Burnham High School - Burgoblac Yearbook (Burnham, PA)

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if .Q , ,f .A ff 9 ,aff if :ff:.. Qlftfjift vlf H' s - ,iw ff' R diff rlgnaqcs- 1 determined to avenge their defeat. However, the Burnham lads were not to be defeated. The game resulted in a victory for the Blue and the White to the tune of 30--28. ' This made it unnecessary to play the third game. This has been a perfect season for the boys' team. Twenty-three victories and no defeats is a record to be proud of. We give here a list of the games played and the scores: B. H. S. 32-Mifflintown 13 B. H. S. 27-Mifflintown 4 H B. . S. 27-Mifflin 8 B. H. S. 44-Mifflin 14 B. H. S. 37-Milroy 22 B. H. S. 30-Milroy 20 B. H. S. 28-Yeagertown 13 B. H. S 40--Yeagertown 13 B. H. S. 41-Reedsville 11 B. H. S. 26-Reedsville 9 fB. H. S. 21--Port Royal 11 B. H. S. 31-Port Royal 13 B. H. S. 45-Millerstown 26 B. H. S. 32-Millerstown 16 B. H. S. 27-Middleburg 8 B. H. S. 33-Middleburg 7 B. H. S. 24- B. H. S. 32-Duncannon 6 B. H. S. 33-Nescopeck 8 B. H. S. 36-State College 27 B. H. S. 24-Lewistown 22 B. H. S. 30-Lewistown 28 B. H. S. 34-Juniata College 16 Berwick Y 21 . Total 336 Total 734 FORTY-ONE

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Q be aimed Y-.1 gl Lg B gg? Ez Boys' Basketball if The Boys' Basketball Team of the Burnham High School, under the efficient coaching of Fred C. Bower, won the Juniata Valley League Pennant for the second consecutive year. Following is the standing of the teams at the close of the season. The figures speak for themselves: Team Won Lost Percentage Burnham ...,.. ,.....e. 1 0 0 1.000 Milroy .....,. ,. .... ...., . .. 7 3 .700 Reedsville v..l.. ....,l.... 5 5 .500 Yeagertown ..... ..... 4 6 .400 Miffiin ..........,l ..... 3 7 .300 Mifliintown ....,.........,.......,......... 1 9 .100 In addition to winning the above pennant we also won the Mifflin County Championship. Lewistown High School was the only opponent to challenge our right to this honor. A series of three games was arranged. The first game was played on Lewistown's floor on March 16. To the great surprise and chagrin of the Lewistown Fans, Burnham won the game by the score of 24-22. On March 18, the Lewistown team invaded Burnham FORTY

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wp 7 C - -A C N 3 Q 93 img gf i L T' Y, BASKETBALL SQUAD 1926-1927 Juniata Valley League 3 Juniata Valley League was organized during the term 1925-26. This league consisted of teams from different High Schools of the County. A large trophy in the form of a basketball is to be awarded to the team Winning the pennant three consecutive years. At the close of the first league season Burnham and Milroy were tied for first place. It was decided to play a series of three games for the Championship of the league. Burnham won the first two games, making the third game unnecessary. By winning this series, Burnham received the trophy for the first successful year of organized basketball in this league. We were defeated but once. This defeat came from Milroy, on of the strongest teams in this league. Throughout the season, only two games were lost, the first with Altoona Catholic High School and the second as mentioned above, with Milroy. This made two defeats out of the twenty-two games. Those who made this season a success were: Joseph Hunter, Captain, Roger Harper, Cyril Frey, Ralph Shauver, Ellis Hamaker, Harry Pulley, John Benner, Jack Kinsloe and, last but not least, our coach, Fred C. Bower. FORTY-TWO 'Y