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West Linn's basketball team had good prospects at the beginning of the 1939-1940 season but was unable to click and finished out of the first three in the Willamette Valley Conference.  Coach Brown had Kent Bauersfeld, John Allan Whitney, Merle Aden, Dick Kern, and Chick Elliot returning from the '38 team and had no need of material.  West Linn was defeated by Oregon City on the Pioneers' floor but defeated the Oregon city squad at West Linn in the return game. 

  

 

First Stringers were:

Center, John Allan Whitney

Forwards:  Kent Bauersfield, Dick Kern

Guards:  Chick Elliot, Earl Merkle, Merle Aden 

Next years prospects:Eliott, Merkle, McLoughlin, Ivins, Landeliers, Ness, Fuson, Walston and Eaden 

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1940 Minor Sports Points Awards