Roxana High School - Rox Yearbook (Roxana, IL)

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LETTERMEN CHARLES TONER GLEN BEAN GEROLD STEFFEN DON LOVELL GERALD DEWESTER PAUL BERRY BILL DENBY HAROLD BERRY ELVEN BUFORD JACK WITTER FRANCIS HUNTER WAYNE McBRIDE RONALD BEDWELL J. D. McBRIDE DICK DILLOW Twenty-three

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— BASKETBALL The Shells’ not too impressive record of four wins out of twenty-one games was partially due to illness. Although the squad is losing Bean, Steffen and Toner, they have built up a good reserve of lower-classmen and so the varsity men should really go places next year. Roxana Opponent Roxana Opponent 48 Bethalto 26 36 Edwardsville 54 29 Madison 32 39 Alton 56 37 E. St. Louis 48 34 Madison 41 43 Granite City 54 35 Wood River 51 38 Highland 43 35 Jerseyville 30 23 Edwardsville 69 37 Granite City 47 29 Wood River 36 40 Collinsville 58 39 Venice 14 44 Dupo 47 39 Alton 51 41 Highland 47 25 Dupo 37 68 Venice 31 32 Troy 34 ★ ★ First Row — Harold Berry, Don Lovell. Gcrold Steffen, Paul Berry, Charles Toner, Glen Bean, Francis Hunter, Wayne McBride. Second Row—Coach Corby. Elven Buford. Ron Bedwell, Jack Witter, Lester Buford, Dick Dillow, Don Bean. Manager Hubbard. Manager McBride. Third Row—Don Becker, Butch DeWester, Jack Titsworth, Jim Toner, George Tappy, Bill Denby. T wenty-two

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TRACK Coach Robinson whipped into shape a well-balanced track team that came along strong all season. Sawyer, Groves. H. Berry. Hubbard. Exton and Lefler were the stars that remained from last Year’s team along with Bill Gray from Bethalto. Roxana won their opening meet from Bethalto 104 1 5 to 32 4 5. The Shells captured their second win from Venice 85' 2 to 17V£. Roxana then took a second against Edwardsville and Collinsville, Edwardsville having 621 2 points. Roxana 58J 2, and Collinsville 21 points. The Shells lost their last meet to Wood River 71 2 to 411 2- Jim Sawyer was high scorer with 50 points. The Roxana junior track team lost cut in the Dupo Invitational track meet for the first time in four years. Bill Gray represented the school at the state by tying second in the district track meet. ★ ★ First Row—Francis Hunter. Bob Hay, Don Williams. J. D. McBride. Bill Dcnby, Maurice Exton. Second Row—Leighton Lefler. Charles Toner. Worthy Exton. Jim Higgins. Jim Sawyer, Bill Groves. Kenneth Sexton. Fred Berry. Third Row—Manager Hayes. Ray Hessel, Glen Bean. Don Hubbard. Elven Buford, Joe Bean. Harold Hay. Delbert Cobinc. Wayne McBride. Bob Higgins, Coach Robison. Twenty-four