Central High School - Helios Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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team 27 to 23. The tireenville team was no setup as they nearly won the State Class ll Championship last year and had all of these veteran players hack again this year. The next morning the Herald was correct in saying that Central fans could sing Cheerio over their team's dehut for the 1927-'28 season. This conviction was thoroughly proved when Central next defeated Battle Creek in a thrilling overtime game, 24 to 22. Harvey Smits shot the winning hasket. This victory was especially sweet as Battle Creek was con- sidered hy many critics as the hest team in Michigan. ln the next game Central defeated Creston lligh 13 to lo. Creston held the City Championship last year so this victory indicated that Central ought to have a good chance to cop it this year. The game was extremely close. however, and we were very glad when it was over with Central in the lead. Capt. Ted Norris scored 8 points for Central while Trv Simpson also played very well. The next evening Central had little difficulty in defeating Catholic Central, 25 to 14. Colhy Ryan and Bud Hicks were the Central high scorers. The next week Central lost its first game of the season to Ottawa Hills, 25 to lo. Central managed to lead at the half, lmut during the second half the lndians ran wild. Our next game was with Cnion. This game was a hearthreaker. Al- though Cnion won. IX to 25, Central played a much hetter game hut just had a lot uf tough lwreaks. The next night Central went to Muskegon and was defeated 35 tu 211, The Central team appeared to he in a slump and missed many easy shots. llowever, Muskegon didn't have everything their own way. l1ud Hicks and Irv Simpson, lmoth playing their last games, were the Central stars. llarvey Smits also did some clever playing. Hurrah! our lvoys came hack to life and svalloped South 27 to 15. Ifveryone seemed to he doing well and it was great to see our team really playing again. The next night Catholic was again an easy yictim, this time 30 to 12. The following week Muskegon came here all set to give us the heating of our lives. XYe fooled 'em. lt's true they won, 25 to ZZ, hut we certainly gave them a scare. They had, for aliout four minutes, a little scoring hee of their own. ,l lowever, in the other ZH minutes Central put it all over Muske- .Ba- i ,,M ' A fm '- Q. tg -9 yi? qqg lrvmg Sxnipson A limmet RlcCaul ' Harvev Fmils Louis FCl1llllIH'4li Q IIZZ1

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'I'HI-I SEXY 4-N AI l. began the 1927-'ZX liaslqetlmall schellule with lnrigh nm ,tt FXLJD1 tur .1 iuuralyle sea 4 b4Xoir,! w I sun. lin' Iwur letter men ut last years team wt available all seaswn. Xlwreawer, lrx ' Siiiipsmi anil lim uw were eligible tu play until February, anfl at that time it was ex ret 1 t lfmmett Nlefatilev anll l'aul Filielcl wnul-l hecunie elilrilmle. The tum le t . IN men that were availalmle all seasun were Captain Ted Nwrris, ll :rx ex Rllll - Cf+llfy Ryan, anal Imuis S'ihuhar4lt. liverything wurlqetl wut ix exptt ti anml therefore, Central really hall six availalwle letter nten all ilmmd t N sun. llesitles these letter men Central hail many capalwle Substitute lirute Clevelanfl, a small package frnm Kluskegwn Heights, came in n times as alsn llial lrllfliffl' 'l'errvlmerrv, Harvex' Ulswn, liert K-nnnir 1 , , - 5 Hasliin, anml lvan XYl1an. Central startefl the seasnn in the right manner hy flefeatinp' lneenxi t ,Z I ' yan tQE9 i , f'.zfff'lfl fllll 's ewlhre X--rri

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gon. Bruce Cleveland was the Central star, scoring 9 points. lle sure was n H hot. Revenge is sweet! The next week we shipped Union, 32 to 15. Colby , Ryan was the hot man that night. He scored 14 points during the progress of the melee. The next evening the team lost a close game to Kalamazoo 23 to 24. The strenuous game of the night before placed the Central boys at a disadvantage. Ottawa Hills next! XYowl Since Central had been playing extremely well lately. and had won all except two of her city games, the game with Ottawa Hills would practically decide the City Championship. The seats were all sold three days in advance of the game. Central got off tu a good start, but Ottawa came back and was leading 7 to 6 at the end of the half. Captain Ted Norris was put out of the game during the second quarter on personal fouls, but Bruce Cleveland, who took his place, played very well. The second half found llotll teams battling on even terms until there was about four minutes tu go. Then Ottawa took a two point lead and stalled, until, with only 15 seconds to play. Colby Ryan shot a basket and tied the score. XYhew! The first 3 minute overtime brought no Score as both teams seemed To pay considerable attention In defense. However, in the second overtime Harvey Smits put in a beautiful side-court shot and gave Central a two point lead, which she held during the remainder of the game. The remarkable guarding of lfmmett McCauley was an outstanding feature nf this game, as it has been of almost every game he play ed. Mac, without a doubt, proved himself the best guard in the city when he stopped Qttawas six-foot six-inch center, Garner. Lou F-chuhardt, the other guard, fooled the Ottawa for- wards repeatedly with his fast footwork and clever dribbling. These two guards sure are good. Colby Ryan, Ceutral's center, was the high scorer of the game with 3 points. The next eveninff Central :layed 1.ansin . a team that had wreviouslv 1' . . beaten Muskegon. The bovs were all tired out because ot the hard-fought Z5 . m game of the night before, but played extremely well. The score was Z5 to 19 in favor of Lansing. Colby Ryan with S and Lou Schuhardt with O points were Central's high scorers. P , . 'A f - 5 - Q69 'Q 5 '31 ' ' 'if 1 ,L wh, jg 'T xr ' vt X . . R T F l Harvey Olsen Paul Fitield Charles Hicks Bruce t'leveland f123j