Inverness High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Inverness, MS)

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BOYS' ATHLETICS FOR 1949 '50 Out of the eight football games played during the 1949 season we won only one and lost seven The team was badly handicapped by inexperlence and lack of weight Only one first string player will be lost by graduation this spring, so there should be much improvement next fall The basketball team made a good start by wlnnlng the first fame, but we could not keep our winning ways Two additional vlctories over Isola or three games for the season, totaled our winning games against 17 losses As the Annual goes to press the baseball team can boast of two victorles, one over Isola and one over Linn We have lost two Itta Bena, Moraan City, Tchula, and Linn The athletlc picture for the boys durin this school year has been cloudy, but we feel that the sun will break through next fall and keep ShlHiDW on the Tlgers for 1950 '51 session We base this of the teams wlll gr duate this sprin Senior boys who have played thelr last for I H S are R may Tinnin, John L Shepard, Roy Davis and Billy Stowers With lmproved school spirlt and better team morale next year there is no good reason why Inverness cannot have winning teams The organ lzatlon of the Central Delta Conference, includlng the smaller schools in this rea, will make lt possible for our schedules to be more in keeping wlth the weights nd the team abllity we have . . I 5 U o' . 9 5- - . W O 4. 5 1 8 O prediction on the fact that so few regulars on any . ' ' 3 3, 3 . I . , . A 3 . . q 3 , 0

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4 -'mx-MM,,,, TENNIS TAAM left to right Jean McGlenahan, Jean bnefxield Gencye 'it- cnam, Alyce Landwlrth Mgr George Day, Billy Fleet Fan nie Brumfield Carolyn Bradley Ken Toler Robin Smith il! Our tennis team will enter tne Delta matches in Leland tnis spring Ve nave played Snaw two matcnes witn results as follows Tnere At nome Qrumfield E Dey won Brumfield 5 Fleet won rleet 5 molar won Dey 6 Toler won Bramley A M Clenanan won Smitn 8 Sneffield won o- Fleet lost Brumfield lost Brumfleld lost Fleet lost Our two concrete tennis courts and tne Keen interest being shown by so many of tue boys and girls probably mean tnat we shall develop many good tennis players nere during the next few years Local tournamlnts for both nign scnool pupils and grammar school pupils are being planned for tne closing weeks of tne scnool session iii!! iii W an T ' y J su Q Q f , ,g? si .gf Q , r Wt ' Q F if Q .Ex,l'0 'Q E Y T 2- 5 Q c 51 Q 9 I 0 . ----- 6-4 ' --- 6-2 ' r ---- --- 6-2 -----'--- 6-2 y'l c - 6-l --- ' 4 --'-e-----'--- 5-7 ---------- 1-6 ---------- 6-1 ' -------------- 5-7