Carter County High School - Medicine Rock Yearbook (Ekalaka, MT)

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■ $4 (SasA ChM Left to right: Top How; Kr. Eowley, Bernard Vies. Boh Cooper, Ton Vateri nd, fegen Schnlts, Loyd Townsend, Coach Shirley Callaghan. Bottom Bovs Hod kewiler, Owen Hedges, llden Strand, Bill Cooper, Darrell Peterson, Lee Castleberry and Dean ilbert. The Carter Bulldogs started basketball practice one week after the last game of foot- ball. With a large schedule of 26 games the Bulldogs practiced for two weeks and then met the Garfield County Mustangs on the hone floor. After beating thee the Bulldogs took on Ismay and Broadus in quick succession and dealt then each a defeat. The next week the Bulldog! loet fire non-conference games in a row. Thle didn't die- courage thee as they learned a lot while playing these good teems. As a bracer after loeing thoee games Carter walked over Baker on the home floor but on the next trip, dieaeter etruck. The Bulldoge were beaten in a conference game by Plema. That defeat made thmi all the more determined and they mowed down the next eix teams, Including Plema twice. At the Beker invitational tournament the Bulldoge were tromped by their arch rival the Baker Spartans. Then at the Ismay invitational tournament the Bulldogs lost thslr second conference came to Isma?. but cleaned Plevna to take third place. The Bulldogs won four out of tha last fivs gamas before the district tournament at Miles City. February 21 Carter mot Sacred Heart in their first game of the tournament and came out on top. Then they tackled Plevna and dealt them a defeat. Theee two wine set the Bulldoge up to play Baker in the final . The Bulldog tried once more to etop Baker but had to be satisfied with second honors. I ext Carter had to defend second place against Broadus to see who would go to the divisional tournament at Plentywood. The Bulldogs came out on top and went to Plmtywood with Baker to represent district four. The Bulldogs won their first divisional tournament game from Scobey and then the next night were defeated by the strong Hashua club. This defeat put Carter against Baker again in an elimination game. The Bulldogs felt good about the game and sure enough they gave Baker a good pasting. That same night the Bulldogs were kmoeked down to fourth place Bulldogs. by the Balovills

