Moundsville High School - Orospolitan Yearbook (Moundsville, WV)

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a6'a.4AefbalL Union The Trojans first game was with unbeaten Union. The first period ended with Union ahead 8-6. At the half they still led by a margin of 28-22. In the third period the Trojans had battled to a 87-87 tie, but were out-scored in the final frame to lose 64-48. Weidebusch was high with 12 points. Allen and Chambers had 11 apiece. VVheeling The Wheeling Wildcats won their opener at the expense of the Trojans 64-57. At the end of the first period the Orangemen were behind 12-11. They continued to 'trail at half-time 80- 28. The third period Won the game for the Wild- cats when they outscored Mdsv. 15-10 to lead 45-89. They went on to win by putting in 19 to the Trojans 18 in the final period. Allen had 25 points for Mdsv. Derrow and Chambers did excellent rebound work. Central Previously unbeaten Central was whipped by the hard-fighting Trojans at the Fieldhouse. Moundsville, behind 18-8 at the end of the first quarter and 81-20 at the half-time. They were still behind 46-82 entering the final period. With 58 seconds remaining, the Trojans put on a full- court press and checked the Maroons. The Mdsv. five stole the ball 8 'times and each time Chambers drove in for a lay-up. His last lay- up put the Trojans within 1 point of the Maroons. Bill Williams pulled the game out of the fire when he received a double-foul shot and con- verted both to win for us 60-59. Derrow then froze the ball for the remaining seconds. Cham- bers was high point man with 26 and Williams had 9. Bellaire The first period showed the Trojans ahead of the Bellaire Big Reds 12-10 but at the half the Ohio- ans were ahead 28-26. In the third period Bell- aire scored 16 and held the Trojans to 8, making it 44-84. The Orangemen were outscored in the final period 'to lose the game 68-52. Chambers was high with 12. Williams had 11 to come in second. Wellsburg Moundsville defeated Wellsburg on its first road trip. The Trojans jumped ahead 17-18 in the first period but caught fire again in the third quarter to lead again 58-88. Both teams col- lected 18 points apiece in the last period. Cham- bers had 28 for the high scoring honors and Allen had 28. Newell The Trojans won their third of six by defeating Newell 74-44 at the new fieldhouse. The Tro- jans jumped to a 21-10 lead in the first period and lead at half-time 88-20. In the third period the Trojans outscored the visitors 24-8 to lead 57-28 at the end of the three stanzas. The starting five then retired and let the subs take over. These boys outscored Newell 17-16 in the final period. Chambers had 24, Derrow 14. Weston The Trojans won their third consecutive victory when they trounced Weston 80-41. The first period Mdsv. was ahead 25-9 and at the half 44-18. The Trojans scored 22 points and held Weston to 12, making it 66-80, in favor of the Trojans. High score Went to Chambers with 25. Allen and Derrow had 18 and 14.

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abhaketball Triadelphia Moundsville traveled to Triadelphia only to suf- fer their fourth defeat. It was a small court and the Trojans wererft able to hit. They were unable to get their fast-break going on the small Hoor. The Trojans were behind 32-22 at half- time, but outscored the Triads 17-10 in the third period. But the Little Reds struck back for 18 while holding us to 6 in the final period to win 63-45. Chambers was high with 19 and Allen had 9. Magnolia Magnolia, who reportedly had a powerful team, traveled to Moundsville's Fieldhouse to suffer a humiliating defeat at the hand of the Trojans. We outscored the visitors at each quarter 22-9, 8-7, 10-8, and 17-14 to win 58-38. Chambers paced the Moundsville five with 19 points. Allen added 11. Derrow did excellent rebound work. Central Central snapped its longest losing streak in a half dozen seasons by spanking the Trojans 77- 63 at Madison. The Maroons, leading at the end of the first period 17-16, capitalized on a 19- 11 second period bulge, for a 36-27 half-time advantage. The Trojans were behind 50-44 at the third quarter mark, but they dumped in 2 buckets to open the fourth period with a disad- vantage of only 50-48. The Maroons then fired in 27 points in the fourth period while the Tro- jans hit for only 15. Allen led with 18 while Chambers contributed 17. Williams and Der- row each hit the net for 11. Allen and Derrow fouled out in the fourth quarter while Nigge- myer and Habig of Central did the same. Triadelphia Moundsville avenged its earlier defeat by post- ing a 56-46 victory over the Triads in an over- time game. The Trojans, who trailed through the first 2 periods, were behind by one point, 24-23 at the half. They then pulled ahead 33-30 at the end of the third, and were outscored again in the fourth to create a deadlock at 44-all. We poured in 12 to the Triads 2 to win the game. Williams led with 16. Union Moundsville's defense centered largely around blanketing O'Brien and they were able to hold him to one point in the first half. Union led 12-8 going into the second frame but they had to scramble to gain a 23-23 deadlock at the half. Behind 5 points in the final stanza, they out- scored Union by 3 points but were unable to overcome their rival's large lead. Allen was high with 17 and Chambers had 14. Fairmont West The Polar Bears took a 41-34 lead at the half after dropping behind 16-19 in the first period. They continued to lead 50-56 at the end of the third and went on to win 70-63. Chambers led with 28 and Derrow had 15. St. Iohns Moundsville outscored St. johns in every quarter to take a 77-59 victory. The Trojans hit for 33 field goals to gain the 18 point victory. The game was close in the first quarter with the Trojans ahead 19-15. They increased their lead at half- time 39-32 and went on to win. Chambers paced the attack with 24. Allen tallied 20 and Derrow hit for 14.