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

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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.

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

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A REVIEW OF OUR FOOT BALL TEAM BASE BALL ’09 The year Nineteen Hundred Nine stands out bright as a year to which all those interested in baseball look with pride. In the spring, when practice started, we did not look for so success- ful a season as we enjoyed on the diamond. The material at hand, however, developed rapidly and, bv the time our first game was due, we were in first class shape. We defeated, twice, the Beardsley and Grace- ville high schools and once, the Wheaton high school. It was only in our last game with Orton- ville, for the championship of Western Minne- sota, that we were defeated. Nelson, R. E. Anderson, L. E. Bangle, R. T. Shandorf, L. T. Becker, C. Barrett, Q. Strasburg, F. Anderson, L. H Gordon, R. H. Aldrich, R. G. Lowry, L. G. The above list of names not only represents our football eleven, but stands for a gentlemanly and scholarly group of loyal players of whom we may all be proud. Due to our location, few games were played during the last season, but this did not discour- age the candidates. Every night, they assembled on the field of play, ready for the evening’s cam- paign, and each one, filled with the spirit and enthusiasm of the game, strove to do his level best. This spirit existed from the very first, as was manifested by the unanimous election of R. T. Gordon as captain. Gordon assumed a position hack of the line, which gave him an opportunity to display his ability of advancing the ball; and this he did upon eveiw occasion, both in line smashes and in