Ellsworth High School - Hub Yearbook (Ellsworth, WI)

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December 9 Hudson 37 Ellsworth 43 After belng tamed down a b1t by Colfax the prevlous week Ellsworth went out and gave Hudson a good trouncxng 43 37 Hudson had a good outf1t but the Panthers were hxttmg and showed the boys from there just how the game IS played' A fxne defensive thxrd quarter helped the Ellsworth fxve xmmensely as they were able to bu1ld up quxte a lead Hence when three regulars were lost 1n the last quarter they d1dn't have too much cause for alarm Anyway the boys were h1t t1ng and clawed out thelr flrst confer ence vxctory of the year Let's have some more of them! December 16 Ellsworth 46 R1ver Falls ZZ Last year Ellsworth made the headlmes by talung the Falls twxce so th1s year they cont1nued to pour rt on and beat the Falls by the bxggest margm rn the hmstory of the senes between these two teams QAnd don't thlnk It d1dn't feel good' The Falls Jumped off to a fast lead but that was erased as the Panthers went on to a 46 22 vxctory The old Bay C1tyan Snooks G racked up seventeen for a n1ght's good work J1m Qumn also play Bay C1tyan .hm Johnson who was con valescxng December 13 Ellsworth 34 Glenwood C1ty 30 On the road the boys hlt a foremgn floor thexr luck on forexgn floors 1sn't too good and had qu1te a game before pulhng xt out 1n the last quarter Glenwood Clty a new add1t1on to the conference gave he Panthers a rough t1me t1ll they settled down and played the cahber of ball they' capable of Nook Gllbertson fcus todran of the large st apartment house m Ellsworth came through wxth elghteen po1nts whlch dxd the trrck Glenwood had substantlal leads but they couldn 't stop the Ellsworth fxve when they started to churn Ahhh, Ballet! Courtesy of Marvm Struve and Anderson Shoe Store, Red Wmg A I ' Il ll . ' - ed good ball as he filled in for the other , . . . ' t ' re P - . 90

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Suspense l November 15 Ellsworth 58 Prescott 37 The Panthers opened the1r basketball season with a 58 37 victory over Prescott The Prescott Cardinals gave them a after that their advantage in height was just too much for the smaller lads This was the Panthers' first attempt at bas ketball after their successful football season but the boys play was surpris ingly clean Snooks Culbertson count ed for twenty six po1nts a good total for anyone ' November Z9 Ellsworth 44 Prescott 18 The second game of thxs season was w1th Prescott whom we had already beat en two weeks prevzously The game being on the Prescott floor we had reasons for concern even though the Panthers hadn had much trouble wlth them before Such suspicrons were correct for we had plenty of trouble' The team had to start h1tt1ng 1n the second half to pull away from Prescott, for the score was nearly even at the half Jim Johnson led the team with fifteen points as he hit from all angles in the second half December Ellsworth 34 Colfax 37 Here is the Killer' Colfax rose up from the cellar and toppled the Panthers who were supposed to have a good chance at as the Colfax fellows led to Ellsworth' downfall although they led by two points at the beginnlng of the final quarter That didn t bother the Colfax boys who con t1nued to pile up the points and came out on top as the final whistle blew The Panthers' only regret was that the whistle hadn't blown enough all night for rt was a rough game! May the fallen rise Courtesy of Ben Wieberdmk and Milton Thoms , t ll ll 2 rough time of it for two quarters, but the title. Their inability to snipe as well . . . S . ll , ' ll 89

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Hands at home Pzlls' December Z0 Ellsworth 31 Baldwln 32 The Chnstmas Splrlt caught up wxth the Panthers as they handed the game wrapped up and t1ed to Baldwm Hope Santa made note of our generos1ty!l Any for the season and Baldwln be1ng v1c tory hungry capltahzed on thls 1nab1l1 ty to put the bxg b1g ball through that tlny t1ny hoop The only consolahon was the non conference status of the game December ZZ Ellsworth 48, Boyceville 35 In the last game before vacatlon the Panthers went out and racked up Vxctory N 6 To do that they had to out score a bunch of sharpshooters from the fall' cxty of Boycevxlle The Panthers d1d out smpe them though mamly because of Sleep Krause's exghteen pozn s Boycevllle had a good outf1t but the Pan thers are hard to beat when they get golng January 6 Ellsworth 30 Sprmg Valley 31 On the mght of January 6 the team traveled to the Valley for one of themr tradltxonal games Ellsworth has had a JIIIX on the Valley for a number of years to thexr wmmng streak over them The Valley players had other thoughts and showed the Panthers they can't take the1r vacat1ons so serlously by beatmg us 3l 30 Ellsworth unable to get started tra1led throughout the contest and only began to perk up near the end At that t1me Ellsworth lost two men on fouls and the Valley talung advantage of the loss held to themr one poxnt lead Courtesy of Weber Muslc 8: Radlo Co Red Wlng and Most Implement Co o. . - ' ' t . . , . . K . . . way, Ellsworth hit the lowest percentage now, and were hoping to add another game 91