Bedford High School - Torch Yearbook (Bedford, IA)

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,Q , . f..-y, f.1f , 3. q fy., ,',3k gh, 3-,f ,gf ' f - si X. ----P11 Qyfl 'X u if--f -f L e fiaif ,L H f-- 3 ' 1924-25 Basket Ball Season Fresh from foot ball training, the candidates for the fivei' were in good trim from the first. Atfthe first practice four letter men were back, besides Nash from Conway. With much other promising material, Coach .Bishoff set to work to develop a championship team. From the first it was hard to tell what-to expect from the team. Games would be won until the last -few seconds, when they would slack up and loose by a narrow margin .d'. Going down to defeatfgalloping through to victory, 'ever striving to satisfy Coach Bishoff's desire for a winning team, the five near the grand climax, The County Tourney . Near- ly every town in the county having defeated and being defeated by some other team in the county, dope was rather uncertain as to the outcome. P . The County Basketball Tournament was a grand success so far as interest and attendance is concerned. Neither our boys nor girls team were fortunate enough to win any trophies. ' The boys drew Clearfield, the winners of the tournament, in the first round and were put out of the running. Our girls fared somewhat better, winning from Gravity in the first round by a good sized margin. In the second you-nd they met New Market. It was a hard fought game, but,2 al- though close at first, Bedford seemed off form and was defeat- ed 36-17. , T e Although Bedford- won no trophies, competition was keen, and it was no disgrace to lose to the teams they did. Xfii. f, ':' 1 'f' 1 Q zsxxx- MW ' Page':Fifty-three