Argenta Oreana High School - Pilot Yearbook (Argenta, IL)

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BASKET BALL The A.C.H.S. had a very pood and successful basket ball team this year. The men on the team and their positions are as f oIjlows : H. Craig D. Craig H. Benton C. Craig 0. Beimfohr E. Tippitt R. Clifton V. Trunmel Paul Long H. West left forward If II IV guard II center ii guard II The season started with a game played at Cerro Gordo. Thiswas nearly fatal to the team asthey had had little practice. The Cerro Gordo team held the lead until the last few minutes and our team won 10-9, r.i The next game was here with Cerro Gordo. Ahiswas some- what better for the team had practiced more and our coach had taught several new plays , V o won 8-1. We then went to Kenny and run up another victory 22 - 10. This was a fast game the entire period of play. Everyone played hard and played all of the time. The following week wo wont to 7a rensburg and defeated that team with a score of 22 - 12. This was a rather rough gamo but we came out cn top again. We then lost our first game to Mont, ice 5 lo with a score of 24 - 12. The boys seemed tc bo clear off their feet and couldn't throw a basket anywhere whiio Monticellc was ex- tremely lively. We then went to Bethany and there we played the fastest and best game of the season. At the end of t.he first quarter Bethany lod 4 - 1 and at, fro ore of tie half 16-4. While wo were in the dressing room, our coach told us what he thought of our playing and grvo us some good pointers. In the third quarter we played basket ball and oiod the score. The score was also tied at the end ci' the g;nc and we had to play over- time. xn the overtime period, Bother scored enu point to a foul. By excellent team work and. a good defenso we made a

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interesting or entertaining to is as follows: THE OWL Tho OWL has endeavored this year, to act as a news- paper to tho pupils of Argenta High School, a pprearing seven times previous to this number. A small fee of 5g wa3 charged to cover the expense of production. The Seniors have been responsible for the publica- tion of the OWL and each one has contributed such articles as he or she thought would be its readers., The OWL staff Editor Oliver Beimgohr Ass't. Editor Frances Bopjp Bus’, “anager Charlotte Wimberly Ass't. Bus. Mgr. Florence White The following sections appeared in thepaper: Scholastic Organizations Athletics Calendar Personals Home Economics Agriculture Jokes Cartoonist Grade School otes This issue , is the largest that has ever been put out, being entirely a Senior paper, serving as an annual. Because of the ezira effort and expense which has been put forth on thispaper, it is necessary to sell it to the public for 10 cents. Florence White 26. A calendar was prepared for this paper by Virginia Auten, but when this issue of the OWL was printed it could not be found. We regret that we cannot present to the readers, a record of the events as they occurred during the year.

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fi ld goal Just before tho-final-v vi rtTcr'ancL «toj1 by a score-of 22 - 21. This was tho first time that Argenta- had-dofoatod Bothany for many years and it will bo romoraborod by the boys of •26. Then we wont to Warrcnsburg and wore defeated by a score of 19-14. Next was the Invitation Tournament held in Decatur, We walked away from Hammond and won ourselves a banquet which was given at the Sta-ley's Clubshouse. Thanks to Mrs. Farmer. ‘After that game we played the Afthur seconds and beat them. Then we played the Decatur Reserves and lost by a small score. The Decatur boys were wofcfcied and claimed that we gave them the worst scare of the season. On March the 5thr we went to the Millikin Gym to play our game in the tournament with the strong Mansfield 5. 7e led the score for the first half, but they moved ahead of us in the third quater. We then lost ourselves and they beat us 19 - 15. We played one of the fastest games in the tournament. By the inability to make free throws, it cost us the game for we missed 10 out of 13 trials. When Mansfield won the final game, we were not so down hearted to thfcnk we played them and lost by a small margin. BASEBALL The baseball team of ious of any team of A. C. H. S D. Craig C. Craig Harold Craig H. Benton J. Wimberly R. Clifton’ Sr Tippitt 3rd Base Shortstop Pitcner Catcher Left field First base. End base this year wqs the most victor— . The lime up is as follows: Froman Miller Center field 0. Beimfohr Right field Substitutes H. West Forrest Lukenbill Raymond Gereau Robert Barclay Our first game with Maora, April 23, was won by a score of 7-5, although we had to play 2 extra innings. On April 30, we went to Mt. Zion and had soraeting like a track meetwinning by 35 - 7. Clifton, Beimfohr and H. Craig getting home runs. May 7 witnessed the game here between our team and Warrensburg. We wen 7—5 in a close game. They led the entire game up to tho last inning, then we flilled the bases. C Craig got a hit and scored one more. Jay Wimberly, who •had not touched a base before soaked out a two bagger and won the GamQ- On May 14th, Uaroa Journeyed over here to be defeated 19 -- JEE. The Maroaapitcher could do nothing with the hard hitting of thJa Argenta boys. In the 5th inning the score stood