Sheldon High School - Shehian Yearbook (Sheldon, IL)

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Shehian BASKETBALL RESUME With an experienced and determined squad under his hand, Coach Stephens molded this group into a formidable team. His starting line-up, Kusch and Clawson, forwards, Ewen, center, .Smith and Gouty, guards, remained the same all season. Unlike teams of previous years, Sheldon's team had strong reserves in Wagoner, Fletcher, Brown, Mabbitt, and Sanderson. This team started slowly but continually improved as the season progress- ed. We won all the games we played by comfortable margins, including a hard- fought win over a scrapping and talented Bradley five. Entering the St. Anne Invitational Christmas Tournament, we swept through the entire tournament without much opposition and were awarded a very nice trophy for our labors. During Christmas vacation, Sheldon played a very good game and administer- ed an overwhelming defeat to a highly-touted Niles Center quintet. After two more wins, we suffered our only loss of the scheduled season to an improved Watseka five. This defeat arousedall of us from a lethargy that invariably is experienced when a team wins too many games too easily. In the finals of the County Tournament, our team captured a very, very close game, 31-30, a horseshoe, and another very nice trophy. Sheldon, in many people's opinion, played the best game of the year when it defeated a rangy, hot-shooting Hoopeston five on Hoopeston's home floor. Soon after this our boys entered the District Tournament at Donovan, easily overcoming the best that Ash-Clif, Chebanse, and Donovan had to offer. In this tournament, we averaged 54 points a game. Winning this tournament qualified us for the Regional Tournament at Kankakee. ' The boys' spirits and steadiness were all set for the Regional. The Momence team was easy opposition for the Rams. Our second game was with Bradley, over whom we had been victorious once before. The gun sounded at the end of the last period with Sheldon leading 3l6 to 30. Kankakee was beaten in the finals by us and both teams advanced to the Sectional Tournament at Joliet. The winning streak was in the boys' veins now and nothing could stop them. Our first game was with Morris, who put up a good fight, but it wasn't good enough for our boys. The beginning of the West Aurora game looked close, but, before everyone knew it, the gun sounded the end and Sheldon was on top with a large margin of 40 to 19. The next night we met the strong, fast- breaking Streator gang and finished with an honorable defeat. Graduation will see eight of the first ten leave, but where there's life there's hope, and Coach Stephens can do wonders. The amazing thing about this year's team was their lack of strife among the members of the squad and the fact that all mem-bers improved throughout the season, although there was no pressure upon them to do so. lqll-2 Regional Tourney - - What? Again? - - Yes. First - - Stop

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Shehlan BASKETBALL TEAM Front row left to r1ght Robert Brown Earl Wagoner Ivan Kusch Elmore Clawson Don Ewen James Snnth Lowell Gouty LeRoy Fletcher Max Mabbltt Dale Sanderson Second row left to r1ght Coach Stephens Harr1ett McK1mson James Nagele Robert Wagoner Wllllarn Hoagland Clarence Keller Wesley Wlngert Bernard McK1mson A1109 Wh1te Nelson Walty Thlrd row left to rlght George Meyer Frederlck Rougk Harry Wltman James Keller Ol1ve1 Woods Eugene Bollmg Robelt Bowen Robert Donohue Sectlonal Tourney Swell game, came out second N1ce season fellows' l9ll-2 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v . W . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 Q - 1 v 1 9 ,. . , ., , , . . . ' , . -