Holcut High School - Eagle Yearbook (Holcut, MS)

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December 16, 1948, we entered an Invitational Tournament at Wheeler. We played the first game of the tournament with Thrasher, whom we de- feated by the small margin of two points after playing two ties off. December 18, we played Cedar Hill, a team of good record, but we took high honors by defeating them by a score of 29 to 40. This put us in the semi-finals. Saturday morning we defeated Pisgah by 3 points, the score being 27 to 30. We entered the finals Saturday night with Booneville. After a hard fought game we came out on top by one point. Fourteen schools and twenty-eight teams were represented in the tourney. The outcomes of the tournament, lineups and final scores were as follows: Wheeler High School Boys Basketball team topped an amazing Thrasher five 25-21, and I-Iolcut High School Girls nosed out Booneville, in the last second, 30-29, to the Invitational Tournament at the Wheeler gym. Holcut girls, paced by jackie Crane who dropped a foul shot into the net as the final gong sounded, displayed a trio of forwards who can fake, pass and shoot. Miss Crance was the popular choice for the outstanding girl in the tournament. Girls lineups: Holcut--Allred, 6, Hill ll, Crane ll, forwardsg Lambert, Pruitt, Bonds, guards, Bonneville--jourdan 4, Hooper 20, Smith 5, forwards, Blackburn, Hare and King, guards. After a week out of school for the Christmas holidays we were not in very good shape to play ball, but on December 30 we defeated the Glendale girls by 18 points. The scores were 37 to 19. The next game was played with Paden on their new gym. This was the A first game to be played on the gym and not too good for the Paden girls for we defeated them by a score of 31 to 20. Our first game in '49 was played with Thrasher. We won this game by 3 points. january 13, 1949 we played Tremont and defeated this team by a score of 37 to 21. The first half was very close with the Cantain of our team fouling out. But the rest of the players held their own. january 18, we played Paden again. The final score being in our favor by 12 points. january 21, we played Tishomingo. The game proved to be close at the beginning but the I-lolcut girls pulled out in the lead by defeating the Tishomingo girls 10 points. The girls met Iuka at Tishomingo on january 25. This was a very easy game for the Holcut girls, and they carried off the high honors by defeating the Iuka girls 20 points. The final score being 30 to 50. During the season we have played 22 games. We have been victorious 2? of the games. In the remainder of the season we trust that we can keep up this outstanding record. 21

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GIRLS SPORT NEWS By Quay Pruitt On October 21, 1948, we began our basketball practice for another year. The courts were filled with three teams, all eager to start the season. Mr. Alver Belue, Superintendent, is our coach. We began the year with twelve new ball suits. These were given the following persons: jackie Crane, jo Ann Bobo, Mabel Hill, Quay Pruitt, Beckie Bonds, Dartha Lambert, Quay McAnal1y, Avonell Allred, june Grimes, Myra Wade, Vowary Studdard, jimmie Crane. jackie Crane was appointed our Captain. We played our first game this season with Paden on their open court. Beckie Bonds, Quay Pruitt, and Dartha Lambert handled the ball efficiently and kept Paden's forwards down to a score of 5 points, while Holcut's forwards jackie Crane, Mabel Hill, and jo Ann Bobo scored Z1 points. Paden returned the game the following week. Holcut was winner again with a score of 3 to 9. On November Z, 1948, we played Farmington. This was our first game of the season played in a gym. The scores were 16 to 2.0 in our favor November 3, 1948, we played Wheeler. The score was 19 to 41, proving that all twelve players were in perfect condition. November 9, 1948, found us in Biggersville, the teams were evenly matched. The game proved to be close but we came out winners by 3 points. Score of Z8 to 31. Cur next game occurred November 19, 1948, at Glendale. Again we carried off high honors with a score of 15 to 43. The seventh game of the season was played against Belmont. Our chances against a strong team seemed small but our girls held them a good game. The final score was 34 to 45 in favor of Belmont. We took Iuka in a rush on November Z4, with the final scores being 29 to 39 in our favor. On December 3, 1948, we played Burnsville at Tishomingo gym. Mable Hill and Avonell Allred, lead by our Captain, jackie Crane, kept the scores up to Z0 and Z5 in head of the Burnsville team all through the game The final scores were l4 to 39. Our next game was at Glendale on December 7, with Burnsville. We carried off high honors with a score of 19 to 37. O On December 10, we played Tishomingo. The final score being Z9 to 39 in our favor. Z0

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