Clear Lake High School - Echo Yearbook (Clear Lake, WI)

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ECHO 15 ATHLETICS BOYS' BASKETBALL The boys opened the basketball season with only two letter men on the squad and this meant that if Clear Lake had a winning basketball team it would have to be developed during the season. Coach Brakken proved equal to the occasion and as a result the aggregation came through with eight victories in twelve games. The team played a good clean game throughout the season and proved to be good sportsmen on all occasions. The student body is proud of the team as well as their record. When the tournament teams were selected for this district we were notified that our boys were to play an elimination game with Hammond, the winners of which were to enter the tournament at River Falls. The game was played at Hudson and due to a severe case of heart failure the boys lost the game. The Schedule: Balsam Lake 3—Clear Lake 17 Balsam Lake 2—Clear Lake . ... 16 Hammond . 1 1—Clear Lake. 6 Hammond 1 1—Clear Lake 14 Cumberland 23—Clear Lake 7 Cumberland 1 3—Clear Lake 9 Shell Lake 7—Clear Lake 18 Shell Lake . 10—Clear Lake .. 14 River Falls 1 1 —Clear Lake 16 Clayton 13—Clear Lake 9 Clayton -.... 11—Clear Lake 14 Osceola . 21 —Clear Lake 22 GIRLS' BASKETBALL Interscholastic girls' basketball will be discontinued jn Wisconsin after this year. However, this did not lessen the enthusiasm for it at Clear Lake during the present season. Coach Martin had some good material on her squad and she developed it to a good advantage. The girls always played a snappy game and it took a strong team to stop them. Our girls won three games in six starts, there being only one team who won a decisive victory from them, and that was New Richmond. The girls defeated New Richmond on the local floor so that evened things up. Cumberland defeated our girls two games by a close margin in each contest. The emphasis will be placed on Intramural Athletics for girls in Clear Lake hereafter. The Schedule: Cumberland 21 Clear Lake . 17 Cumberland . 21- -Clear O rj 19 New Richmond 15- —-Clear Lake 27 New Richmond 19- —Clear Lake 14 Clayton 9- —Clear Lake 13 Clayton 10- —Clear Lake 11

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14 ECHO ATHLETICS BOYS’ BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row-—Coach Brakkcn. Albert Schulze. Lome Campbell. Russell Sadler. Jerome Fink. Helmer Ellingson. manager. Front Row—Kenneth Christison. Benjamin West. Laurence Larsen (Captain), Carl Jackson, Kermit Christison. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row—Doris Schultz. Helen Paulson. Gladys Erickson. Esther Benson, Frances Martin. Miss Helen Martin (Coach). Front Row—Dorothy Larsen. Evelyn Thomas, Dorothy Davis (Captain), Eleanor White, Viola Benson.

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16 ECHO ATHLETICS SOCCER The fall of 1926 brought a new game to Clear Lake High. The athletic association purchased a soccer football. When the field was laid out and the rules mastered practice began. Only one inter-school game was played and that was with Cameron. 1 he game ended in a 1-0 victory for Cameron. I he game was a hard-fought one with Mr. Keck officiating. The Inter-Class Soccer Tournament An inter-class tournament was arranged in the same manner as our interclass basketball tournament. Competition was keen and each class was out to win the Honor Points. The results were: First Place—Seniors (40 Honor Points) Third Place—Sophomores ( 1 0 Honor Points) Second Place—Juniors (25 Honor Points) Fourth Place—Freshmen (0 Honor Points) INTER-CLASS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS Girls The basketball tournaments were played during the first week in March. This is always a life or death affair in our High School. The Junior girls were picked as favorites for winning the pennant, but the Seniors upset the •'dope'’ and walked off with the honors. The Freshmen girls played a couple real good games and they proved to be dangerous contenders throughout the tournament. The results were: First Place—Seniors (40 Honor Points) Third Place—Freshmen (10 Honor Points) Second Place—Juniors (25 Honor Points) Fourth Place—Sophomores (0 Honor Points) Miss Martin Officiated. Boys The Seniors with such material as Helmer Ellingson, Ben West, and Jerome Fink, proved to be the superior team in the tournament. The unfortunate Freshmen were unable to win a game, which was likely due to lack of experience and drive. The Sophomores upset all dope and won from the Juniors in the final game which awarded them second place. Each class was out with all their pep. members, and fight, with a determination to win. The games were exceedingly hard fought to say the least. They were of the type where the referee's situation is difficult. Class spirit was running high but no enemies were made or friends lost. The results were: First Place—Seniors (40 Honor Points) Third Place—Juniors (10 Honor Points) Second Place—Sophomores (25 Honor Points) Fourth Place—-Freshmen (0 Honor Points) Messrs. Brakken and Keck Officiated. Two beautiful pennants, in the class colors of the Seniors, will adorn the assembly. They played hard and deserve them. TRACK Clear Lake has done little in track but a special effort will be put forth this spring to develop some of the inexperienced material. The plans are to enter the county meet this spring. Necessary track equipment was purchased last year and the boys are just beginning to be interested in this phase of athletics. We have some very good prospects in the high jump, and the dashes. Time and effort in the Physical Education classes is always devoted to track work as soon as spring arrives.