Warrensburg High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Warrensburg, IL)

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TI-IE C RDIISIAL-' Mmtoa COMMUNITY HIGH Scnoot, Nmhm1Bnmh Ndmm Ymmhmi Center Forward WARRENSBURG, 133 MT. ZION, 9 In this game Mt. Zion determined to avenge the county tournament defeat, but a big first quarter for the Cardinals put the game on ice and the defense kept it there. WARRENSBURG, 173 KENNEY, 5 NVarrenshurg turned hack Kenney in their fourth straight victory. It was a listless game, both teams playing ragged basketball. WARRENSBURG, 29g LATHAM, 18 ln the most important game of the year VVarrensburg put forth their greatest effort and played their best basketball. Before a howling mob of six hundred the Cardinals avenged five consecutive defeats in three years by walloping their hated rivals. The Hunter preps could not penetrate our zone defense and con- sequently had to rely upon long shots. They never got a shot within the free throw line, while our offensive drives were constantly opening the Latham defense. WARRENSBURG, 125 CLINTON, 24 At Clinton the Dewitt County champs stopped our winning streak by a crush- ing defeat. The team had an off night and was unable to cope with the flashing attack of the XVilson quint. WARRENSBURG, 215 NIANTIC, 5 In the last scheduled game the boys took the fioor in an avenging mood. They completely crushed the Vtfells tossers, holding them without a field goal. MACON COUNTY TOURNAMENT VVarrensburg upset Macon, a county favorite, in their first game of the tourna- ment. After leading until the fourth quarter Macon tied the score 13-all, then -3o-

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12-LTI-IE CARDl15IAL . ..., ,..,.. . ,... .. . - . .,...... .,,,,.. ..,.- ,, M1 ARGENTA COMMUNITY HIGH SC1-Iool, Owen Barclay Otis Barclay Forward and Guard Forward WARRENSBURG, 195 ALUMNI, 17 VVe captured our First game from the old grads in a last-quarter rush. No doubt the Alumni ate too much at the banquet before the game. WARRENSBURG, 145 MAROA, 16 The Cardinals dropped another heart breaker at Maroa. Their Cracker box gym seems to have a jinx on our teams. We never remember of winning a game in it, though the game here was usually a different story. WARRENSBURG, 145 NIANTIC, 35 With Cussins flipping seven held goals from the center of the floor in the first half Niantic repeated what they did at the tournament. In the last half our team found itself and the scoring was even. WARRENSBURG, 105 ARGENTA, 20 In the game played in the new gym of the county champs both teams displayed very little basketball. In the last quarter a barrage of long shots by the Craig, Miller, Manacke combination turned a tight game into a rout. WARRENSBURG, 355 MAROA, 6 The Cardinals were in a harping mood this night and trounced Maroa to the tune of 35-6. The Dunlap boys were helpless in front of our defense and could not stop our offensive which was scoring from all angles. WARRENSBURG, 245 WAPELLA, 6 The team still had the winning fever. They presented a line defense coupled with a lighting offensive that completely routed the Dewitt demons. -29..

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TI-IE' C RDI AL-'L'-1 KIILLIKIN UNIVERSITY firYMN.KSll'M Eugene Simpson Everett lirown Forward Center and Guard forged ahead with a free throw. llut the team never gave up. They started down the lloor with titty-nine seconds to play. lust live seconds lrefore the timer went for his firearms Simpson tossed a held goal. In the third quarter of this game Paxton re-injured his leg and was forced out for the rest of the season. In the next game Niantie gave the dope bucket a kick by ousting our team as a titular favorite. The boys couldn't hit and dropped the game by a score of 23-II. In the eveni11g session the Cardinals played Mt. Zion for third place. A fter a disastrous lirst half the boys pulled themselves together to beat the foe I3- 14. After this game the All-Stars were announced. Ulysses Shephard and Owen Barclay were plaeed on the second team. DISTRICT TOURNAMENT XYarrensburg dropped their tirst game in the district tournament to Niantic. In the last minute of play a Niantie basket sent the VVells-coached machine ahead to win I4-13. This game closed the prep basketball careers of the Barclay brothers, who came from Argenta. Argenta's loss was our gain. The lettermen for the year are Nathan Brown, Everett Brown, Owen Rar- clay, Otis Barclay, Eugene Simpson, Ulysses Shephard and Luther Paxton. Number of games played .,.........................,.........,.... 2l Number of games won 9 Number of games lost ....... ..,... I 2 Percentage of games won ...... ...... 4 3 The star ol' 'em all Is the boy who can grin W'hen he's ierkedH from a frame. D A And a sub sent in. -31-