Virden High School - Kennel Yearbook (Virden, IL)

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REGIONAL TOURNAMENT VIRDEN GYMNASIUM VIRDEN 35 SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 43 Virden opened the Regional Tournament at Virden opposing the Reg- tional Favorite, Springfield High School. The Senators from Springfield, and the Bulldogs from Virden put on a fine performance before a jam- packed gym, a capacity crowd. Springfield being rated as Regional fav- orite, expected a push-over when they opposed Virden. In what was probably the best performance of the year by the Virden five, Springfield managed to capture a thrilling 43-35 win from the valiant Bulldogs . Al- though Virden lost, they gained a moral victory by their fine showing against the highly rated Springfield. Fitchner ofSpringfield was high point man of the game with 195 Lane of Virden had 10. Springfield's narrow victory over Virden caused scribes to wonder at the final outcome of the Regional Tournament. This was the last game for the Virden team,hav- ing won 7 and lost 17 for the' season. This was also the last game for such Seniors as Lechner, Gwinn, Gazda, Boyd, Scofield, Hamilton and Royer. NORTHWESTERN 46 AUBURN 36 In the second game of the Tournament Northwestern opposed Auburn. Northwestern was given the edge over Auburn and ran true to form by downing the Trojans 46 to 36. Although Auburn was the underdog, they always stayed within striking distance of the Wildcats. Chiti of Auburn and Allen of Northwestern were high scorers with 12 apiece. Norwes- tern's victory over Auburn gave them the opportunity to oppose Spring- field in the semi-finals. CATHEDRAL 49 RAYMOND 38 Cathedra1's Boy's High School of Springfield came into the Regional as a dark horse. Although Raymond didn't look so good in the later part of the season they gave Cathedral a hard battle, but they just couldn't quite match the long shots of Cathedral's Sponsler and the fine faking of Kneefner. The final score was Cathedral 49 Raynuond 38. Sponsler of Cathedral was high scorer of the game with 14, while Keefner of Cath- edral was second with 11. Owens and Reineke of Raymond had 9 each to pace their team. GIRARD 41 BALL TOWNSHIP 38 Girard defeated Ball Twp. in a close game in the Fourth game of the Regional Tournament. Girard came through the Farmersville District, which was very tough, and they now seemed a threat to carry off the Best Wishes from BOWMAN'S BLACKSMITH SHOP 73

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Basketball VIRDEN 41 MORRISONVILLE 40 The Bulldogs avenged an earlier defeat handed to them by Morrison- ville by defeating them in another thriller. The game was very rough with 61 personal fouls called in the game. In the closing minutes of the game Gazda tied the score with a basket from the free throw line and then Royer tossed in another basketjust to be matched by Morrisonville. Royer then made a free throw to put the game on ice in the closing second of the game. At the end of the game Morrisonville had only 4 men on the floor, the rest being out because of personal fouls. Royer of Virden and Frobish of Morrisonville each had 11 points to pace their team. VIRDEN 40 WAVERLY 52 Waverly travelled to Virden to hand the Bulldogs another defeat, but it was not a runaway like the former game. The halftime score was Waverly 31 and Virden 23. Virden outscored Waverly in the second half 22 to 19, but were unable to overcome the earl-ier lead piled up by the Scotties. Peters, a fine ball player from Waverly again hit 20 or more points as he racked up 21 to lead the individual scoring. Scofield, Lane, and Lechner of Virden each had 10 points to pace their team. VIRDEN 43 PAWNEE 58 Virden journeyed to Pawnee to take their second defeat of the year from the Indians. The half time score was 28 to 22 in favor of Pawneeg in the third frame the Indians were still pulling away, but in the final frame the Bulldogs came back fighting to outscore the Indians 18 to 14. The final score was Virden 43 Pawnee 58. Curtis of Pawnee was high scorer of the game with 16, while Sisk of Pawnee followed with 14, and Lane and Lechner of Virden with 12 and 11 respectively. VIRDEN 52 AUBURN 42 The Bulldogs journeyed to Auburn to avenge their earlier defeat by handing the Trojans a 52 to 42 trouncing. Virden showed some fine scor- ing power and ball handling in their last conference game of the season. MacMurdo of Auburn was high gunner of the evening while Scofield and Lechner of Virden had 13 and 11 respectively. The Bulldogs won 5 con- ference games and lost 6 this year. ' VIRDEN 43 LANPHIER 51 Lanphier came to Virden Feb. 25, expecting an easy victory. The Bulldogs had other plans for them, and fought stubbornly dropping a 51 to 43 decision. Virden showed some fine team play, while Erickson of Lanphier showed his great scoring power. Erickson was high point man for the evening with 29 points while Lane and Lechner kept Virden in the game with 16 and 12 points respectively. The game was very close until the closing minutes of the fourth qua rte r. This was Virden's last scheduled game of the season. ' Complimentsgof EMMERSON'S GAS STATION in Thayer Best Wishes from BILL TAIT'S BEAUTY SHOP in Thayer 72

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REGIONAL TOURNAMENT VIRDEN GYMNASIUM Regional. Ball Twp. showed some improvement in their play, but the Redbirds from Girard were always one jump ahead of them. Reece of Ball Twp. was high scorer of the game with 20, while Fuchs, and Smith of Girard each had 12, and Steinhour of Ball had 12. SPRINGFIELD 58 NORTHWESTERN 41 The Senators from Springfield came through in the semi-finals to dovnma stubborn Northwestern five 58-41. Springfield played abad game, while Northwestern was unable to get started. Springfield outscored Northwestern in all but the third quarter. Cox of Northwestern displayed some fine offensive and defensive playing to lead the individual scoring with 19. Fitchner of Springfield had 15 and Larson of Springfield had 13. By this win Springfield was entitled to play the finals opposing the win- ner of the Girard-Cathedral game. GIRARD 49 CATHEDRAL 46 Girard proved a definite threat to Springfield when they defeated Cathedral in the semi-final game. Cathedrel took an early lead of 21 to 15 at the first quarter, but Girard came back in the second frame to out- score Cathedral 19 to 4 and lead 'at halftime by the score of 34 to 25. Girard again poured it on in the third frame outscoring Cathedral 14 to 4. In the last quarter Cathedral began hitting the hoop, and threw a de- finite scare into the Redbirds by racking up 27 points -to Girard's 7. Gi- rard managed to hold the ball in the closing seconds of the game to win by 3 points. Sponsler of Cathedral was high scorer of the game with 16, while Whittler, Smith, and Prose, ofGirard had ll, 13, and 12 respective- ly. In defeating Cathedral,Girard gained the right to oppose Springfield in the finals of the Tournament. SPRINGFIELD 50 GIRARD 36 fFinalsJ Sprinfield defeated Girard in the final game of the 'Regional Tour- nament by the score of 50 to 36. Springfield came out strong in the first quarter, racking up 21 points to Girard's 145 this first quarter was the deciding point of the game because Girard duplicated Springfield's scor- ing in the remaining 3 quarters of the game. Thunman, Springfield's big center was high scorer of the evening with 15, while Prose of Girard and Blakeman of Springfield collected 10 each. In carrying off the Regional, Springfield ran true to form as they were slated to do. Compliments of JONES' RADIO SHOP Best Wishes from TURNER'S GROCERY 74