Plainview Rover High School - Panther Yearbook (Plainview, AR)

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L JOE BENNETT VANCE COX Coach Captann Football 6 ATHLETICS IN PLAINVIEW HIGH SCHOOL Considering thts IS our ftrst year tn athletlcs wtth the exceptton of unlor boys basketball team o last season whxch tool: the cup at the county tournament Plamvtew hugh school has made a great advancement ln athletics being now con sidered on an equal wnth the other htgh schools of the county Our glory IS not so much tn our vlctorles as ln the fact that good sportman shlp and clean playing was our motto whether the results were vnctory or defeat Our school stands back of the idea that athlettcs wnll develop a young man ot woman both mentally and physcnally and teach hum or her to be a good sport in the things of later lnfe The ear of l927 28 promises to be even greater than the one just pa sed Y Football basketball and baseball as well as track and fteld are gomg to afford the young people who attend P H S m the future many golden opportunities for development L G 21 -,,,.,....- A 1 L in l E L l 't .' ,Z f ,' , ll

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qu-ve THE FOQTBALL SQUAD 1 fs The Season of 1926 In the autumn day of September near the twenty frrst a group of boys began to report to Coach oe Bennett for the purpose of learmng football Not havtng the best of equnpment and a rather small crowd the rmpressron was left that the chances were very slum for a team But the boys showed theur wnllmgness to frght and the gang began to increase When the numbers had reached the twenties Coach began to smxle and though most of the boys were new at the game through hrs smxle they could see that his hopes were reachmg htgher planes Pune Knots would play their fxrst game One falr day rn October the squad wrth a number of boosters motored to Havana to meet one of the strongest teams an the county Returnmg from that fnrst game wxth the smaller end of the score clnd not mean we were to lose all the games that followed Coach Bennett who taught the boys new trucks and plays Captann Cox who lead the gang and Harrell who used hrs thmkmg as quarterback and the other men showlng their ability and determmatnon led P H S to victory on the football freld manv txmes On November Z5 after fxghtmg a hard frght and wmnmg me game the squad attended a splendrd banquet prepared by the Home Economncs gurls who wished to show their .apprecratnon of the record made by the team of Z6 l. G Z2 ,ills 1 . li A - L ,.. '- ,H V 1 , ' s .3 1 ' . v 1 I . , . . . . , . , Y As the days passed by every one was looking forward to the time when the rt - vy I ' - . - - , ' , , , ' 9 ' , Y , , , . . . . ' I . A A . , ,Q Y 9 3 1 - - s l 4