Cut Bank High School - Wolf Yearbook (Cut Bank, MT)

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16 THE O W L E T First row: Whitehead, Halvorson, Kindle (mascot), Johnston, Poore Second row: Whitcomb, Yunck, Burke, Vasboe, Taylor (coach)

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T H E O W L E T 15

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Basketball THE OWLET 17 After three weeks of practice, we opened the basketball season by defeating Sweetgrass on their own floor, 33 to 21. Our first game in the new gym was a 22 to 12 victory over the Alumni. On the 12th of December our team boarded the train for a two-day trip over the mountains. A strong comeback in the last quarter, led by Yunck, gave us a hard-earned victory of 24 to 21 over Columbia Falls. The next night the Wolves met their first defeat at the hands of White-fish, who later were second place winners in the state. Unable to break our old jinx, we were defeated by Browning in the game dedicating our new gym, 25 to 22. Leading Oilmont by a score of 7 to 4, at Oilmont, the team withdrew from the floor and forfeited the game. Valier was our next victim, losing to us by a score of 31 to 17. After this game the team went into a slump and lost to Valier, Conrad and Shelby. Halvorson, out for two weeks with a dislocated elbow, returned to the game and led us out of the slump with a 17 to 15 victory over Oilmont. The fastest game on the home floor was played with Whitefish. Whitehead kept Cut Bank in the running but we were finally nosed out, 39 to 34. Cut Bank first showed her possibilities as a contender for the sub-district title by downing the strong Shelby quint 21 to 8. The team worked as one man and the strong defense held Shelby to two field goals. With the second team playing a large share of the game, Sweetgrass was defeated 40 to 11. Led by Burke at center, the Wolves downed Sunburst 37 to 10. In an extremely rough game we lost to Browning on their home floor. Due to stage fright the first half, the reserves lost to Sunburst 36 to 13. Due to the stellar guarding of “Bud” Johnston, Cut Bank ended the season by defeating Conrad 26 to 15. For the first time the sub-district tournament was held at Cut Bank. In the first game Cut Bank managed to squeeze out a victory by one point over Valier. In the semi-finals we defeated Brady 25 to 20. In the championship game, unable to overcome an early lead, we were defeated by Browning 33 to 22. Immediately after this game the team played Conrad for second place. Whitcomb’s scoring in the last quarter enabled Cut Bank to defeat Conrad 27 to 20. We can say that this victory was due largely to the excellent condition of the team. The final standing in the sub-district tournament was: Browning, first; Cut Bank, second; Conrad, third; Brady, fourth. A week after the sub-district tournament, the team left for the district tournament at Great Falls. In the first game of the tournament we lost a hard-fought battle to Havre. With three of our players on the sick list we lost our next game to Big Sandy, and were eliminated. With six lettermen returning next year, we hope to have another successful season.