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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1962
Page
1
Miss Beverly Ekdahl was selected for the All Tournament Cheer Squad at the State basketball tournament. She joins five other girls chosen by the Phi Kappa Pi fraternity of the University of Nebraska for enthusiasm appearance and spirit. Beverly is a senior and has cheered three years.
The Polk Junior class presents three one act plays March 16 at 8 00 pm in the High School auditorium Its Cold in Them Thar Hills French Toast and Side tracked Admission 65c for reserved seats 50c and 35c Reserved seats available from Junior Class members.
The Polk County tax workshop set for Tuesday evening March 14 is postponed to Thursday April 5 due to weather.
Rising City led 26 Gresham 22 Shelby 21 in regional play. Snyder scored 30 and Decatur 45 in a season marked by Cedar Rapids 83 points and DeWitt 41 points allowed. Regg Green grabbed 23 rebounds and Max Kroger 11 field goals led the scoring duo. Regy Green made 8 free throws in a game and 14 straight free throws. Polk averaged 60.9 points per game while opponents totaled 31.5.
The Polk High School honor roll shrank to fourteen students in the seventh and eighth grades and fourteen in high school and junior high. Fourteen senior and junior names appear alongside a list of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors with no missing grades in the partial roster.
Polk's Cubs defeated De Witt 41-34 to claim the Class D state basketball title for the second straight year. Key contributions came from Kisler, Kroger, Green, and Hahn as Polk dominated rebounds 31-16 and never trailed in the final. Lewien led De Witt with 15 points as the Panthers faded in the fourth quarter.
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