Auxvasse High School - Saber Tooth Yearbook (Auxvasse, MO)

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1 . THE SABER TOOTH BASKET BALL TEAMS' PARTY D About two weeks after the tournament, members of the boys' and girls' basket ball teams met at the school bui1ding,where they palyed games and enjoyed themselves in gen- eral for several hours. Later they were trans fered through the eold,wintery winds to Mr. Craig's home by Mr.Craig and Coaches Baker and Flippen. They were then ushered to the roomy base- ment where hot HMulliganW stew was served buffet style. After refreshments, the guests were invited up stairs and played ping pong and other games to a late hour. This party was voted to be one of the most successful ones of the year.

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Basketball Schedule 1955 Auxveese Auxvasse Auxvasee Auxvasse Luxvasse Auxvasse Auxvaeee ,kmxvasee 15 Mokane 10 New Bloomfield 4 Hereford 16 Hereford 15 New Bloomfield 15 Mokane Tournament 51 Hereford 22 Mokane

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Girls Basket-Ball 1 Our season of 1955 was not one to go down in history, but there a number of features of which we should be Proud. On September 27 we had our first game with Mokane on our own court and surprised ourselves by winning with a 'score of 17-16. -Mabel Yates and Mary Virginia Yates played forwards,Mabel scoring 10 of the Seventeen points. Nelle Motley and Mary Ward Maupin held the center, Salie Dean Hatcher and Evelyn Meyer kept the score down at the'guard end of the court. This lineup varied,however,during the season. We lost the second game with Mew Bloomfield with a score of 5 - 15. We came out with a triumphant victory with Hereford tour third gamej with a score of 24-8. We met Hereford again the following week on their own court, but fate was against us and we lost 15-17. We changed our lineup,placing Mary Ward Maupin as forward and Mary Virginia Yates as passing center. Mabel Yates, the fast running forward,still held to high point score. She made 15 of the 15a points Our return game with New Bloomfield proved a very- interesting bout even if the score was 25-8 in favor of our opponents. Sally Dean Hatcher played forward, leaving the opposing forward position end open. At the half Hatcher was placed at-guard and Mary Virginia Yates took her post as forward. The score was held to a tie during the last half of the game. The last game of the preliminaries was with Mokane and proved a bad one for us. We'lost 15-16. Mabel Yates still held the high score, making 11 of the 15-points, ' In the tournament, held in the M.S.D. Gym. we met Mokane again and suffered a loss of 11-25. Our second game was with Hereford,and we doubled the score,18-9. Our winning with Hereford threw us to another game with Mokanc. This was a contest long to be remembered- a hard fought game all the way through,with a tie score in the last two minutes of the game. Hatcher had been placed as forward and had tied the score in less than three minutes with six points when she slipped and went down with a sprained ankle. Mokane had to 1 admit we were on the road to victory and second place in the county tournament. Now a word of two concerning the players and our prospects for the 1956 season. As is shown by the score summaries, Mabel Yates scored high point honors and was chosen as forward on the second all-star team. Our main defense as guard was Sally Dean Hatcher. She was so good she was placed as first guard on the all-star team. Sally was thenfellown the other teams were afraid of.We are sorry to lose Sally and Mabel who are seniors Evelyn Meyer,SallyYs help-mate, held her forward, and