Big Stone Gap High School - School Bell Yearbook (Big Stone Gap, VA)

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TRACK SCHEDULE FOR 1942 April, 1 1 Honaker Here April, 17 Va. High Here April, 21 Norton Here April, 24 Appalachia Here May. 2 District Track Meet Here May, 8 and 9 State Meet Charlottesville, Va.

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FOOTBALL “We’re little, we ' re few and we’re inexperienced,’’ said Coach Jeter Barker to the twenty-five boys who stood circled around him for the first practice session of the 41-42 football season, “That which we lack in size and numbers we’ll make up in toughness and fitness,’’ he added. From then until the end of the season the practice drills were long and hard. But when a first- string eleven, composed of Hoyt Moore and L. M. Edwards as ends: Dewey Stallard and Andrew Reeder as tackles: Buddy Carmody and Herman Giles as guards: L. A. Hill as center: Cecil Haynes and Daries Jessee as half-backs: John Beverly as fullback: and Douglass Cochran as quarterback, walked on the field to test their skill in the opening game with Pennington Gap, the result of their diligent prepar- ations was very much in evidence. The Buccaneers won their first game and continued to flawless victories until a champ-threatening Coeburn team handed them their first defeat. After this loss the Big Stone gridders went back on the victory road until their last game, in which Appalachia subdued them with a 14-0 score. This left the Buccaneers in third place in the county conference at the end of the season. But the successful work of this peppy eleven did not go unsung. On the All-county team they had two players, Cecil Haynes, halfback and Herman Giles, guard, chosen for first team honors. The All-Southwest choice honored three of the Bucs with a place on the second team. They were L. M. Edwards, end: L. A. Hill, center: and Herman Giles, guard. Despite any All-star selection which was made, the honor which the entire team enjoyed most was the fact that win or lose they were always tops with the local fans and Big Stone supporters.

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On November 17, 1941, Mr. Horne called for volunteers for the girls’ basketball team. Of the number who came out the first few days, only twelve were faithful. From these twelve Coach Jeter Barker picked his team which consisted of: Captain Patsy Cambios (guard) Ruth DeBord (guard) Ruby DeBord (guard) Betty Lou Banner (forward) Helen Burdette (forward) The substitutes consisted of: Martha Anne Cummings (forward), Louise Vance (forward), Mary Akens (guard;, Betty Lou Collier (guard), Audrey Donaldson (guard). Hazel Sanders (forward). Although it was a losing battle for the Buccanettes in most of their encounters with superior com- petition, they fought desperately to the end of every game. From this team, which won only three games and tied one, was chosen Patsy Cambios for a coveted position on the All-tournament team.