Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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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.

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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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step in learning. ' ,flaw It seems as though Speedway is certain to have good up and coming hardwood squads in the future. The second team of the Junior Hi basket- ball teams lost two out of three games by close margins this year. These were lost only by lack of experience. The first team won two out of five starts this season. The toughest opposition of the season was from Decatur Central. Harold Kuykendall was high point man for the ,Junior Hi group, His playing ability and leader-- ship was much needed in some of the tight spots of the games. Harold will no doubt be the leader -of the Junior Sparkplugs during next year's sea- :SOIL This year was the first time many of the boys ever had a basketball in their hands, but under the able direction of Coach Sallee. many of these boys will turn out to be future Speedway varsity players. junior High basketball is the stepping stone to success in turning out good high school teams. Our school is fortunate to be one of the few Marion County schools to sponsor Junior High basketball. Junior High boys who participated in basket- ball this year were: Etter, DeMoss, Guion, D. Kaufman, B, Ellis, G. Gibson, F. VVingert, D. Crawford, D. Bledsoe, K. Vincent, D. Mason, G. Iindres. G. Seymour, R. Leeke, H. Kuyken- dall, R. Stewart, G. Vance, J. Scott, R. Hughes. D. Thomas, J. Nadolny, T. Sutherland, B. Bene- Hel. and R. Bland. In future years, many of these boys will credit Junior High basketball as the first step in their success in the hardwood sport. Attention-the first