Harmony High School - Ferguson Yearbook (St Cloud, FL)

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guard positions with Cecil Chad- bourne and Gordon Lombard in the forward positions, and Victor Link- letter taking Center. Later in the year our squad was cut from ten to nine when Herbert Pelkey left us. This cut saw Gordon Lombard switch from forward position to guard. The vacant forward position was fought for by Delmont Howell and Gerald Stadig. but Del came out on top. However. Gerry proved himself cap- able of playing ball. For when Earl Mitchell, the best in the :foul depart- ment, would tloul out or have to take a rest , our coach put Gerry into the game. At those times he really proved his worth to the team. The other players who made up the squad were: Charles Cobb, Allan Sidell, Zane Cray and Gary Noyes. The Seniors leaving us this year, who were on the team, are Victor Link- letter, Delmont Howell and Gerald Starlig. At the start of the basketball sea- son we had a schedule of sixteen gamesg 'fourteen league games and two with Clinton. As the season moved on, we scheduled practice games with Dexter J. V.'s. Then two games with the Town Team and Alumni wound up the season with 23 games and an overall record of fif- teen wins and eight losses- The teams we played and the scores were as follows: H. H. S. Opponents :tDexter J. V. 47 25 tAlumni 51 47 i Clinton 34 58 Solon 44 38 Monson 41 40 Anson 46 44 Central 48 55 Jackman 74 28 Solon 44 38 Athens 50 32 i'Clinton 45 59 Monson 32 57 Bingham 56 46 North Anson 30 33 Bingham 62 57 i':Town Team 50 49 Jackman 67 50 Athens 58 46 Central 49 34 :tDeXter J. V, 67 59 TOURNAMENT PLAY Athens 52 43 Solon 48 52 it Non-league games Gordon Lombard '54 BOYS' BASEBALL ln view of the fact that the league voted to have a split season, we only had to play four games in the spring of 52. The Harmony High School team overpowered their opponents in the four games played, thus giving Har- mony the championship of the lea- gue, and placing us in the State play- offs. We were defeated in the first round of this contest by E. Corinth: score, 7 to The players that were lost from the team were Vernon Carr, Donald Kimball, Clifton Brown and Sherman Perry. The other 'boys making up the squad were Dana Huff, Earl Mitchell, Dcjlmont Howell, Herbert Pelkey, Charles Cobb, Rodney Curtis, Waynard Folsom and Gordon Lom- bard. The split season didn't really come into effect until the fall of '52. This saw our new coach, Mrs- Tracy, try- ing to defend the name of Harmony High School Champions in the U. K. V. L. league. We won two and lost three of our games played last fall. The other games that will complete the split season will be played in the spring of '52. The boys that make up the team

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SPORTS BOYS' BASKETBALL Kneeling l. to r.: C. Chadbourne, G. Noyes, D. Howell, Z. Cray, E. Mitch- ell. Standing I. to r.: Manager Waynard Folsom, Coach Mr. Connolly, A. Sidell, Co-Captain G. Lombard, Co-Captain V. Linkletter, G. Stadig, Coach Mr. Murray. BOYS' BASKETBALL The start of the basketball season looked very dark and gloomy. Ques- tions were flying around, such as, Who's goin-g to play guard ? Who's going to play forward? and Who will play Center?' Finally we came to a decision: Leave it to the coach. The firslt practic estarted when two bright and smiling faces appeared from the dressing room, attached to two bodies attired in White sneakers and shorts. These two turned out to be Earl Mitchell and Cecil Chad- bourne, our left guard and right for- ward. Some minutes later, several other boys came out of the dressing room and our first practice got under way. After having it understood that we would keep our bodies in good physical condition during the season, our practice resumed. After several nights of this, our coach, Mr. Mur- ray, thought he had drilled us enough to prepare us for our first scrimmage of the year. The whistle blew and the scrimmage started. The next minute the whistle blew again and, Back to Drills! A few more practices placed Earl Mitchell and Herbert Pelkey in the

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this year are Gerald Stadig, Way- nard Folsom, Victor Linkletter, Del- mont Howell, Norman Ames, Bruce York, Rodney Curtis, Dania. Iilatf, Earl Mitchell, Charles Cobb, Gary Noyes and Gordon Lombard. The boys are in hopes to better the record this spring, as last fall losses were by one run in two of the games and two runs in the other game. Batting honors in the fal. of '51 Huff 313 Mitchell 294 The scores of the games played by the championship team in the spring of '51 are: H. H. S. Opponents N- New Portland 10 5 Bingham 16 4 Athens 8 4 N. Anson 13 7 The scores of the games played were: last fall, the first five of the split sea- Carr 500 son, are: Kimball 400 Bingham 8 9 Pelkey 364 N. New Portland 8 7 Brown 350 Athens 5 7 Batting honors in the fall of '52 fffkffnson S 3 were: Lombard 426 Gordon Lombard '54 BOYS' BASEBALL ly l ll 1 T it Seated l. to r.: V. Linklette-r, W. Folsom, G. Lombard, E. Mitchell, D. Howell Standing l. to r.: Coach Mr. Tracy, N. Ames, D. Huff, G. Stadig, R. Cur- tis, B. York.