Roxana High School - Rox Yearbook (Roxana, IL)

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TRACK The '47 track season was a victorious season for the “Shells.” The squad won 3 out of 4 of its regular track meets and the junior track squad won the Dupo Junior Track Meet hands down. In the first annual Madison County Track Meet held at Roxana, we held a strong fourth position out of the eleven participation schools. Many new records for our school were set by the squad during these meets. The boys who were awarded track letters really deserved them through their sustained efforts at winning as well as for their good sportsmanship. 1st row: 2nd row: 3rd row: 4th row: Maurice Eston. Jack Witter. Bill Andrews, Louis Hauser Paul Berry, Elvin Buford. Delbert Cobine, Ray Hessel, Harold Berry, Harold Hay, Don Hubbard, Coach Corby Don Simpson, Ron Bedwell. Walter Steffens. Tom McLain, Don McVey. John Sheets, Bill Denby. Richard Zyph, Jim Davis, Don Gilbert. Lester Buford, Glen Browning Twenty-eight

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1st row: Don Becker, Tom Browning, Ron Bedwell, Hugh Baker, Harold Balsters, Francis Hunter. 2nd row: Charles Hubbard. Harry Fields, Wayne McBride. John Davis, Dick Dillow, Walter Steffens. • • • LETTERMEN Mostly seniors were on the receiving end when Coach Edwards handed out the basketball letters this year. However, a few juniors and sophomores also received letters. The boys had a very fine year winning about 80% of their games which is an enviable record for any team. Hunter and Bedwell were chosen as co-captains for the year. All of the team could work equally well from any position. They could all make pivot, long, set and fast break shots. The boys worked well against the zone or against the man to man defense. The height, speed, endurance of the team in most of the games proved too much for the opposing team. Twenty-seven

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1st row: Ray Hessel, Jack Witter, Bill Andrews, Louis Hauser 2nd row: Maurice Exton. Elvin Buford. Delbert Cobine. Paul Berry. Harold Berry. Harold Hay. Don Hubbard. 3rd row: Don Simpson, Walter Steffen. Tom McLain. Don McVey, John Sheets 4th row: Ron Bedwell, Paul Stagner, Lester Buford. Bill Denby • • • LETTERMEN All but seven of the track lettermen of '47 were seniors. As proof that the lettermen really earned their letters just take a look at the new track records set by them. 120 yd. high hurdles. 18.5 by Jack Witter 200 yd. low hurdles, 29.9 by Jack Witter 440 yd. dash. 52.4 by Tater Berry 880 yd. run. 2:09.6 by Tom McLain Discuss, 122'1194 by Louis Hauser Shot Putt. 44'8Vi by Don Hubbard Pole Vault. 10' 6 cleared by both Maurice Exton and Elvin Buford. 880 yd. relay. 1:37.5 by the relay team composed of Walter Steffens. Don McVey. Harold Berry, and Bill Andrews. Anyone can see by the records why we had a winning track team in 1947. Twenty-nine