The 1952-53 basketball team, whose season record was 19 wins and 5 losses, with ten wins and no losses in league play, took their 10-0 league record into the state tournament and went 2 wins and two losses to place sixth at state. Gary Earnest was selected for first- team All-State and LeRoy Nelson to the second team.
Roster:
- Bob Schuh
- Dale Smith
- LeRoy Nelson
- Bob Anderson
- Bob Peterson
- Gary Earnest
- Dick Schwartz
- Don Brown
- Richard Day
- Chuck Marsh
- Dale Whitesides
- Jim Parsons
- Sonny Estes
- Jerry Burke
- John Niemi
- Jim Andrew
- Robert McDonald (Manager)
- Chuck Myklebust (Manager)
- Joe Moses (Head Coach)
Footnote:
In what has to be a highlight of basketball history at R.A. Long, the two season records combined for 37 wins and only 11 losses including non-leagues game, and posting 20 wins and no losses for their league games. These teams deserve a glow of pride for their accomplishments. During their respective seasons, several men were placed on the Clark-Cowlitz League All-Stars, they included Earnest, Nelson, Westrick, B. Anderson, Marsh, Larson, Whitesides, D. Anderson, and Scherer.