Central High School - Pemican Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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end, the Bison ended their season by travel- ling to Asheville to take a 39-26 conference win. Opponent High Point 35 42 Lynchburg . . . . . Triangle .... . 38 3 7 Wilmington . . . 42 31 Spencer . . . . 17 84 Raleigh ..... . 24 4 1 Lexington .... . 22 48 Thomasville ...... 20 42 Lexington Junior Order ......... 26 5 5 'Gastonia .... 26 47 'Charlotte ...... . 27 26 'R. J. Reynolds .... 26 42 'Gastonia ....... . 38 54 'Asheville .... . 1 5 40 'Burlington . . . . 3 1 3 2 'Greensboro . . . . 31 36 'Salisbury .... . 21 54 'Burlington ..... . 28 60 'R. J. Reynolds .... 31 35 'Salisbury ...... . 1 5 5 2 'Charlotte .... . 2 1 43 'Greensboro . . . . 24 19 Danville .....,... 2 8 5 7 'Asheville ........ 2 6 3 9 Conference Playoff, Greensboro ..... 1 8 1 3 'Denotes Conference Games. BASEBALL Coach Tony Simeon led the High Point baseball squad this year as they went through a very tough season, winning only live games and losing out of the running about midway of the season. The Greensboro Purple Whirl- Winds finally came out on top of the western loop, having a hard race with the Black Demons from Winston-Salem. High Point's winning games were one with R. J. Reynolds, two with the Thomas- ville nine, and two with Burlington. The season ended on Friday, May 17, when they captured one of their victories from the Thomasville team. The Black Bison team consisted of the following: Pitchers-Jack Ridge, Jack Hinkle, Earl Campbell, Wayne York, James Thomas, Jimmie Rickert, and Richard Crowder. Catchers-Donald Hooper, Bobby Adams, and Perry Jones. First Baseman-Tommy McGhee. Second Baseman-Curtis McDonald. Short Stop-Nelvin Cooper. Third Baseman-Don Huber. Outfielders-Louis Cramer, W. F. Jones. and Rodney Wells. High Point had a good baseball team this year, but the competition in the conference was the toughest it has been in many years. None of the games lost by the Pointers were push overs, but were won by close scores and hard playing. ' High Point's leading hitter this year was Tommy McGhee, who pulled the Bison out of many tight spots during the season. The most outstanding Helder of the year was Nel- vin Cooper, the short stop of the Bison, who played heads up ball all season. Most of this year's baseball team were underclassmen, but there was one fellow who donned the blue and white for the last time. when he played with the Bison in their last game of the 1946 season. Curtis McDonald, an athlete who will be remembered for years to come at High Point High School, was a three-letter man for three years and worked harder than any other player on the held. TRACK High Point's Black Bison cindermen Went through a very successful season, taking two individual meets and then adding the western conference championship for the first time in ten years. The meet with R. J. Reynolds' track team was taken by 44 points. Coach Homer McCoy was the Pilot of this well trained team and Harry Cramer took over the duties of Captain. In the western conference meet, High Point took the lead and held it throughout the entire season. The Bison scores totaled 49 i271-

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The starting lineup or first string of the Bison football squad of 1945 usually read as follows: L.E.--Tommy McGhee. L.T.-Pete Armstrong. L.G.--M. F. Groome. C.-Co-Captain Donald Hooper. R.G.-Hugh Gordon. R.T.-Jack Hawks. R.E.-Bill Brewer. Q.B.-Co-Captain Curtis McDonald. L.H.--Albert Thomas. R.H.-Frank vonDrehle. F.B.-Bill Loyd. The complete record of the Black Bison for the 1945 season was seven wins, two losses, one tie, and one game rained out at the ha1f. The two games lost were the State Championship game and a non-conference game with the Durham Bulldogs. Opening the season with a game at Reidsville. called off at the half because of rain, the Black Bison's deadlock came when they met the tough Charlotte Wildcats. High Point's Eghting squad racked up 209 points to their credit this season, while their opponents scored only 54. Of these, 145 were scored in the confer- ence to the six of their opponents. Opponent High Point Reidsville ........ 7 0 Ccalled off at the halfj Thomasville ....,. O 33 Durham ......... 13 0 Burlington . . . 0 33 'Lexington . , . 0 25 'Salisbury , . . O 20 'Charlotte . . . 0 0 Gastonia ..... 6 47 'kGreensboro , . . 0 13 'R. J. Reynolds .... 0 32 Needham Broughton 28 6 fchampionship gamel 'Denotes conference game. BASKETBALL The Black Bison basketball team closed its 1946 season by losing an 18-13 game with Greensboro in the Western Conference championship. This has been the second con- secutive year that the Whirlwinds have edged our hard woodsmen from the conference championship. Out of 24 starts during the 1946 season. the Bison completed nineteen victorious games, losing only three conference games. The first game was a 42-35 victory over Lynchburg, Virginia, followed by two games dropped, one to Triangle and one to Wilmington. X.