Grand Rapids Christian High School - Memoir Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Union: The Eagles after this swell taste of victory were hungry for a little more. So they set out to avenge their earlier defeat suffered at the hands of Union. This they did by play- ing one of their best defensive games of the season. Their air-tight defense held the Red Hawks to only one shot at the basket in the final two minutes of the game. Christian's fairly good offense coupled with their bril- liant defense paved the way to a 28-19 victory. Holland Christian: Christian was the host of the Hollanders at Burton Gym. This was a return game for the previous engagement played at Holland. Holland, enjoying a suc- cessful season was out to Win and ran up a 12-2 score at the quarter. Doing no better in the second quarter than in the first, the Eagles trailed 16-5 at the half. Consistently ringing up basket after basket the Maroons won the game easily by the score of 24-15. Tech: The Beukerna-coached men went into this game determined to wipe out their de- feat suffered earlier in the season. Despite the loss of two regulars the boys showed a great deal of fight. But the Wildcats with City Championship in view were not to be stopped. They played smooth ball and rolled Christian down by the handsome score of 35-23. Ottawa: This game was played before a ca- pacity crowd of bawling fans in the Ottawa Hills gym, Both teams were primed to a t and gave the fans the battle of a life- time. The Eagles rolled up a four point lead , V at the half. The second half Ottawa tied it up and from there on to the final gun it was a dog fight. However, the Indians scalped out a victory by a hair. Final: Ottawa 27- Christian 25. Catholic: The final game of the season was played at Burton before a meager crowd. Catholic led the first quarter, but the tide of battle rolled Christian's way, and at the half- way mark Christian led 15-10. But a third period slump allowed Catholic to pass Chris- tian and take the lead. Then Catholic put the skids under Christian and took the game 30 -25. The Area Toumament at Union In the first of a two-game series, Christian drew Godwin Heights for its opponent. This game was neither colorful nor exciting. God- win was completely outclassed. Christian offense again was pretty ragged but the Eagles bumped off Godwin by a 27-12 count. Lee High, in upsetting a favored East Grand Rapids team, became our next oppo- nent. This game with Lee was just the opposite of that with Godwin. Both teams tore into each other from the opening whistle on. Fouls were called left and right but nobody seemed to mind. ln the first quarter Chris- tian ran up a nice lead but at the half they were struggling behind a two point deficit. However in the last quarter Christian turned on the front burner and romped to a sizzling 33-24 victory. -2 4-

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DASH: Here are the fortunes of the team for the 1942-1943 season. East Grand Rapids: Christian opened the new basketball season against the Pioneers at their own gym. The East quintet was a vastly improved outfit over last year's five. This was shown when they jumped to an 8 - 4 lead in the first quarter. Christian began to hit in the second quarter and led 15- 13 at the half. Continuing their persistent pace, the Eagles coasted to a 30-22 victory. Grand Haven: The Eagles hit the road for this game with the lads from the Lake Shore City. lt was an evenly matched, fast and furious affair right from the beginning. Chris- tian trailed by one point at the half. Both continued on even terms in the third and fourth periods. Christian just edged out ct victory in the final minutes of play by the score of 21 - 20. Union: The Eagles started off the current season by tangling with the Red Hawks at the West Siders' Gym. lt was a close game with Union managing to stay in front by at least two points all the way. The Eagles lacked altitude and scoring punch. And those Unionites were hot from the foul circle so they won by the score of 28-22. Tech: This wild and woolly thriller was played on the Burton Hardwood. It started slow and sloppy, but soon the fireworks be- gan. Tech was leading 16 -9 at the half time hour. However, in the third quarter the Eagles flew high and scored eight points while holding the Wildcats to exactly zero. The final canto ended in a flurry of shots with the score all knotted up at 22 - 22. In the over- time Christian scored 2 points, but the Voca- tionals opened up all the stops and scored 4 more tallies to take the game. Holland Christian: On New Year's day the Eagles went to the Tulip City resolved to humble the Maroons. of Holland Christian. Despite the gas shortage a capacity crowd filled the Armoury to see this annual fracas. The game started slowly and at the end of the first quarter Holland had scored 5 points and Christian 4. However, in the second quarter, the smooth Holland quintet began to ring up baskets at an adding machine pace. From there on they were never headed off. Their excellent control of the backboard and their beautiful handling prevented the Blue and Gold from ever getting started. The final score: 35-25. Ottawa: After losing three games in a row the Eagles sharpened their claws and deter- mined to give the Indians a drubbing. The Indians jumped to an 8-1 lead at the first quarter and things looked bad for Christian. However, Christian bounced back to take a three point lead at the half. ln the third quarter the Eagles rolled up 11 points to take a well padded lead of 26-18. Ottawa, not to be outdone, gave the Eagles a good scare in the last period, but the game ended with Eagles on top of a 33 -30 score. Catholic: Christian went to this game confi- dent that they needn't be trampled on by anyone. They started like a house afire and soon were enjoying a 6-point lead. ln the second quarter their hot pace slackened. The Cougars, seeing the relapse in Chris- tian's brand of ball, went at them with tooth and nail and quickly brought the half-time score to 19-17. ln the third quarter the Parochials continued their hot pace, smoth- ering a valiant attempt of the Eagles. The final gun found Christian trailing 35-41. Creston: Christian was the guest of the Polar Bears at this game. lt started like a thriller, with Creston leading by only 7-6 at the quarter. Then the game slowed down in the second quarter as the superior height of the Crestonites began to take effect. They rambled on to make 10 points while holding Christian scoreless. Creston kept on rolling through the rest of the game with Christian limping in on the short end of a 31 - 15 count. The Eagles showed flurries of offense but they were always short-lived. Central: Although playing a better brand of ball than against Creston, the Eagles still couldn't hit the bucket. The Hill Toppers bot- tled up whatever offense the Eagles could offer in a very effective zone defense. The Central outfit was smooth and they rolled over Christian by the score of 39-18. South: The Eagles again seemed on the downward trail, for they had lost their last three games. But they smoothed their ruf- fled feathers and determined to shoot the works at South. The game was a nip and tuck throughout: neither team having much of an edge. With less than two minutes to go Christian rang up two baskets to tie the old ball game. After another spurt Christian finally humbled the Trojans to the tune of 31 - 29. -23-

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DO'r: DAsH: DOT: DASH: DOT 1 DASH: DOT: Wait a minute, Dash. Goodness, let me catch my breath. Wasn't that one busy year we just Went through! l'll say so! Zowiel With basketball games, skating parties, big, bad sophomores, Spring sports, and geometry, I was kept pretty busy. It sure Was fun! Wasn't it, though! Remember the time you were kicked out ot ses- sion room? You were really scared yOu'd get it, weren't you? Naw, it didn't bother me at all. Anyway, when We come back next tall to the old institution, we'll be luniors. Then we can look down on Somebody. Thats right. We wOn't be little nobodies anymore. Well, l'll See you then. S'long, Dot. Be good. Bye, Dash. 0 ft 'cl fl: if , A055 54 .1 X., .Q -25-