Magnolia High School - Magnolian Yearbook (New Martinsville, WV)

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One evenrng rn December the new basketball head of Magnolra was faced wrth some twenty fr Je hopefuls ln vrew of the fact that the team had only a few veterans of the hardwood retrrrnrng the crrtrcs of our farr hrgh school refused to concede the green materral more than frve or srx vrctorres Thrng began to happen much as they had drrrrng football season Two weeks had passed when we lost frrst strrng materral rn Fred Burton who moved to another drstrrct Three games had been won when the star center of the team badly sprarned hrs ankle The crrtrcs were begrnnrng to exclarm l told you so' when Magnolra playrng the role of the underdog upset the dope and outplayed Srstersvrlle to the tune of 46 36 From then on Magnolra was respected by every team rn the valley Even the lrrghly touted Warwood Greens were forced to come from behrnd rn the thrrd quarter to beat a game Magnolra team The second guessers of the school wrll tell you that thrs game would never have been lost rf the rough game hadnt necessrtated .foe Whrtes berng berrched on personals One dark blot lres upon the record of the Blue and Gold Thrs we hate to mentron but rt was a hrghlrght of the year After playrng Prne Grove and must have acted as a strmulant for the boys for they flew back and beat St Marys who went on towrn the regronal tournament The co captarns Whrte and Loehr not only provrded excellent leadershrp throughout the year but they also provrded the outstandrng players of the year Joe trme and trme agarn set the crowd back wrth Ohs' and Ahsl as he went on to score some 356 pornts rn 20 games He rs known throughout the valley for hrs accurate dead eye one hand snots from all over the floor Whrlc Whrte was scorrng hrs 356 pornts Loehr was dropprng back and warnrng the opposrng team that they must not shoot We belreve the season thrs year has been very successful consrderrng tough luck a new systenr and a new coach Mac and Mag seem to have made qurte a match Our hats are off to the coach Mac Bowles who has stolen 1 place rn every students heart Nrce gorng Mac' LETTERMEN Semors Juniors Sophomores Frtzsrmnrons Whrte Wolfe llrggs Clark Horrrros Loehr Schwrng Brrdgeman Snrrth Rodgers Wellsburg to standstills, the Eagles lost to a weak Littleton team, 27-26. This

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BASKETBALL SQU l ls! Row Sheldon Rgg Halel Slxder James Fltzsnm o Joe Whxte Nell Loeh George 1 ge Foster Wolfe F ank Ko H n Clarx M lvl 1 g Co h Bo n Row e k s alph B lon G ne B bel Cl xr Hmb Glb t Hodge George Smlth J xo H m el M1 age Dale Drlgg Magnolxa Magnolla MHgnOlla Magnol1a Magnolla Magnolla Magnol1a Magnolla Magnolla Magnolla Magnolxa Magno11a Magnolla Magnolia Magnolla Magnolxa Magnoha Magnolla Magnolla Magnolla RESULTS 40 942 Reader Alumni Hundred MOLlHdSVllle Slstersvllle Unlon Pme Grove Llttleton St Marys Central Pxne Grove Moundsvllle St Marys Wheeling Umon Warwood Trladelphla Sm1Ihf1eld Llnsly Slstersvllle Br'd man, , f I rms, 8 YY' ', -2 'n Schwjn , 2 d : SI ve Hos in , R at , e ar r lllff, a' -- l ' ,............. 54 .... . ' .............. 44 ' . . . . ' .............. 4l . . . ' .............. 35 ' ' .............. 46 ' ' . ' .............. 35 ' .... . ' .............. 31 ' Magnolia .............. 42 Wellsburg . ' .............. 25 ' . . . ' .............. 45 . . . ' .............. 45 .... ' .,............ 3l ' ' .............. 35 ' ' .............. 33 . . . ' .............. 44 ' . . ' .............. 42 ' ..... ' .............. 47 . . ' .............. 59 ' ' ' .............. 44 ' ' . ' .............. 34 ' .... .

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