Dearborn High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Review of Basketball Season of 1925 Girls The girls sextette of Dearborn High with five veterans from last year and a host of inexperienced material developed into a team of rare offensive and defensive ability. Early in the season there was a lack of good guard material but Coach Pletcher succeeded in developing guards of better than average ability from the inexperienced material. The centers proved to be the best in the League and the forwards ranked first in points scored. On the whole, the girls team was a well balanced aggregation of fighters, girls with spirit to win and win fairly. The team finished the season with the best percentage of games won and lost. The sextette in the League this year were better than ever and Dearborn was always pressed to hold the lead. Much can be said of and for a team that though pressed throughout the season, fails to crack under the strain. Dearborn girls have been in active competition four years and have never finished lower than third and that the first year. They have finished in third place once, second place twice, and now this year have captured the Championship of the League. The Orange and Black Championship sextette succeeded in defeating such teams as Redford, Northville, Plymouth and Farmington. A win over any one of these teams would give them prestige but to defeat them all puts them in a class by themselves. A team of fighters will represent the school in the season to come and the laurels won this year will be continued next winter. 29

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Review of the Basketball Season of 1924-25 Boys With three veterans from the team of 1923 and several other monogram men. Coach Foy whipped into shape a fast going quintet that showed its heels to everything in its class in the district. League teams during the past few years have become leaders at state and district tournaments. Dearborn High this year had, without doubt, the best quintet in the league; and but for illness, which crippled the team, would have finished the league schedule without a defeat. The team, however, succeeded in taking second place after leading the league until the final game of the season. Dearborn entered the District Tournament at Ypsilanti with fifteen other class “B” teams. In the draw Dearborn was matched with Albion, the champions of the South Huron League and succeeded in eliminating them in a close hard-fought game that left no doubt as to the better team. Again in the pairings. Dearborn was matched with a championship team. Wyandotte, State Champions the year before with a team of veterans. Dearborn trailed throughout three quarters of the game when Wyandotte grew over confident. Dearborn crept up to within two points of a tie and with two minutes to play, tied the score and then went into the lead. The Wyandotte team broke and Dearborn caged two more baskets—and so ended the best game of the tournament. On the morning following Dearborn was eliminated by Eaton Rapids, future district Champion. And thus ended the most successful Basketball season of all time at Dearborn High. 28

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Review of Track Season of 1925 Boys A rejuvenated track squad is ours and under the tutorship of Wagoner, one of the best track coaches in the state, the Orange and Black thin-clads have progressed with meteor- like rapidity until now a season of successes is predicted. The track squad numbers about twenty-five all told and while most of the material lacks polish many promising candidates are slowly getting into shape. The squad is one of the largest in years and under the experienced coaching of our new track mentor, Dearborn is due, once again, to shine as in the past. Track is one of the few sports that takes all from its ardent participants. To win in track it is necessary to strain every muscle and every nerve—and to falter at the critical moment is to be left behind in a cloud of dust. Every effort must be put forth and in practice, diligent training rules are necessary, and, as Dearborn is going to return to the lead, training is the watchword, and success will be the result. The whole track team with its coach are working towards a common end—the League Championship. Coach Wagoner has his work cut out for him and with the support of every member of the High School, there can be no failure. Though in the past two years our showing at the league meets has not been all that could be expected. Dearborn spikesters are out to upset the dope and win for Dearborn the laurels of the winners of the past. 30