Monticello Panthers Shine In State Finals Rally
Monticello finished 1960 with a 26 win 2 loss season, becoming the first Monticello basketball team to play in the state finals and place fourth. The Panthers led scoring with 2 182 points across 28 games and earned a caravan home with pride after trophy night in Anamosa and Monticello.
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Monticello
Panthers
Dean Nelson
Marshalltown
Sioux Center
Jim Helgens
Jones County
Anamosa
Hudson
Black Panthers
Maquoketa
Independence
Manchester
Central City
DeWitt
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Olin
Lamont
Strawberry Point
Dyersville
Xavier
Elkader
Mount Vernon
Keystone
Mason City
Holy Family
Express Salutes 1960 Panthers
Special edition honors Monticello 1960 state basketball team with complete game reports, photo coverage, pep rallies, homecomings, and player photos. Five Express staffers covered events. two photographers shot each game. edition delayed to Sunday noon for full tourney coverage. Extra copies available as souvenirs.
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the Express
Monticello
Panthers
Panther
Express
Express Office
Panthers Honored At Midnight Reception
After returning from the state basketball tournament in Iowa City, the Panthers received a midnight welcome in Monticello. Mayor Julius Westphal presented the key to the city to coach Dean Nelson and players, with gifts including a wristwatch from the Greater Monticello committee. Superintendent Boyd Shannon praised the team for its phenomenal record as fans, officials, and Rotary club members planned further celebrations.
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Iowa City
Mt. Vernon
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Ken Carter
Anamosa
Julius Westphal
Dean Nelson
Louis Freese
Greater Monticello
Panthers
G.M.C
Monticello
S. H. “Doc’’ Hoag
Nelson
Dennis Smith
Freese
Boyd Shannon
Vance Stead
Jim Helgens
Shannon
Helgens
Poplar Heights
Rotary Club
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Three Speech Students Win First Ratings in State Contest
Linda Miller Nancy Perkins and John Fraser of Monti cello Central school won first ratings in the state speech contest held in Grinnell Friday afternoon. Tom Greenawald also competed and earned a second rating in the humorous declamation. Miller gave the dramatic declamation Fraser spoke interpretive reading and Perkins delivered humorous.
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Linda Miller
Nancy Perkins
John Fraser
Monticello Central School
Grinnell
Tom Greenawald
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Tipton
McDonough
Joe Crowley
Leo Donovan
Henry Eiben
Onslow
P. H. Kester
Don Bertling
Lester A. Holub
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Melvin V. Marek
Donald Stegar
Bilbert Vernimont
LaVerne Crowley
Bob Holub
Joe Pederson
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