Big Sandy High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Big Sandy, MT)

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District Champions 1924. Standing—Moe, Coach Cameron, Hanson, Sitting—H. Hurd, Shults, Callison (Captain), Bartlett, R. Hurd.

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THE CENTENNIAL quarter, no change in score was recorded and the game ended 7 to 6 in favor of Big Sandy, making us one of the four district champions in the state. Because of a technicality, we were forbidden to play for the state championship by the State Board of Control. However, we were placed as fourth best team in the state, with the probability of winning the state championship, had we been given the chance. Dosia Shults was given the position of third all-state half-back. Honorable mention was also given several men among whom were: Clifford Flatness, tackle, Earl Schill- ing, center, Lloyd Callison, quarterback, and Herschell Hurd, fullback. Much credit should be given the second team who gave their best in order to develop the first team. These men, many of whom will be heard from in the future, are: David Moe, Art Holst, Byron Connors, Floyd Hanson, Sam Sprague, Ted Homan, Harold Snow and Charles Cole. BASKETBALL The 1924 season was the best in the history of Big Sandy High. R. E. Cameron was again our coach. The season opened with only two veterans; H. Hurd and Dosia Shults. Others out for the squad were: Callison, (a last year's sub.) Capt., R. Hurd, Bartlett, Flatness, and Schilling who were of known caliber and S. Moe who played with Missoula last year. Schilling dropped basket-ball on account of an injury to his knee, which he received during football. Shults was also forced to drop basketball after playing a couiple of games, on account of injury received in football. He did not play again until the district tourament. S. Moe was not eligible to take part in basketball until the second semester. The first four games were won. Then there was a dcline and it seemed as though the team could not win. Various combinations were used because of injuries and trying out new material. But it was not until the tourna- ment that the team really “Got going,” the way they should. Up until the district tournament, six games were lost and nine won. The total score of these games was 292 for Big Sandy and 199 for the opponents. Including the tournaments the total was 436 to the opponents 326. This shows that we had a good scoring machine as well as a good defense, considering that many fast teams were played. The total for Big Sandy would no doubt have been higher, but in several games, at least one regular was out, and in others subs were run in after the game had already been won. It is indeed unfortunate that six of the first seven men will not be back next year. Hansen is the only one who will be back. But there will, however, be plenty of material left for a very good team next year. Those who will be back next year that are of known caliber are: James Mason, Gaines, D. Moe, Worsted, Cole, Flatness, Homan, and Hansen. With this material and with Mr. Cameron as coach again, Big Sandy should make a strong bid for district honors next year. The second team played three games, losing two to the Havre seconds

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THE CENTENNIAL and winning over the Ft. Benton Scouts team. A great deal of credit should be given the second team for helping to develop the first team, but most of the credit goes to coach “Scotty” Cameron. S. M. ’24. DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Big Sandy entered the district tournament with all the outside predic- tions against it. Four other teams were ranked for the first four places without the Big Sandy team being assigned any particular place in the final results. But the indomitable pluck of our team, together with real knowledge and ability in the game, carried them to the end as victors in the fastest tournament ever held in this district. Our first game was with Havre who had defeated us twice during the season by one point margins. But our boys went in with a determination to beat Havre and win the district championship. It was a close fight from start to finish and was the fastest game of the tournament. The game ended 26 to 20 in our favor. H. Hurd was high point man with six field baskets and two free throws. The second game was with OUR OLD RIVAL Fort Benton, who had also defeated us twice during the season. They were confident that they would defeat us again but when Uhl came up against the stonewall defense put up by Cal'lison and Shults, he was unable to do his stuff. Consequently we won by the one sided score of 26 to 9. Moe was high point man with five field baskets and a free throw. The next game was against Great Falls for the district championship. By this time we were the favorite with the crowd for the winner. The game was a thriller from the first whistle to the final gun of the extra period required to play off the tie, which existed at the end of the regular time of play. Sig Moe was high point man with four baskets while R. Hurd was the hero of the game, making five out of five free throws besides one field basket. The final score was 21 to 17 in our favor. This made js the champions of the North Central district. H. Hurd and S. Moe were placed on the first All-district team and Dosia Shults was placed on the second All-district team. MONTANA STATE TOURNAMENT By virtue of winning the championship of the North Central district, the team was requested to compete for the State Championship at Bozeman, March 7th to 11th. The team placed seventh in the state, which is a very good showing for a high school as small as ours. The clean and hard fighting of the Big