Zion Benton Township High School - Nor Easter Yearbook (Zion, IL)

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Bx k Row: Mr. Sanford. D. Mears. R. Lopaclun. Booth. R. VNIIISIHW. M. Lena. IR Rx DPt ELLHLI H gg Ei ox! , e ers, . :ji . . Jnerson. . Yoon , lllllg. sS70,9AI'lfl0l Q In an abbreviated schedule, the Zion' Benton Sophomore basketball team dropped their only two games of the season by decisive scores to the Wzitif Assistant Basketball Coach james Sanford directed them. The Sophomore basketball scores kegan Freshman team. follow: ZionfBenton f 12 Vxfaukegan Freshman f 25 ZionfBenton f 13 Vkfaukegan Freshman f 35 Totals f f 25 60 1944-45 Jaffa- mf ZQ.dLef6af Through the tireless efforts of Coach murals. Fred Stanton, basketball for everyone, instead of a few, became the rule at ZionfBenton. Two leagues were orf ganized. Cne, operating on Wetliiesf day evenings, was for the benefit of all the boys in high school. The other, on Saturday mornings, was reserved for the underclassmen. At the end of the rather hectic league races, numerals were awarded to the players of the winning teams. Interest ran so high that 110 boys took part in this first year of intra' I'Y I WEDNESDAY NIGHT LEAGUE -eMcDowell's Dead Eyes won the championship by beating second place Beach in the last game of the season. jack McDowell coached them to the title. Menibers of the winning team were Williani Burt, Harold Casteel, Harry Casteel, Robert Edge, Virgil Ford, james Liddle, Donald Maples, Charles McDowell, Kenneth Miller, james Murrie, Bud Short, and Forrest Vxfilliams.

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1944-45 Qderve Z?a:iLef6af Under the guidance of Basketball Coach Fred Stanton the Zee Bee Reserves completed the highly success' full 194445 basketball season, boasting a record of 12 victories in 16 games. Two of their defeats were by the narf row margin of 2 points and one of these was an overtime game. The Reserves showed a considerable amount of strength in averaging 32 points per game while holding the combined opposition to a meager averf age of 19 plus points per game. james King acted as captain during the first semester. Donald Neave sucf ceeded him then and held that honor until the end of the season. The highlight of the Reserve season was the thrilling defeat of the Niles Trojans, winners of the Northeast Conference lightweight championship. The Zee Bees also gained revenge on Lake Forest and Wzirren by trouncing them in return games after bowing to each the first time they met. Among those boys who gained inf valuable experience with the Reserves and should find a berth on the Varsity squad next year are Donald Mziples, Elmer Maynard, Donald Neave, Lloyd Pierson, and Glen Rich. james King and Charles Sielolf also were outstanding prospects until inf eligibility stopped them. 194445 RESERVE BASKETBALL SCCRES ZionfBenton f 28 ZionfBenton f 38 ZionfBenton f 16 ZionfBenton f 37 Richmond fffff 3 ZionfBenton Freshmen f 24 Warren ' 30 Hebron ffffff 3 1 ZionfBenton f 17 Lake Forest f f 19 ZionfBenton f 20 Lake Forest f f 14 ZionfBenton f 3 2 Wauccmiida f f 17 ZionfBenton f 18 St. Catherine f f 26 ZionfBenton f 26 Warren f f f 18 fc,lHIllll1llCll iwli page eightvj I l'A1il'i l ll'l1 lhiik Row: Mr. Stanton. VW. Burt. D. Maples. E. Maynard. M, Kcrpan. AI. Llddlc. M likovr Row: T. Shaffer. C. Rich. D. Ncavc. .I. Simpson. W. Anderson. K. Miller. NIN 1

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Charles Sielofl, Winthrop Harbor ace, was the league's leading scorer. Lloyd Pierson, of Martin's Meatballs, was runnerup. SATURDAY MORNING LEAGUE - Tennessee took the lead at the beginning of the season and was never headed thereafter. 1944 '45 lea Under the guidance of Assistant Basketball Coach james Sanford, the ZionfBenton Freshman team finished their season with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses. One of their defeats was by the slim margin of two points while the other was suffered at the hands of the highfpowered ZionfBenton Reserve Boys on the leading team were Robert Fletcher, Wesley Gromback, Donald Maples, joseph McDowell, james Murrie, Edward Nelson, and Charles Sielolf. Charles Sieloil and Lloyd Pierson again were first and second, respecf tively, in scoring. I'l'L6ll'l KCLJLQMCL! Some outstanding talent was un' covered and should soon be seen in the varsity uniforms of 'ZionfBenton basket' ball teams. LaVerne Edwards, Homer McNabb, and Wendell Studebaker were among the most likely prospects. The Freshman basketball scores squad. follow: 194445 FRESHMAN BASKETBALL ZionfBenton ZionfBenton ZionfBenton ZionfBenton ZionfBenton Totals f f Barrie Row: Cr.NTiaR Row: FkoNT Row: Waukegan Freshman Reserves f Waukegan Freshman Reserves f ZionfBenton Reserves f f f North Chicago Civic Club f North Chicago Civic Club f flbliili SIXTY NNI 1 Fletcher, l., Edwards. Vw . Leach. H.. McNabb. R. Gaskell, llildchrandt. , Sanford. XV. Gromback. O. Wright. P. D2lilX'ClI1ll R Vvl . Studebaker. C. Youngrcn. tcside. LeRoy M Grulke. T. Peters. R. Ditzig. j, Finn. D. l.aBelle. j, McDowell. l