Henry Clay High School - Slashes Yearbook (Ashland, VA)

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BASKETBALL Front Row — Left to Right: Mills, McNeal, Cox, K’. Reid, Stiles, Hughes. Second Row: Raftery, Haley, Saunders, P. Reid, Pollard, Babcock. Third Row: . Scrivener, Coach Bagwell, Stone. The Clay quint, consisting almost entirely of green material, dropped pre-Christmas games to Fredericksburg and Falmouth, and lost in an over time to Thomas Dale of Chester in the first game after the holidays. Since then the squad has shown steady improvement. It will, however, be necessary for them to continue to improve it they are to reach the Group II, District II tournament in March. SCHEDULE Dec. 17 — James Monroe Dec. 21 — Falmouth Jan. 7 — Chester Jan. 11 — Highland Springs Jan. 13 — James Monroe Jan. 18 — Glen . llen Jan. 28 — Falmouth Feb. 1 — Manchester Feb. 4 — Varina Feb. 8 — Manchester Feb. 11 — Caroline Feb. 17 — Highland Springs Feb. 18 — Glen .Allen Feb. 22 — Caroline Feb. 25 — Chester

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HENRY CLAV 2 GLEN ALLEN— 36 After being held down in the first period, Glen Allen’s Panthers came to life scoring twice in the second quarter, twice in the third, and once in the fourth. Ashland’s two points came as the result of a blocked kick. HENRY CLAY— 13 CHESTER— 6 With every member of the Eagle squad playing heads-up ball, the Ashland boys were able to climax a successful Homecoming Day program. HENRY CLAY— 6 LOUISA— 0 The daymen were held by a determined band of Louisans until the final 2 minutes of play when a D. Scrivener to Markey pass was good for a score. HENRY CLAY— 52 V.ARIN.A— 0 Every one saw action as the Eagles wound up their 48 season with a decisive victory over the Blue Devils at Varina. GRADUATING LETTERMEN Ends: Jim Markey; Tackles: Mac Brock, Ned Stiles; Guards: Tommy Chilton; Backs: Bill Glave, Russell Lowry, Dick Scrivener, Ray Tyson, Willis McCauley; Center: Ken Myers. Wickham, Lowry, Glave, D. Scrivener J. Scrivener, Chilton, Stiles Regulars not pictured: Brock, Mallory [ 23 ]

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BASEBALL The Eagles’s 1948 season turned out to be a successful one as they scored 11 victories against three defeats. The three losses were suffered at the hands of Highland Springs, Louisa, and Caroline, however, the daymen came back to register wins against all three. Members of the 1948 sc]uad lost through graduation; Pitcher, Cflem Childress; third baseman, billy Tayloi; second baseman, Henry Simpson; shortstop, |immic Taylor. THE .SCHEDl LE . ' pril 2 — Highland Springs .April 30 — Chester . ' pril 8 — Caroline May 4 — Highland Springs . pril 9 — Varina Mas- 7 — Chester . pril 10 — Glen Allen May 1 1 — Manchester ■April 20 — Louisa Mas- 12 — Washington Henry •April 23 — Varina May 1 8 — Louisa April 27 — Manchester May 2 1 — Caroline GIRL’S BASKETBALL Again this year, the girl’s basket- ball team is suffering from lack of a place to practice. Henry Clay feels proud of the spirit shown by the girls in carrying out a tough schedule with so little experience. The girls enjoyed the games and improved greatly as the season progressed. l- ' irst Row — left to right: Fidines Trei ' i ' dt, Lnatlc Mills, Carolyn Smith, Betty Lcadhettcr, Louise Mills, Joan Tyson. Second — Cynthia White, Anne Merritt, Mary Sims, Thelma Sims, Janet Ocis, Dorothy Taylor Margaret F, iie t ols. I ' liird Row — .tune Turner, Assistant Manager: aney Toihl, Coach: Sara Jane White, Manager. [ 25 ]