Clatskanie High School - Tiger Yearbook (Clatskanie, OR)

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Eels The Basketball Team TTT The basketball season for 1926 was a fairly succeswful one, the Tigers winning the Columbia ccunty champtnship and playing Astoria fir the district title. Astoria, hcwever, Won both of these games, thereby copping the title and the right to play at the state tournament. In spite cf this the C. TH. S. quintet won all but two cf the games played with teams of this county. With practically all of last year's hoopers back, a winning comlbination was assured at the beginning of the 1926 seasin. Two practice games were played with Vfesbnort High early in the season. These were both won by the Tiger netmen by impressive scores. The game with Verninfa opened time county league for the Tigers, who emerged victorious by a score of 15 to 11. A trip to St. Helens followed in which the Tigers were again the victors, taking the game 19 to 15. Scappoose was encountered the follcwing Friday at Seap- poose. In this game the Tigers were nrsed out by a one point margin after an overtime period had laeen played. This game, however, did not have bearing rn the county league as Scappoose was not a member of it. The folliwing evening

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when narrow margin of one point as Clatskanie difd not convert her goal kick, each team making' one touchdown. The scare was 7 to 6 in favor of Warrenton. SCAPPOOSE GAME: Following the Warrenten game. Scappoose came to Clatska.nie, very confident of defeating C. H. S., but was disappointed in this as Clatskanie handed them a 19 to 14 defeat. This game was a thriller throughout an-d was decided only in the last quarter when Scappoose fumbled the ball on their own 25 yard line. Arnie Sundberg recovered for Clatskanie and sped acr: ss the goal for a touch- down. The defensive work of Quarterback,White was the feature of this game. RAINIER GAME: Next on the schedule came the bitter game with our ancient rival, Rainier. The team, accompanied i-y a large number of loyal fans, motored to Rainier deterr- mined to: wrest a victory from this school. The game was a bitter iight until the final whistle blew. Neither team scored up to the last quarter, when the Tiger's defense seemed to go to piecesi and Rainier shoved across three touchdowns. The game ended 19 to 0 in favor of Rainier. KNAPPA GAME: After tfwo weeks cf much needed rest, Knappa fcrmeid the next cppcsition fcr the Tigers on the local iielu tn A1-mistce Day. This game was a very lop-sided affair and a slaughter of Knappa, who was no match for Clatskanie. The Tigers trampled them into the dirt and em- erged victorious by the decisive score ,cf 49 to 0. ST. HELENS GAME: The Tigers' next victim was the team frcm the county seat high school, this game also taking place on the lqcal fielid. Clatskanie scored twice in this game, hand- ing the up-river boys a 113 to 0 drubbing. The game was never in doubt after Cla.tskanie's first touckdown, as Clats- kanie's goal was at no time endangered. VERNONIA GAMIE: The football season for 1925 closed on Thanksgiving Day at Vernonia when Clatskanie encount- ered the gridiron aspirants of that place. The Tigers went over very much determined to end the season with a win but much to their dismay they found the field a sea of mud which slowed them up considerably. The game ended in a tie, 0 to 0. Both teams came close to tallying but the score remained unchanged when the final whistle blew and rang down the curtains cn Clatskanie's 1925 fosrtball season. Those receiving football letters for this year anew: quarter- itack, White, fullback, Culbertson, halfbacks, Adolph and i rnie Sundherg, ends, Eilertson and Zimmerdahl, tackles, ustrla and Drran, guards, VV. Johnson and Bunce, and cent- er, Donald Fluhrer. Clarence Miller also received a letter, altirci he playied in no games, having broken an arm at the ueginning of the season.

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, s as a game with Astoria I-High was played at Astoria. The Tigers were defeated 28 to 18. The Tigers evened up the game with Scappoose the following Friday when they defeated the Seap- poose hfoopers on the local floor 19 to 16. Rainier administer- the first league defeat for the Tigers when thep defeated Clatskanie at Rainier 41 to 17. The Tigers seemed to be in a decidedly bad slump and could not get started against their ancient rivals. Several of the players were- also on the sick list and the games' far the following week were postponed. On February 12, the Tigers journeyed to Vernonia where they defeated the mill city basket cagers by the score of 17 to 11. A return game with St. Helens on the local court fol- lowed. The game was a real thriller, the score being knot- ted several times during the game and resulted in two over- time periods being played. However, in the last overtime period the Tigers' ran away with the game, piling up a six point lead and winning the tilt 34 to 28. On Washington's birthday the Astorians invaded Clatskanie and defeated the Tigers 40 to 20. The Astcrians were a straight shooting lot, tallying from all sections of the floor. The last scheduded county league game of the season. for the Tigers was played here on March 1, with Rainier. This game decided the Columbia county championship and the- Tigers wcn it only after a hard struggle in which an overtime pcricd had to lee played. The final score was 26 to 25 with the Tigers on the long end. The first game for the district title was won by the rangy, uncannys shocting Astrrians bv the scrre of 22 to 10. The return game was played at the ish city, Astoria winning the district title by defeating the Tigers' 22 to 9. This game ended the season for Clatskanie, as Asl- tcria won the right to represent the district at Salem. Those earning letters were: center, Robert Culbertson: forwards, Arnie and Adolph Sundbergg guards, White, Mus- tcla and Carl Eilertson. A