Rockettes Face Charter Oak In State Tourney Opener
Steamboat Rock meets Charter Oak in Des Moines in the 25th annual Town high girls state tournament opener. Rockettes possess a 22 5 season mark and strong defense led by Shirley Wilen, Anna Hemmen, and Audrey Ulbrandt, while Charter Oak brings a 27 2 record and a 24.2 defensive average led by Helen Reammes. Darlene Weldon headlines Steamboat’s offense with a 47 point per game average. Rockettes counter with Ruth Kruse and Catherine Solthote driving a 21.7 point average per game.
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Charter Oak
Drake
Des Moines
Steamboat Rock
Rockettes
Lloyd Simester
Steamboat
Hardin
Charter Oak Tanks
Helen Reammes
Dar-lene Weldon
Rockette
Shirley Wilen
Anna Hemmen
Audrey @ulbrandt
Ruth Kruse
Catherine Solthote
Paneean ‘Cooper
Owassa
Kolthoff
Cooper
Hirst
Marjorie Daleske
Fresh
Arlene Stull
Eldora Tigers Upset Iowa Falls In Hardin County Final
Eldora defeated Iowa Falls 88 to 40 in the Class A finale at the Hardin county sectional basketball event. Frank Valde scored 15 and Joe Saylor 11 for Eldora, while Gene Sprout led Iowa Falls with 16 points. Absent Cadets Bruce Taylor Don Surls Tom Schalk and Paul Omelick due to training rules.
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Iowa Falls
Hardin County
Eldora Cage Ifihe
Iowa Walls
Tigers
Cadets
Ackley
Frank Valde
Joe Saylor
Hittin
Valde
Saylor
Gene Sprout
Falls
Bruce Taylor
Don Surls
Tom Schalk
Paul Omelick
Taylor
Suria
Stan Straatsman
Suris
Hubbard
Eldora
Scenic City
Town Falls
Hadarmen
Don Suris
Surls
Schalk
Omelick
Two Pine Lake Clubs Win Sectional Titles
Radcliffe defeats Training School 46 to 26 in Class A as Hubbard tops New Providence 34 to 29 in Class B to advance to district play. Radcliffe's Paul Mark leads with 18 points while Dick Johnson adds 12. Hubbard gets a late surge with Don Hornung scoring 17 and Phil Rash adding 11 as they claim the sectional crown.
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Pine Lake
New Providence
Hubbard
Orange and Black
Arnold Reifschneider
Pete Bocke
Gaylon Goodknight
Arvene Doering
Don Hornung
Wallace Schwinger
Ed Streeter
Carroll Blome
Robert Doering
Don Weld
Arvene Green
Robert Blome
Wallace Tintjer
Bill Lennier
Herald-Index
Radcliffe
Bob Hizer and Company
Eldora
Vate Hs Onoing
Cardinals
Jim McLeran
Nes Sayange
Paul Mark
Mork
Dick Johnson
Don Mitchell
New Providente
John Bartholow
Phil Rash
Dole
Hubbard Crew
Harold Dole
District Boys Basketball Pairings Set in Hardin County
The Iowa high school boys district pairings were announced for March 6 to 11. Hardin County entries include Radcliffe facing Webster City in Class A Monday at 8:45 p.m. Hubbard meets Kammarr the next night, with Eldora versus Nevada at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Iowa
Hardin County
Ames
Radcliffe
Webster City
Wubbard
Kamrar
Eldora
Nevada
Rockettes Aim for Iowa State Crown in Des Moines Bid
Steamboat Rock Rockettes take on Charter Oak in Des Moines for the 1949 56 state title on opening night. Charter Oak relies on Darlene Weldon pivot while Steamboat counters with Ruth Kruse Catherine Kolthoff and Donna Jean Cooper. Local notes include Jim Maas named head football and track coach at Muscatine and Hubbard area upsets as Eldora bounces host Iowa Falls.
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Steamboat Rock
Rockettes
Des Moines
Charter Oak
Steamboaters
Darlene Weldon
Northwest
Charter Oak Six
Ruth Kruse
Catherine Kolthoff
Donna Jean Cooper
Automobile Clerk Named In County Treasurer Office
Mrs. Clark Akers has been named senior clerk in the office of W. H. Lepley county treasurer taking over the caption last week. She succeeds Mrs. Winfred Juncker who moved to Grundy Center.
