMONSON Junior, Forward-The