Bolivar Central School - Gusher Yearbook (Bolivar, NY)

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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

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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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BOLIVAR HIGH SCHOOL “BLIZZARD” 25 a fast forward they had. This aroused our determination to win tiie game. We did, the final score being H-4. We next traveled thru the unknown vilds of the north to Belfast where we were defeated by the Teachers Training Class. Athletic relations with real rivalry have existed between Bolivar and Wellsville several times. When the Wellsville girls came to Bolivar we were prepared for a hard struggle. Much to our delight we were again victorious. One of the greatest incentives that we had to drive us into the game was the support of those who witnessed it. Heartiness and enthusiasm was with us through the game. Prospects for a strong team in 1924-25 are excellent despite the fact that Elizabeth Newton, one of our best guards and Marion Hod-nett, this year’s center and captain, will not be with us. There are in all about twenty girls who are ambitious to excel in basketball and from that list a strong team should be assembled. FLORENCE SMYTH Basketball Guard Track Track is a comparatively new sport in Bolivar High. In past years not much interest has been taken in this branch of athletics, but this season witnessed something of a revival. A one-eighth mile track was laid out at the local athletic field, and some practice was carried on in preparation for the county meet. Philo Richardson won the mile run against county competition while Irene Seamans placed second in the girls baseball throw. Among those taking part in vhis meet were the following: George Bliss, James Dougherty, Harry Sac-kett, Klwyn Swarthout, Earl Harrington, Nelson Shavalier, Keith Perry, George White, Win. Foster, Doris Monroe, Hegena Barnes, Hazel Baldwin, Alice Waters, Maxine Nelson. Last fall Paul Husak, Fred Newton and Keith Perry ran in the Alfred University Interscholastic cross country race. Keith Perry finished 15th. William Osgood tied for third place in the spelling bee at the county meet.