Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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Standing-Lloyd Eastburn, Gerald Gregory, Philip Grice, Bob Feller, Paul Sorenson, Marian Ralph, Coach Robert Prymuski. Kneeling--Tom Gonzales, Terry Christy, Dale Flach, Ronald Waters, Pete Ferrero, Eldon Kane. Second Team Basketball Coach Robert Prymuski's Papooses dropped their 5'l-52 season opener to the favorite Urbana Cubs 56-36. The Papooses lost their first Wauseca conference encounter to the Hoopeston reserves 29-23. The Papooses squeezed out a 3l-26 victory for their first Wauseca conference win of the season against the Paxton Colts. , ln a sudden death double overtime with the Gibson City Pups the Papooses dropped the hardest fought game of the short season 33-31. At the end of the regulation game the score was 29 all and at the end of the first overtime the score stood 31 all. Barry Hynd led the local lads, with l2 tallies. , The Papooses ventured to O.M.S. and came home with a 47-2l victory under their belts. The Sheldon Lambs beat the Papooses 36-29. The Paps were led bravely by Ronnie Waters and Phil Grice who had 9 points apiece. A close 34-3l game was taken from the Papooses by the Gilman B team. The Papooses bowed to the Sheldon Lambs in an overtime 39-36. The score stood 35 all at the end of the fourth quarter. Phil Grice was high point man for the Papooses with ll markers. The Rantoul Eaglets decisioned the Paps by a 38-2l count. Phil Grice paced the scorers with 9 points. The sharp shooting of Phil Grice who gathered l6 points was not enough to slap the Hoopes- ton Reserves. They won-50-37. The Pops had their second easy game against the O.M.S. B Team when they romped over them 33-l5. .lack Ferrero collected 8 markers for the winners. The Junior Red Devils from Cissna Park and the Papooses battled neck and neck right down to the wire with Cissna winding up out in front 28-26. The Papooses lost a hard fought battle to the Pontiac seconds 55-40. ln a thrilling game with Paxton the Papooses dumped the Col'-ts by a 39-25 score. The Pups had an easy time downing the Milford Fresh-Soph team 44-33. 53

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Meet The Warriors CARL STONE--A boy who is very calm and collected on the floor. He trains hard, and has won o place in all the boys' hearts. He's a iunior too. MICK MCANARNEY--A sophrnore and a very promising boy for future years. He's very tricky on the pivot too. BARRY HYND-When he's in the game you'll see plenty of action too. You can expect a lot from that sophomore in the next few years. DALE DAVIS--A tall, lanky, senior who plays good, clean ball. He had some tough luck at the first of the season by breaking his upper arm near the shoulder, however he was back playing late in the season. CURT WALKER-A iunior who showed great rebound- ing skill under both boards, he gives the game all he's got. RONNIE PARKINSON--Didn't break into varsity ball until early part of the season. He's a sophomore and should help out a lot next year. SAM FOSTER-Tall, good shot and able rebounder. He came through nicely in the first Sheldon game. He is an excellent iump shot artist and is rugged under both boards too. TOM DAVIS--A senior who Coach Wene can depend upon for a fast point or two. He's noted for his exe cellent iob at guard. JOE KOONCE-A scrappy guard who's love for the game can't be matched. He's not very big but full of tight. Watch out opponents, he's only a junior. DOUG SHONTS--An outstanding iunior who has played regular two seasons now. His shots are hard to stop and are accurate too. . -x S g t 5609 .foo ooo I 5 'ax . Q, Q 0 0 5 .8 'I 4 . bQo Q09 59,011 .' xp xg: 1 4 ss 'Q faq' at

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TRACK lfid' if 9 9 QQAQS-5', lg 5, , S-. lx D K xx'-H Standing--Bud Garfield, Tom Davis, James Barnhart, Bill McGill, Preston Moore, Paul Sorenson, Bert Tunks, Don Clauser, Sam Foster, Lou Goetz, Bill Bingham. Kneeling--Don Wene, Gerald Gregory, Charles St. Germain, Milton Brady,Harry Kaufmann, Ronnie Waters, Joe Koonce, Henry Eilts, Lynn Flach. TRACK The track season opened on Friday, April 20, at Gilman. Gilman won with O.M.S. following. Watseka placed third. The score was 84, 34, 32. We progressed in the second meet at O.M.S.' as O.M.S. racked up 59 points to win. Watseka totaled 49 points with Paxton accounting for 43 points. We gained revenge on O.M.S. in our third meet with them. Onarga was the third school par- ticipating in the meet at O.M.S. Watseka--NM, O.M.S.--585, Onarga--2l. At Sheldon, the Warriors led the Rams of Sheldon. Milford third all the way. However, the Rams overtook the Warriors to come out on top. Rams--67 ?f3g Warriors--5655 Milford--27. The county track meet at O.M.S. brought out a determined Warrior squad which eventually was crowned county champions. The first five teams rated in this order: Watseka--37 V55 Gilman-- 34Mj Sheldon--32 V55 O.M.S.--2725 Central--l9 V5. The district track meet was held at Kankakee. Jim Snedden, one of our most valuable men, was the only one who placed. At Rantoul, the Warriors came out fourth in the Wauseca League track meet. Jim Snedden broke his stride on the last low hurdle and took a hard tumble on the cinders. 54 'T 1 1 - l