Tekonsha High School - Indian Yearbook (Tekonsha, MI)

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Indians Oust Cougar Five T ekonsha Bangs Out 57-41 Win District Crown Ends Long Famine BY RON TANGUAY UNION CITY — The parents of those players who met on the court here last night will remember the year 1933 as the year Gov. Comstock closed the banks in Michigan. There was nothing cheerful about this. But there was a bright spot for those parents, youngsters then, of the Tekonsha team that year for that was the year they celebrated their last district championship. The years passed, they married, bore children and then last night those children, at least some of them, ended the long famine. The Indidans, paced by their big Center, Ora Swick, upended the the St. Charles Cougars 57-41. Lead All The Way Coach Bill Johnson’s tribe took the lead, and except for late in the first quarter, were never seriously threatened. An explosive second quarter settled the issue. The Indians poured 22 points through the hoop in the quarter while holding the Cougars to only nine points. Swick, who led the attack in the first quarter, scoring nine of his team’s 15 points, continued his hot pace by dumping in eight more. The outburst sent the Tekonsha quintet into a commanding 14 point lead at the half, 37-23. No Rally Hopes for a Cougar rally never materialized, in the second half. The third period deteriorated into a series of errors on the part of both teams. The Cougars managed seven points and the Indians came up with only six. In the last quarter the two teams picked up the pace, but it was the Indians who gradually kept pulling away. Forward Larry Thomas collected six of his team’s 14 points and Cougar Guard Ed Roh-loff notched six of the 11 points scored by St. Charles. The first period saw the Indians Jump into the lead, build it to five points before a brief Cougar rally which whittled it to one point, 15-14. Center Gary Gresge popped in two buckets and a free throw to lead the parochials in the period. Night For Indians It was strictly a night for Indians. The Tekonsha team combined a good offense with a good defense. Except for the third period, the tribe’warmed the hearts of their fans by peppering the bucket from both outcourt and close in. Their three-two zone defense kept the Cougars pretty well tb the outside, and unlike the Burr Oak game, the parochials were not able to score with any consistency from outcourt. The Indians were also tough beneath the boards with Swick coming up with one rebound after another. The Cougars gave it their best, but it was not enough. Their press, which served to keep Burr Oak off balance, had little effect on the Indians as they breezed through it with nary a mistake. Swick captured game scoring honors with eight buckets and eight free throws for 24 points. I Guard Reid Waffle hit on three buckets and five free throws for 11 points. Gresge and Ed Rohloff hit ten points each to lead the Cougars, i This evening the Union City Ma- j roons square off with the Mendon j Hornets for the Class C District] Championship.

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