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

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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

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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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r BA! lx Row: 0. Peters. R. Mason. R. Vkfinslow. R. Rickey. R, Dezorna. IINTIR Row: Mr. Hainlinc. R. RCIllllli1Tll. H. Cn-dzin. E. Lapell. Cl, Burgan. ,I. Hoyt. l'RON1 Row: T. Peters. Roger Schmalluss. Anderson. D. Burgan. D. Banks. L. Koetz. N. Peters. f944-45 lljarriify medfglzg Under the expert direction of Wrestling Coach Vernon Q. Hainline, the 1944f45 ZionfBenton High School wrestling team, in its second year of competition, proved to be a formidable opponent in all its meets. Because schools of ZionfBenton's size do not include wrestling as a part of their sports programs, matches with much larger schools appeared on the wrestling schedule. New Trier, Amundsen fChicagoj, and Washington Park prof vided the opposition for the Zee Bees in six meets throughout the season. Of the 40 boys who reported to Coach Hainline, Dennis Burgan, in the 175 pound class, was a standout perf former, winning 5 out of 6 conflicts in regular season competition. ln the Proviso District Tournament, Burgan lost a very close decision to Strand of six rY1rxx'o 3 Blue Island, who went on to win the 175 pound championship. Besides Burgan, letters were awarded to Ernest Derrebery, James Hoyt, and Roger Schmalfuss at the close of the season. Great as was this year's improvement, next year should be still more successful as only two Varsity members, James Hoyt and Roger Schmalfuss, will be lost by graduation. Returning will be john Anderson, Daniel Banks, Dennis Burgan, Eugene Burgan, Eugene LaPell, Robert Mason, Thomas Peters, and Nicholas Peters. Through the efforts of Mr. Hain' line, who was primarily responsible for the addition of wrestling to the ZionfBenton sports curriculum, Elgin High School has been added to the schedule for next year.