Rochester High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rochester, IL)

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HI LIGHTS OF BASKETBALL SEASON Wmnmg flrst 1n County second mn D1str1ct, thxrd mn C M S Best basketball record of school Beatnxg Rxverton two txmes, one overtlme Beatxng Waggoner two tlmes one overtxme Helssxnger makmg most pomts 532. Season record of Z3 wms and 6 losses One of the leadmg area prep teams Helssxnger and Taft two of the leadmg players ln the D1str1ct Tournament Braner wxnmng the free throw trophy wmth a 537, average Rochester had a very successful season thxs year capturlng the Sangamon County Tournament Txtle and placmg second m the Dxstrxct and thxrd xn the C M S lnvltatnonal Tournament We played Chatham fxrst mn the County beatlng them 69 to 35 Pawnee seml fmals playmg our old r1val Rxverton whom we beat 53 to 49 We played Pleasant Plains ln the fmals and beat them 43 to 40 to take first place BASEBALL HI LIGHTS The Rochester Baseball team played 8 games wmnxng only three of them They played Waggener Ball Townslnp Tn Cxty W1l11amsv11le and Mornsonvxlle TRACK HI LIGHTS The prospects for Track look good this year wnth two lettermen re turning Braner and Hexssmger Other worthy contenders w11l be B Falrch1ld, J Heissinger, .T Raps .T Mxller, and J' Snnth We have hve scheduled track meets tlus year they w1ll be held at Ball Township New Berhn Sprmgfleld Raymond and Knncazd was our next victim, we defeated them 47 to 40. The next game we were in the . . . ' .- . ' . . . '