Bolivar Central School - Gusher Yearbook (Bolivar, NY)

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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL “BLIZZARD” 23 Bolivar High School Boys Basketball Team we participated this year was B. H. S. 26—Rushford........24 staged against the local town team. B. H. S. 32—Richburg........ 5 At half time the score was 10-4 with B. H. S. 26—Cuba............31 B. H. S. in the lead. The second B. H. S. 8—Friendship.......31 half started with each team deter- B. H. S. 26—Glean “Warblers”.28 mined to win. After twenty min- I . 11. S. 30—Clean “Royals” . 8 utes of the fastest and hardest play B. H. S. 26—Fillmore........56 which could be offered by both B. H. S. 31—Little Genesee . 0 teams, the B. H. S. emerged from B. H. S. 20—Town Team.......18 the fray with a 20-18 victory. B. H. S. 18—Belfast.........40 The letter men of the squad are B. II. S. 22—Portville....... 7 Ward, Sackett, Dougherty, guards; B. 11. S. 4—Portville........12 Bliss, captain, Bartlett and Kroh, B. H. S. 5—Friendship.......16 forwards; Swarthout, center. Bart- B. H. S. 23—Wellsville......24 lett, Swarthout, Dougherty and B. H. S. 12—Wellsville......41 Bliss will be gone from the 1924-25 B. IBS. 15—Town Team.......31 line-up. With the veterans Kroh, B. H. S. 14—Clean.........20 Ward and Sackett it is hoped that B. 11. S. 11—Cuba..........1 • a team may be developed that will B. H. S. 9—Belfast.............16 win the largest proportion of their B. II. S. 23—Rushford......41 games. B. II. S. 75—Richburg......16 Following is a list of games ---- —— played: 524 o!0

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22 BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL “BLIZZARD him a regular place. Always a fighter and never thinking of the word quit, “Jim” was one of the most reliable hacks on the B. H. S. squad. The familiar grin was always seen on his face even when he emerged from the bottom of a pile. He was 1 lie best man on interference that B. II. S. boasted. MacEwan and his 175 pounds helped B. II. S. considerably at the left tackle position. He was a hard fighter and could always be depended upon to give his best in the games. A trifle inexperienced, he should, with more training, make good in the college game. His best game was against Belmont on the latter field. “Sliv” Hoot was a good quarterback. Despite his light weight he was a consistent gainer in short dashes through the line, and at times showed marked ability as a field general. Had he been regular in his attendance at school he would have filled the quarterback position throughout the season. His presence will be greatlv missed in the fall of ’24. Boys’ Basketball George Bliss, Captain Our basketball season was hardly what might be termed as an uproarious success. Out of the twenty games we played, we won eight and lost twelve for a percentage of .400. This should not be looked upon too harshly since basketball is a comparatively new sport at Bolivar, the village hall court being available for the first time during the 1922-23 season. With a squad of limited size and a schedule of twenty hard games before us, the prospects were anything but encouraging. The opening game of the season was played at Bolivar with Rush-ford as an opponent. We had taken but two practice sessions previous to this game, and were defeated by a 3A-24 score. This by no means discouraged us but the proverbial horseshoe seemed to be lacking for we lost several games throughout the season by not more than one field basket. Our best performance of the season was against Portville when we held, in the two games played against them, the fast P. TT. S. team which defeated Olean Harry Sackett, Manager by a 22-2 score, without a field basket for one and one-lialf games. One of the hardest games of the season was played with Wellsville. The W. H. S. came here with a record of ten straight victories and no defeats. The game was fast and furious from the start and at the end of the third quarter we were leading by a score of 24-17. Again the horseshoe disappeared and in the last quarter the opposing team crept up and within about a minute of the final whistle, a W. H. S. forward, closely guarded by B. II. S. threw the ball over his head in a desperate attempt to score. The ball slipped through the net and the game went to Wellsville. The boys wore especially anxious to win this game on account of the hard fought gridiron games with Wellsville on the fall preceding. Tt should be noted that Bolivar played hard games with both Wellsville and Cuba, winners of the county sectional championships, and lost to both by a margin of few points. One of the fastest games in which

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24 BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL “BLIZZARD Bolivar High School Girls Basketball Team Girls’ Basketball Marion Hodnett, Captain Olive Lain, Manager Seasons record: Dec.—Friendship 25, at Bolivar 0. Jan. 4—Cuba 4, at Bolivar 0. Jan. 11—Bolivar 8, at Fillmore 4. Jan. 19—Bolivar 8, at Belfast 15. Feb. 2—Bolivar 5, at Portville 14. Feb. 5—Wellsville 6, at Bolivar 7. Feb. 9—Portville 12, at Bolivar 3. Feb. 12—Bolivar 4, at Wellsvilie 7. Feb. 19—Bolivar 1, at Richburg 10. Feb. 27—B. H. S. 25, 2nd Team 3. Mar. 3—Bolivar 2, at Friendship 15 Mar. 4—Bolivar 0, at Cuba 8. Mar. 7—Clean 5, at Bolivar (5. Members of team: Right forward, Olive Lain; left forward, Roberta Lain; center, Marion Hodnett; right guard, Florence Smyth; left guard, Elizabeth Newton; sub- si itutes: Gladys Orcutt, Josephine McDivitt, Regina Barnes. Summary: Our first game was enough to discourage us for the remainder of the season. Friendship came over and romped away with a 25-0 victory. The Cuba game was very close there being no score until just a few minutes before the whistle sounded when a forward on the Cuba team scored two baskets. It was a hard game to lose. ()ur first game out of town was also our first victory, the change of climate bringing good luck. We were told before the game by some of the players that we were going to be defeated. We were told of the games they had won and what