Danville High School 1944 Yearbook (Danville, IL) - Full Access

Tot: BILL II )l I. Bollom. BOB Rl TLEDGE BOB ~ll'RI' I.. Forward I )ave Hillin"s :\\ i:h tlw net· on a ten-foot piu>t hot \\ith 5 :econd.· to go aiter 'hampaign's Je.st :' 'Jement: had hit irom the charit} line to gi\ 'oml •' ~Iaroon a one-point lead in the ovcrtim • 1eriocl. .\fter thi. rame the rest of the . ea on \\a. definite!) an anti-clima. even though we took the Regional crown. In · rbana\ cracker box the cock-. ur · ~~ aroons "ere pathetic in blowing a 12-point lead in l minute.· to I<L e 2 -2 . C.ih: on 'it~ wa. then humbled 3 '-29. \\ atseka, ranked ·ighth in the . tatt.·, idled the locals 3 >- 34 hut Paxton wa. flattened 42-.H, wind– ing up the regular season. f n the 37th I' egional tournament 'at– lin, Ridgcfarm, and \\'e-,l\·illt.· prO\ t.·d onl~ :o much du:t in the path oi 'oach \\ hitesell': juggernaut in gt'lting ma. . acred 41-25. (>0 2H. and 35- J<. re pt.•c– tively. Tl1t1: the :ih er • treak. earned th right to enter th · :ectional playotT tour– nam·nt at Paris. Their fir. t and la..,t opponent \\a: Robinson. Th · \[ aroon \\ er · lead inn the game until the last li\ e seconds \\hen ran·less pia) ·nahkcl l'oh– inson to tie it up. The oH·rtime rc. ultcrl in a \\in for Robin on and a dolt'iul •ncl to the :ea:on. D\VH~HT BI'O\\ .• CEORCI. Tl \1 \ apt. JA I-. '0. ·.Of' TI·.D L .\~1~1 Tot: The :ihn ,'tn•ak. Hul/om: Damillc 33, hampaign .U!