Wheaton Community High School - Wecomi Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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lgbfs The pfospecrs for varsily baskerball nexr year are somelhing abour which To be opfimisfic. There will be 'rwo varsiry regulars and live varsily sguadmen relurning lo form a nucleus for an- olher slrong leam. l-leading 'rhe lisl of relurning vererans are Dick Mize, oflensive ace of 'fhis sea- son, who was selecred on Jrhe second all-conler- cnce loam' Bob Mounr, live ball handler and 'tusheshol' arfisl' George Dryden, who played regularly as a freshman: Norm Lucas, 6' 3 pivol afar who is especially adepl ar dirliculr-angle side shols, and Larry Freedlund, versalile iunior fool- baller. This group will be augmenred by several frosh- soph sfalwarrs. Heading rhe ace lrosh-soph slars are Jim Lane, ace sophomore guard' Jack Mc, Carly, who was second only To Lane in 'ream scoring lhis season: Bob l-ladley, who made a specialry of pol-short and l-larry Bauler, l-lerb Erickson, Don Gralleau, and Lee Droeger. Coach Colin will have lo change lhe offensive slyle ol rhis year, because he will nor have 6' 3 Parrerson around whom To build The play cycle. Nexr year's learn will, in addilion, miss lhe sleady lloorplay of rhis year's guards, Mcfxssey and Wilder. FROSH-SOPH BASKETBALL P'if'Ff Row: Beurjm Hadley, Bussort, Todder, McCarthy. Sffond Row: Coafh Horsley, DeVan, Ecklin Bauler Gralreau, Erickson, Lane, Smirh. -is . - ng: -g. .. ' O U 1.x Ax Q . 5.-5 -at I

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H04 wks The WheaTon I-Iigh School varsiTy basIceTbaII Team, paced by high-scoring CapT. Don PaTTerf son, 6' 5 cenTer, wenT Through an unusually suc' cessTuI casaba campaign This season, winning I7 games while losing 6. Two oT Those dcTeaTs came aT The hands oT iTs poTenT conTerence rivals Trom Dundee, who were beaTen only Three Times in 34 games. The WheaTon cagers Tinished The season in second place in The IiT+Ie seven conTerence vviTh I I wins and a Trio OT deTeaTs, The Third oT which was adrriinisTered by a rangy BaTavia quinTeT. The Tiger conTerence record showed Two wins over Sycamore, Naperville, ST. Charles, Geneva, WesT Chicago, and one over BaTavia. The WheaTon Tive was led in Those enco.inTers by PaTTerson, who counTed I87 poinTs, and junior Torward sTar, Dick Mize, who Tallied I55. Also ouTsTanding Tor The Tigers were ace senior ball- handling sTandouTs, guards Bob IvIcAssey and Brooks Wilder. Filling ouT The Tiger lineup were Torward aITernaTes, Bob TrescoTT, rugged senior' Don Brinlcs, 6' 3 seniorg and Bob IvIounT, iunior oTTensive ace: and versaTiIe guard, George Dry- den, Treshrnan Negro Tlash. CapT. PaTTerson, Mize, Ivlcffxssey, and Wilder were seIecTed on The All-Conicerence Tive, wiTh I3aTTerson raTing The TirsT Team and The oThers, The second Team. VARSITY BASKETBALL I7ronT Row: I-'IopT, Dryden, TrescoTT, IVIounT, Wilder, Berry, Mcxbxssey, Freecllund, Second Row: Coach Colin, I-Iyde, Ivlize, Lucas, PaTTerson, Brinks, WinThers, SubIeTT, KIeTschIce, Robinson. .lk ,. .- D A ,-. 1

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7 ack '- A look aT lasT year's Track Team shows The Tigers wiTh a TirsT place in The WheaTon Relays, The DisTricT meeT, and The LiTTle Seven ConTer- ence meeT. WiTh ThirTeen reTurning leTTermen, including CapTain Tom Callinan, The Illinois STaTe Hahf Mile Champion, The I946 Tigers are righT in sTride wiTh The besT oT WheaTon's Track Teams. The Tiger Thinclads, under The experienced coaching oT Mr. Hodges and Mr. Poe, TirsT began Their Training laTe lasT Tall in cross-counTry run- ning. l-leaded by CapT. Callinan, The cross- counTry boys did quiTe well Tor Themselves. For The TirsT year since The sTarT of The war Track has goTTen back To iTs pre-war sTaTus by resuming indoor Track. The WheaTon TracksTers made an excellenT showing in The indoor season, Capf Torn Callnan TRACK TEAM Sindh Row: Douglas, BeuTier, Thorne, Cohrs, McVay, Hadley. FiTTh Row: McCausland. Conley, Cooley, Sawyer, Minnear, STanhope, Anderson, Mayeau Zarbock FourTh Row: TrescoTT. Cook, Auble, Parsons, RooT, Baloq. KarsTens, VoigT. Third Row: Liebig, SmiTh, McCarTy, Smoker, ThursTon, BosTrom, PeTerson, Dryden. Second Row: Coach Hodges. Chaney, Droeger, SCOTT, Cross, Morgan, WalkwiTz, ParroTT Coach Poe FirsT Row: Ford, Sub eTT, STe son, Callinan, Brinks, Berry, I-lopT, Lucas, McLean, Hull.