- if I ff YJ Q , The Bison hard . Gif I dx , woodsmen came out p I f -3 from under with an 6 , A Xf pg ggfmfif all time high, 84-17, Kan 'I ' '-ls' over Spencer. After ' four more non-con- ---. f , Tl- ference wins over 44 5 Raleigh, Lexington, 'A nail Thomasville, and ' Lexington Junior Order, they traveled c to Gastonia to win '-2'- their first conference conference game, 47-26. Losing a heart- breaker in the last minute of the game at Charlotte, the High Pointers jumped to their peak of the season to take three home games from R. J. Reynolds, Gastonia, and Ashe- ville. After edging out 32-31 at Burlington, Richard Crowder sparked a 36-31 victory over the Greensboro Cagers on their home court. On our own home court, two more confer- ence games were put on ice, with victories over Salisbury and Burlington. After jour- neying to take a close game from Winston- Salem and a walk away from Salisbury, the Bison took one of the most spectacular vic- tories ever seen in the South, when Captain Curtis McDonald held the ball against Char- lotte, for 8 minutes, 55 seconds, without moving to break the zone defense of Char- lotte. The Black Bison won 43-21. After losing a game to their arch rival, Greens- boro, the Pointers took a non-conference game from Danville: and as all good seasons -1245?

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points, with Charlotte in second place, having only 39 points. The High Point cindermen did well in the state track meet held in Chapel Hill on Sat- urday, May ll: however they scored only ive and a half points, leaving the Durham team to carry olf all the honors. Bill Brewer, on the shot put, Bill Clinard on the pole vault, and Eugene Bray on the pole vault, were the persons scoring points for the Black Bison team. GOLF Golf, a near casualty of the war, has reached its pre-war peak again at High Point High School with Aaron Rice leading the linksters to an impressive season. A large number of boys turned out for the golf team and were inally eliminated to four, Aaron Rice. Alex Marsh, Darrell Madden, and Bobby Everhart. Aaron Rice built the No. l spot on the team. The Bison Golfers played host to the leading schoolboy golfers in the state at the State High School Golf Tournament held here at the Emerywood Country Club. The locals iinished fourth be- hind. The Pointers' chances for next year look exceptionally bright as all members of this year's team return except Captain Rice. TENNIS High Point's Black Bison tennis players had a fine season this year under the expert coaching of Hubert Barrier, one time tennis champion of the state. Heading the roster of the High Point ten- nisters was Robert Shackelford, with James Johnson coming in second, and another long, lanky fellow. Alton Embler. in third posi- tion. The remaining members of the team were Raeford Hawker, Eddie White, and Donald Saunders. The two substitutes on the list were Gordon Cress and Ted Evans. The Black Bison squad participated in meets with some of the top teams in the league, meeting the cream of the crop at the state wide meet, in which they took part. GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION When school opened in the fall an inter- esting physical education program had been I 1 . ,,. Q fire f 4 fu 5 fad. gg 1 gg is 1 Tc f S LQ,-L' ff for 'ff it X planned for the girls. As the year progressed, teams were organized for after school as well as class period games in the various sports. For the first month or so, the girls could be seen racing energetically to the athletic field with hockey sticks dangling from their hands, returning with bruised shins or ankles after an exhilarating game. During the winter their indoor sports included ring tennis, badmin- ton, volleyball, and basketball. In the Spring they rounded out their program by returning to the athletic field for softball or to the tennis courts. BOYS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION The boys' physical education classes got into full swing at the beginning of the year with tag football. As the winter wore on they took part in indoor sports such as bas- ketball and weight lifting. Spring rolled around and the classes went outdoors again. Almost any period you could hear loud cracks and then piercing shrieks as the fel- lows cheered one of their classmates who was racing for hrst base or maybe one who had knocked a home run in a softball game. Tennis was another spring sport that some enjoyed. Throughout the year interest was heightened by the intramural games which were held in the various sports. -l23l'