Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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afuillfq Bon HARRAH-Senior guard on the first string, started oPf a fine season before leaving for Purdue. JIM CRL'MLEX'-SOpil0l1lOl'C. gained a guard position on the first five, thus earning his varsity award. .lim will be back next year to do even better on the rosin. Boa bvILSON1SClllOl', played at guard for the Spark- plugs. His accurate long shots otten saved the game for our boys when they were in a tight spot. JIM IQELLEY-A Senior, was just as capable on the hardwood as he was on the gridiron. jim played on the reserve team last year before gaining his varsity position. Bois CASSADAY--jXiSO a Senior, was the fan's player. Bob was adept not only on his long shots but also on charity tosses. The latter is proved by the fact that he earned the foul-shooting trophy. CHARLES SUTPHIN-:X junior. played at the forward position for Speedway. His outstanding play gained him a position on the All-Sectional team at Danville. JERRY VVILSON-SCIHOI' forward. was one of the two left-handed players of this season. His ability to hit under the basket won him and his left-hand fame throughout the halls. DICK BECHER-Senior. was capable of playing any position on the tioor. and he proved it. This and his well-used speed gained him his major award. BILL ROBERTS-S0pllOl'l'l0l'C, playing his first year on the varsity squad as guard, earned his award with his ability to dribble. BOB IQUYKENDALL-JLIIHOI' guard earned a position on the varsity after brilliant playing with the sec- onds. Bob achieved his award through his ability to hit the hemp. Next year will see this particular guard in even better form.

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Front Row: B. Kuykendall, B. Hanen, VV. Arnold, Kelley, J. lYilson. Back Row: D. Belcher, R. Flock. B. Logue, P. Brumley, lf. Tsarefif, B. Roherts. 7wck Speedway's 1946 track and field hopes were boosted hy the return of hoth Coach Charles Nay and seven lettermen. Their experience was a deciding factor in the results of this year's meet. The letter winners from last year are: dashes, Richard Becher and Gene Tsareif: distance, jerry VVilson, Russell Flock, and Roh Kuykendall: hurdles. Boh Logue, and pole vault, lloh Hanen. Other boys expected to aid the thinly-clads this year were Charles Sutphin, Gene lYarren, Bill Roherts, Phil lirumley, and Duane Belcher. The Brown and Gold half-mile relay team, composed of Sutphin, Logue, Tsareff, and Bech- er, is reputed to he hetter than it was last year. This relay team ran the distance last year in 1 :-l2.2. The Sparkplugs engaged in only four meets this year. Their dual meet opponents were Dan- ville and Mooresville. A triangular meet was held with Franklin Twp. and the Deaf School. The Mid-State Conference track meet was held on .-Xpril 24 at the VVashington High School track. The thinlies' Hrst opponent in the l9-15 season was Mooresville. The Sparkplugs copped seven Hrst places to score a decisive 63-46 victory over the Pioneers. Speedway's runners won seven tirsts in the next meet, but Danville's Vllarriors gathered enough second and third place honors to edge out the Sparkplugs, 56 to 53. A poor fourth place tie with Brownshurg was all that the thinly-clads could earn as Lawrence Central's Bears walked away with the Mid-State Conference track title for the fourth consecutive year. Roh Huher sparked the Plugs with Gene Tsareff, Dick llecher. Boh Kuykendall. Jerry lVilson, and lioh Logue all scoring points. No records were broken, which was partly due to the poor weather conditions under which the meet was run. The last meet of the season was with the Deaf Schools Silent Hoosiers. The Hoosiers scored a stunning 70 2f5 to 381!3 victory over our run- ners. Boh Huher led the tracksters in scoring with SOM points and was elected the honorary captain for 1945.

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B , Speedway hardwood fans watched the Speed- way Sparkplugs start the 19-I-5--16 season with two wins. Perry Central lost, 22-33. and Green- wood went down to defeat 31-38. Then came three straight defeats. Franklin Twp., Browns- hurg, and Plainfield heat our team hy scores of 38-25, 35-21, and 23-17, respectively. The Plugs then defeated Manual for the fourth consecutive year. 37-23, .-Xt the close of the next game. Mooresville was on the short end of a 35 to 29 score. Decatur Central retained the Marion county dope bucket hy trouncing the Sparkplugs -18-31. Our next loss was to Danville hy a score of 34 to 40. Speedway's gallant crew sailed to victory in the Pike Twp, Invitational Tourney hy sinking Pike. 37-27. and Franklin Twp., 32-31. This was the first tourney ever won hy the Plugs. lividently these triumphs encouraged the Sparkplugs, for they won their next two games. Lawrence Central tallied 25 points to Speedway's 35 and Beech Grove fell hefore the surging Plugs, 32 to 26. Franklin Twp.'s Flashes then ousted Speedway from the Marion County Tourney, -I'-If-31. Then Sparkie was sealped by the XYarren Central XX'arriors, 40 to 30. The thriller of the season was against Zionsville's Eagles. The Sparkplugs eked out a 30 to 35 overtime victory in a thrill-packed game. Pike Twp. again lost to the Plugs, 48-29. The last two games in the regular season both resulted in sethacks for the Speedway five. XVash- ington ran over our boys 43 to 35 and Ben Davis pulverized the Plugs hy a score of 47 to 37. .Xfter hard practice, the Sparkplugs invaded the Danville sectional tourney. New XYinc'hester fell -10-34. Speedway rolled into the semi-tinals only to he stopped hy Danville in a very close game in which the XYarriors defeated the Spark- plugs, 27-25. X M .9 A 'I' Front Row: H. 0. Pritchard, IJ. Crumley, P. Brnmley, B lienung tmgr.l, S. Carmichael ll. Musgrave, R. Chambers. Back Row: C. Love. li. Sen- ter. ll. Anderson, T. Lawson D, Boyer, K. King. J. May hugh. judging from the play of the reserve team this year, Speedway will have good varsity teams during the next two years. Teamwork and sharpshooting were hoth in evidence as the team won 11 games and lost only 7 during the 1946 season. lioh liuykendall sparked this team until his rapid improvement gained him a position on the varsity. Dave Cruinley and Phil lirumley led this year's reserve scorers in the eighteen game season. The rese1'ves were led by Coach Sallee, who. as shown hy the season's record, handled the hoys very eapahly.