Robb Township High School - Hoosier Posey Yearbook (Poseyville, IN)

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BASKETBALL 'Yi 58-59 Poseyville 75 Mt. Olympus 46 We opened our season at Mt. Olympus on November 1 by blast- ing the Mountaineers 75-46. Four of our players scored in the double figures. Poseyville 67 New Harmony 41 On November 7 the Poseyville Posies met the New Harmony Rappites at Poseyville. Cottrell had a hot night with 29 points. Ernie Rapp led the Rappites with 13 points. Poseyville 50 Newburgh 47 Always tough Newburgh played us down the wire and led us by 11 points near the end of the third period. Tom Price was the unsung hero of our victory over the Wildcats. Cottrell cashed in for 17 points. Poseyville 86 Haubstadt 58 Both Haubstadt and our Posies met to decide the better of the undefeated. Our boys were terrific. The team play gained us the victory. Cottrell and Gates led the way with 22 points each. Poseyville 68 Cynthiana 67 Our boys managed their 5th win of the season at the expense of Cynthiana Annas at Cynthiana. A brilliant rally with 15 seconds to play gave us a one-point win on Cottrell's hook shot. Cottrell also set the new single game record of 34 points. Poseyville 90 Allendale 79 Our seventh win came when we defeated an out of state team from Allendale, Illinois. This was an all time record high for one game. John Wilkinson came through with 12 points in the fourth quarter to hold off the visitors. Cottrell and Gates chipped in 46 points to greatly aid the cause. H151

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FALL BASEBALL 'Us' iContinuedJ Allendale 6 Poseyville 3 The Yellow Jackets of Allendale, Illinois avenged a 14-2 lost last spring by dropping Poseyville 6-3 at Allendale. Six big errors, coupled with time base hits and a couple of key walks aided in spelling defeat for Poseyville. A no-hitter and shut-out was averted via 3-run 3-hits rally led by Fletchall, Wilkinson, Rutledge, Cottrell, and Murphy accounted for a 4-3 game going into the bottom of the sixth to make 6-3. Our boys had the bases loaded as a shallow fly ball to left was caught to give Allendalehthe win. Poseyville 19 Cynthiana 3 The League Championship hinged on this game, and our boys had their hitting especially sharp. Jerry Rutledge blasted out two homers, Rodger Cottrell slashed out four big hits including a 3-run triple and Johnny Wilkinson chipped in with a rousing 2-run triple. Thus ended the last North Posey County Baseball League and Poseyville was acclaimed the two Champions with a 5-1 won-loss record. Also it was the 50th baseball win against 14 losses for Coach Don Miller's baseball teams over a 356 year period. Coach Miller praised the fine play of all of his squad for their fine efforts singling out the fine efforts of seniors, Jerry Rutledge, Tom Fletchall, Rodger Cottrell, John Wilkinson and Gerald Gates. He went on to credit the fine efforts of the underclassmen including Terry Crawford, Tom Price, Robert Crumbacher and Keith Murphy. Let us never forget that any team is just as strong as its reserve players. Nice Going Team!

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BASKETBALL 'Hs' 58 - 59 fContinuedJ Poseyville 72 Wadesville 53 Our boys continued to win by defeating the Wadesville Red Devils at Poseyville Gym, December 12. Cottrell led the team with 30 points. Poseyville 57 Chandler 46 The Poseyville Posies journeyed to Chandler to defeat the Wild- cats at all stops in a slow down type game. High point man was Rodger Cottrell with 23 points. Poseyville 74 Griffin 59 Although the Griffin Tornadoes tried hard to win, Poseyville came through after a rather close first half. Once again a good team effort was the big difference. Team play of Rutledge and Fletchall was noteworthy. Poseyville 58 Patoka 46 The battle of the undefeated found our Posies emerging to post victory number 10 and the Wrens first loss. A tremendous team defense and a spectacular team offense, by Cottrell, Wilkinson, Gates, Rutledge and Fletchall. Cottrell ran 24 points and Gates 16 points. Poseyville 38 Owensville 68 When we played our northern neighbors, the Owensville Kicka- poos-the roof fell in as we were beaten soundly, for our first loss in 11 games. Cottrell led all scoring with 14 points. Poseyville 71 Wadesville 49 Our boys won their first game of the County Tourney by de- feating the Wadesville Red Devils, in a game that found a well balanced attack. Gerald Gates was high with 17 points. Cottrell, Wilkinson and Fletchall accounted 33 of our total.