Ridgedale High School - Rocket Yearbook (Morral, OH)

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VARSITY REVIE The first varsity basketball season of the new consolidated school will go into the record books as a highly successful year in many departments. Both former high schools were hit hard by graduation and we started the season with but one returning letterman. Lack of experience and leadership took its toll early in the season. Several games were lost by a few points and by Christmas the squad was suffering from a 2-7 won-lost record. Then the picture began to change. In the Holiday Tournament at Mt. Gilead, we upset Iberia to win the third place trophy. The boys gained a lot of confidence in themselves and the rest of the season was marked by continual improvement. We finished in a tie for second place in the Marion County League with a 5-4 won-lost record. In the final game of the season we defeated a highly-touted Alger five in the homecoming game 101-92. This finished our regular season's record at nine wins and ten defeats. In the first game of the Marion County Tournament we were defeated 50-45 by Claridon. Once again a determined spirit arose in the boys and we swept the next four games by a margin of fifteen points or more, climaxing the tourney with a 77-55 victory over Caledonia and a trip to the District Tourn- ament. In the district, after playing one of the most thrilling games of the season, we lost to a tall Richwood five, 75-72. Graduation will once again take five seniors from the team: Jack Myers. Tom Shifflet, Ted Frost, Dean Bollinger and Ron Washburn. Needless to say, these boys will be missed. Returning will be three juniors and two sophomores from the varsity team. They are .Toe Moore, George Young, J ack Clark, Fred Moore and Walter Breitigam. We also expect some good prospects from the reserve team. In reviewing the season as a whole, the school and community should be justly proud of the supreme effort and good sportsmanship displayed by the- boys during the year. Many of the thrilling moments in the tournaments will be remembered for a long time. BILL PHILLIPS COACH

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VARSITY BASKETB LL STANDING: Young, J. Moore, Washbum, Shifflet, Bollinger, Frost, F. Moore, Rhoads, Breiti gam, Uhl. KNEELING: Burley, Phillips, Bayless, Craycraft. Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Ridgedale Bollinger Breitigam Clark Frost Moore, F. Moore, J. Myers Rhoads Shifflet Uhl Washburn Young 35 Radnor 44 Ridgedale 58 Carey 59 Mt, Victory 52 Ridgedale 54 Pleasant 62 Martel 39 Ridgedale '71 Green Camp 47 Caledonia 51 Ridgedale 50 Prospect 57 New Bloomington 59 Ridgedale 78 LaRue 51 Prospect 62 Ridgedale 87 Waldo 53 Claridon 56 Ridgedale 57 Edison 45 Marion Catholic 56 Ridgedale 101 Alger 53 Lexington 61 Ridgedale 45 Claridon 57 Iberia 55 Ridgedale 78 Waldo 50 New Bloomington 50 Ridgedale 66 Green Camp TOURNAMENT 50 Claridon 45 Ridgedale 66 Green Camp 75 Waldo 48 Ridgedale 64 Claridon Ridgedale 77 Caledonia 55 SHOOTING RECORDS FIELD GOALS FOUL SHOTS MADE Ula TOTAL 52 65 46 70. 8 150 25 17 13 76. 4 63 24 29 21 72. 4 69 10 11 8 72. 7 28 79 50 32 64. 0 190 168 111 79 71. 2 415 41 43 18 41. 9 100 0 2 2 100. 0 2 19 58 39 67. 2 77 1 0 0 00. 0 2 33 69 36 52. 2 92 145 70 40 57. 1 330

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