Ellsworth High School - Hub Yearbook (Ellsworth, WI)

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C reepmg Qumn' January 13 Ellsworth 58 Baldwln 40 Even though lt was Frxday the 13th the Panthers d1d not let It affect them one b1t and went out to get revenge for an earl1er defeat from thxs club Revenge was were hot that was the whole story Everyth1ng they tossed up went 1n Snooks G1lbertson talhed twenty four B111 Qu1nn fourteen and Don Krause th1r teen Thxs was one game when the subs got a chance to show the1r stuff an op porturuty they really enjoyed! January 3l Ellsworth 52, Durand 31 Ellsworth went down to Durand deter m1ned to even up last year's score They got off to a fly1ng start and pxled up a bmg advantage whlch enabled them to coast along through the rest of the encounter not that they were lazy Once agam the bxg boys had the say as Durand d1dn have the helght to cope w1th them Each added to thelr totals as they contlnually lut the old bullseye February 3 Ellsworth 53 Colfax 37 Ellsworth was out to revenge an earher defeat at the hands of Colfax and that they d1d They outscored Colfax 53 to Z7 The v1s1tors made qu1te a f1rst quar the second quarter enabled the Panthers to clalm v1ctory number eleven Th1s game marked the appearance of three bearded Panthers although they weren't v1s1ble to many of the spectators The beard must have mspmred Lafe for h had one of Ins best mghts swxshxng them m from all over Courtesy of East End Varmety and Stexner Brothers Grocery K J- ' . , . ,t . - . , theirs to the tune of 58-40. The Panthers ter of it, but a twenty-six point splurge in . . , as . . . . . , ' , I ll - ll ' ' , . ' , - ' ' ll ll, e 93

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January 20 Ellsworth 34 Menomome 55 Early on the 20th the Panthers boarded the school bus to Menomome the home of the League leaders Thexr task was to beat the lead1ng team m the conference on 1ts home floor Even though they fa1led xt was not from lack of effort for the Panthers really fought Menomonxe had one of the1r better nxghts and pulled a ans were a good team and deserved to w1n as they put on a good dxsplay of basketball The team wxll try to change around tournament txme ! January Z7 Ellsworth 53 New R1chmond 39 On our 'unlucky floor Ellsworth had a good n1ght Smnce they had lost two con ference champ1onsh1ps on New R1chrnond's floor durmg the last two years the Pan thers were determ1ned It would not happen aga1n Ellsworth estabhshed leads twxce only to see New Rmchmond even lt up Then by feed1ng Nook and Sleep the stantlal lead When the game was over each of our tall boys had a twenty pomt total, a mght of great accomplzshments' January Z4 Ellsworth 52 Glenwood C1ty 31 After hav1ng the game cancelled for two successwe mghts the Panthers went out and poured lt on to the Glenwood qum tet The Ellsworth crew knew they had to have thxs one to stay m the race so they were TOUGH never rel1nqu1sh1ng the1r lead dunng the entxre game Don Krause paced the home team w1th e1ght een pomts as Snooks' and Bxll Qumn each added ten polnts to bnng up the totals The Panthers h1t the hay as early as pos sxble that mght as they had a tough game comlng up the next mght! ' Basketball or Leapfrog '7 Courtesy of B and B Market Basket and Nelson Barber Shop I ll ' ' . , - ' ' ll ll IJ, way near the end of the game. The Indi- Panthers succeeded in building up a sub- 92

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February 7 Ellsworth 32 Hudson Z5 Th1s was a must game for the Panthers To have any chance at sec ond place ln the Mlddle Border Con ference ratmgs they had to w1n thxs one and they managed lt very nxcely The Raxders wlth the1r control style of ball cap1tal1zed on an off mg by the Panthers and made It an xnter estnng evenxng The game was marked by enthusxashc d1sl1ke of the referees on the part of the Hudson followers, as demonstrated by both team and spec tators As the Phys1cs class would de lt was a satxsfyxng one to wm but we're lucky they aren't always that close and rough' February I0 Ellsworth 57 R1ver Falls 31 The Panthers journeyed to 'the Falls for a game wlth thexr r1vals from the North Usually such a game 15 a n1p and tuck affa1r but the Purple fxve showed the1r supremacy as soon as the game began They fed the bmg boys and at the end of the f1rst quarter the score read Z1 to 1 After th1s the regulars were used spar1ngly The subs took over and played the Orange clad boys on even terms for the re malnder of the game Four straxght wxns over the Falls 1n basketball' February 14 Ellsworth 49 Spr1ng Valley 37 Play1ng thas one on the1r own floor the Panthers contmued the1r wznnmg streak by beatmng the Valley Cardmals 49 to 37 Thms trlumph avenged an earlxer defeat by the S V boys and It also xnsured E H S of that second place Conference berth The Hub men establxshed an 18 to 5 lead by the end of the flrst quarter enough for them coast to another vfctory Bmg Don Krause h1t twenty fave polnts on one of h1s best mghts but B111 Qumn surprxsed everyone 1n the closmng second of the through the bucket from way way ou about 3 4 of the floor! February 17 Ellsworth 49 Boycevllle 46 Boardmg the old bus for the last txme, the Panthers headed for Boycev1lle for a non conference game Boycevxlle had a record of flfteen strazght wms on their floor untxl they met the conquenng Panthers! The boys agaln racked up a good lead by 1nterm1ss1on 33 to 19 but then the t1de of battle changed The Boycevxlle men took the offensxve dur 1ng the second half and pressed the Panthers who had to really work to wm then' eighth straxght ball game Blg Snooks was really mspxred h1tt1ng hrs season's h1gh twenty seven pornts Courtesy of Coast to Coast Store and Aaby Bros Weldxng Shop ' ll ll ' - - , . . . ht . ' ' . ' , to fine it, There was SOUND! Anyway, first quarter, by putting the ball straight t--- 1 94