West Salem High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (West Salem, IL)

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BASKETBALL The West Salem basketball team of this year was one to be proud of. We have gone through the season with 16 victories and 5 losses. The team this year defeated teams that the school has seldom defeated in its history. The team also took second place in the little ten tournament at Noble and won a nice trophy for the school by winning second in the finals. The team owes its successful season to the hard work that Mr. Betebenner had to put into the team, to get any thing out of the boys. However, with his hard work and the team’s cooperation we are at the end of the season with a winning team. Members are from left to right as shown in the picture: First Row: Jack Grobleben, Everett Beehn, Gene Gibson, Roy Slunaker, Max Boewe, John Howard, David Bratsch. Second Row: Jim Bennett, Harold Hardy, Jim Mills, Duane Smith, Arthur Pool, Bob Orrel, Hubert Weber, Mr. Betebenner, Wanda Gillard. SQUAD CHARACTERIZED ROY SLUNAKER: 5 ft. 6 in. tall. Roy was chosen to be the captain at the first of the year. Roy played forward and di 1 his job well. Roy was the scoring threat of the team, and in one game scored 67 points, which was written up in the Associated Press and appeared in newspapers all over the U. S. JACK GROBLEBEN: 5 ft. 7 in. tall. Regular first team man and the fastest man on the team. Very good shot, played forward position. JOHN HOWARD: 5 ft. 11 in. tall. Played guard position. Regular first team man. John played very brilliant ball all year. EVERETT BEEHN: 5 ft. 8 in. tall. Played forward for the second team in every game and was the sixth man on the first team games. HAROLD HARDY: 5 ft. 6 in. tall. Played forward for the second team in every game and was the hot shot for them. Harold substituted on the first team. EUGENE GIBSON: 6 ft. 1 in. tall. Playing regular guard position and did his part of the game very well. Gene was one of the main rebounders.