Plymouth High School - Rock Yearbook (Plymouth, IL)

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On our return trip to Bardolph Jan. 5 we were beaten again 78-64. The second team lost 52-45. The Hancock County Tournament at Carthage was held January 10-13. In our first game we drew Nauvoo and at the end of play were tied 50 all. Plymouth won in an overtime 54-53. In the next game we played Carthage who won- 625-46 putting us into the consolation game with Warsaw. Plymouth won over Warsaw 56-43, thereby winning third place. Augusta defeated Car- thage in the next game for first place. On Jan. 16 Colusa came to Plymouth and was defeated 71-33. Our sec- ond team won 70-21. In our fourth contest with Warsaw, this one played on their floor, we defeated them 67-44 and the second team also won 52-46. Industry-Adair and Plymouth played twice in the same week Jan. 23 and 26. In the first game, here, Plymouth won 74-43 and the second team won 61-27. In the game at Adair, Plymouth won 76-52 and our second team won 68-33. On Jan. 30 Plymouth went to Camp Point and won 67-43, the second team also winning 54-28. In our return trip to Dallas City Feb. 2 we again defeated Dallas by one point 49-48 and our second team also won 55-24. In a game with Augusta at Bowen's larger gym, Augusta again defeated Plymouth 71-58. Our second team lost 58-49. Hamilton came to Plymouth Feb. 9 and were set back 58-46. Hamilton took the second team game 30-28. Plymouth went to Bowen Feb. 13 and found them much improved as Bowen won over Plymouth 52-49. The second team also lost 36-31. In our last scheduled game Colchester came to Plymouth Feb 16. In a close game all the way Plymouth staged a last quarter rally to win 70-59. Plymouth won the second team game 37-26. .- 121'-A-1141, , Plymouth was appointed to play LaHarpe in the opening game of the Carthage Regional starting Feb. 27. Plymouth defeated LaHarpe 74-40 and advanced to the semi-finals. Augusta won over Warsaw to get into the semi- finals and boasted a 26-0 season record. Although Augusta was the favored team many people thought that their time had come. In a nip and tuck game all the way Plymouth defeated Augusta 52-50, to give them their first defeat. In the second game of the evening Bowen won over Carthage in what was considered somewhat of an upset. Bow ' fings and there was another game like the night before with Bowen egnqeggmg victor 43-4-L Boygwens advanced tg the Galesburg. Sectional where they were defeateduby Westeril of Macomb.

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AB H 2B 3B HR PCT. RBI E R BB Cookson 12 4 1 1 .333 3 3 4 5 Hitz 15 9 1 .600 4 2 Miller 12 5 1 1 .416 6 4 4 Downey 12 2 2 .416 2 3 5 2 Rankin 12 2 1 .167 1 1 1 2 Stoneking 10 5 2 .500 2 1 2 2 Post 14 5 .357 1 4 1 Lovell 9 1 .111 2 4 Webster 4 2 .500 2 Larson 9 1 1 .111 1 1 McCollum 1 .000 1 Bardolph 3 Plymouth 2 Here Bardolph 2 Plymouth 15 There Colchester 7 Plymouth 5 Here Colchester 5 Plymouth 3 There Eelke 09112 illlnre Glhanre with me The basketball season opened here Nov. 21 with the Black-hawks play- ing Bardolph a close game all the way. Bardolph emerged the victor 40-39. Our second team won 51-37. On November 28 we went to the new million dollar gym at Macomb to play Western. Western led all the way to win 66-50. The second team lost 46-33. On December 1 our third game made history as Plymouth downed Co- lusa 104-28. In that game Miller dumped in 29 points. The second team won 78-33. Our nearby rival, Augusta, came here December 5 and edged us 58-56 in a thriller. The second team lost 38-24. In our iirst game with Colchester we got off to a bad start by a technical foul being called on the crowd and were beaten 89-59. The second team lost by a close score of 56-52. December 12 brought Bowen to Plymouth and Plymouth won 52-44. Our second team was defeated 51-40. An over capacity homecoming crowd saw Plymouth edge Dallas City 68-67 on December 15. Brown of Dallas made 32 points. Our second team also won 37-26. Warsaw came to Plymouth December 19 and were beaten 58-45. The second team won 56-35. Arenzville came over December 22 to finish up our long home stand. Plymouth won 63-51. Our second team also won 56-50. In the first game of the Mendon Holiday Tourney Plymouth was upset by Warsaw 60-54.

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