Bayard High School - Tiger Yearbook (Bayard, NE)

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B. H. S. Sides-Manager: Garber-Coach: O'Neal-Guard: Amend-Forwardg Wimmer-Guard: O'Neil1-Forward Q Q he Bayard Tigers with seven return- ing lettermen began the 1944 season with three consecutive wins. The first two games Bayard met Bridgeport, 18-16, and Morrill, 27-24. In the third win Bayard romped a green Lyman team 29-10. All three teams offered stiff competition. 28 B Bayard, after holding the Bearcats to a close first half, fell for their defeat 48-25. Gering rallyed in the late last half to spell Bayard's second defeat. Minatare dumped in late baskets to defeat Bayard 33-24. Repeating their early season games Bay- ard again defeated Morrill 32-20. The

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I 44 Top Row-Melvin Harris, Bob Reifschneider, Victor Nuss. Russell Moomaw, Dick Samuels, Don O'Neill, Charles Wimmer, Andrew Jones. Frank Hall, Bill Hageman, Donald Perrin, Tom Couch, Harold Heil, Clarence Yekel, Couch Garber, Bob Hillman Second Row-Dean Suhr, Carroll Harms, James Hall, Wallis Calvert, Tommy Couch, Jimmy Pringle, Harold Schwartz, Warren Anderson, Darrell Frakes, Glenn Calvert Third Row-Alvin Bauer, Bob O'Neal. Delbert Wimmer, Alvin Keil, Kayo Smith, Mervin Reichert, Dean Merry, Marvin Sides 4 cottsbluff defeated Bayard 25-6 after the Tigers took a first quarter 6-0 lead, at the halftime whistle the score stood 6-0. Scottsbluff overpowered in the second half to an end 25-6 victory. Bayard with their 2nd and lst teams, ran wild to a 45-0 win over a green Lyman team. All of Bayard's teams scored for our first victory. Bayard won their second conference game with a 6-0 win over Morrill in the first half. With this game Bayard's team started rolling on the road to the N.P.V.C. championship. Bayard defeated top ranking Mitchell with a 7-6 score, placing us in the leading position in the N.P.V.C. race. Outstanding back was Delbert Wimmer, while linemen Smith, O'Neal and Sides held up the line for the winners. With Wimmer scoring both touchdowns, the Tigers defeated the Gering Bulldogs 14-0. One of the toughest games of the season, it took real playing to defeat the tough Gering team. Due to the harvest vacation, Bayard made 27 a poor showing against the Sidney team. In this, the toughest game of season, the Tiger team attained many injuries, includ- ing Wimmer, O'Neal, Keil and Frakes. The Maroons won 33-13. With Harris of Bayard kicking a lone field goal, the Tigers dropped Bridgeport, with whom we were tied for the conference with a 3-0 win. Both sides displayed fine running, blocking and tackling in this ex- citing and tough game. Running Wild, Dean Merry spurted the Tigers to a 21-0 win over the Kimball's Longhorn's. With a high wind blowing both teams were held to the ground offen- sive. This year was the first time that the Longhorns have been included in the Tigers schedule. In a thrill-packed Turkey Day game the Tigers enjoyed a victory for their last initial game of 1943, defeating Minatare 6-0 to cinch the N.P.V.C. championship. Suffering from the defeat handed them by the Scottsbluff Bearcats the Tigers wound up second in the Western Nebraska Con- ference.

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Kell-Guard: Anderson-Guard: Smith-Guard: Harris-Forwardg Calvert-Center: Genoways-Center E55 I9 Tigers fell prey to a strong Mitchell team, second in the class B tourney, 55-23. Trying to repeat a win over Bridgeport, Bayard failed to get the baskets and were defeated 31-25. Bayard's basketball squad and pep club were entertained by the Bridgeport Pep Club and basketball team after the game. The Tigers overpowered the fighting Ly- man Wildcats for a repeat win 30-14. Bay- ard was handed their worst defeat of the season when the Tigers were downed by the Minatare Indians in the winner's gym, 41-13. Gering, invading Bayard in both teams initial game of the 1944 season de- feated the Tigers, 35-29.