Word: shepards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Coach Norm Shepard last night welcomed back 24 candidates for the varsity basketball team in this year's initial practice session in the I.A.B. Shepard, who doubles as junior varsity football coach, will hold nightly practices five times a week from now till the end of the football season, two weeks before the varsity's first game...
This year's team will be improved over the Crimson quintet which won only five games last season, Shepard feels. Six lettermen have returned, including four juniors with the important first year of varsity play behind them. Several of last year's freshmen are also expected to help the team with their height and rebounding ability...
...varsity will have considerably more depth than last year's squad. The fight for starting berths should be keen, with very few men now sure of a place on the first five. Captain Dick Lionette and high-scorer Bill Dennis seem fairly set to start, but Shepard is still far from announcing his lineup...
This year's squad averages over six feet in height, a couple of inches more than last year's team. It also figures to be considerably faster, enough so to let Shepard work on a man-to-man defense and fast-breaking offense most of the time. The coach also plans to work on some set offensive plays this year...
...Shepard said that he plans to have 15-man J.V. and varsity squads. Players will be moved from J.V. to varsity and vice-versa, depending on their performances in each game...