Greenville High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Greenville, MI)

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■■ % FOOTBALL The football season of 1933 was one of the most spirited, ones that will ever be witnessed In Greenville High School. With the financial backinG of the townspeople, with the assistance of coaches A. Alllnder and E. Reynolds, and led by Captain Earle Lewis, Greenville produced a taan that lost only two games aur-inG the season and placed second in the six B conference. Greenville won .from Boldine, lit. Pleasant, and Ionia; tied Bic Rapld3 and St. Johns; and bowed only to Aina and East Grand Rapids, both defeats being by close scores. , By tyinc Bic Rapids, Greenville was classed as one of the strongest teans in the conference. After winninc the conference chanpionship, B1g Rapids went on to win the Northern State Championship by defeating the Cadillac Vikings. By our high conference rating, three nenbers of the team attained the honor of all conference selections. These were Keith Lincoln, tackle; Leon Burgess, guard; and Earle Lewis,halfback. Lettermen include: , V. E. Lewis 17. Bradley L. Burgess S. St. Peters K. Lincoln M. Filkins E. Hahnenberg K. Sharpe K. Burns H. Bauman P. Blunt G. Cogswell I. Sage v R. Wolkow F. Guinnup R. Walters A. Ingraham A. Wood H. Olsen G. E. Ranney , BASKETBALL Coach A. Alllnder produced a basketball tean in the season of 1933-34 that won nine games and lost four, and plnced'-third in the six 3 conference. The team was led by Captain Paul Blunt. The loss of Filkins and Captain Blunt Severely handicapped the tean temporarily, but they soon found their stride and kept on a winning streak. In the district tournament at Grand Rapids the team in their first game defeated Ionia by a score of 32 to 17. However, in their second encounter they were defeated by Grand Ihven 44 to 8. Grand Haven went on in the finals to become Slate Class 3 champions. 7 ith plenty of reserve material and several lettermen, next season will be looked forward to as a promising one. Lettermen include: P. Blunt S. St. Peters R. Christensen D. Olsen G. Bond L. Burgess M. Filkino A. Olsen E. Lewis K. Burns I. Sago BrvSEBnLu Baseball is Graining renev ed interest in G. H. S. after a long absence. From thirty-five candidates Coach Eddie Reynolds ha.s turned out a very fast and flashy aggregation this year. Leon Burgess and Howard Sharpe were elected as co-captains to lead the team In playing nine games, they won five and lost four------- all very closely fought contests. Coach Reynolds is looking forward to a very successful season next year,as only one man will be lost to the team by graduation. Probable lettermen include: L. Burgess G. Gould R. Cooper E. Johnson L. Petersen J. Anderson E. Hahnenberg R. Walters K. Sharpe A. Hamler P. Hahnenberg A. Knapp