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 - Class of 1951

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Basketball Belmont s powerful Blue Eagle Basketball Team hung up the best season of the school s history and also 1n the h1story of Belmont County They are the proud owners of three very beautxful trophxes recemved mn thexr torr1d march through the County Sect1onal and Dxstrlct Tournaments Not untxl they met Walnut Creek s seven man team d1d the Eagles cool off But that s enough for the game that every body wants to forget ln the season s opener the Eagles ran rough shod over a f1ght1ng Freeport team 76 45 Thls same team gave Belmont plenty of trouble later on 'lhe second game of the year saw the Belmonters eke out a close 58 57 w1n over Barnesvllle It was a tough game and an uphlll flght all evenxng Then Bauman s boys played host to strong W0OdSf1e1d three n1ghts before Chr1stmas It was a thrlller w1th Belmont comlng out on top 64 59 After the ho11days Belmont went down to 1ts f1rst defeat when they bowed to the Holloway Club 6l 59 a very unexpected upset The Eagles got back on the wxn tra1l by dumpxng Bethesda 53 50 and Freeport 58 57 for the e1ghth wm of the year Then Beallsvzlle came to town bow1ng to Belmont 71 64 J1m McKeen was he whole show as he poured 27 polnts through the net The Eagles then lost thelr second game of the year to Class A St Cla1rsv1l1e The bxg floor and glass backboards hurt Belmont s chances The score was 58 53 The Bethesda Panthers came to Belmont to seek revenge for an earlxer loss Then came the thrlller at Flushmg The Eagles were 9 po1nts behmd w1th 4 mmutes to go but came roarlng home to w1n 63 61 Then came the thlrd defeat of the year at W00dSf1e1d Jake Motter played lxke an ALL AMERICAN that mght and It surely wasn t h1s fault we lost He led the scor1ng w1th 9 po1nts and took every rebound The score 42. 36 Belmont then started w1nn1ng and weren t stopped untll they hit Walnut Creek Then Barnesvllle came to town and were humbled very eas1ly 74 65 Wayne Parker has a speclal evemng dumpmg m 15 pomts 1 hen came the Holloway return game at Holloway W1th Lefty Mzlhoan lead mg the way the Bauman boys won gomg away 62 45 Lefty made 14 pomts The Eagles closed out the year w1th a sweet vlctory over Sc1o 67 64 lt was coveted revenge for last year s loss to the boys from the Pottery town The followxng week the Eagles roared 1nto tournament play and laced Smxth Twp 75 39 to move xnto the seml fmals of the County Class B Tournament agalnst the only Class B county team that had defeated them Holloway But the Belmont boys showed super1or1ty ln thump1ng the Rallroaders 56 47 The Blue Eagles proved very convlncmgly m the final agamst tough Flushmg that they were class of the county Our boys poured It on and by the thxrd quarter 26 . . - . . t Sam Burkhart's six straight points iced the game for Belmont 70-63.

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lead by 20 pomts the fmal score bemg 51 43 After the fmal game was over two trophxes were recewed one for wmnmg the County League the other for wmmng the tournament An all tournament team was pxcked nn which the Eagles placed Sam Burkhart and Bob Orr1son W1th the County Champxonshlp under thexr belt the Bauman boys moved to Steubenvxlle to the Sectxonal In the fxrst game wxth Dxlhonx ale the Bauman boys tell behmd 18 9 ln the ixrst quarter but pulled wxthxn two poxnts at the half 34 32 Dnlhonvale made a gallant try but Belmont won 66 61 Wlth the Dxllxonn ale uctory Belmont moved xnto the fmal round w1th Freeport The Red Ra1ders were tough but after an even flrst quarter the Eagles moved to the fore and were never headed Bob Orrlson had a bxg mght grabbmg plenty of rebounds and hoopmg m 21 pomts to show the way The Belmont crew was then crowned Co Champxons of the Sectlonal wxth Sprmgfleld and both moved to the D1str1ct at Dover Belmont drew Denmson and Sprmgfleld Walnut Creek The Eagles knew they were 1n for a tough evemng at the outset of the game They led the fxrst half of the game but Denmson got hot mn the tlurd quarter and led by as much as 14 pomts Wxth 30 seconds to play Belmont tralled one pomt but Denmson had the ball They shot but mlssed Belmont grabbed the rebound and broke down the floor Herb Mmller got the ball deep ln the rlght corner and shot It whxzzed through the net and the gun sounded The score Belmont 75 Denn1son 74 Mxller was the hero It was the only bucket he got 1n the whole game but xt was the game wlnner Then the Eagles were up agalnst Walnut Creek lt wasn t very satxsfactory by any means but It couldn t be helped The boys d1d the best they could and over all nobody should be dxsappolnted w1th the season So then we brlng down the curtaln on a wonderful basketball season 1n w1sh1ng Mr Bauman the best of luck 1n the years to come BELMONT HIGH BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1950 5l B H S OPP F reeport Beallsvmlle Barnesv1lle Sm1th Rural Powhatan Laiferty Somerton Woodsfxeld Holloway Bethesda Freeport Smith Rural St Clalrsvllle Bethesda Fluslung Lafferty Woodsfleld Somerton Barnesvmlle Flushmg Holloway Sclo Z7 76 45 ' 71 64 ' 58 57 ' 75 52 77 38 59 45 66 60 ' 64 59 59 61 53 50 58 57 ' 71 44 . ' ' 53 58 70 63 ' 63 61 69 43 ' 36 42 81 60 ' 74 65 ' 64 54 62 45 ' 67 64

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