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On September 8, 1945, 26 players reported for footb ll practice. In their aldet were 16 experienced play era, nine letter» en, and ten Inexperienced player». With this Material Coach Shirley Callaghan bowed hia neck and went to work. Vlth only one player gone fro» last year a main tea» and plenty to fill the apace, the outlook waa bright. Tor three week» the Bulldog» practiced and toughened themselves for the coning foray; and finally on September 22, the Bulldog» tangled with the State Induetrial School Bearera on the hone field. Both teams played a good gane but the Bulldog» were far euperlor to the Beavers, larly In the flret quarter, Vaterland nade a touchdown after receiving a abort pass, from then on it was the Bulldog1» gane. The Beavere were held by the xlldog1» strong defense and failed to acore. But In the next quarter, after Strand had scored two touchdowns and feavller a drop kick, the Beavers on a nice reverse play scored. Then Hedges went over twice and Strand nade another touchdown, feevllor converted for two points. Vlth this lead, Coach Callaghan put in hla reserves; but nothing waa stopping these boys either, as Townsend drove up the field and scored and Bill Cooper caught a pass for the extra point, thus ending the gane 47-6. Vlth one victory chalked up the Bulldogs want to Circle. Though not too sura cf the game as Circle had beaten them 27-0 the year before, the Bulldog's were ready to fight And fight they did. It didn't look too good for the Bulldogs on their first few playe. Bumbles and not nuch yardage gained brought their nor le down in a few nlnutes. After Strand nade a touchdown on a pass, the Bulldogs really got In there and scrapped. Circle tried a few passes but they didn't work and they relied mostly on running plays. They ■ade sons very nice runs and it looked bad for the Bulldogs a few tl»ee, but the safety »an always managed to stop the runner. The second quarter. Strand nade another touchdown. Toward the end of the third quarter. Circle started pepping up and pushed the Bulldogs around, but sons very beautiful running by Lee and Townsend brought the Bulldogs back into scoring position and Lee took the baill en a reverse and did some vary tricky running to score again for the Ikilldogs. The fourth quarter, both teams had to kick several tines, but the Bulldogs played it safe and won the game 24-0. In the third game of the season, tbs Bulldogs beat the Beach, North Dakota, teen 25-7, Townsend was the first to score, when he nade a twenty yard run that netted the Bulldogs six points and a pass to Strand nade another point. The eecond period, neither team could score and the half ended with a 7-0 count. However, the third quarter. Strand and Hedges both scored. Beach nade some good runs and threatened several tines but the Bulldog's defense held and they failed to score. But In the fourth quarter, after Strand nade a touchdown, Beach forged closer and closer to the goal and finally nade a touchdown and made the conversion on a pass. The next game, the Bulldogs cane hone very down-hearted. The Vlbaux Longhorns had given them a 26-12 patting. This was the most crucial game of the season for both teams. It looked good for the Bulldogs in the first few minutes of play, when Strand nade a touchdown after catching a long pass from Hedges, but Vlbaux cane right back and nade a touchdown, using good running plays. Vlbaux gradually got the upper hand as they scored again, and made a run for the conversion, but the Bulldog's were still very gane ant’ they scored again leaving the score 13-12. from then on it was Vlbaux. Just after the half they scored again on a blocked kick, and after a lapse of another two minutes, scored again. The Bulldogs tried hard to close the gap between the two scores and forge ahead, but they couldn't make it. After their recent defeat, the Bulldogs played Baker for the annual homecoming at Carter high. Baker looked like they night be tough, as the flret quarter went quite awhile before the Bulldogs started to roll; but once they did begin to roll, Baker wasn't stopping then. Strand made a touchdown in the first quarter and then again In the eecond quarter. Baker waa able to get hardly anywhere although they nade a few long rune. Hedges nade a touchdown after eluding tackier» for fifty yards. Near the end of the second quarter, Baker marched up the field and on a reverse nade a touchdown. The Bull- dogs came right back, and Vaterland scored after catching a pass from Hedges and feswiler made a drop kick. Hedges again scored and Peterson caught a pass for the conversion. During the last few minutes of play. Coach Callaghan put into the game all of the seniors on the squad and together they scored. Vlth winter coning and basketball season staring then in the face, the Bulldogs went to Plevna to play their laet gane of football. Lfter a few plays, Albert reached pay dirt. The second quarter, with the wind to their back the Bulldogs tried some passes, but they couldn't make them clock. After a fake paes, Albert again scored, and right after that Hedges rang up the third tally. Plevna's running and passing was fairly good, t it the Bulldog defense etopped them before they got far. After the half, the Bulldogs got Into scoring position and Hedges carried the ball over. Peterson caught a pass for the extra point. After a few playe, Peterson, on and around play logged the ball across for another touchdown. During the fourth quarter, Plevna showed some good interference and opened a path for Dobeck to score. A few nlnutes later Loyd Townsend evened things up by outrunning the Plevna tackier» on a forty yard lap. The tine was running out and no more scores were made so the final tally stood. Bulldogs 37, Plevna 6« D D D D D D 3 D 0 3 D 3 3

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Summary of points, free throve made, per centage of free personal foule made by each player of the team. throve made, field goals and Castleberry, guard Albert, guard (Cap.) Strand, center fcsvller, forvard Peterson, forvard Hedges, guard WaterLand, guard B. Cooper, center Tovceend, forvard H. Cooper, forvard f.p. M. 38 6-33 103 29-56 225 36-87 230 38-71 396 77-16 57 11-31 19 4-12 66 17-14 44 10-33 38 4-9 P.O. 30 15 53 37 41.5 94 53.6 92 48 153 35 19 33 8 41.6 20 43 17 44 17 P.P. 32 63 54 88 91 50 8 14 12 7 23 eames «ran, 11 pse. lo.t, 1226 point, to opponent.1 9« point., 36 point, ar.ru. p.r game to opponente' 28 points average per game. Carter 44 Jordan 13 Carter 29 Ism ay 16 Oarter 36 Wibaux 32 Carter 44 Broad.ua 17 Carter 36 Ismay 38 Carter 60 0111s 9 Carter 38 Plevna 32 Carter 26 Beach, I.D. 29 Carter 46 Mllee City B. 33 Carter 25 Spearflsh 36 Carter 27 Baker 38 Carter 26 Bells Pourche 36 Carter 36 Sacred Heart 27 Carter 20 Buffalo 13 Carter 48 State Sehool 26 Carter 22 Milea City ▲. 44 Carter 41 Sacred Heart 21 Carter 31 Baker 26 District 4 tournament Carter 15 Plema 16 Carter 39 Sacred Heart 33 Carter 52 Plevna 28 Carter 27 Plevna 20 Carter 38 Beach, V. D. 18 Carter 28 Baker 33 Carter 55 Circle 26 Carter 40 Broadus 30 Carter 42 Broadus 20 Beetern divisional tournament Carter 39 Wibaux 17 Carter 43 Scobey 37 Carter 27 Plevna 25 Carter 34 Kaahua 42 Carter 30 Baker 37 Carter 42 Baker 26 Carter 40 Balnvllle 53