Spirit of 7-6

The Garfield Lunch Bunch is a group of former grads, students and friends of Garfield High School.  We gather almost every Wednesday for an informal lunch get-together and just talk about the old days, lost friends, family, health, and all sorts of things.  The restaurant usually varies from week-to-week so we can spread the wealth and try new things.  We usually have lots of laughs and guaranteed smiles!  If you would like to join us for our next get-together, please complete the reservation form under the LUNCH Tab so we can save you a seat.  Hope to see you there!

Our next gathering is  Wednesday, Feb. 2  TIME:  11:00 am – Noon  LOCATION:  El Camino Real Mexican, 1115 N. 3rd Str. Terre Haute

Thanks to Richard Gill who submitted this post for the website.  It’s in four parts.  Each part will be posted separately, each Saturday.    Richard W. Gill is a former teacher, counselor, coach, athletic director and now a retired high school principal from Forsyth County, GA.  He is a 1968 graduate of Montezuma High School and a member of the 1967 Montezuma Basketball Team.  Part 4 “The Aftermath” will be posted Saturday, Jan. 28th.

By Richard W. Gill

During the latter stages of the season Gideon had settled on a starting lineup that included Bartlow, a 6’0” sophomore forward, Clow, the 6’1” senior center, Gary Thompson, a 6’1” junior forward along with my brother, Terry, a 5’10” freshman opposite me (5’10” junior) at the other guard position.  That left Rierden, a 5’11” senior to come off the bench and spell one of us at guard or forward.  When Clow exited the game a shift in position would ensue by Bartlow or Thompson or Clow would simply be replaced by another senior, 6’1” Ken Morris.  In any event those were the players that Gideon planned to use in doing battle with the celebrated Purple Eagles contingent.  All week, however, Ken Morris practiced in the starting unit in place of Clow, but when game time neared Gideon inserted Clow into the lineup.  It would prove to be the right move.

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Thanks to Richard Gill who submitted this post for the website.  It’s in four parts.  Each part will be posted separately, each Saturday.    Richard W. Gill is a former teacher, counselor, coach, athletic director and now a retired high school principal from Forsyth County, GA.  He is a 1968 graduate of Montezuma High School.  Part 3 “The Game” will be posted Saturday, Jan. 21st.

By Richard W. Gill

Garfield took a smug approach to the entire field including its initial test with the lightly regarded Aztecs in the days leading up to the tournament lid lifter.  Newspaper accounts from The Terre Haute Star proclaimed, “. . . the team everybody is picking to breeze through the local sectional . . . apparently is refusing to even think about pressure.”  In fact, Garfield coach Don McDonald admitted as such by saying, “We were flat last week, but the team has been working hard this week and I think we’re ready to play.”

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Thanks to Richard Gill who submitted this post for the website.  It’s in four parts.  Each part will be posted separately, each Saturday.    Richard W. Gill is a former teacher, counselor, coach, athletic director and now a retired high school principal from Forsyth County, GA.  He is a 1968 graduate of Montezuma High School.  Part 2 “Build-up to the Game” will be posted Saturday, Jan. 14th.

By Richard W. Gill

Part 1: The Draw
The brilliant late winter light pierced the windows of Rowena Bradburn’s first period bookkeeping class with much intensity that cool crisp Wednesday morning in February 1967. Excitement was in the air at Montezuma High School as I sat in the row next to my basketball teammate, Eddie Clow, with the knowledge that the Indiana High School Athletic Association would conduct its annual draw for the state tournament in just a few minutes. Each of us was eager to learn which school our team would meet in the annual affair that defined the culture of the state and culminated the cage season of each community in Hoosierland.

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