Western High School - Echo Yearbook (Russiaville, IN)

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TEAM Western's ' B team had a very successful season The reserves reeled off 17 stra1ght w1ns before be1ng defeated Invxtatlonal Tourney The team was composed of two Jumors and elght sophomores Th1s does not 1nclude sophomore Ph11 Hayes who was promoted to the vars1ty after the 1n1t1a1 game of the season 72 Q Q 1 1 They won the B team championship of the Howard County , . . . .

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Bob Chambers 5'8 Guard . in i Phil Hayes 5'8 Forward Sophomore The Panthers of 1958-59 ended with a 14-6 season record, one of the better records ever compiled at Western. It ended a season full of success for Coach Fred Oyler, in his first season here, and for a group of hard-working Panthers. - Included among the Panthers' honors this year was a share of the Tri-County Conference crown, and championship of the Howard County Invitational Tourney. The Panthers gained the title by defeating Delphi and Northwestern. Twice they best Northwestern and once, Eastern, an unusual happening for previous Panther teams. One of the spectaculars of the season was the win over Southwest- ern, '74-72. The gym record of 28 in one game, set by Joe Vent in 1957, was equaled by Eddie Ransopher that night. Moving into the sectional Western defeated C a mde n , 58-54, and then dropped an 81-41 decision to Kokomo,who went on to win their sec- ond straight sectional title. In closing the -season Western was able to put one player, Eddie Ransopher, co-captain and guard, on the All-Sectional Team. Bill Wells and John Alexander, pictures not shown, dressed for many varsity games throughout ,the year. ecil Coffey U 6'l Fzorward Senior Larry Hamilton 5'9 Guard ' Senior ua Senior 15.1 L Bill Etherington 6' Center Senior

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FRE HMA BASKETB LL 52 53: 41 l ,f N The freshman team at Western played a 12 -game schedule and one tourney. They did not post a spectacular won-and-lost record, but they never failed to demonstrate sports manship and team play. Mr. Huffman coached the boys in the fundamentals of basketball throughout the entire year. Everyone is in hope these boys will come along to be the play Sth BASKETBALL The eighth grade basketball teampomposed of 14 boys under t.he able coaching of Mr. Oyler, had an average season winning 8 games out of 15. Although they did not show up so well in the county tourney, they lassoed top sportsmanship honors when I..owell Roode was named best sportsman in the tourney. Their student managers were Larry Conwell, John Lipinksi, Steve Smith, and Hal Hughes. We are expecting a lot out of these boys in the future.