Perry High School - Eclipse Yearbook (Perry, IA)

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BASKETBALL ln the sectional tournament, at Perry, the Bluejays tromped Madrid 67-23 and Adel 45-29. The first round of the district tourney. at Boone, saw an inspired Valley crew downed by the Jays 35-29. ln the final round, Nevada gave the Perryites a scare but the Jays came through to win 34-33. ln the sub-state tournament at Boone, Perry ousted a favored Radcliffe quintet 49-37. Perry came within one point of the state tourney when they were edged by Carroll 36-35 in the final round. The Dallas County basketball cham- pionship came easily to Perry. The .lays trounced Dallas Center 63-26, Dawson 73-34 and Granger 68-45. Perry's cagers grabbed the Champion- ship by sailing past Van Meter 74-36. Cagers in this picture from left to right are: Bill Donnell, Don Hill, Wayne Dunlap, David Hutchins, Larry Whelchel, Rupert Gustafson fholding trophyl, .lerry Speck. Richard Fish, Gerald Miner, Dick Mau, and Bob Barnes. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Opponents PERRY Boone 40 42 Marshalltown 55 48 Granger I9 35 Guthrie Center 39 54 Colfax 47 22 Carroll 31 28 Oskaloosa 31 30 Valley 3I 65 jefferson 39 60 Grand Junction 5I 60 Dowling 34 25 Dallas Center I3 42 Ogden 38 6l Knoxville 42 4I Winterset 42 5 I COUNTY TOURNAMENT Dallas Center 26 63 Dawson 34 73 Granger 45 68 Van Meter 36 74 SECTIONAL TOURNEY Madrid 23 67 Adel 29 45 DISTRICT TOURNEY Valley 29 36 Nevada 33 34 SUB-STATE Radcliffe 37 49 Carroll 36 35 Totals 87I I I98 4

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BASKETBALL Basketball became the dominant sport in Perry l'1igh's athletic chain during the 1947-48 season as the team enjoyed a sea- son in which they stamped out I8 opposing bids and dropped only seven conflicts. Boone was the locals' first victim of the season, 42-40, in both teams season openers. The game turned out to be a scoring duel between jerry Speck, the Jays' outstanding center, and Bob Clifton, all- state Toreador center. Marshalltown inflicted defeat upon the Bluejays in the second game of the sea- son, 55-47. Scoring in this conflict was again dominated by the two centers. Claire Russie, Bobcat pivotman, hit for 2I and Speck collected I8 for Perry. The Jays waltzed through their next two opponents, Granger and Guthrie Center. Although Granger did not meet the locals on one of the latter's better nights they were defeated 35-19. Guthrie Center's Tigers were tamed before a Bluejay on- slaught, 54-39, in a game in which every- body except the water boy was used. Colfax, Carroll and Oskaloosa unleash- ed furious attacks upon their visitors, Perry, and amassed 109 points in the three conflicts to 80 ringers for the Jays. The boys from the mineral water town trounced Perry, 47-22. Carroll and Osky squeezed out close onesg the former winning by a 31-28 margin and the last eked out a 31-30 wm. Perry climbed on the victory wagon the following week by trouncing Jefferson, 60-39, on the local court. The ,lays won their first victory on a foreign court when they overran Valley High of West Des Moines, 65-31. Grand function showed a lot of fight but could not overcome a well poised Blue- jay attack and lost out 60-51. Upon encountering Dowling High of the capital city the ,lays had a touch of stage fright and were unable to stop the maroon and white who won 34-25. Dallas Center fell before Perry, 42-13. on the Mustangs' floor. , The Bluejays could not get used to the small floor in the first half, but their scor- ing machine seemed to shift gears in the final quarters and another victory was chalked up. Perry returned home for the next cage contest and had Ogden's Bulldogs at their mercy in a 61-38 runaway. ln the season's road finale Knoxville's hapless team came to life and upset favored Perry, 42-41. Winterset provided opposition on the 1947-48 season wind-up and the blue-and- white trudged to a 51-42 final margin. The Jays built up a good first half margin on the Huskies and the latter was never able to bil quite high enough.

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BASKETBALL LE TTERMEN JERRY SPECK Senior . . . second letter . . . center honorable mention all-state on I. D. P. A. and Jack North's teams . . . co- captain . . . high scorer for season. WAYNE DUNLAP Senior . . . second letter . . . guard . . . honorable mention all-state on I. D. P. A. teams good consistent rebounder and defensive player. RICHARD FISH Senior . . . first letter . . . forward . . . honorable mention all-state on jack North's teams . . . good shot and rebounder. DONALD HILL Senior . . . first letter . . . forward . . . good rebounder. - Back Row from Iett to right-Gerald .iner, jerry Speck, Richard Fish, Donald GERALD IVIINER Senior . . . second letter . . . forward co-captain . . . dependable scorer. BOB BARNES Junior . . . second letter . . . forward . . . one of the team's top scorers. DICK IVIAU junior . . . first letter . . .guard . . . honorable mention all-state on I. D. P. A. and .lack North's teams . . . one of the top scorers. BILL DONNELL Junior . . . first letter . . . guard . . good shot. KEITH SPEARING junior . . . first letter . . . guard . . good rebounder. Hill. Front Row 'Dick lVIau, Bob Barnes. Wayne Dunlap, Keith Spearing.