Dakota High School - Talebearer Yearbook (Dakota, IL)

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THE TALEBEARER The next Friday night February 26, the team participated in the County tournament at Orangeville, and played the opening game of the tournament with Pearl City. After a very hard battle they were defeated by a score of 13-12. The next night, they played'VVinslow for third place in the tournament but were again defeated. The score at the half was 11-6 in favor of VVinslow and 21-13 in their favor at the close of the game. TRACK Because of the necessity of sending this edition of the Talebearer to the press before the track team has taken part in any contest we can only give a schedule of the events to take place later in the season. If no outside factors interfere with the present plans, the first event of the track season will be an inter-society Field and Track meet to be held on the school campus, Friday May 6. There is keen competition between the two Literary Societies and a close contest is expected. The Annual Stephenson County Field and Track meet will be held on May 14, at Lena. ' Another event of this season will be a duel Track and Field meet with Durand to be held on May 21, at Durand. This will be an interesting event as Durand and Dakota are close competitors in athletic contests and maintain a record for clean playing and good sportsmanship. Who's Who ln Track Ralph Moss may be big, he may be heavy, gravity may have a great ef-- fect on him, but he sure can vault over the bar. If Clifford Welling ever gets his hand on the moon. Look out! He'll give it a shove and send it further than he puts the shot. Lentz and VValker are close rivals in the mile run. Stanley Young our human kangaroo can clear the bar at six feet in the running high jump if he gets up in the air high enough. Lee NVeimer can make the fellow on the opposite side of the net hurry so that he will meet himself coming back while playing tennis. To save steps Lester Moss broad jumps. Dale Phillips makes the 100 yards in no time and 5 seconds. Windy the diver in high jump, short but oh my! 2 1927 Page twenty-nine

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E THE TALEBEARER BASKETBALL SEASGN REVIEW Our basket ball season this year was a successful one. Even though the scores were not all in our favor, the team kept up its record of good sportsmanship. The opening game of the conference season was on December 10, with Durand High School teams. The lightweight team played the Durand lights, leading them throughtout the game and closing the game with a score of 7-5 in Dakota's favor. The next game of the evening was between the heavyweight teams of the two schools. Dakota again kept the long end of the score and the game ended with a Hnal score of 12-5 in Dakota's favor. The second game was with VVinslow at VVinslow on December 17. The second team bowed to defeat with a score of 10-7 at the close of the game. However, the first team came back in the second game of the evening and won the game on free throws. The final score being 3-2. On January 7, our teams journeyed to Durand where the lights played a very close game. The score at the half being 9-5 in favor of Durand. The local boys found the basket, however, in the last half and closed the game with a score of 10-9 in favor of Dakota. The first team then matched up with the Durand team, and after a hard struggle on the large iioor of Durand's new gym, they lost the game by a score of 17-11. The next Friday night Jan. 14 the Orangeville Pickerings our old rivals came to Dakota seeking victory. Although the Dakota lights swamped the Orangeville seconds under a final score of 8-3, the big battle of the evening favored Orangeville. The score at the half was 4 up, but the Pickerings came back strong in the last two periods of the game and brought their score ahead, finishing the game with a score of 10-7. The most exciting game of the season took place on January 21, with Pearl City at Pearl City. This was a thrilling game with the score standing 4-1 in Dakota's favor at the half. Only after a hard fight were the boys de- feated in a three minute over time game by a score of 10-8. While the first team was bent on defeating Pearl City, the second string of men were practicing for their return game with VVinslow on January 28. They were out for revenge and showed their ability by swamping their op- ponents under a score of 7-6. The same evening the first string local quintet defeated the Winsloxv team by a score of 26-14. Un February ll, the teams again met the Orangeville men on the Orangeville floor. The lightweight team won their battle by a score of 15-12. The second game was a real battle, but Orangeville managed to keep the long end of the score, and the game closed with a score of 35-19 in their favor. On the following Friday evening February 19, the Dakota seconds played the Dakota Boys' School and again won a battle by a score of 12-0. On the same night the Pearl City crew came to Dakota seeking another victoryg but, due to the local boys' teamwork, their plans were shattered, and the game was won by Dakota with a score of 24-19. 7535? -+4-ref-5 he 1 9 2 7 Page twenty-eight

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