College High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Greeley, CO)

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The Bulldog, 1931 He be e Basket Ball av January 3. College High 28: Hudson 11. College High opened the first conference game of the season by defeating Hudson by a score of 28 to 11. The Blue and White team completely out- classed and outfought the boys from Hudson. Chuck Johnston, playing pivot position for the Bulldogs, led the scoring of the evening. Erdley and Powars. guards of the Bulldog team, stopped the scoring of the opposing team. January 9. College High 34: Fort Lupton 17. The Blue and White team won from Fort Lupton by the score of 34 to 17. The game was fast but rather rough. The Bulldogs came back in the second half to increase their lead by doing some snappy passing and break- ing up of Lupton's defense. January 12. College High 17: Erie 11. College High evened up the old score in their defeat in speedball at Erie by winning 17 to 11 in basketball. Debby, using a new system of defense, played Erie off their feet. The game was very rough but exceptionally exciting. Johnston again came through with the most points of the evening. Les- ter Stroh broke up the Erie attack again and again. January 20. College High 16: Greeley High 15. This game opened the inter-city championship series with both teams out to win. It was one of the most exciting and best games of the season. The playing started swiftly with the Bulldogs using their man to man defense. This was a new thing to the Wildcat team. College High won by one point after a nerve racking fourth quarter. Stubby Stroh converted a free throw in the last three seconds of play, making the score 16 to 15. S'i'il45lF'P

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--qw The Bulldog, 1931 Qpeedball av October 3. College High 8: Keenesburg 7. College High opened its speedball season by playing at Keenesburg. The game was fast and exceptionally interesting. College High won by a very small margin. Powars, Stroh, and Erdley were the real powers behind the Blue and White team. October 10. College High 6: Platteville 5. The Bulldogs came out in the lead again in their second game of the season with the big end of the score. Jack Noel came through with two points in the last few minutes of play giving us a one point margin. October 17. College High 3: Erie 23. Erie taught College High how to play speedball to the tune of 23 to 3. The College High team was not successful when it played on the side of Erie's mountain. Erie took the lead in the first quarter, and College High was a follower from then on. October 31. College High 21: Platteville 22. Turn about is fair play, or so it seems. On October tenth College High won from Platteville by one point. Platteville reversed the story and captured the return game by one point on their own field. Moody, Harris, and Adams were the defense for the Blue and White team. C'71l'44l!'5'-'

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-?- The Bulldog, 1931 January 30. College High 32: Platteville ll. The College High team journeyed to Platteville on January 30 and de- feated the Bears by a score of 32 to ll. This was another game which proved that College High could handle the ball and use their man to man defense. Johnston and Walker played a smooth and effective game against the Bears. February ll. College High 33: Greeley High 30. In what proved to be the final game of the season, College High walked off with a three point lead. College High would be a point ahead, and then Greeley High would be a point or so ahead. Dobby used his man to man defense, and Johnston used his five man defense. This proved to be a test for the defenses. The boys from College High had a little more fight and won the game with a score of 33 to 30. The winning of this game gave College High the City Basketball Cham- pionship for the second year in succession. February 27. College High 34: Lafayette 14. Dobby took his boys to Erie to play the conference play off. There were four teams in the tournament. College High drew Lafayette for the second game of the afternoon. After taking the lead early in the game, College High was never threatened by the opposing team. When the final gun sounded, College High had the long end of the score. February 27. College High 24: Frederick 12. In the second game of the tournament College High played the winner of the Frederick-Hudson game. Frederick and College High played to Win the Platte Valley Conference. Again College High took an early lead and played Frederick off their feet until the end of the game. College High won with the score of 24 to 12. 1 By winning this game College High was the undefeated champion of the Platte Valley Conference. This gave them the right to play in the district meet of the North Central, Northern, and Platte Valley Conferences to see who should represent this part of Colorado in the state meet. C'i'1l46'F'9