Black Earth High School - Earthman Yearbook (Black Earth, WI)

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A SEASON OF BASKETBALL The Basketball season started out with a hang. The season started out with 28 men. We played our first warm up game with the Alumni. November 14, and lost 54 to 34. The next game was also a non-conference game with Middleton. This game we won by a score of 33 to 20. Verona then came here and beat us 51 to 29. This also was non-confer'ence. Our first conference game was played here against Arena on December 1. We started the conference season right with a win of 41 to 29. In our 'next game we got beat by Mazo., a conference game. by a score of 47 to 24. Our next game was with a far away team in Albany on Dec. 9. We won, 42-24 and came back feeling pretty good because Mr. Bronson, their principal, and our former principal and coach, kept saying that they would beat us. The next game was conference with Spring Green which we won 35-33 after a hard fought game. Then we played Lodi and won 46-37;. When Albany came back here we won again 61-33. Our next game was a thriller in which we beat Prairie du Sac 38-37. Then we went to Mt. Horbb where we lost 45-32. This was a non-conference game. Then came Sank 'in which we lost a thriller 35-33. We then beat Waunakee 56-38. We went to Middleton for our next non-conference game. We won by a score of 37-31. Then we lost to Mazo.. 72- 48 and to Spring Green 57-39. Then we did finish the season in a big way by beating Arena 61-45. Harlan tied the all time scoring record for 10 games with 177 points. We ended up in a third place tie. In the tournament we first played Sauk City who beat us again 35-33, which was a heart breaker. Then we played Arena and won 51-34, which gave us third place in the tournament. We received bronzemedals and certificates. Mazo. beat Prairie for Championship. INDIVIDUAL SCORING . F. T. Harlan ' 65 Bob 10 Torge 14 Bill Gordy Gene Mike Don Howard Ed. H. George Total Opp Points--687 Won--10 Lost-- 7