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Clark Akers
W. H
Hardin County All-Stars edge A SC of Davenport 41 39
In a New Providence women’s game under IA.A. rules Hardin County All-Stars rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat A SC of Davenport 41 39. Key shots by Jo Johnson Marilyn Lawler Wanda Olson Verdelle Schuneman and Marjorie Gast propelled the host team past the visitors while Gast led with 15 points and Josephine Sebben topped Davenport with 12.
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Hardin’ County All- Stars
A.sc
Davenport
New Providence
Hardin Six
Jo Johnson
Marilyn Lawler
Wanda Olson
Verdelle Schunemann Gast
Gast
Steamboat Rock
Marjorie Gast
ALC
Josephine Sebben
Steamers and All-Stars Draw First Round Byes
Hardin county’s two feminine independent clubs the Steamboat Steamers and the Hardin county All-Stars drew first round byes in the Iowa A A U tournament to be staged in Marshalltown March 6 to 10. Pairings for the event were released Sunday by tourney officials. The top four clubs at the Marshalltown meet will represent Iowa in the National A A U tournament at St Joseph Missouri later in March. Paired in the upper bracket.
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Hardin County
Steamboat Steamers
Hardin County All-Stars
Iowa
Volleyball groups shift to Wednesday sessions
The men’s volleyball program will meet Wednesday evenings in the gym starting tomorrow night. Previously sessions were on Thursdays. The All-Stars will play the Cole Independents A LB winner, while the Steamers in the lower bracket meet the Dubuque All-Stars Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids winner.
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Glen Willig
Steamers
Dubuque
Steamers Flunk First A. A. U. Test
The Steamboat Steamers lost 33 to 25 to an Iowa Wesleyan College girls team in their first A A U test. Frances Gast Hoffman led Steamers with nine points as Ruth Richie topped Wesleyan with 12. The fast Wesleyan defense curbed Steamers shooting and built an 11-0 start before Hardin University’s side closed the gap.
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Steamboat Steamers
A.A.U
Iowa Wesleyan College
College
Steamers
Frances Gast Hoffman
Hardin Six
Mary Bolar Wilts
Wesleyan
Ruth Richie
Red Cross Drive Opens at Union
Union Red Cross announces its annual drive will run March 1 through March 10 with chairmen Mrs T F Rose and Mrs Henry Holthuis for Gifford area and a long list of workers including Mrs Paul Glenney Mrs Keith Newby Mrs Eva Mitchell and many more. The Loyal Women meet Union The Loyal Women's Bible class of the Church of Christ gathered at Mrs.
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Woaten
South Hardin Red Cross
T. F. Rose
Henry Holthuis
Gifford and Vicinity
Paul Glenney
Keith Newby
Eva Mitchell
Ethymer Cox
Mary.Cooper
L. W. Johnson
F. S. Schuler
Loyal Women
Loyal Women's Bible Class
Church of Christ
Union Clases With 12 9 Season Record
Under Supt D J Norton Union high school girls basketball team ended the 49 50 season with a 12 9 record All sophomores freshmen and eighth graders made up the squad led by Marcia Maas and Meridean Speas who combined for 881 points and a 41 9 scoring average Defensively they allowed 688 points The team faced Steamboatitis in Pine Lake tournament at Hubbard and New Providence sectional rounds finishing Pine Lake with a 4 4 mark and placing third behind Steamboat Hubbard and Radcliffe
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Supt. D. J. Norton
Union High School
South Hardin
Marcia Maas
Meridean Speas
Union
Purple and Gold
Rockettes
South
Norton Aggregation
Pine Lake Loop
Steamboat
Hubbard
Radcliffe
Tisdale Leads Charity Group Meeting Recap 1949
A Thursday gathering of ten members and four guests opened by Bertha Barnes with ovations by Laura Brown. K. H. Weaver read the annual financial, a $5 monthly pastor salary vote passed, readings and talks followed, games led by Tisdale, Mount Vernon talk by Weaver, lunch served, and a sale led by I Donaldson totaling 83.
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A. J. Tisdale
Bertha Barnes
Laura Brown
K. H. Weaver
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