Abbotsford High School - Abhiscan Yearbook (Abbotsford, WI)

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vBasketball icont.i .Abbotaford 37--Dorchester 35 With revenge in their eyes Abby met the Dor-hi basketball team on 'bey'e hone floor. The game was a close one with each team taking the lead several times during the game. But Abby proved to be to much for the Dorchester boys. Klieforth Abbys center was the outstanding player on the floor with 15 points for Abby. 'Abbotsrord 42--Meqrord 40 In a hard fought battle the Abby Ramblers downed the Medford Quin -tet 42 to 40. The Abby team led throughout the game and did a nice bit of stalling in the final minutes of play. Kieser and Klieforth the senior scoring twins lead the Abby team with 14 and 15 points. Abbotsford 47--Westboro 49 tovertimei Abby met Westboro in Abby for the Host thrilling game of the sea- son. Both teams were tied at the half. Abby pulled ahead by 1 point in the 5rd quarter and the game ended in a 57-37 deadlock. The overtim proved fatal for Abby who was not aule to score but Westboro did score two points to win the game.' Again it was Kieser and Klieforth with 29 poihts together, 15 of these were by Kieser. V Abbotsford 55--Rib Lake 55 Once more the breaks were against Abby and they were downed by the boys from Rib Lake 55 to 53. The lead exchanged hands many times dur- ing the game, but Abby was finally downed.'The high point nan for Abby was Klieforth. Abbotsford 55--Unity 54 The Ramblers anxious to get back in the win colume traveled to Unity to meet Unity in their new Community Hall. Abby turned the eve- ning into a very disappointing one for Unity by benchinr them 55 to 54. Klieforth had 17 points and Kieser 16. Abboteford 56--Marathon 41 Centinenal game! The Marathon boys proved to be too much for Abby and downed the Rambler 41 to 56. Klieforth got credit for 12 of the Abby points to be high. The.armory was decorated very pretty and the band played and marched. Much credit must be given to Mr. Juneau for training the band to do so well; Abbotsford 68--Granton 54 Play-offs with Granton representing the'gouthern 3C and Abby the Northern two eVenly matched teams clashed to fight off for 5rd place. Klieforth and Keller shared the spotlight for scoring with 14 and 11 points. Tournament Abbotsford 27--Edgar 38 The Edgar Quintet lived up to their expectations and run Abby un- der 58--27 the game was close the 1st half. But after that Abby fell behind and never trom then on were they able to score the Edgar boys. bbotsford 29--Athens 47 The Athens Bluebirds upset the Ramblersto.take Abby from the tou- rney running. Keller was high for Abby with 8 points. This camt to end the 1947-48 basketball season. The Ramblers com -pleted their season with a record of 9 wins and 12 loses. The team elected Klieforth as their honory captain.

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Basketball icont.i Abbotsford 27--Dorchester 29 For the let conference game of the season Abby tackled to meet a imighty Dorchester 5 at Dorchester. The Ramblere controlled the game for 5 quarters but in the 4th quarter Dorchester hit the hoop from all angles and the game ended with Dorchester on the better end of th the scoring. Klieforth passed the losers with 8 points. Abbotsford 57--Medford 28 On ahother conference game the Ramblers downed a tall rangy led- ford team 57 to 28. Scoring honors were again captured by Klieforth who sent 5 field goals and as many free throws for 15 points. jAbbotsford 55--Westboro 5? , The Ramblers traveled to Westboro to meet the Weetboro quintet 1n bbys 5rd conference game of the year. It was a nip and tackle ball ame. All the way with the lead changing leads many times. When the ame went off the Northlandere had A 2 point edge and the Ramblers tdrcpped their second conference tilt. Kieser dropped 18 points thro-, hgh the hoop for Abby. lAbbotsford 5'7--Edge.r 49- Abby traveled to Edger for another nonconference tilt but found the Edgar teem too tall and speedy. The Abby 5 was soundly troaned by the Edgar boys 49 to 37. Kieser and Klieforth were top scorers for abby with 15 and 14 points respectively. Abbotsford 26--Rib Lake 52 The Ramblers traveled to Rib Lake for the next game of the season and absorbed their 2rd straight defeat tothe tune of 32 to 26. Again IKieeer and Klieforth sparked Abby with 10 and 8 points respectively. Abbotsford 52--Unity 22 The Abby boys finally pulled themselves into the win colume byi trouncing Unity 52 to 22. Keller and Kieeer were the big guns for Abby with 15 and 14 points respectively. Abbotsford 56--Marathon 40 A long trip over to Marathon proved to no avail after Abby lost a thriller to the Marathon boys. Baumgatner, Vetter and Klieforth ecc- ounted for 50 of Abbyb points withilo each. Abbotsford 28--Colby 39 . Abby traveled to Colby for the next game of the season and once more returned home defeaten. Abby played very bad bell and were unable to hit the hoop. Keller reached up 8 points to the high for Abby. Abbotsford 34--Loya1 31 Back on their own floor the Ramblers succeeded in downing Loyal 54 to 31, Keller captured the scoring honors again. Abbotsford 40--Withee 23h Kieser was high with 17 points and Abby rolled on to take up an- other win for the Ramblers.

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Klieforth V J. Steffen D. Kieser K. Baumgatner Schauer 55: