South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Engineer Yearbook (Rapid City, SD)

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On Hue lirsl grueling road Hip. Hue Engineers splil Hue four games winning a Huril- ler from Soulluern 92-89 luigluligluled by Hue balanced scoring ol Hue Miners and Les Larson's brillianl sluooling of I3 field goals on I8 allempfs. Againsl Hue SDIC Cluam- pions, NorHuern Teacluers, Hue .I-lardroclcers played on even lerms for Hue regular playing lime, bul losl Hue squealcer in Hue oyerlime. Tlue lirsl Huron game was a beaulilully played game Hual could have gone eiHuer way and was dropped by one poinl 63-62. This was 'rruly a fine leam Hual made up for size in luuslle, spiril and good oulside sluool- ing.

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'fl Xi' .f V I X Q The highlighTs oT The season were The 92-69 lolasTinq oT a sTronq Chadron Team and a spliT wiTh our old rivals B.l'l.T.C. Also The TIrsT INVITATIONAL HARDROCKER TOURNAMENT was insTigaTed and Tour sTaTes were represenTed in IT - Chadron lNebraslcal. Carroll llv1onTanal, JamesTown College lNorTh DalcoTal and SouTh DalcoTa Tech lSouTh DalcoTal. The l-lardroclcers wenT down in deTeaT aT The hands oT Chadron in The Tinals oT The Tourney 70-68, buT The TournamenT was a huge success and should be The sTarT oT a Tine annual Tourney. X-'sllfx T3

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The fulure looks preflry good as Capfain Don Slork is Jrhe only one 'ro be los'r via graduafion. Chuck Neller should have his besf year nexl year and Paul Clare zoomed info prominence in mid- season and should be a power nexl year. Les Larson and Dick Lee will be back lo bombard The opponenls from oul fronl wilh lheir iump-shoolinq and Bob Kelley, Darral Brooks, Dave Bros? should round inlo form 'ro provide some of The balance needed for lhe long haul. Several freshmen showed promise and could help a qreaf deal now lhal 'rhey have college experience. Ray Plall, Paul Wolf, Wendell Ferguson, and Dale Kierulif could enler 'fhe piclure. , , 133