Holton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Holton, KS)

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1'fk,. THE RETROSPECT Ellis R. Smith Mr. Hedge Godsey Schreiber V. Clary Whitty S. Lines MCGQIXS Junior High Basket Ball By virtue of two defeats over Horton, the Holton Junior High basket ball team finished their season with a .500 standing in the junior high division of the Big Seven standings. They were defeated twice by the Hiawatha Junior High team which won first laurels in the junior high standings. The Kittens started their season successfully by defeating Horton 21 to O. The game was rather slow but neverthelew, Holton worked their passing attack to good advantage and played a good defensive game. On Friday night, January 15, the Kittens went down to defeat in a veritable land- slide, the final score being 32 to ti in favor of Hiawatha. The Little Indians played like veterans, completely bewildering the Kittens, and simply showering the basket with goals. In a non-conference game at Leavenworth, Holton was defeated 20 to 9 by the much taller Leavenworth basketeers. The Kittens played Leavenworth on even terms the last half, both teams scoring 5 points. Raymond Godsey scored six of his team's eight points. After getting off to a very bad start the Kittens outplayed Lawrence in the second half, but could not manage to overcome a 16-4 lead that the Lawrence team had accumu- lated in the first half. The final gun saw the Kittens trailing 17-11. In a return game with Leavenworth on the Holton gymnasium, Leavenworth again defeated the Kittens by a rather one-sided score. The Kittens were held to one point throughout the first half, but scored several points in the last few minutes of play. On February 5, the Kittens again snatched victory from Horton: score 15-8. Both teams fought hard, but Holton noticeably outplayed their opponents. The first half ended 7-4 for the Orange and Black team, and the second half saw the Kittens mark up eight points to the Horton team's four. R. Smith and Schreiber played outstanding games for their teams. Junior High finished its season on Friday, February 12, at Hiawatha by losing a close, gamely-fought battle by a 7-9 margin. lunninniulImnmnmmrmmnmmmmHmmmmmn 1 9 3 2 PAGE 37

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gm-ifmmmmf-iii THE RETROSPECT 1 l l l Back row-Fairley, Fees, E. Stoll, Butrum, Horton, H. Kaul, Mr. Lawrence. Front row- Gilkerson. J. Heath, R. Porterfield, C. McKinsey, Porter, H. Sinning, Wallace, Baskett. Senior High Basket Ball Playing the best brand of basket ball that has been displayed in Holton High in recent years, the Wild Cats were able to win the majority of their games. By virtue of six victories and four defeats, the Wild Cats managed to finish third in the Big Seven Conference, Eflingham and Horton having finished first and second respectively. After the team had gotten off to an excellent stnrt and was 'tied for first place in the conference, an epidemic of mumps and Hu rapidly engulfed the school and also played havoc with the basket ball squad. Coach Lawrence had some trouble working out another winning combination, and the team had dropped four games in succession before the losing streak was broken. Then the team proceeded to win the remainder of the con- ference games. Playing somewhat raggedly during the first, the Wild Cats came back strong in the final chapter to wallop Seneca 41 to 19 in the first game of the season. After trail- ing throughout the entire game, Horton staged a spectacular finish to defeat the Wild Cats in the last 16 seconds of play. The following week Hiawatha was defeated 19 to 11. Administering Effinghams only conference defeat, Holton played their classiest game of the season. The Wild Cats next traveled to Sabetha and downed the Blue Jays 13 to 9. It was at this time that illness reached its height in the Blue and White ranks, and the quintet dropped all four of the next games played. However, one of the losses was to Osage City, a non-conference foeg this had no bearing on the conference standings. As already stated the next two games with Sabetha and Seneca were won by the Wild Cats, thus enabling them to finish third in the conference. In the regional tournament that followed, the Wild Cats went to the semi-finals by virtue of a story-book finish against Seaman High: but Horton, who seems to hold some sort of jinx over Holton basket ball teams, eliminated the Wild Cats from further play in the tournament. in 1 an .nw ,mi immmww 1 9 3 2 ummm:--:nnmmmnl-:xmmnmmmmmmm PAGE 36

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THE RETROSPECT ...xg Q s N b ll,-L' f . Nr, i 7. ', ,V i. - V vlkfxf X ., K ,pn lu , , x iff. - R - -. 'QL ' A , H1551 - I f -IFPXAK ' Fairbanks Max Davis C. McKinsey Cocney R.. Porterfield Mr. Lawrence G. Allen J. Morgan Shoff L. Lewis Gilkersnn Senior High Track Although the track team as a whole did not do quite so well as was expected, there were several stars that could always be depended upon to place in every meet in which they were entered. John Hare could be depended upon to place in the discus or javelin, and Gilkerson seldom failed to place in the distance runs. The first contest of the season was a triangular meet at Hiawatha. Holton captured three firsts, two seconds, and two third place honors for a total of 27 points to place third in the meet. John Hare was high point man for the Blue and White. In the track meet at Oskaloosa the following week, the Wild Cats garnered 21 points to place fourth, Hare again won individual honors for the Blue and White, having placed first in the discus and third in the javeiin Coach Lawrence took several members of his track team to the Kansas Relays for high schools. Although none of the boys placed, they were up against the stiffest competition in the state and were not expected to do wonders. The Big Seven track meet was held at Sabetha, May 6. Holton placed sixth in the conference with 8 points to their credit. Gilkerson placed second in the mile, Hare took third in the javelin, Davis took fourth in the low hurdles, and the relay team placed third. The meet was wonlby Hiawatha who had 56 points to their credit. Gilkerson and Hare were entered in the district meet at Horton, Saturday, May 14. Coach Lawrence has hopes of including track in gym work next year in order to develop some good track men. PAGE 38