Browns Valley High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Browns Valley, MN)

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Girl's Basket Ball Team—Strasburg. Lehn, Train. Gunderson. Miss Kelsey. (Coach) Hardy. Palm. Connelly.

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«1 material, we have great promise of success. Our coach has laid a foundation upon which future teams can he developed. He took up the work with the idea of preparing the path for next year and he certainly deserves great credit for what lie has accomplished. lie introduced a code of signals which none of our opponents could master. He was out at, every practice and made himself a part of the team in every way. The football team vote him hearty thanks for the services that he has ren- dered them. Browns Valley-Sisseton Foot Ball Game Early last fall, our football team made a trip across the Reservation to Sisseton, to play the team of that place. Tin teams were evenly matched as to weight and speed, but our hoys knew the fine points of the game better than their adversaries and, aided by this knowledge, put up a fine game, beating the Sisseton boys by a score of 50 to 0. Sisseton was outclassed in every department of the game. The work of Gordon, at half, was a feature of the game. He made five touchdowns and kicked four goals, making a total of 2!) points for Browns Valley. Barrett, our quarter-back, play- ed a steady, thoughtful game and was one of the stars. And so it was with the rest of the team; all did their best. The game showed how a team that has been trained by a competent coach can overcome a team that has had no coach. We were royally treated by the people of Sissc- ton and we thoroughly appreciated their good will. It is rarely that a team takes defeat in as graceful a, manner as they did, and, from start to finish, we feel that they deserve the highest com- mendation.

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GIRL’S BASKET BALL. 08 - 09 The girls, having done nothing in basketball for several seasons, decided, last year, to organize a team. Miss Kelsey was appointed coach and, under her direction, a very fast, team was devel- oped. Early practice in Hie fall, was carried on outside; but later, in the winter, the hall was rented twice a week. They twice defeated the Wilmot Girl’s team, once the Sisseton high school, and once, the Morris team. The only defeat that they received was at Morris, early in the season. Morris, how- ever. was so decisively outclassed by Browns Valley in the next game they played, that our team was generally considered the superior. Our girls, bv defeating Morris, took high standing among the teams of (lie slate, as Morris had de- feated such important teams as Willmar. Benson, Sauk Gentre. and Olenwood. Surely, the girls deserve irreat credit for their skillful work, and Browns Valley is proud to be able to boast of such a team. Browns Valley=Sisseton Basket Ball Game The Sisseton girls came over to the Valley on Feb. 18, with a large delegation of rooters, expecting to win the game and even up the defeat that they received at our hands last year. The teams were very evenly matched, and even before the game was called, conjecture ran high that it would be a close one. During the first half, both teams did their utmost to score, but, owing to the excellent guarding on both sides, the score was held down to 2 to 1. in favor of Browns Valley. When the second half started, Sisseton tied the score; but by a strenuous effort, the hall was at last put into the Browns Valley territory. Then, by a splendid throw, Miss Palm made the basket that won the game. Sisseton made one more point before the time was up. thus fixing the final score at 4 to .2, in our favor, and bringing to a close the closest game that the girls have ever played.