Windfall High School - Anemone Yearbook (Windfall, IN)

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Saturday, January 7, found the Dragons traveling to Noblesville to battle with the Carmel Greyhounds. The Dragons met with little diffi- culty and led the Greyhounds all the way. Final score: 74-51, with Charlie Jones tossing in 33 points. January 14 was County Tourna- ment time, and Windfall was one of four teams journeying to Tipton for the meet. Their first opponents were the Prairie Aces. The Aces were easily dumped to the tune of 82-54. For the last game of the meet the Dragons came face to face with the Jefferson Yankees. The Yankees had been one of two teams that had beaten the Dragons during the season, they succeeded in dumping the Dragons asecond time. The final score was 4 7-50. High point men for the tourney were Burkhardt, Jones, and Francis. Anderson Highland was the next stop for the Dragons. Coach Drake' s boys rolled an easy victory, scoring 77 points while the Highlanders tossed in 42. points. Jones led the scoring with Z5 points, while Francis and Burkhardt each contributed 20 points. On February 3, Jackson Central played host to the Dragons at the Noblesville Armory. This was the game of the season, a real thriller all the way. With only 50 seconds to go Windfall trailed by three points. Burkhardt hit a jump shot, followed by a tie-up between Jones and Mel- ling of Jackson Central. The Dra- gons called time out. Coach Drake must have given some good advice. The boys set up a tip off play that worked, giving Francis a lay up. Burkhardt stole the ball and passed to Jones for a final bucket. Burk- hardt and Jones each scored 16 points and Francis tossed in 14. Back home again to meet the Eagles from Frankton. The plays were laid up for Jones and Francis who scoredatotal of 55 points. The Dragons came out on top 79-73. The Frankton game was followed by a sock hop sponsored by the Sunshine Girls.

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The Dragons were all set to journey to Noblesville to meet the Tigers from Fishers. The Dragons sent the Tigers home without their stripes. Final score: 81 - 64 in favor of Windfall. Francis and Burkhardt were again high point men. December 7 the St. Mary's Gaels of Anderson invaded the Dragons' Den in a hard-fought battle for the Gaels. The Dragons took advantage of their opposition and sent them home on the short end of an 87-55 score. Burkhardt and Jones added Z2 and 21 points respectively. For their sixth win of the season the Dragons encountered the Prairie Aces. Without much trouble the Dragons tromped the Aces 53-52. 5.5 fi 4 if High point man was Burkhardt. Mr. Drake then readied his Dra- gons for his former Western Pan- thers , who came to Windfall as lively as ever. The Dragons soon tamed them down with a 62 - 53 score. Burkhardt and Jones with Z3 and 2.1 points led the scoring. During the Christmas holidays the Dragons traveled to Anderson to play in a four way tourney invol- ving St. Mary's, Frankton, Knights- town, and Windfall. For their first game the Dragons downed the St. Mary'sGaels 61-56. The next night the Dragons clipped the Frankton Eagles' wings to win the champion- ship game 63-40. High point men in the tournament were Burkhardt, Jones, and Francis.

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On St. Valentine's Day, Windfall visited Sharpsville for a second game of the season. The Bulldogs opened the scoring and gave every indication that if the Dragons were to win the game they would have to do it the hard way. However, the Dragons pulled ahead in the first quarter and remained out front for the rest of the game, coming through with an easy victory 86-53. Box scores are as follows: FG FT PF Francis 7 6 1 Jones 7 l 3 Burkhardt 9 4 1 Retherford 3 3 1 Davis 6 O 1 Bogue 0 O 0 Cardwell O 0 0 Bunnell 3 O 0 Y undt 1 O l