State High School - Analyst Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Fast and diminutive, the Young Sycainores of State High improved as the season grew older. Their 1940-41 season record showed 7 wins against 13 losses. Although blacked by the defeat margin, the Blue and Gold statistics showed, however, that the netters were outscored by an average of only one point per game. The start of the season looked bad because Coach Paul Wolf had only two returning letter men and no man on the team reached the six-foot mark. But with steady practice and hope, the Blue and Gold netters became a threat to any team that played them. The State High team 1'eached its height when it scored a 49-33 victory over a strong Clinton outfit at the end of the season, and went to the quarter-finals of the State sec- tional tourney before being beaten by Garfield 25-21. Tommy Parkhurst and Hubert Hughes, the only two seniors on the team, were elected co-captains for the year 1940-41. Jim Bowman, junior forward, was elected captain for the year 1941-42. After the season was over, a gold basketball was awarded to Tommy Parkhurst and letters were presented to the rest of the players. With only two boys lost by graduation this year, Coach Paul Wolf has high hopes of IUNIOR VARSITY having a strong team next year. SEASON RECORD State Riley, 31. State 30 Garfield, -10. State Honey Creek, 22. tState, 28 Concannon, State, Robinson,22. State, 37 Jasonville, 40. State Flat Rock, 27. State 46 Glenn, 27. State Farmersburg, 28. State, 30 W. Terre Haute, State Charleston, 36. State, 29 Rockville, 28. State Otter Creek, 41. State 32 Otter Creek, 34. State Plainville, 40. State, 49 Clinton, State Fontanet, 35. tState, 3-1 W. Terre Haute, 25 State Gerstmeyer, 25. TState, 21 Garfield, 25. Won 7 3 Lost 13 Wabzish Valley Tournament. 'l' State Tournament. Kneeling, left to right: Co-captains Hubert Hughes and Tommy Parkhurst. Standing, left to right: Coach Paul Wolf, Frank Coverstone, Ed Mabley, Joe Schell Clarence Disney, Jim Bowman, Max Walker, and Glen Mitchell, Student Manager. The Young Sycamore Saplings, under the guidance of Coach Greg Parker, enjoy ed 1 successful season this year. They finished the season with a record of 10 wins against 8 losses. The lower classmen, well trained in basketball fundamentals, appear to be future Varsity material. Standing, left to right: Wallingford, Ramsey, Shannon, Parker, J. Davis, Dlugos, Mc- Intyre, Zigler. Sitting, left to right: W. Wade, Hurt, Kester, A. Hill, Thompson, Weinbrecht, Giglio, A. Rogers, Kelley, Hamblin, Klueh, Mitchell, Manager.

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FOOTBALL The State High six-man football team enjoyed a fairly successful season last fall, turning in three victories to four losses. The outstanding game of the Young Sycamores came at the end of the season, when they triumphed over a highly favored Cayuga sextet to gain third place in the Wabash Valley Six-man Football League. This victory also broke a tie between Cayuga and Rockville for the championship, and gave Rockville undisputed possession of the title. The third season of football at State High was under the leadership of a new coach, Greg Parker, who came to State High from Marshall. To Captain Bob Nagel and Quarterback Bob Ferguson went awards of gold footballs To earn a gold ball a boy must participate in the sport for two or more years. Those win- ning awards of letters included: Bob Torrence, Michael Mcliissick, Tommie Patrick Vernon Dix, Frank Coverstone, Jack Thompson, Charles Kelley, and Leland Creighton ! . SCHEDULE Rockville, 83 State High, 6. Rockville, 44, State High, State High, 31: Chrisman, 27. State High, 413 Chrisman, 38. Cayuga, 193 State High, 16. State High, 103 Cayuga, 6. Kansas, 413 State High, 6. Standing, left to right: Parker, McIntyre, Zigler, Shannon, Schell, Dlugos, Smith Manager, Parkhurst, Hamblen, Latona, Grant, Wolf. 7 Sitting, left to right: Dix, Coverstone, Thompson, Kelley, Nagel, McKissick, Creigh- ton, Patrick, Ferguson, Torrcnce. BASEBALL State High's baseball team saw its second spring this year. The team is coached by Greg Parker who is expecting good results since all but one of the last year's ball club is back. The potentially strong ball club will take to the field against the nines of Shelburn, Rockville, Cayuga, Mecca, West Terre Haute and other strong teams. Coach Greg Parker was encouraged by a turnout of 27 boys of which 15 were veterans of last year's squad. State High is proud of its lead in playing the Great American Sport which is spreading among high schools up and down the Wabash Valley. TENNIS The Young Sycamore Netsmen faced a stiff schedule. With an inexperienced squad, they faced such strong opponents as Wiley, Garfield, and Tech of Terre Haute, and Casey, Jasper, Vincennes, Marshall, Paris, and Shortridge. The Blue and Gold Racqueteers also participated in one of the toughest tournaments of Western Indiana and Eastern Illinois, the Paris Invitational Meet, for the first time in the school's history. Outstanding mem- bers of the team are Ed Mabley, Jim Giglio and Sonny Klueh who have been quite adept in early practice sessions.