Perry High School - Eclipse Yearbook (Perry, IA)

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Top Row: Don Fullerton, Raymond Crannell, Jerry Hamman, Edward Peel, Laverne Hill. Middle Row: Wayne Lindell, Kay lVlc- Kim, Rex Tolle, Don Brobst, Bob Waddell. Front Row: Darrell Doidge, Jack Stern, Jim Orman, Tom Hamman, Roger Schore. Q, dgaalmtlzall Perry's reserve basketball team rack- ed up nine wins and seven losses during the 49-50 cage season. Coach Judson Reimeijs squad dropped their first game of the season to the Ogden seconds, 34-26. Then they started on a winning spree. Their first victim was the Valley High B team, 28-25. Guthrie Center fell to the Reimerites, 38-32. ln a slow moving and low scoring con- flict, the reserves zoomed past the Colfax Tigers, 28-l2. Traveling to Carroll, the Bluejay re- serves put up a close, hard fought battle. Don Brobst, speedy reserve forward, flip- ped in two buckets in the last 30 seconds of the battle to give the Jays' the game, 33-3l. Although putting up a terrific struggle, they were completely outclassed and were slaughtered by the powerhouse Ames men, 4l-I9. jf-fferson's boys were tossed a 4I-23 setback on the home floor. Council Bluffs' lowa School for the Deaf slipped past the Jays in the final min- utes of the game here, 32-29. Leading at the half, l4-l2, Perry's boys were unable to stop the last minute surge of the Boone basketeers. The Boone men edged past the Bluejay seconds, 27-23. Led by the I9 point scoring of Don Brobst, they handed the Nevada five a -48-39 loss. Traveling to Granger, the Perry sopho- mores took a beating in the first round of the Dallas County tournament. Waukee trounced Coach Reimer's men, 46-25. At Sac City, the Indian reserves push- ed past the Perry team, 39-3l. ln a return contest with Boones sec- ond team, the Jays suffered a 47-33 defeat. Putting an end to their losing streak, the reserve quintet knocked off their three remaining opponents. They defeated Glid- den, 46-42, jefferson, 26-24, and Winter- set, 28-I2. Raymond Crannell, thc reserves' rangy center, netted l20 points for the season Don Brobst was the second high scorer with I03 counters. Roger Schore and Bob Waddell also stood out with their excellent floor play.

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51142 Slwfd, L Cl2 Great rebounding as shown by center, Larry Whelchel C302, and Kenneth Lee C232, forward, against iowa School for the Deaf, proved an asset to the Jays, as they dropped their foe, 39-33, for the fifth win of the cage season. C22 Counter-balance weights are in need as Don Boyle C332 guard, is beginning a spill in the Iowa Deaf game. Falling did not seem to affect Don's eyes, for he gath- ered 8 points in this game. C32 Darting in for another two points is Tom Witte, C3l2 Jay for- ward. l-le challced up a total of 8 points against the mighty Boone bunch. Dick Miner C252 and Keith Fenn C272 follow him, to make sure Perry gets the two points. C42 Kenneth Whitey Lee, takes a bounce pass from Whelchel, out maneuvers his guard, and goes driving in for two points against a hopeful l. S. D. opponent. This tally, along with others, gave Whitey a total of I0 points for the evening. C52 Accurate turn and jump shots, by the Jay sub center, Keith Fenn C272 gave the locals strong re- serve strength in the Jefferson con- flict, here on the home court. All proved in vain, for the Perry boys were thrown a 44-35 loss by the Rambler five.

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Back Row: Coach John Champlin, Edward Peel, Bob Parker, Larry Whel- chel, Bill Parker, jerry l-lamman, Don Boyle, Omer Bennett, Billy Olson, Dick Miner, Coach Judson Reimer. jmck.-. - Thirty boys made up Coach Champ- lin's track squad this season. ln their first meet at the Valley Re- lays the boys placed fourth with 23M points in the stiff competition. Larry Whelchel, junior, threw the discus I37'7 to place first at the next meet at Iowa State Teachers' College. The Jays journeyed to the Drake Re- lays which boasted 2,000 participants, but didn't place. The cindermen also furnished compe- tition at the Creston Relays and the Grin- nell lnterscholastic Meet. Bill Olson, Don Brobst, Bill Parker, Larry Whelchel and Bruce jurgensen, all juniors and Wayne Lindell, sophomore, were the nucleus of the team this year. -. With the district track meet finished, the call of Play Ball goes out all over the little baseball world, and in Perry High, this is no exception. With john Turner as coach, and seven Second Row: Bob Case, Don Brobst, Wayne Lindell, Bob Waddell, Keith Fenn, Bob Townsend, Bruce jurgensen, Don Peel. Front Row: Kay McKim, Jack Stern, Gene Dorman, Kenneth l-luitt, Don Hoes, Jim Orman, Terry Custis, Tom Hamman. d3.a.m6alL returning lettermen, the Perry nine was molded into an organized team. Lettermen who will be on the dia- mond this summer for Perry are: Bob Case, catcher: Kenneth Whitey Lee, on first base: Bob Waddell at second: Bill Ulson will be holding down shortstop and Russell Meier on the third base sack. Hurlers for the Perry diamond men are Dick Miner and Jim Cotton Orman, both boys are also used in the field. Dick Mau and Bill Donnell are the only lettermen not returning to the squad this year. Last year, the team ended the regular season with a four win4siX lossesAone tied record. Losing to Glidden in the sec- tional finals ended the tourney hopes for Perry. Glidden went on to the state finals before being beaten. At the Creston Relays Larry Whelchel broke a record in the discus with a throw of I42' I . The Bluejay squad also took part in the district track meet at Drake University.