ROWVA High School - Rovan Yearbook (Oneida, IL)

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Troy Ericson Pete Main Todd Main Tod Marquith Tim Reynolds Tom Farrell Scott Shimel Ross Woodside Tim Hollinrake Ken Lovell Rob Copeland Mike McMeekan Basketball 21

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Lincoln Trail Champs Members of the varsity team are: Todd Main, Dan Nolan, Jim Pitman, Ross Woodside, Pete Main, and Mike McMeekan. Back Row: Tom Farrell, Scott Shimel, Rob Copeland, Troy Ericson, Ken Lovell, Tim Reynolds, Brian Patterson, Tim Hollinrake, Tod Marquith, and Doug Swanson. Not shown is Mike Morrissey. Managers — Loren Godsil, Randy Rylander, Don Strandberg, and Jeff Todd. At Right: Varsity Coach Mr. Meredith. 20 Basketball

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Team We They Williamsfield 83 76 Abingdon 68 50 Toulon 39 38 Winola 82 37 •Orion 67 46 •Riverdale 61 58 •Alwood 66 61 Knoxville 59 37 Alwood 74 75 Wethersfield 76 48 Alexis 92 56 •‘Princeville 73 47 ••Knoxville 49 64 Galva 89 70 Alwood 89 60 Wethersfield 65 34 Alexis 65 56 Kewanee 69 70 Cambridge 64 35 Winola 82 42 Cambridge 82 33 Toulon 74 49 Galva 103 79 •••Toulon 64 44 •••Galva 84 67 •••Monmouth 65 78 Orion Tournament ••Mid-Winter Classic •••Regional Tournament The R.O.V.A. High School basketball team had another successful season under head coach Bob Meredith. The Tigers compiled a 22-4 overall record and won the Lincoln Trail Conference championship and the Orion Tournament. The Tigers debuted by defeating Williams-field. After knocking off Abingdon, the Tigers narrowly slipped by Toulon 39-38 after trailing by as many as nine points in the first half. Following an easy victory over Winola, the Tigers entered the Orion Tournament. They beat Orion, then Riverdale, and met Alwood, for the first time of the year, in the championship game. R.O.V.A won this game 66-61 and was undefeated after their first seven games, the Tigers then defeated Knoxville and were 8-0 at the Christmas break. The first game after Christmas was a rematch with Alwood. The Tigers fell behind by eleven points in the first half but charged back to take a two point lead after three quarters. The game was tied at the end of regulation time and again after the first overtime, but Alwood jumped out to a three point lead in the second overtime and held on to win 75-74 and hand R.O.V.A. its first defeat of the season. After winning their next two games, the Tigers entered the Mid-Winter Classic as the Doug Swanson top seed. They won their first game over Prince-ville and met Knoxville, a team they had beaten by eighteen points earlier in the season, for the championship. Knoxville upset the Tigers by fifteen points to win the Mid-Winter Classic. This loss seemed to help the Tigers, as they handily won their next four games, including an 89-60 blowout of Alwood. They lost their next game, a 70-69 heartbreaker to nonconference foe Kewanee, but closed out the regular season by winning their last five conference games, and thus the Lincoln Trail Conference Championship with a 13-1 record. This was the first time since the inception of the conference that the Tigers had come away the basketball champions. The Tigers entered the Regional tournament as the number two seed. After defeating Toulon and Galva, the team met top seeded Monmouth for the championship. The Zippers, the eventual state runner-up, finished the Tigers' season by winning 78-65. 22 Basketball