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

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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

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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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S Sally could not have held the defense with out Eve- 1yn's help, We are expecting Evelyn to take Sally's place next year. Nelle Motley was our main stay to run to the line in center. Nelle was placed as running center on the second all-star team. Marian Buckner ran Nelle a close race for running center. We are ex- pecting some good playing from these two girls next year. Mary Virginia Yates must win her fame as passing center. She's only a Freshman, so we are looking for-' ward to great prospects in our passing center of 1936. Mary Ward Maupin must become a shark at long shots: If Nelle proves to be a whirlwind pivoting forward, wefll have a very nice forward end. Helen Potts sub- stituted for us this year, but we are expecting her advancement to guard position with Evelyn. The players wish to express their appreciation for the cooperation of those girls who helped in our practice and sincerely hope they will be successful. The following players received letters for the past-sason: Mabel Yates, Sally Dean Hatcher, Nelle Motley, Marian Buckner, Mary Ward Maupin, Evelyn Meyer, and Mary Virginia Yates. The team and coach hope that the girls who helped ' in practice will come out next season, and also others, because we are in need of two or three good players. Secrets What a dangerous player we must have had - the public wont understand, but we'll get their curiosity aroused. Do you players remember these points of court gossip ?i Do I look like that when I get mad? C On the Mokane court7.nNow Honey, donft get angry, fthe referee got fresh at Herefordi. Remember the faculty riot when Mokane came to bouts with us on our own court? It seemed that we had a Uwowu of a guard that had played five years or was too old, or something - anyway,she Played. Yes, and we had a little running.center that caught the ball in her mouth. Then there was a fast forward who ran so fast the referee couldnft see her feet, so he called steps to be sure.There was a forward shefll be on next year too, whose feet are too heavy, they stick'to the ground. Gur running center never says any- thing, just frowns, but when she gets tired she throws her arm out of place and rests a while - we're going to strap it down. There is another guard who is always in the right place at the right time,but the side lines are afraid her legs will break, but we're not. We know they are O.K, The readers might think we're sorta cuckoo but we have a different idea. V v .