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.

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'F' The fourth pla fou d Rose Hills ne game was played Jan Latham came to their sixth game of lead and held on to Another 3 game Rosalia court and b game which was clos period. The Butler County Tournament got underwag February ll. Rosalie first round in good fashion beating Andover H MO after leading the e ce Rose Hill Rockets were next for Rosalia. The Cardinals w gym to their liking, and dumped the host club M2-Bh. The uary 29. Rosalia for a non league ame February 5, and Rosalia lun the year, beating Latham E3-31. The Cards grabed an early it the entire game. came to the marred the the final winning streak was broken February 8, when Potwin eat the Cardinals 37-32. A great number of fouls e for three quarters. The Greyhounds ran wild in got by the tire game D 0 The second night, February 13, the Cardinals met Burns the number two seeded team. After leading almost the entire game the Cardinals fell behind, and fin- ally lost out S9-53. Rosalia travel ed to Severy for the District Tournament February 26-29 and finished in fourth place. After getting by Piedmont hh-Jh, the Cards lost two heartbreakers to Benedict and Climax. Rosalia lead all the way in both games only to lose out in the final minute. The final scores were Benedict h2,Fbsalia h0, and Climax bl, Rosalia 39, this one an overtime affair. The Cards finished the season with a 8 Q P 1 if 45524 : 'Vg Y W.. won, 12 loss record. 11..... y. s ' T 3 Malaita., cnucx mann. 'K LYLE sruolr 'rnarnon i W GRAY Q1 A f LOREN cummrcnm BALLINGER Egg? g lf 5 ig? Y Q S rigs? y 5 2 ff' ,:, ga iwwgwiff ,,,. WA GOACH Do' MEREDITH BEAL mam