Alburnett High School - Pirateer Yearbook (Alburnett, IA)

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BIICKETTES f .renter-0 MT LEFT TO RIGHT B Boddlcker J McAtee D Halstead R Kirk S .lohnson L Andrew Student Manager B Lewls C Trxtle Mr Bohr Coach .l Newman H Smlth M Wllson .l Berry B McAtee The season began Wlth the absence of flve of last years first team players but five enthuslastlc freshmen appeared for thelr flrst practlce The Hockettes had very lxttle playlng expenence but thus wasn t going to stop them The glrls met then' first opponent, Coggon on November 11 The team suffered a loss at mld year by losxng both Roberta Hlte and Hilda Smlth With the absence of these two gll'lS the second stung saw more actxon and thus gained valuable expenence Albumett s Rockettes were confronted by Viola ID the County Tournament at Llsbon Our gurls swept by Vlola wxth a decisive vlctory The follow mg mght the A H S glrls were defeated by Center Pomt s powerful team. The Sectional Tournament on our home floor qlllckly followed the county games This time the Rockettes played Brandon and sxdellned them, only to meet the Center Point glrls agaln The game was close and very excxtlng but to then' dlsappolntment the gll'lS were defeated The Roclcettes went on to play Walker the final nlght of the tournament, and this time as ln the prevlous game, the lassles stepped aslde to the opposlng team The record for the season lsn t very IIIIPFBSSIVC but next year the Rockettes hope to be once agarn among the top teams ln the conference , XX - v , ,qw 'V X 4 , J . A, J cv 'Q - E , 2, .4 t X 7 'fl qi! lkl 1' ' X' f f 4 'lf ' fr, -Q V- ' 4 A t B C H T ' X 22 -v W ' ' 0 , Q 1 X Y, 1 B x I 1 X 1 . M . . ' K ' A 'wwf I L, Mme. pr ,, ' t A 1 N-' ',,.,., ,MAN N 3 -f . ,. J, K, my Y' 0,1 J. .. W ' ' 'V , ,M rl, ,, A fy, , A 'lawn . I 3 ' I O 9 v S v S 1 2 I n Z Q 9 0 3 - 1 9 - 3 - 5 . ' g . g . . . . , . . . . Y ' 9 I u u a a . , . . . . . . . ' Q . . . . . , . 1 s n Q a I . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . s 9 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 ' . . . . . . . 1 . u I 0 s u 9 . .

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PIRATES 1519 G5 FIRST ROW L Cameron K Blrn R Aller J McGowan E Jones D Nretert R Wagner SECOND ROW E Paul Manager L Martxn E Paul Mr Lash D Wassmer W Wassmer L Martrn P Jones Ass t Manager In October of 1952 when the Pirates lard down therr baseball bats and prcked up the basket balls they had lost srx letterrnen from the last year Under the coachrng power of Mr Lash the Prrates got off to a fast start takrng two vlctones from thelr frrst two opponents Coggon and Vlola But they were slowed down by losrng three of therr next four games After wrnmng frfty per cent of their frrst sur games, the squad had a frve game wrnnrng streak They took vrctones from Walker Palo Coggon and Toddvrlle at Alburnett and they downed Central Cnty on the1r oppo- nents home floor The Plrates wrnnrng streak came to an end when they returned from Palo wlth a defeat and met Center Pornt only to be beaten for the fifth time rn the season After playrng thirteen scheduled games the Prrates entered County Tournament competrtron at Mt Vernon where they were beaten by Walker rn first round play Followrng the County Tournament the Prrates journeyed to Morley for the last scheduled game of the season returnrng vlctorlous On February 16, the team entered the Sectlonal Tournament at Marlon and were agarn defeated rn frrst round play Thrs trme Toddvllle edged out the Plrates rn a trght game defeating Albnrnett by a one pornt margrn Losrng ln the Sectronal Tournament brought the season to a close Although the Pu-ates drd relatively well throughout the season with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, as always they would llke to play a few games over. 5 1 me Q A -QCII v , X 5 Wx li. 4 l l T , Q A LX Q:- 7 ,V V: T -f. ' ' .5 r i ' 'dt' X 3 I li c Y LT!! V ' C I F 2'-3 5 I 4 ' K 5 ' A 'mf ' 5- ,srl N i l CQ ' l h C -ME' A A llf-fi s 3 Q n Us r , f J V A A - ' l 5. 11 4 3 - , , . L re- -X A' X . - , fy A , N A . A , l I I vi K X -' A if A ff 'fl - f 4 r : . , 3 . ' 5 . 5 . 5 . 5 . 5 . ' g . , 1 , . . . . - , I . U , 1 . ' 3 I I U l 9 . I I 0 1 u s n . , . . . . . . , . . . I , U 1 . , . . , . . . . . . . . , .