Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Basketball When a half dozen boys who like, in fact love, to do the same thing, get together, they are bound to bring results. That was the case this year at P. C. H. S. The best coached and smoothest offense, the most accurate defense, the most successful season ever enjoyed in the basketball history of this school are all products of this inborn gusto for the game. Breaking of training rules and all things which breed indifference were conspicuous this year by their absence. One look at our bulging trophy case tells the story. Those ti'ophies have significant histories. Never have fans received more action, bril- liancy, and hair-raising, high-speed thrills for their money. When the smoke of the battle cleared, Paxton always emerged victorious. The fans thought last year’s record couldn’t be beaten, but this year’s record consists of winning the County Tournament, the District, and en- tering the Sectional at Kankakee, as was wisely prophesied by last year’s Reflector sport scribe. One of the season’s sad moments w'as the result of losing a game to Fisher, the captors of the holiday Invitational Tourna- ment. With only one player graduating, the veteran Bill Higginson, we expect a hum-dinger next year, too. Basketball Scores Games Paxton Opponents Rossville 21 11 Gilman 28 17 Rossville 14 12 Onarga 35 23 Melvin 26 19 Thaw ville 24 15 Ottawa 22 16 Urbana 16 22 Gibson 23 20 Rantoul 8 24 Fisher 19 38 Roberts 32 13 Gibson 37 21 Kempton 53 12 Gibson 34 22 Piper City 18 12 Fisher 18 15 Rantoul 26 18 Alumni 27 20 Onarga 32 20 Melvin 28 25 Roberts 34 20 Ashkum 40 19 Loda 33 28 Gibson City 26 24 Melvin 31 23 Tilden Tech. 18 38 Total 723 547 Average 27 20

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The Little Six Champs from Rossville met their first defeat in the last game of their season, 7-0. Barr plunged, Nuss scampered, and Lundy caught basket-ball passes. Marxmiller dusted off an ancient hidden ball trick which netted Rossville forty yards, their longest run of the game. The Armistice Day game was naught but “bitter gall and wormwood” (a la Judy). The foe in red scored early but failed to make the extra point. Then Paxton retaliated with a touchdown, making the extra point. The half ended with the score 7-6 in P. C. H. S.’s favor. Things proceeded nice- ly until a lad from Drummer, called Russ Salyards, skirted around end, stopped, cut back across the field and raced for a touchdown, midst a phalanx of blockers. Thus the rivals enjoyed a 13-7 victory, squaring up accounts for another season. The Paxton offense was slowed up considerably in the following game with Momence since Nuss and Barr were on crutches. The offensive work fell on a revamped backfield consisting of Stone, Jones, Van Antwerp, and Chuck Cornelison. P. C. H. S. won this game 2-0, as a result of forfeiture. The team soon forgot football, for the day at least, because they were presented enormous steak suppers which ended the season with sleepy content. Paxton 14 SCORES Alumni 0 Paxton 13 Drummer 0 Paxton 0 Milford 0 Paxton 0 Farmer City 0 Paxton 55 Rantoul 0 Paxton 7 Watseka 32 Paxton 0 Onarga 9 Paxton 7 Rossville 0 Paxton 7 Drummer 13 Paxton 2 Momence 0 (forfeit) 105 54

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BILL HIGGINSON, forward: scrappy ball hawk, crackshot, spark plug of the team, a senior. DELMAR LUNDY, center: six feet or so of lean leather, tip-off man, wise in tactics, able in execution, a junior. KENNETH JONES, guard: cool, shifty, dead-eye on long shots, air tight on defense, a junior. GAIL HEDRICK, guard: big, hard hitting, accurate passer, big stuff for next year. JOHNNY REEP, forward: expert marksman, even better on all-round ball handling, back next year. CLYDE VAN ANTWERP, forward: tricky dribbler, dependable on quick shots from difficult positions, a sophomore. HUGH STONE, guard: veteran utility man, equally capable on defense and offense, a senior. CHARLES CORNELISON, forward: fast and scrappy, good material for future teams, a sophomore.