Orrville High School - Orrbit Yearbook (Orrville, AL)

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PEE WEE EOOTB LL Ill Alh The Junior Blue Torrents, champions of the Pee Wee League in '45, captured the runner-up spot in the league this season with a record of five victories, one tie, and one defeat. The Torrents lost several of their stars from the '45 championship squad, but Coach nSparkieu Brid- ges, with several veterans and a group of promising newcomers on hand, fielded a well-rounded, hard-hitting team. The season opened with the Torrents winning a hard fought game from the Green Wave by a score of l2-6. Captain Billy Childres dashed 60 yards through the entire team in the fading minutes of the game to break the 6-6 deadlock. ' The following week saw the Torrents roll over the Wolverines by a 14-O score for their second victory. The Golden Tornadoes were the opponents for the third game of the campaign. The Tornadoes, led by Sonny Carter, hard running back, was undefeated and had run roughshod over the other teams in the league. At the end of this hard fought contest the issue was still not decided as the game ended 7-7. The Green Wave fell before the Torrents the following week for the second time. The Torrents opened up their razzle dazzle offense and rolled over them by a score of 52-O. The Wolverines ran into the red hot Torrents and were trounced to the tune of a 20-O score. The team showed great improvement over early season performance and was pointing for the final game with the still undefeated Golden Tornadoes. The officials of the league picked an all-star team from the three Selma teams to tackle the Torrents in a game to be played on the Orrville field the following week. The home team was the underdog, but they scrapped the Selma team off their feet and defeated them 6-O. Bo Davis, star performer, was injured the previous week and did not play. The next week the Torrents suffered another crippling blow. Billy Childres, captain and outstanding field general, was laid low by an attack of appendicitis. The Torrents, minus the services of these two star performers,met the Golden Tornadoes for the championship and lost to them 25-O. This was their first loss in two years. An All-star Team was picked from the three other teams to tackle the champions in a night game at Rowell Field. Five Orrville boys were placed on the squad--John Sherrer, Bobby Harrison, Tom Moore, Glenn Anderson, and Cecil Moore received this honor. Billy Childres received the most valuable player award, which is awarded each year to the outstanding player in the league. The award was presented to him at the annual Pee Wee Banquet at which time all members of the Orrville squad received a football letter. Boys who made up this fine squad were: Gantt, Davis, Andrews, T. Moore, B, Moore, Crawford, Singleton, Harrison, Bobby Childres, Billy Childres, C. Moore, S. Anderson, G. Anderson, Sherrer, Shadix, Massey, Molette, Dunning, Reynolds, and Hblladay.

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5 T f N 'Ml .lon N15 MORGAN EDWARDS 125-lb. FI'9Sho Guard JOHN ROSS LONG 145-lb, Senior Guard DEAN WILSON 155-lb. Senior Guard DESMOND BRIDGES 155-lb, Soph. Left halfbaok JOHN S. REYNOLDS 125-lb. Senior uGuard 57 153929 ff V RALPH WALKER 145-lb, Soph. Guard AI! KENT LAUDERBACK 155-lb, Soph. Guard

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WEST JETER Forward Guard TE M The Orrville Blue Torrents enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in many years by winning 20 games while losing only S. The Tor- rents finished the season by losing a hard fought game to an underdog Maplesville team in the quarter finals of the Third District Tourna- ment. The Torrents were the fourth seeded team in this meet. They fought hard the entire sea- son, but were crippled by injuries and illness to key players throughout the year. The starting five was revised and changed many times, causing the team to work constantly under a handicap. During the season twelve men started,at one time or another, on the A team. Mayton, Jeter, Pat- terson, West, P.Knight, E. Meredith, Frasier, S. Meredith, Pegues, Geeslin, J.Knight, and Bridges were starting performers. The largest margin by which the Torrents lost a game was three points. Two of their losses were by one point margins, two by two points, and one by three points. The team ran up a fine offensive record by dropping 1051 points through the hoops for an average of b2 points per game. The individual scoring lead was captured by Patterson, who was followed by Jeter, West, and E. Meredith. The defense was also outstanding. The opponents shot only 53h points for an average of 21 points per game. Pe- gues, E. Meredith, Jeter, and Mayton, seniors, will be the only members of the squad who will not be vack for another year. West, Frasier, P. Knight, J. Knight, Patterson, S. Meredith, Brid- ges, Oliver, Geeslin. Davis. Childres. Warren, Edwards, Lindsay, Lauderbaclc, McGhee, Walker,and P. Pegues will return for another season. BASKETB LL