Rosalia High School - Rosalian Yearbook (Rosalia, KS)

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gwh HIGH SCHOOL BOY'S BASKETBALL TEAM Q 5 E 5 '43 9- , ' 6 ax fa fy ir ' a . WAS a n eff LL L 4 'T a H e 5 at .- .s if ,L -- - 4 - 1. 4, L L 1 as ,K -wg -L' A w If A. Q i 'ef- , ' 5121, ?V Y 3 it ' I Q L ' . 'Z . A.., r From L. to R.: H. Lanier, J. Haines, L. Ballinger, R. Parscal, C. Simon, D. lead,.It Gray, W. Meredith, R. Cartwright,.T. Diffen- dsl, D. Traylor, Coach Robert Beal. The basketball season of 1951-52 get eff to a rousing start the night ef. Nov. 2, at Potwin. and at the end of the Only Q few points separated the two teams the entire game final quarter the score was tied 40-40. The Greyhounds fhr ally won the game 44-42 in the overtime. The Cardinals journeyed to Whitewater one week later, and were snowed under by a sharpshooting Elks team. Their rush1ng zone kept Rosalie baffled and Whir- water won going away 50-52. The Nov. 50, game at Cassoday was the first league game. Still Un8b16 U0 break into the w1n colum Rosalie lost a thriller 45-42. The Cardinals lost their fourth straight to Benton. Behind 26-14 at the half, the Cards began score however saw the In a return game ball game of the year Getting a taste to play good ball and almost caught the Tigers. The final Tigers on top 40-56. with Cassoday on Dec. 11, the Cardinals won their first Ahead 19-12 at the half, Rosalia went on to win 45-55. of victory, and finding it to their liking the Cardinals traveled to Towanda Dec. 14 and won their second game this one a league game, 49 to 44. Altho the game was close all the way, the Cards were never headed. Andover came to Rosalie the night of Dec. 18, and lost a one-pointer to the Cardinals 46-45. Rosalla led 26-25 at half and barely nipped the Trojan rallyin time e After jumping to a 4-O lead, the Cardinals suddenly ran into a.l7 minute scoreless cold spell, and fell behind Douglass 50-4 at halftime. The game was played at Douglass Jan. ll. The Bulldogs continued to pour it on in the second half and Rosalla took their worse defeat 67-25. A return game was played with Benton at that place, January 15. The Cards were not up to their usually game, and were defeated for the second time by them 55-56. Bouncing back against Burns January 18, Rosalia played the Hornets even the first quarter, then Jumped to a 17-12 lead at the half time. The league leaders came out in a full court press the second half, and beat the Cards at their own game. The final score was 45-58 in favor of Burns. January 25 was a big night in Rosalia. Whitewater dropped their first league game of the year to a group of fighting Cardinals. The Elks fell behind early, and trailed 25-10 at halftime. The Cardinals refused to let up in the final periods and sunk the Whitewater team 49-55.