Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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X Basketball, Standing-Krivan. Olson. Anderson, Laude. 'Fl'Zll'lllllll',ql,t'l:ll'I', 'Mnhl. l Kneeling-johnson, Erickson, Behr, l'ink, Marston, tnssioppi, Hl0ll1lllIISl. lolinson llowland Thomas, Trznnhlie Marston Tournament Squad February ll-The Rubs upset liast :Xu- rora here, Z5-16, with Behr, Cassioppi, and johnson as the aces. February 18-VVest Aurora was defeated in a thrilling game at VVest High, 19-18. by the Rabs. Frankie Johnson was the big factor in the Rockford victory, getting 12 points. February 19-Elgin was defeated here in a non-conference contest, 25-19. Lenny Pink did well on this occasion. February 25 -After trailing at the half, the Rabs completely outplayed Freeport here to win their traditional game from the Pretzels 29-13. March 4kThe second string heavies lost to the Freeport tive Z7-16 at Freeport. March 4-The Freeport First team avenged the defeats of the week before bv defeating the Rabs in the Pretzel gym 25-15. For the First time since 1923 our bas- ketball team won its way to the state meet at Champaign. March 11-The Rabs fought their way l2l to the second round of the District meet at Freeport by drubbing the Harlem Consoli- dated quintet 3O-l3. The same day Rock- ford defeated Pecatonica 31-14 to meet Win- nebago in the semi-finals, March 12-Rockford won its way to the finals by defeating the strong Winnebago five ZZ-13 in a close game. The Rabs defeated the Freeport team in the finals 33-13 the same night. Rockford placed three men on the All-Star Team: Behr, who was named captain, johnson, and Cas- sioppi. March 17-Rockford defeated Mt. Mor- ris 18-13 in Sterling. the Sectional Tournament at March 18-Rockford won the semi-Finals by defeating Moline 25-11. March 19-The Rabs won the finals in the Sectional by winning from Sterling Zl- 16. Behr led the scoring with four bas- kets. March 24--The Rabs were eliminated in the state tourney by lfast St. Lotus 12-26, in what was undoubtedly an off day.

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Basketball M1 Laude, Rotolo, Thomas. Mgr., Mahlberg, Zehell. Olson, Summers, Oehsner, Griiuniett, Keller, Marston Traiublie. Cassioppi, llowland, llfllf, Erickson, Pink. johnson Behr I'ink, Olson, Cassioppi lfriekson Heavyweight Squad The Rab heavyweights, coached by James Laude, former lowa basketball captain and star, tied for first place with Joliet for the Big Seven conference championship this year, The majors had a very successful season led by Captain Sammy Behr, which proved to be one of the best in years. ln the opening game of the season the Rabs, led by Howland, forward, defeated Mt. Morris, Z0-12 on December 10. December 17-The majors journeyed to Streator where they won, ZZ-0. A strong defense centered around Cassioppi and Pink featured the game, December 25-VVith Frank johnson lead- ing the scoring the heavies trimmed Belvi- dere at Belvidere, 25-16. December 30-On this date a hard game was wrested from the Alumni Eve by a score of Z1-19. Behr and Cassioppi were the stars for the High School while Thorn- borrow led the old grads. January 7vRockford won its opening con- ference game at Elgin when the Maroons i201 were downed, Zo-17. Tony Cassioppi again starred this time, counting ll points. january 8- Rags Erickson and Captain Behr led the Rabs to victory over Beloit here, 26-12. ,lannary 21-Coach l.ande's boys nipped Belvidere for the second time of the sea- son here, Z1-ll. lt was the last game of the year for Carlton Howland because of the ninth semester ruling. January 22-On this evening the Rabs took a thriller from Beloit at the Line City .ZZ-20. January 28-The second conference vic- tory was rung up against DeKalb, 33-15. This was the tenth consecutive victory for the Rabs. February 4-This was the disastrous night for the Rabs. ln a very ragged game they were defeated at Joliet, 18-6, in their first defeat of the year and their only confer- ence defeat. The loss could be attributed only to the fact that the Rabs were Hoff.

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,.,..-a......-.1.,1. -..H r,,.,, ,L., L - - 4.i2f5,.1 s,2, -- 1 i 1 .1 lx 1 tb 1. XENA. I Basketball W. Greenburg, King, Marlowe, Mead, Mcliachron, Huttimer, Kreker, Button, Poorman, Mansfield, Carlson, Coach Muhl. Dau:-nbangli, Anderson, Bluinquist, Hartman, Boyle. Lefier, Krivan, Phillips, Drotts. Blomqnist Krivan, Sandwick, Lefler Boyle Lightweight Squad The Rockford High Lightweights trav- eled through a very successful season win- ning second place in the Big Seven confer- ence and losing only two games in the season, the first to the Alumni and the sec- ond to the conference champions, Joliet. Captain Lawrence Sandwick left Coach Muh1's teams after the first semester by graduation. December 10-The Ponies took their opening game, defeating Mt. Morris, 27-7. Sandwick and Blomquist were the aces. December 23-Belvidere was the next victim of the Rablets in the Boone city, 29-27. Blomqnist and Captain Sandwick were again the stars for Rockford. December 30-The Alumni defeated the Ponies, 30-ll. This was the first defeat of the season for the Lights. january 7-The conference season was opened at Elgin when the Juniors defeated the Watch City quintet, 16-7. January 8-VVith the second string work- ing a large part of the game the Ponies easily defeated Marengo here by a score of 19-13. January 14-The Lights emerged vic- torious over the fast Winnebago aggrega- tion after a hotly contested battle, 22-19. Ed. Lefler was the Red and Black ace in the victory. l22