West Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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oar-HIGH if la 2. 13152 v 'W I ,f . 7, , .6 A A I I I 1 ,-1545 9 'oN1-'ld 'Qtr V1 N 7 ' SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT OING through the tournament and meeting East Side in the finals, the Fairmont High School Basketball Team won the meet by .-fW,v' , defeating them 39-14. The big score of the tournament was in the opening game, when the Bears downed the Kingwood Team 4'i'+'ff ' 57-13. The Polar Bears played Hundred in the next round and again won 26--12. The next victim was Shinnston, who fell to the tune of 30-19. This placed F. H. S. in the-finals with East Side. At the end of the first half of this exciting game the Polar Bears were leading 18-12. The team showed even better form during the second half and allowed the East Side tossers only two points while they garnered 21 points, making the final score 39-14. Thus endeth another perfect day. During the entire tourna- ment our boys scored 152 points to their opponents' 55. STATE TOURNAMENT For the first time in the history of the Fairmont High School or any other school in Fairmont or surrounding territory, the Fairmont High team, known as the Polar Bears, won the State Championship of West Virginia. The Polar Bears started off with a bang, playing the first game of the tourna- ment with Montgomery and never were headed off throughout the fray. The score ended ll to 6 in favor of the Bears. The next game was played with the fast Pineville live. The boys started off well, and before Pineville boys knew what was going on, had a comfortable lead. The game ended 36 to 19, Fairmont. Although they were without Satterfield, who was ill at the time, they could not have gone better with him. Of all the games the Charleston game was the thriller. The Kanawha boys were all six-footers, and the small Bears looked like midgets beside them. This was the game where size did not count. The Fairmont team had the old West Virginia fight, and managed to come out ahead 22-21. This game was the hump of the tournament, and the boys knew if they could get through this game safely, they had a good chance to take the meet. Saturday morning, everyone was feeling good when the team met the fast Benwood team in the semi-finals, and the boys played head-up all through the game, and at the end of the game, the score stood Fairmont 3l-Ben- wood 20. Then came the finals, Saturday night. with Washington-Irving, the team that beat us twice during the season. The half ended 13-9 in our favor. The third quarter ended 20-13, and at 3 seconds to play the score was 20--18, and Lover, one of their guards, was shooting a foul but he missed it, and before anyone could get the ball off of the banking board the gun shot--Fairmont 20, W. I. 18. Fairmont had won five hard-fought games, and now the Polar Bears, under the direction of Coach F. A. Ice, for the last time had won the championship of West Virginia. Page II4

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I, 1 l Page 113 O ' - t EARL JACKSON Guard Second year on team Jack was a hefty guard. He played regular on the second team and broke into several of the major games. Jack played his position well. He would often be seen breaking up plays which seemed to be headed for the basket. Jack gradu- ates this year and sure will be missed in F. H, S. EDWARD NEY Center First year on team Pigeon played in and out all through the year. He always has plenty of fight and is an expert foul shot. He beat Shinnston 19-20 by shooting a foul in the last of the game. Ney will be back with the same old tight. JOHN CRANWELL Forward or Center First year on team Johnnie is a Sophomore and will be back for a couple of years more. He is rather small. but is growing and will be out to light for a regular position next year.

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91-Hlgk f fo ,JZ T lf f6l52 f v -1 a . . I . ' X 1, , , fi 4 ' 'yly V EEA di I Each game won brought more fans and students from Fairmont, and by the final game everybody that you could think of was there to see the team sweep through the final game. It has been the greatest season in basketball for Fairmont High in the history of the School. On the all-state team were placed two men from Fairmont Polar Bears, Satterlield and Folio, forward and guard, respectively. This was a great honor for the boys in addition'to being picked on the all-valley team: Satterlield was chosen unanimously as forward and captain, while Folio was chosen as captain of the all-state team. NATIONAL TOURNAMENT After winning the State Tourney, the Polar Bears accepted the invitation to compete in the National Tournament at Chicago. The necessary funds were raised by public subscription. On the 27th of March the eight Polar Bears left to represent West Virginia in the Windy City. In the Bears' first game they were pitted against Tallassee, Ala., High School. Tallassee was runner-up in the Alabama State Tourney. They also had two all-state men on their team. After four quarters of fast basketball, the Bears emerged with a 20-13 victory. The next day they were scheduled to meet the powerful Morton High team from Cicero, a suburb of Chicago. When the all-American team was picked, the Morton center was given a first team position. The Bears trailed all through the game, although often the margin was only two points. When Morton had a lead of a few points, they would resort to a stalling game, but when the Bears did get the ball, they scored. All the Morton fans were scared throughout the game, but the Bears failed to gain a lead, and Morton came out the victors by a score of 24-22. Later, when Morton was playing Batesville, Arkansas, for the national title, they won by another two-point margin. This shows that the Polar Bears were among the best teams in the country. . This was the first time any Fairmont team ever went to a national tourna- ment. bgafmffffr Jffyfiif' 'g lil2ff'ii ga I. W ll HB7 Page 115