Bellevue High School - Owl Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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-' The 661111 l'FlDCD11'H3Nl.Il. Front Row: Grubbs, Mgr., Swafford, Beckham, Austin, Lankford, Krickle, O. Pennington, Perkerson, Prince, Mgr. Second Row: Winkler, E. Pennington, Ashburn, Johnson, Steele, Collier, Third Row: Boone, Vaughn, Carter, O'Brien, Allen, Fourth Row: Smith, Simmons, Gassaway, and Coach Hackman. Members not in picture were J. C. Carlton, Ed. Malugen In 1940 Bellevue High School had one of its best seasons in foot- ball. The football team did not lose a game in the interscholastic league until they played Litton. The team's record is shown by the following schedule and scores: Bellevue 13 Antioch O Bellevue 32 White Bluff O Bellevue 20 Hillsboro O Bellevue 25 Donelson O Bellevue 19 Cumberland O Bellevue O C. M. A. 52 Bellevue 6 Litton 26 Bellevue 7 Goodlettsville 7 During the season there was much said of the team's improvement since last year, when most of the boys played for the first time. The untiring efforts and determination of coach Hackman should not be overlooked as a big reason for their success. The players that Bellevue loses by graduation are: Paul Smith, Gordon Allen, Paul Ashburn, Link O'Brien, Elton Boone, Charles Knott, J. B. Swafford and George Steele. Paul Smith was voted the most valuable player of the team. 51

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iff? R -' The 691111 ND GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAN Cf' FRONT: OVEN-HAYN ARD-REASONOVER' RAY- TROTTER SULLIVAN REARSPARKER' CARNEY- HALE- NE LLUMS- SE1.l.Ag5 - .SEYTQN BAIRD Q., y,TqgggNcg With the excellent coaching of Mr. Joe Torrence, the Girls' basketball team was very successful this year. They lost only two games out of twelve for the entire year and in the tournament surprised everyone by winning over two seeded teams, Goodlettsville and Antioch. They beat Litton the first game and met DuPont, the top seeded team, in the finals They lost this game by one point which was made in the last three seconds to play Bellevue girls were awarded the Sportsmanship Ball, a well deserved honor Eight seniors graduate from the team this year. They are dazel Reasonover, Dorothy Maynard, Juanita Ray, Sara Sexton, Jewel Carney, Juanita Sullivan, Betty Baird, and our manager, Rena Parker. Out of these eight, five were regulars. All eight of these girls played together for four years This class won the cup every year. H8Z81'R68SOH?V6T, our high scorer and captain, made the district tournament All-Star Team. This was the teams schedule for the year: Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue East Bellevue Donelson Bellevue To Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue Bellevue urnament