Stillman Valley High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Stillman Valley, IL)

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Glenn Halsne, Jack Wiles, Frank Bennett, Hubert Hickey, Iim Good, Richard Armour, John Cox, Earl Gocken and Coach Getschman. Var ity Ba ketball The l95l-52 basketball season was entered into with a squad of small and inexperienced boys with no returning lettermen and no one over the 6 foot mark Despite these handicaps Stillman Valley finished in the Route 72 Conference with a 5-9 won-lost record for fifth place in the conference. They started with a 62-34 defeat from Kirkland and a 58-42 loss to a highly rated Mr. Morris quintet. The Cardinals came back for their first conference game with a win from Ashton 36-28. After winning from Oregon 50-48 in a closely fought game, the team dropped four conference games in a row. ln the first game of the Route 72 Tournament, in one of the best games of the year, Monroe nipped the Cardinals with a long desperation shot from the middle of the floor to win by a score of 62-61. Later Stillman reached the semifinals of the Monroe Center District Tournament by defeating Durand 49-39, only to end the season at the hands of the Monroe Panthers, 64-41. Compliments CLIFFORD KRUSE Stillman Valley Illinois 52

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1951 Track Stillman Valley's 1951 track team turned in a fine season by winning Z, tying one and losing one Meet. The Cardinals first lost to Winnebago 88- 75, then came back with a total of 79 lfZ points to Monroe's 641fZ, and Forreston's 59 points in a treangular meet. Stillman then won from Leaf River 87-76 before being tied by Byron 8l1fZ- 81 lfZ. ln the Freshman-Sophomore divi- sion of the Route 72 Conference Stillman fell lfZ of a point from winning first place. Some dependable scoreres were Jack Wiles, usually winning theg Hi- Jump QF-Sl, Pole Vault fVar. 1, 100 yard dash QF-Sl and the Low Hurdles QF-Sl, Norman Wills scoring in the Hi Hurdles, Low Hurdles and the 100 yard dash. Jack Wills scored a total of 92 points in five meets. Norman Wills 63 lfZ, Lee Musselman 38, Sam Cwocken 28, Richard Armour Z8, Jim Good ZZ lf-4, Frank Bennett 34 3f4, for a major letter. Compliments PLAYMOR LANES BROADWAY RADIO Stillman Valley, Ill. AND APPLIANCE 1126 Broadway Rockford, Ill.