Yokohama High School - Yo Hi Yearbook (Yokohama, Japan)

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-A YO-HI 53 ALUMNI 49 Yokohama High's basketeers opened up their 1955- 56 season by scoring an impressive victory over a fighting Alumni five. Jon Lynn pumped in 20 points to lead the scoring. Tom Hemingway and Pinky Hart followed with 11 points apiece. YO-HI 55 ALUMNI 38 Seeking victory No. 2, the Devils caught fire and poured it on a helpless Alumni group. Duck Kawa- moto was the big gun for the Devils hitting for 19 points. He was aided by Hart with 16 points. YO-HI 47 KANTO GAKUIN 26 Playing host to the visiting team from Kanto Gaku- in, the Devils easily won victory No. 3. Lynn and Hart were again high scorers with 16 and 14 points respectively. YO-HI 52 RIKKYO 32 Looking for their first league win, the Devils, led by Pinky Hart, with 17 points, jumped into an early lead and ran all over Rikkyo to win game No. 4. Jon Lynn pumped in 11 markers to bring up second place scoring. YO-HI 43 NAGOYA 42 Taking their first road trip, the Devils nipped the then undefeated Nagoya Eagles in an overtime thriller. Jr. Prudhomme took scoring honors with 15 points, followed by Lynn with 10. YO-HI 59 KYOT0 45 Hardly pausing to catch their breaths, the YO-HI cagers visited Kyoto the following day to stop Kyoto's two year winning streak. Lynn had a day of it hitting for 14 points, while Hart hit the nets for 10. YO-HI 70 M EIJI 30 The Devils had a hot night of it as they ran rough shod over an outmanned Meiji quintet. Even though they only played for a half, four YO-HI cagers hit the double figures. They were Lynn, with 13, Hart, with 125 Foster, with 125 and Degelman, with 10. YO-HI 49 NARIMASU 38 Narimasu showed up with tremendous height, but the YO-HI quintet just weren't to be denied. Captain Pinky Hart wound up with 14 points and was closely followed by Degelman with 11. YO-HI 45 SEI GAKUIN 40 A third period slump almost proved fatal to the Devils' high hopes of victory, but the will to win never let down and victory No. 9 was knotched up. Pinky Hart hit for 13 points while Dave Degelman pushed through 9 points for scoring honors. YO-HI 64 A.S.I.J. 39 The YO-HI cagers were off at the first and roared to a tremendous victory over a weak A.S IJ. team. jon Lynn hit for 18 points to lead the YO-HI scorers. Jr. Prudhomme accounted for 11 points to bring up the second place scoring honors. YO-HI 70 GRANT HEIGHTS 49 Grants Heights played on even terms the first half, but YO-HI got hot in the second half to tip the Dons. Again four of the starters hit the double figures. Lynn hit for 20, Foster and Prudhomme hit 12 apiece, while Degelman hit for 11. YO-HI 77 AOYAMA 44 The YO-HI team won league victory No. 7 as they out classed a fighting Aoyama team by 33 points. Lynn, Degelman, and Hart almost outscored the op- ponents by hitting for 43 points between them. YO-HI 68 MEIJI 36 YO-HI clobbered Meiji on the YO-HI home court for victory No. 13 without a defeat. Jon Lynn hit for 21 to lead the scoring and every Devil on the team saw action as YO-HI hit from every angle and com- pletely controlled the game. YO-HI 62 A.S.I.J. 59 Traveling up to A.S.I.J., the Devils were down 12 points at the half 36-24, but they roared back to edge the fighting boys from Megro and won victory No. 14. Dave Degelman ,poured in 18 to lead the scoring. He was aided by Hart, with 15 and Lynn and Prudhomme with 11 apiece. YO-HI 53 SEI GAKUIN 50 The Devils had to go all out in the final quarter to cap league victory No. 9. Even though they were out- scored from the fioor 24-17, the Devils sank 19 free throws to 2 for Sei Gakuin to earn the margin of victory. Hert and Lynn once again led the YO-HI group to victory by hitting for 18 and 13 points re- spectively. YO-HI 56 NARIMASU 37 Taking the road once more, the Yo-Hi Red Devils traveled up to Tokyo and defeated Narimasu on their home fioor to the tune of 56-37. Lynn and Hart lived up to their nicknames as Lynn hit for 15 points from the outside and Hart put in 13 from underneath. YO-HI 58 RIKKYO 36 Yo-Hi outscored Rikkyo in the second half 33-18 to end their regular season undefeated and win the league with a 11-0 record. Three Yo-Hi cagers outscored Rikkyo themselves as Hart hit for 14, Prudhomme for 13, and Lynn had 10. TOURNAMENT YO-HI 42 NARIMASU 37 Holding Narimasu to only 17 during the first half, Yo-Hi just coasted the rest of the way to knotch up the victory. Lynn hit for 14 points to lead the way for Yo-Hi while Hart and Deselman chipped in with 7 apeice. YO-HI 54 OKINAWA 51 Although outscored in the third quarter 18-10, Yo- Hi roared back in the final stanza to edge Okinawa 54-51. Lynn, Degelman and Hart did most of Yo-Hi's scoring as they hit for 14, 12, and 11 points respectively. YO-HI 56 OKINAWA 58 Yo-Hi, looking for it's first F.E.C. Championship, opened up an early lead, but were unable to hold it during the fourth quarter. Jr. Prudhomme led the way for Yo-Hi with 16 points. He was aided by Dave Degelman with 15 and Pinky Hart with 12. YO-HI 55 OKINAWA 63 A fourth period slump, when they were outscored 18-4, proved to be fatal as Okinawa won the F.E.C. Tournament 63-55. Lynn was the whole show as he put in 22 points. Degelman was second with 13. Yokohama was awarded the second place trophy and Hart and Lynn got picked for the tournament team.

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