Rockford High School - Rocketeer Yearbook (Rockford, MN)

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- '- MARLOWE Was a dependable guard JOHNSON Always played his best , ,,-k, .. , . 1 ,a. k::?s.'5R- I ' CASSIOPPI Basketball closed his career PALMER Won coveted manger's R The Rab majors coached by James Laude tied for second place with Freeport and Joliet in the Big Seven conference. The closing of the 1928-29 season saw the passing of the co-captains, Frank Johnson and Tony Cassioppi, two exceptionally fme athletes. The team captured nine out of sixteen games after an erratic start. , In the opening fray of the season the Laudemen trounced Rochelle, 28-23, an excellent exhibition of basketball being given by the Hub city. Iourneying to Belvidere, Rockford lost a closely contested game, 21-17 to one of the best Boone county teams in recent years. The Alumni were administered a cage lesson in the score of 33-19 in the annual fray. Rockford swamped Carl Schurz of Chicago 33-27 in a hard fought battle. The second defeat of the season was taken from the Beloit aggregation, 14-15 on the lat- ter's floor. In the opening conference game Rockford suffered defeat at the hands of East Aurora after battling to the utmost during the four quarters by a score of 19-24. Led by Tony Cassioppi the Rabs defeated West Aurora 21-16 in one of the roughest games of the year. The Rochellites obtained revenge on the following Saturday night, easily winning, 27-15. 2 , . l .fl -. 5, f 35 L if BLOMQUIST Supplied the needed points Hutton Beynon Whitfield Z! one liundred sixteen i

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A A ,A A if Q f 9 f f f X A d T . QM.. , s -v 2533 A ' f egi ,gf ' ft fr i Q, fi S Q, g r T KI DSTRAND W BQEQ-2 d ' Stopped opposing 0' de f if LIGGETT forwards an as Alternatgd at dcenter an guar POLASKI Developed into an excellent guard After a whirlwind start, the heavies suddenly weak- ened and the Maroon team took another victim into camp. The Beloit-Rab game saw the passing of Cassioppi and another victory for the Line City, 20-18. With the return of Bloniquist in the Belvidere galne the heavies suffered another defeat, 35-15, but showed signs of rejuvenation. Following the hectic Belvidere game the Rabs defeated Freeport, 212-21, in the first of the three game series. Seizing a slen- der margin and keeping it throughout the game, the Red and Black warriors took the Elgin tilt 19-16. Stopping DeKalb's well known stalling game, the Laudemen defeated 21-17 but not before the Barbs had given the home-towners a real scare. Coming back in the second half, as they had done in the past three games, the heavies conquered Joliet, 19'-17, go- ing into fourth position in the conference standings. Rockfordys ability to stall was one of the main rea- sons for the victory. The Rabs' fight and determina- tion in the overtime period climaxed victory from the Freeporters by 24-23. The tournament squad won its way to the finals in the district by defeating Dakota, 46-213 Harlem, 31-29, and Durand 46-ll. But the Rab luck failed and Free- port trounced the locals in the finals, 27-23, at zafr-W ni K Aff . l. v ' ta ttf L ii ..,, MAHLBURG Never lacked his iight 5 W MacCullum Beynon one hundred seventeen