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

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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.

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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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Football 18 THE OWLET For a Fall sport the fellows decided to try football. The result was a large turnout, and enthusiasm ran so high that five games were scheduled. The fellows practiced all season without suits, and borrowed from their opponents for the games. The team was naturally green, no man ever having played before, but they worked hard and had lots of scrap. The first game was lost to Shelby by a score of 28 to 0. In this game the fellows took a lot of hard knocks, but learned a lot about football. In the Valier game, after holding them scoreless the first half, they returned the kickoff for a touchdown. Before Cut Bank could rally, Valier scored another touchdown. The remainder of the game was Cut Bank’s but the result of their efforts was only a safety. The final score was 14 to 2. The first football victory of Cut Bank High School was earned by a victory over Oilmont by a score of 33 to 0. The next game was lost to Shelby, 21 to 7. Cut Bank outplayed Shelby the last quarter to make their touchdown. The team was learning football fast, and was improving from game to game. The last game was a smashing victory over Oilmont by a score of 63 to 0. George Johnston at fullback, was outstanding. With this year’s experience, and complete football equipment, we expect to have a real team next year. Track Track was started for the first time, in the spring of 1930. The fellow's worked hard to change the former baseball diamond into a track field. The fellows took part in two meets. The invitational one at Conrad, and the tri-county meet at Shelby. At the tri-county meet Cut Bank’s best event was the broad-jump. This w'as taken by Narducci, with a jump of nineteen feet eleven and three-quarters inches. In the season of 1931, much time was spent improving the track. Vaulting and jumping pits and hurdles were made. There is a large turnout and we hope to take places at the relay meet at Shelby, and the tri-county meet at Valier.