Salem High School - Lyon Yearbook (Salem, IN)

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A Stars COACH DON McDONALD PLAYERS (Clockwise, start lower left hand corner) Ralph Early (Student Manager), Carl Rexroat, Larry Wagers, Marvin Batt, Jerry Horner, Jack Jackson, Char- les Rexroat, Frank Foster, J. P. Colglazier, Truman Chastain, Jack Chastain, Norman Anderson,

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ROW 1: Carl Robertson, Ronnie Gilstrap, John Rutherford, David Mount, Dennis Todd, Hiram Burton, Donovan Gordon, James Burgan, Leonard Kendall. ROW 2; Coach Ray Lee, Carl Rexroat, Ervin Spurgeon, Marvin Stacey, Gary Graves, Ronald Bell, Don Godfrey. Coach Lee's 1953 cross country team during scheduled meets came out with five wins and no losses. There were three dual and two triangular meets; the thinlies won all their meets from their opponents with perfect and near perfect scores. At the season's end they came out on top in the Southeastern Conference championship, winning easily from Paoli and Scottsburg, competing against a rugged field in the Sectional, the Lions dis- played their talent by placing second behind a strong Vincennes team. Running with the best teams in the State, the thinly clads finished the season by tieing for seventh with Kokomo at the State. Salem Charlestown Salem Paoli Scottsburg Salem Paoli French Lick Salem Bloomington Salem Charlestown CONFERENCE Salem Paoli Scottsburg (Second in Sectional) (Tied for seventh in State) 18 on 1 49 74 17 56 62 i 34 Li 44 17 36 In cross country during his junior year, Ervin won the Con- ference, the Sectional, and placed twentieth in the State Cross Country meet. Ervin, having completed his senior year, has added a second in the Conference, a second in the Sectional, and third place in the State to his string of winnings. His fastest time for the two mile run is 10;05. 58 Ervin Spurgeon

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ti 3 a ’ SITTING: Norman Anderson, J. P. Colglazier, Jerry Horner, Coach McDonald, Marvin Batt, Charles Rexroat, Carl Rexroat. STANDING; Ralph Early (Student Manager), Frank Foster, Jack Chastain, Larry Wagers, Jack Jackson, Truman Chastain, Basketball, as everyone knows, reigns as king of sports here at Salem High School. This year was one of the more successful basketball seasons of Salem High, After going ll through the season with ten wins and eight losses, our team was defeated in the Sectional by Silver Creek by a very small margin, the Lions leading most of the game, but losing to the Dragons in the last few seconds of the game. We were very proud of our boys and are looking for- ward to next season with confidence that next year's team will be as good or better. The three top scorers were very evenly distributed in points with Jack Jackson out on top with a total of 179 Team points; coming out second was Charlie Rexroat with 150 points, and third was Jerry Horner with 147. Austin Madison 44 Bedford 56 Mitchell 33 | CONFERENCE STANDINGS Scottsburg 31 | Conference All Games Brownstown 34 School W L W L Corydon 52 | Paoli 53 Mitchell i 0 14 4 Bes Baden 46 sae ae ae! eit as . ep ea 9 z 11 3 Scottsburg 27 ev ay, 6 “ 13 5 Corydon 48 Salem 8 5 9 i Paoli 59 Lawrenceburg 4 3 8 10 Mitchell 50 Brownstown 4 5 10 8 Silver Creek 31 North Vernon 3 5 5 1 North Vernon 53 Paoli 2 5 8 9 French Lick 44 Corydon 2 5 4 ae ‘| | Madison 2 G 3 13 SECTIONAL TH Austin 0 7 3 15 Silver Creek 37-29 Jeff Batesville 0 8 1 17 j Games won 10 Games lost 8 60