Watertown High School - Purple Tiger Yearbook (Watertown, TN)

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BASKETBALL RESUME We hoped to take our second win when White House came to town January 7, but they edged out a win of 38 to 36 despite the excellent playing on the part of each player. Faas The next contest found us on the road to Gordonsville. We got off to a slow start “Se and lost 46 to 32. ¢ gpititto a rs : Although Liberty won when they came to town the Tigers held them to a 10 point win, the final score being 39 to 29 in their favor. Our second victory was with Auburn on their court. This was a thriller from the beginning—the game ended in a tie but in the over-time we pushed ahead for a victory of 32 to 30. Butler and Ownby high scorers. Tom Marshall and “Company” came to town January 20, winning 54 to 25. Many spectators enjoyed Tom’s outstanding floor work. us Le The Blue Devils were next on our list with a return game there. Again they were victorious, leading 39 to 23. We traveled to White House for the first time—winning our third contest. This was a close game but with the superior playing of the Tigers and Ownby taking the scoring honors with eleven points we won 27 to 21. Portland’s return game here will be remembered as a hard fought game even though they edged out a one point win, 15 to 14. Ownby received a broken arm in the early period of the game. Z, ’ P- : 2 of oe Se Le ee A Eth a e t a The Gordonsville five paced to an easy victory when they came to town for a return game. The final score was 30 to 16 in their favor. i a a fa Again we met the undefeated Green Waves on our home coutt, losing 44 to 14. a. YW Lure ¥ : gery a:

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BASKETBALL RESUME The Purple Tigers began a rather eventful season when the highly favored York Institute came to town winning 57 to 31. Our first scheduled game of the season was with the Lebanon Blue Devils at home. This was a thrilling game as each team played hard to win. We were leading 13 to 8 at the half but lost in the last few minutes of t he game by 23 to 22. Ownby was high point man. On our journey to Carthage, the Owls proved too strong for us. It was their game from the beginning as they led all the way. We lost 58 to 31, Wright and Eaton sharing scoring honors. The Tigers third game proved to be a bitter defeat as Hartsville won by 29 to 19 on our home court. After traveling a long distance to Portland we scored our first victory of the season. This was a hard fought game from the first. The score was in our favor 28 to 20. This victory gave the Tigers renewed confidence which was not enough to stop Liberty for they won an easy win over us—60 to 24 in their favor. Next we met the undefeated Green Waves on their court. We were defeated 58 tOgAi

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BASKETBALL RESUME February 10, found us traveling to Hartsville, determined to win our fourth. This we did by playing heads-up-ball. We won 35 to 25, Eaton being the high scorer with sixteen points. Carthage Owls were too strong for us in their return game. They won 61 to 19. In our contest with Mt. Juliet February 17, they won 61 to 25. However we would like to mention that the Tigers were in the lead twice early in the first quarter. There are still two games and the tournament games left in the season. “The Purple Tiger’’ goes to the publishers before these games are played making it impossible to give a complete resume of the season. Despite the fact that we have won only a few games and lost several by one and two points the Tigers are to be commended for their determination and will to play.