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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RE ER E BA KETBALL FIRST ROW: Tong, J. Moore, Bollinger, Frost, Shifflet, and Manager Craycraft. SECOND ROW: Coach Mr. Phillips, White, F. Moore, Rhoads, Miley, Heller, Uhl, Breitigam, Williams, Frayer, The Reserve Team was composed of ten sophomores and three juniors. They completed their season with a record of nine wins and seven losses, Larry Uhl was the high scorer of the season with 153 points. Walter Breitigam was second with 130 points. Alan Rhoads was the top rebounder on the ball club. Though handicapped by a lack of size, these boys played an aggressive type of ball which aided them in becoming one of the highest scoring reserve teams in the area toward the end of the season. Some of these should be a decided asset to a fast- breaking varsity ball club next season Ridgedale Radnor Ridgedale Pleasant Ridgedale Mt. Victory Ridgedale Green Camp Ridgedale Caledonia Ridgedale Prospect Ridgedale New Bloomington Ridgedale LaRue Ridgedale Prospect Ridgedale Waldo Ridgedale Marion Catholic Ridgedale Edison Ridgedale New Bloomington Ridgedale Alger Ridgedale Cary Ridgedale Claridon