Page 138 - The History of Lafayette Area Boys Basketball

Earl Park Cardinals
School Colors: Cardinal & White
Best Season: 23-3 (1951-52)
All-time Tournament Record: 33-39
Sectional (4) 1933 1935 1936 1952
Consolidation: After the 1960-61 school year, Earl Park will close its doors
as a high school & the students will be absorbed into Fowler
H.S.

Freeland Park Rockets
School Colors: Black & Red
Best Season: 21-5 (1939-40)
All-time Tournament Record: 40-44
Sectional (5) 1929 1940 1941 1948 1950
Consolidation: After the 1960-61 school year, Freeland Park will
close its doors as a high school & the students will be
absorbed into Fowler H.S.

Fowler Bulldogs
School Colors: Maroon & White
Best Season: 23-3 (1933-34)
All-time Tournament Record: 88-51
1932 1934 1944 1949 1953 1954 1955 1959 1960 1962
Sectional (14) 1963 1964 1966 1967

Consolidation: Beginning in the Fall of 1961, Fowler will absorb the students from Earl Park, Freeland Park, &
Wadena high schools. Fowler will remain as the largest high school in Benton County until the Fall
of 1968, when students from Fowler will start attended the existing Benton Central H.S.

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