Iola High School - Indianola Yearbook (Iola, WI)

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H ff Huff- r- T if 1- Sfmt-:.,IdfXLL -f The 1948-49 basketball season ended with the lola High School Cagers in third place in the Central Wisconsin Conference. This record of 5 wins and 5 defeats in conference play is the highest ever held by lola since 1936. In the district tournament held at Waupaca, lola dropped its first game to Amherst The game was a real battle all the way through with the score ending at 36 - 33. After losing the first game Iola went on to defeat Bear Creek and Shiocton for Consolation Championship. The leading scorers for the season were Lewisonf Bestul and Olscn respectively. The 'B' team, while playing very hard ball couldn't hit their stride, winning only one conference game and losing nine. The basketball team wants to sincerely thank Nr. Testin for the fine dinner he gave us. We also want to thank the other business men who gave us treats. Scores of games played during the season. TOURNAMENT: Iola: Amherst 33 - 36 - L Bear Creek 40 - 24 - W Shiocton 59 - 36 - W CONFERENCE: Iola: Weyauwega 30 - 27 - W Manawa 36 - 22 - W Waupaca 27 - 46 - L Amherst 34 - 39 - L Marion 32 - 20 - W Weyauwega 44 - 45 - L Manawa 35 - 32 - W Waupaca 30 - 41 - L Amherst 24 - 35 - L Marion 28 - 22 - W BON CONFERENCE: Iola: Port Edwards 21 - 30 - L Tigerton 46 - 25 - W Wittenberg 31 - 49 - L Rosholt 34 - 41 - L 'swag Shiocton 41 - 16 - L 2' 42 32 L 54 41 L Wittenberg - - Ki is , L' fm ,-2 im