Parker Rural High School - Panther Yearbook (Parker, KS)

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Parker had a rather disasterous basketball season winning but two In regular season play and one In the Linn County tournament. Pleasanton and Kincaid were the season's victims, while Mound City, twlce-beaters of Parker fell In the tournament before the Panthers. During the entire season Parker scored 688 points while all opponents scored 1036. Listing only the games each was high point man In, the high scorers for the year were:Henry Diehm-93; Albert Wilcox-73, Jim Logan-70; Ivan Ross-53i Dale Mahan-39; and Carl Hard- esty-32. The season's floor game by the Panthers was erratic. Sometimes they ap- peared unbeatable and other times spectators wondered if they knew what the ball was. Late in the season the team became much more prolific as a scoring unit. In beating Mound City and Kincaid at tue last proved that they were rounding out Into a fair team. The second team scored 399 points to 525 for their opposition; winning three and losing several others by very narrow margins. The Panthers used a fast break brand of ball with a minimum of dribbling and a great deal of passing and running. Each player seemed to have his night and seldom did any two hit the same evening. Albert Wilcox was high point man on a one game basis, scoring 27 against Mound City in the County Tournament. Henry Dlehm and Dale Mahan supplied the speed, while Carl Hardesty and Jim Logan had the height. Season's play included; Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Parker Linn County Tournament: Parker Parker Parker District Tournament; Parker 21 Blue Mound 35 Pleasanton 1+9 Mound City 31+ Greeley 33 Prescott 36 LaCygne 1+5 Blue Mound 1+3 Pleasanton 31 Mound City 31 LaCygne 39 Prescott 1+8 Greeley 63 Kincaid 57 Mound City 37 Pleasanton 50 Blue Mound 36 Greeley 61+ 27 61 65 61 75 50 51+ 1+7 90 77 91+ 1+7 50 62 65 1+7

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Track On April 1, 1952 there were 25 boys who reported for track. They had placed third last year in the Linn County Track Meet, and had two state cham- pions returning. They were: Jim Logan in the shot put and Wayne Crisler in the high jump. Since not one senior lettered in track last year, the expecta- tions for a successful season were high. As the season progressed it became apparent that Gene Cady was going to be a leading contender in the low hurdle races. Going into the first track meet sickness and accidents hurt the squads chances. Wayne Crisler suffered from a sprained ankle and the mumps and Earl Richardson from the mumps. Both boys were out of competition until the Fort Scott Relays on April 25. With Jim Logan leading the way and setting records at almost every meet the squad never failed to score points. Jim set records in the shot put at the Ottawa Relays, Pittsburg Relays, and Fort Scott Relays. He also chipped in a discus record at the Pittsburg Relays. His best shot put was 50 6 at Port Scott. Wayne Crisler in his first outing also set a new high jump record at the Fort Scott Relays of 5' 10£ erasing the old mark by 1+ inches. At the County meet held at Fort Scott on April 30 the squad garnered only 27 points and placed a lowly fourth. The boys who placed were: Gene Cady 2nd in 180 yard low hurdles Jim Logan 1st in shot put Gena Cadv kth in 100 vard dash Jim Logan 1st in discus SI™ Crisler 1st in high jump Jim Logan 1st in 220 yard dash Gems Cady, Earl Richardion, Philip Mathews and Jim Logan 2nd in 880 yard relay. Jim Logan was the only one who placed in the regional, and he placed second in the shot put in both th« regional and the state meets. The season had not been to expectations.