Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Reserve Hoopsters The Ogallala Indian Reserve hoopsters made an all time record for the 1940-41 basketball season. Playing fourteen games, they outpointed their opponents in ten of them, thus losing only four games during the season. In the total number of points made during the season they outpointed their opponents by a margin of 390 to 296. thus giving them an aver- age of 28 points per game. Danny Saun- ders led the pace in making points with 83 to his credit. Closely following was Melvin Senzig with 76 points. Their first game was with Holyoke where they lost a 39 to 20 victory to the opponent, julesburg was next and they bowed in a fray that ended in a 36 to 16 triumph for the B’s. Paxton lost her first game with the boys to the tune of 37 to 26. and Lodgepole fell in a 39 to 13 trouncing handed out by the locals. Osh- kosh was next to be scalped in a 32 to 1 1 score; then Big Springs in a defeat to the tune of 28 to 19. Grant came to Ogallala and defeated the boys 43 to 31 ; this game being the second defeat of the season for the B’s. The next game found the B’s at Chappell where they took the laurels from that school in a skirmish ending in a 21 to 18 score. The next game for the boys was played at North Platte where they met stronger forces and were forced to succumb to the tune of 34 to 20. Again the boys met Paxton and again Paxton submitted to a defeat, the score being 26 to 16. Imperial and Sutherland were annexed in rapid suc- cession; 36 to 16 and 24 to 13 respect- ively. The Wallace first team was the last to face defeat by the hoopsters of the 1940-41 season in a 28 to 13 fray, as the last game, which was with Cozad. was lost in a final tally of 20 to 17. B” SQUAD BASKETBALL Left to right: Coach Ernest Amman. Melvin Kalkowski, Jack Man- ion, Russell Jackson, John Kildare. Melvin Senzig, Glen Geisert. Kenneth F I e s h m a n, Harold MaGee, Ken- neth Canum, Danny Saunders, and student trainer Dale Chingren. JUNIOR HICH BASKETBALL Left to right: Richard Gardiner, Merle Burn- side. Glen Brown, Coach Fredrick Neu- mann. Lewis Lauder- baugh, Gordon Altig, Henry Schultz, Wilber McVay, Martell Wil- son, Calvin Gaston. Cerald Weis. Donald Bundy, and Buddy Betz.

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The Quintet Whirlwind The boys who won the Ramex Rack row: Conch Wilcox. Bob Pound». Joe Thnlken. Bill Lynnes, and Byron Osmern. Front row: Wayne Cline. Don Thompson. Riley Burnt. Frank Thorpe. Gordon Shafer, and Raymond Martin. The 0 H, S. Indian quintet” and their aids experienced their most triumphant season in years during 1941. Of the fourteen games played, only two were lost, these being lost by only four points in each case. The Indians, in their fully triumphant season, sank the ball for a total of 571 points against 353 points made by their opponents. Holyoke met Ogallala on the court for the first game of the season; they were defeated by the narrow margin of 40 to 39. Shafer and Pounds were the leading hoopsters of the evening with a combined total of 30 points, julesburg was the second team to bow before the Indian whirlwind; this game being an easy 44 to 25 victory. Paxton was next in the wake of this quintet whirlwind, and when the final basket was sunk, the scoreboard told of another victory with pointers reading at 32 and 25. The Indians met Lodgepole next, and soon decided about the laurels of the evening by reigning with an easy tally of 41 to 15. Oshkosh was met and downed with an air of complete confidence and the boys carried home another victory which read 36 to 22. On the following Friday evening, the Big Springs five submitted themselves to a terrific bombardment when the Indians ran 43 scores through the hoop while the opponents chalked up 15. Crant was the next to succumb to defeat; the final tally being an easy and un- disputed victory to the tune of 35 to 19. The elements of good luck changed when the Indians went to Chappell. They bowed to a well earned victory by Chappell to the tune of 28 to 32. In the next game no change of luck seemed to be in store as the boys were again defeated by a four-point mar- gin in a hard-fought tussle with North Platte, that ended in a score of 30 to 34. Paxton was met the second time of the season on January 31st, and the quintet again proved themselves Hot Stuff by rounding out an easy score of 45 while Paxton laboriously toiled for 18 points. The next victory was one of the outstand- ing of the season. It took place the night the quintet drove to Sutherland and when the fray had ended, the score board registered a tally of 57 to 35 for the visitors. Keeping in stride with their past record, the Indians met Kimball on the home court and soon annexed them to their list of victories in a reading of 53 to 31. The fastest game of the season was with Imperial, when Bob Pounds sunk the ball for an individual score of 21 points of the final which read 61 to 26. Cozad was the last official game before the tournament and they too were downed in an unprecedented score of 26 to 17. In the S. P. V. A. tournament, which was held in Ogallala, the Indians defeated Grant 32 to 19; Paxton 41 to 29; and Chappell 19 to 14 to win the Tournament, an honor not held by Ogallala since the year of 1931. In the District Tournament, which was held at Holdrege, the boys lost to North Platte in a skirmish that ended in a 23 to 33 score. During the season. Bob Pounds scored a personal score of 165 points. Runner-up man was Wayne Cline and in a close third was Gordon Shafer with 1 18 points. Such a record is seldom witnessed as was that acquired by the Ogallala Indians of this season.

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Spikes and Cinders BACK ROW: DUANE ERVIN JAMES KILDARE JIMMIE HUSH DON THOMPSON COACH AMMAN FIRST ROW: RAY HARTER JOHN KILDARE JOE THALKEN GLEN GEISERT The Ogallala High School track team got under way this season with eleven reporting for training. Among the eleven reporting, two were letter-men of last season. They were Joe Thalken and Russell jackson. Other new men were: Don Thompson, jimmy Bush. John Kildare. Ray Harter. Duane Ervin. Emanuel Klein. Glen Geisert. Johnnie Walker and Jimmy Kildare. In the first meet of the season, the Oshkosh In- vitational, Joe Thalken placed second in the 440 and first in the javelin. John Kildare added to the number of points acquired when he placed third in the mile. Duane Ervin ran the half-mile for a fourth place, and Russell Jackson came in second in the high hurdles. In the pole vault. Emanuel Klein took third honors and Jimmy Bush placed third in the 880 relay. The second meet in which the boys participated was the Sidney Triangular Meet which included Sidney. Chappell and Ogallala. In this meet, ihe boys placed second as a group; individual placmgs were Joe Thalken first in the javelin and first in the 440. Joe also placed third in the discus throw. John Kildare added points for the home team by placing first in the mile and Russell Jackson came in second place in both the high and the low hurdles. Also earning a second was Jimmie Bush in the 220 and Ray Harter placed third in the javelin and a second in the shot. Other placings for the day were Duane Ervin, second in the 880, Glen Geisert, fourth in the 440. Don Thompson, fourth in the high hurdles. Russell Jackson, third in broad jump and Jimmy Bush, fourth in the broad jump. At the Sidney Invitational. Joe Thalken was the only one to place with a third in the quarter mile. The last track event of the year was the S. P V. A. In this meet, Joe Thalken placed second in the 880. Russell Jackson a fourth in the low hurdles. Jimmie Bush a fourth in the 440. Ray Harter fourth in the discus and Ray Harter again placing in the 880 relay with a third. Despite the splendid training and workout given the team by their coach, Mr. Ernest Amman, they experienced only a mediocre season as to victories. It seemed that each meet brought new and stiffer competition with which to cope and therefore the boys are quite proud of the record attained with their team.