Park High School - Arrow Yearbook (Livingston, MT)

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04 0 se-oo Park 37 Great Falls 44 Dec. 3 . . . . played in Great Falls . . . . Rangers scored only 2 points in third period .... Nelson high for Rangers with 12 points .... guard Don Balko paced hot Bisons with 21 .... Park 64 Kalispell 45 Dec. 4 . . . . played in Livingston ..,. center Don Vander- vort scored 22 points with Nelson adding 18 . . . . Nelson's passing and Vandervortfs scoring broke the back of the Braves .... Park 40 Glendive 38 Dec. 10 . . . . played in Livingston . . . . Rangers used full court press to full advantage .... Vandervort scored more than half of the Ranger's points .... ended game with 23, Nelson adding 8 .... Park 60 Lewistown 56 Dec. 11 . . . . played in Lewistown . . hopelessly out of the game the Rangers again used press to gain decision . . . Nelson led Rangers with 19, Vander- vort garnering 15 .... Park 48 Anaconda 47 Dec. 17 . . , . played in Anaconda .... Nelson again leads Ranger offensive attack with 18 points .... Pearson following with 13, also sank game-winning toss .... Park 53 Great Falls 51 Dec. 18 . . . . played in Livingston . . . . reserve center Tom Wenaas sank two free tosses in an overtime period for a Ranger victory .... Rangers came from behind on a 15-4 deficit .... Pearson leading scorer with 15 .... Nelson adding 13 .... Park 47 Helena 64 Jan. 7 . . . . played in Livingston . . . . outscored 20-3 in second period .... proved downfall for Rangers . . . . Rangers' lapse on defense, gave tall Bengals easy scoring opportunities .... Pearson again led Rangers with 15 .... Nelson again adding 13 .... Park 63 Miles City 47 Jan. 8 . . . . played in Livingston .... torrid first quarter for the Rangers for a 16-2 lead proved margin .... Pearson played good defensive game in rebounding department .... Wenaas and Vandervort each garnered 11 points for locals .... Park 68 Butte 47 Jan. 14 . . . . played in Livingston . . . . Rangers led at every period .... repeatedly broke thru Bulldogs' vaunted zone defense for easy tallies .... Nelson's deft passing to center Don Vandervort exceptional with the latter getting 20 points .... Park 60 Helena 63 Jan. 15 . . . . played in Helena . . . . desperate last half Ranger rally barely fell short .... behind 16 points going into third period .... Nelson and Pearson tried desperately to put Rangers back in game .... Nelson ended with 19 points with Pearson adding 14 .... Park 71 Anaconda 62 Jan. Z1 . . . . played in Livingston . . . . Rangers behind only in first quarter .... scored 24 points in final period for margin .... center Vandervort led Ranger attack with 22 points, Pearson adding 12, Nelson 10 .... Park 50 Bozeman 44 Jan. 22 . . . . played in Bozeman . . . . Rangers use full court press when 7 points behind early in game to secure and hold lead .... Pearson's rebounding and Nelson's scoring superb .... Nelson ended the game with 18 points .... Pearson and Vander- vort each with 10 .... it

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ah. igaskethall S.. ill' . vi Sf - Q V ' c... 7ts ss Q if v , ,. . . :-- , - 1 Q2. . -if-1 9--1--:K 5 ' at f 4 1 . pm. l. -c girst row: Jack Dunlap, Tom Wenaas, John Price, George Nelson, Gary Pearson, Dan Vandervort, Bob iggens. 1 , ' X 1 is Second row: Mr. Bourdet, Mgr. Jim Tracy, Curt Sauber, Charles Harris, Dennis Syvertson, Bob White, Bill Schustrom, Mgr. Larry Murdock, Mr. Beadle. FG FG'Z1 FTW: Aver. Nelson ...,........... ......... 1 15 39.3 59.2 14.2 Vandervort ....... .....,... 1 06 47.5 56.5 12.8 Pearson .......... ...., 8 1 45.2 59.1 10.7 Price .......,. ...., 3 6 34.6 55.4 4.8 Dunlap ..... 35 32.4 70.2 5.7 Wenaas, ..,,.. ..... 2 8 30.4 60.9 4.2 Figgens ...... ..... .... 1 3 33.3 47.1 2.1 Sauber .,,,,,.. 12 27.3 30.0 4.0 Harris ..... ..... 6 42.9 57.9 3.5 White .....,,,,, ..... 2 20.0 80.0 1.0 Syvertson ,,,,,, ..,.. 3 42.9 1 12.5 7 1.1 Park's- basketball team, depleted by graduating veterans, did better than originally predicted. They finished the conference season in third place. The Rangers netted 1244 points, for a points per game average of 56.5, while their opponents were held to 1139 points, a points per game average of 51.8. As a team, Park sank 39.1'Z, of their field goals and 56.1'Z1 of their gift tosses. George Nelson, one of Park's stellar performers, was picked on the first squad of the Class A All-State team. This page is sponsored by the Park Hospital

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Qu. Oo Q5 Z -6 ga Park 51 Glendlve 49 Jan. 28 , . . . played in Glendive .... won in overtime on Pearson's last second tip-in .... Pearson also leading scorer with 17 points .... Nelson adding 12 .... Park 53 Miles City 50 Jan. Z9 . . . . played in Miles City . . . . Rangers win both games of tough eastern trip .,.. Ranger guard Dun1ap's defensive work valuable .... Dunlap high scorer with 14 .... Nelson adding ll, Vandervort and Price 10 . . . . Park 68 Butte Central 47 Feb. 4 . . . . played in Livingston . . . . best team per- formance of the year by Rangers .... Pearson and Price strong on rebounds .... Vandervort gained scoring honors with 22, followed by Pearson with 12 . . . . Park 53 Bozeman 37 Feb. 11 , . . . played in Livingston .... a slightly ragged contest . . . . Rangers exhibiting lots of scrap and drive .... Pearson superb on the boards .... Nelson led Rangers with 18, Vandervort added 13 .... Park 61 Butte Central 62 Feb. 12 . . . . played in Butte . . . , Maroons squeezed by the Rangers with a last second tip-in .... 10 point lead by Park at the half-way mark .... Pearson lost on fouls early in the fourth period .... Nelson and Vandervort shared scoring honors by punching through 19 each .... Park 66 Lewistown 41 Feb. 19 . . . . played in Livingston . . , . Eagles hopelessly cold on the baskets .... smooth ball handling by the Rangers .... Pearson high with 19, Vandervort added 12, and Nelson ll .... Park 59 Butte 54 Feb. Z6 . . . . played in Butte's Civic Center . . . . Park rallied to overtake an early Butte lead .... stout rebounding by Pearson and Vandervort .... Rangers ended a highly successful season .,.. Pearson led all scorers with I7 .... Nelson added 15 .... Pearson out-flies Hawks 'ie ec? 'I 6