Urbandale High School - Echo Yearbook (Urbanville, IA)

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FIRST ROW: Glenn Newbrough, Thomas Alexander, Brent Meckley, James McNabb, Donald Visser, William Little, Robert Horak, David Thielke. SECOND ROW: Coach Jim Forsyth, Danny Boals, Ronald Johnson, Larry Wilson, James Robinson, Max Bible, David Rusk, John Becker, Richard Foote. BOYS' BASKETBALL The boys' basketball team set a record this year by placing runner-up in the district tourna- ment. They had a season 's record of 13 wins and 8 losses. We're proud of you, boys! SEASON'S RECORD Urbandale. . .51 Mitchelville , , 38 Urbandale , , 55 Bondurant . . . . . 45 56 Ankeny ..... 44 55 Altoona . . . . . 69 42 Johnston ..... 44 59 Carlisle , , , , 60 45 Bondurant .... 53 59 Colfax , , , , 54 47 Woodside . . . 58 66 Norwalk. . . . 50 14 Johnston. . . . 63 85 Grimes , , , , 65 62 Grimes , . . 44 COUNTY TOURNAMENT Urbandale . . 59 Mitchelville , , 55 Urbandale , , 43 Runnells . . . . 54 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT Urbandale . . 54 Slater . . . . 47 Urbandale . . 54 United Comm. . . 48 72 Luther ...... 48 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Urbandale . . 66 Prairie City. . . 53 Urbandale. . .61 Jamaica . . . . 65 54 Lineville . . . 49

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FIRST ROW: David Thielke, Ronnie Johnson, Alan Hanson, Terry Young, Carl Hall Richard Foote, Lonnie Milligan, Bill Little, Jim Noyes, Max Bible. SECOND ROW Coach Forsyth Danny Boals, Dave Ward, John Kunzman, Brent Meckley, Jim McNabb Russell Milligan As sistant Coach Norval Dewitt. THIRD ROW: Larry Wilson, Tom Alexander Don Visser Chuck Olmsted, Jim Robinson, Roger Ryberg. FOOTBALL The Blue Jays, who lost seven seniors through 1955 graduation, compiled a 2 7 0 record for the 1955 season. This was their second year of eleven-man football Assisting Jim Forsyth with the coaching responsibilities was Norval DeWitt, who graduated from Kirksville Teachers' in 1950. His previous coaching experience was at Harcourt, lowa Next year's team will be fielded without the five seniors who will graduate this year The scores for the 1955 games were: Woodside , , , Colo . . . . Allerton . . Johnston .......... . Maxwell 0-IOMECOMINGJ . . . Altoona .......... . Carlisle ..... . . North fReservesj , , , Ankeny ..... . U rband ale Urbandale Urbandale U rband ale Urband ale U rband ale Urbandale Urbandale Urbandale

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wil! f. From THE DES MOINES REGISTER, March 9, 1956 URBANDALE HIGH SETS CAGE MEET PRECEDENT Urbandale High is one victory away from reaching the Class B state basketball tournament, starting at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Wednesday. Urbandale plays Jamaica at AdelSatur- day night in a district final. lt's the only school in the Des Moines area still in tournament competition. The team from the northwest suburb stayed in the running Thursday night with a54-50 over- time victory over Lineville at Chariton. Should Urbandale advance to the state tournament, it will set a school precedent. The 1942 Urbandale team had the best previous record by winningasectionaltourn- ament. SPIRIT COUNTS The formula of success, and that's what it is when an unranked school reaches the district final, is an old one, according to youthful Coach Jim Forsyth, a 1952 Drake graduate. I would say the team's spirit and attitude had more to do with our winning recently than anything else, said Forsyth. We had a so-so record 18-'77 before the sectional tournament started. We started to roll in our last two games of our regular schedule, Then we really went to town when we dumped Slater, 52-47, in the first round of the sectional. Slater is a strong B team. STARTERS AVERAGE 5-95 In these days, the Urbandale cagers would have to be classified as small men. The team height average is 5 feet 912 inches. The Urbandale players prefer to run on offense and that's about their only choice because of their size. The Urbandale basketball fans are re- straining their enthusiasm. But should Urbandale win the district against a good Jamaica team Saturday night, there might be a hot time in the old town afterward. tl