Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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BASKETBALL BOUX CES Joe Cork, Chuck Stout, Bill Healey, Ron Hunt, Kenny Smith, Perry Cantwell, Jerry Schultz, Jim YVood, Fred Scott, Don Boles, Bob Templin, kneeling: Coach Clyde Sallee Varsity Basketball Coach Clyde Sallee 1 1 Coach Sa1lee's Sparkplugs for '55 and '56 started the season off in grand style by downing the Franklin Flashes by a score of 68-53. In their next outing they downed the Bulldogs from Brownsburg 74-55. They ran their string to three and then four by downing Plainfield and Pike Twp. 53-44 and 71-60, respectively. On the night of December 9 the men from Speedway tasted their first defeat, it came at the hands of Mooresville 66-61. In their last game before the Christmas vacation they downed the Danville Warriors 61-58. Speedway celebrated New Yearls with a championship at the PlainHeld Holiday Tourney. They won the afternoon game from Clayton by a score of 70-53. They came back after the intermission and copped the championship game over the the host team, Plainfield, by the scanty margin of one point, 50-49. In their first game of the new year they stretched their record to 8 and 1 with a 75-51 victory over a scrappy Beech Grove team. On Ianuary 7 the boys traveled to the new Center Grove gym where they were handed their second loss, 73-67. They bounced back the next Friday and won a one point decision over Warren Central, 61-60.

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Student Manager for the football team, Mike Hesselgrave Coaches Clyde 59.1166 lv-1f51tY Basketball? Ralph 101111 The following Friday the men from Speed- way ran up against Warren Central and walked off the field with a 7-7 tie under their belt. The Plugs finished the last three games in a blaze of glory, winning all three, and holding the opponents scoreless in two of these con- tests, while scoring 69 points themselves. The three defeated opponents were Beech Grove, 13-0, Plainfield, 21-18, and Pike Township, 35-O. These three Wins brought the season record up to a respectable 4-2-2. The ,55-'56 Plugs, led by Senior Co-Captains Bill Healey and Fred Scott, are to be congratulated on a well-played, win- ning season. Coach Johnson sends his boys through practice maneuvers before the regular season begins.

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TO THE HARDWUOD 41 ' ' 1 - T The girls who cheered the varsity basketball boys on to x ietory, Varsity yell leaders Marilyn YVoodward CCaptainD, Judy XVood, Pat Figg, and Carol Fidler. Next came the County Tourney at Butler. Decatur Central, the Plugs, first foe, provided little competition for the Sparkplugs as they romped to a 61-47 victory. In the semi-finals the Plugs had their coldest game of the season. They lost to Ben Davis by an 84-56 score. On the 27th of january the Speedway squad traveled to Lawrence Central where they lost a 54-50 decision to the Bears. The very next night Coach Sallee and his boys lost a heart- breaker at NVashington in an overtime, 87-85. The Plugs gave Ben Davis and Zionsville scares on the nights of February 3 and 4, respectively, but they lost both encounters by scores of 78-71 at Ben Davis and by 75-69 against Zionsville. Decatur Central visited the Speedway gym on February 10 for a Mid-State battle, but the Sparkplugs turned them back for the second time of the season, 77-66. The last home game for Speedway decided the outcome of the Mid-State Conference race. The Plugs needed a win for a share of the Conference title with Mooresville. The Plugs' opponent, Greenwood, put up a good fight, but tell by one point, 68-67, as joe Cork scored the winning Held goal with just seconds remaining. The Speedway team began their journeys to the Danville Sectional, XVednesday, February 23. They succeeded in downing Avon by a score of 62-55, but when they returned on Friday, they fell to Danville, 49-45. Our congratulations go to Coach Sallee and his boys for a well-played and excitement-filled season. The unsung heroes behind the success of the basketball team, student managers, Bill Sanders, Dick Einigholz, and Geri Bishop.