St Jacob High School - Lion Yearbook (St Jacob, IL)

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fllylz School Haskefball fl Ugquad Front row, left to right: J. Faires, D. Seger, P. Sieberlich, M. McKinney and E. Gansmann. Back row: J. Schmitt, W. Frutiger, H. Robards, T. Ahlmeyer, R. Schie- fer and Coach Miller. With six returning lettermen and high hopes for a good season, the Lions started heavy drills in mid-October. Again hampered by lack of height and weight, the fire- wagon style was employed in hopes of substituting speed for size. The season opened with an easy 63-50 victory over Witt, but in the second game a plague of injuries began. Added to the measles and other sickness the old injury jinx held the Lions to a poor four and seven record at Christmas time. With the return of Tom Ahlmeyer in January the team almost hit full strength and won six of eight, the only black marks being back-to-back losses to a very strong Columbia team. During this time the squad brought home the first place consolation trophy from the New Baden Invitation Tourney, and with it a new school scoring record with a 104-86 victory over Patoka. Injuries and sickness again interfered and the Lions did not regain their stride until about District Tourney time as they rang down the curtain on the regular season with a 96-52 victory over Witt. In the District Tourney a weak Marquette team put on an amazing shooting exhibi- tion in the second half to give the Lions a scare after a near rout the first half. St. Jacob hung on for an 87 -'79 victory and the right to face Troy in the second round. Against Troy the jittery Lions shot their second lowest field percentage in two years and dropped a 65-'76 decision after leading through the early part of the game. Wayne Frutiger established new records in single game scoring, 42, season scoring, 543, and field goals, 226. Mike McKinney set new marks in free throw percentage with 814 and assists with 196. Henry Robards tied the defensive rebounding record with 200 and received the Most Valuable Player Award for consistent play. Seiberlich, Schmitt, Ahlmeyer and Seger played steady ball throughout the season. Compliments of SCI-lMITT'S BARBER SHOP St. Jacob, Illinois

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Eheerleaders A-Team B-Team Left to right: J. Schoeck, C. Frey, J. Gindler. A TEAM WE Witt 63 Marissa 64 St. Peter and Paul Qwaterlooj 65 Mulberry Grove 82 St. Paul QHigh1andJ 64 'wesclin 56 Benld 77 Okawville QC1inton Conf. Tourney, 55 Lebanon QC linton Conf. Tourney, 61 Coulterville 72 'Lebanon '76 Benld 97 xCo1umbia qNew Baden Inv. Toumeyj 82 X Left to right: J. Seger, K. Becker, C. Frutiger, T. Arthur, S. Aemi- segger. my w e A , 'X 0 .L P l W -Team Basketball Scores THEY News'Athens QNew Baden Inv. Tourneyj 88 50 Patoka QNew Baden Inv. Tourneyj 104 81 'Breese 86 68 'Mulberry Grove 64 '74 'Okawville 78 85 St. Peter and Paul fWater1ooj 79 60 Lincoln fvenicej 65 78 Lincoln fVeniceJ 65 87 Coulterville 70 64 Venice 73 '70 Witt 96 63 Marquette QAltonJ QDistrict Tourneyj 87 74 Troy qDistrict Tourneyj 65 100 'Conference Games

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IW!! Front row, left to right: D. Grotefendt, J. Bernard, D. Gindler, I . Rehg, T. Thomas, B. Schnider and D. Kohne. Second row: Coach Schaefer, D. Seger, V. Rogier, S. Sweeney, I. Neumann, I. Faires, G. Kohne and G. Neumann. During the basketball season of 1957-58, the Junior varsity lost 13 games and won '7. TEAM WE THEY Columbia 61 62 St. Peter and Paul 43 53 Breese 57 48 Qwaterlooj Mulberry Grove 39 51 Troy 34 58 Okawville 53 46 Witt 45 31 St. Peter and Paul 62 36 Mulberry Grove 29 60 QW aterlooj St. Paul QHighlandj 42 47 Lincoln QVeniceJ 31 38 Wesclin 40 36 Lincoln fVeniceJ 52 61 Benld 42 51 Coulterville 49 66 Coulterville 50 55 Venice 33 68 Lebanon 46 50 Witt 35 21 Benld 52 49 FRESHMAN -SOPHOMORE For the first time in the history of St. Jacob High School, the Freshman-Sophomore team entered and won the first game of the Sparta Freshman-Sophomore Tournament. We defeated Elkville by a score of 47-44. The boys were encouraged and led Jakie to victory in the second game of the toumament against Steelville with a score of 58-37. The third game, which would determine the first place winner, was lost to Attucks of Carbondale by a score of '70-50. The boys did a fine job with the help of the cheerleaders, the fans, and Mr. Schaefer, the coach. The total points made by the two high-point men in the tournament were Dwain Seger with 67 pts. and Sherman Sweeney with 44 pts. WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORES Home owned and operated by: B. L. Burns gc Sons 1001 Main Phone 3331 Highland, Illinois 102 E. Main Phone 4-0405 Collinsville, Illinois