Johnson St Paris High School - Parisian Yearbook (Saint Paris, OH)

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 T H Fo 5Z IP A Rp I g 3 1 .9 f 11 County Tournament Saturday, February 16, the St. Paris boys took their first firm stand in the coun- ty tournament when they met and defeated Kings Creek. The outstanding feature of this game was the score which ended 53-0. According to the officials we established a world’s record, only permitting the opponents to have seven attempts at the basket during the entire game. Brecount was high point man. The second game was not so easily won as was expected. Westville always gives plenty of opposition and things looked pretty bad for a while. The ending of the game with a score of 25 to 19 brought about a shorter and softer route to the finals for the following Saturday. In the finals the jinx was any place else but with the St. Paris basket ball teams in county tournament. The third game which was played with North Lewisburg, proved to be a very interesting game and no time except the first quarter was there any danger of being the victim of defeat. Score 44-13. The final match for county championship was by no means a match at all. Rose- wood was outplayed from the first shriek of the refree’s whistle to the final crack of the gun and St. Paris was once again county champion by a score of 42-14. REGIONAL The Regional tournament held at Springfield this year is the first tournament of its kind to be played in this district. It was held for the purpose of elminating some of the teams that formerly went to Dayton.Four teams were eligible from this elimina- tion to go to the district tournament, St. Paris being one of the four by winning from Bradford, Xenia East and West Liberty. The Bradford game played at 8:00 o’clock, Friday morning was a hard fought one all the way through. The first half St. Paris did not have much trouble penetra- ting Bradford’s defense. The score at the half was 20-11. The Bradford team came back strong in the last half to out score St. Paris by six points but it was not enough to keep the Yellow and Black from winning by a score of 31-28. The next game of importance for St. Paris was the Xenia East high school, Satur- day morning. This team was made up of colored boys who were fast and accurate in their shooting. Sometimes people think that a colored team is out to win and does not play fair even if they use foul means. However, this team was one of the cleanest St. Paris played against all year. Xenia did not threaten at any time during the game. So the Yellow and Black came through with anther victory by the score of 31-20. The last game Saturday night with West Liberty naturally was the most impor- tant one for St. Paris. The first half was a battle. It seemed as if St. Paris couldn’t get started for they were not playing their usual style of game in this half. West Liberty got in the lead at the beginning and the score at the half was 12-9 in favor of West Liberty. In the last half West Liberty came back just as strong as they had left the floor. Still St. Paris did not play the style of game they played all season. The third quarter ended 20-11 in favor of West Liberty. In the last quarter, St. Paris came back determined. Heaston got ten points, Ap- ple two and Howard one, to West Liberty’s nothing. Again the Yellow and Black came from behind to win by the score of 2 3 to 20. District Tournament The team we drew for our first game at Dayton was Eaton. We played at 7:00 o’clock Friday night. This proved to be our Waterloo. The first half of the game was hard fought. Eaton was ahead by a few points at the half but not too many for St. Paris to overcome. However we were not able to accomplish what we wished—adding more points to our score than our opponents. So for the second time in twenty four games the Yellow and the Black went down in defeat, 31-17. 38

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'1 II Ed P A I Ro T or I 9f W Review of The Season HOWARD McCLIMANS Substitute guard, this is his first year on the squad, with more experience he should be- come a good guard for future years. McClimans is a Sopho- more. DORRAL BERRY Substitute guard, who like Mc- Climans, this was his first year on the squad. He will make a good guard. Berry is also a Sophomore. ROBERT GOODE Robert Goode, as manager of athletics, deserves much credit for his interest and efficient work in all athletic events. St. Paris 23—Urbana 18 Before a capacity crowd the Yrellow and Black took its second game from Urbana and made its twelfth straight win. This was perhaps the hardest fought game of the season—as both teams were so evenly matched that it required an over time period to settle the dispute. However, with the accurate shooting of Breeount and Apple in the last, forty-five seconds of the overtime we were able to gain a five point lead, which spelled a victory of 23 to 18. St. Paris 30—Jackson 6 This was an uninteresting game played at St. Faris and was very slow in spots. Apple was high score man with 8 points. St. Paris 35—-Concord 11 St. Paris took their second game from Concord, February 8. Our boys took an early start in the game and were never threatened by the visitors. The game was one-sided as the score shows. Piqua 25--St. Paris 21 St. Paris five suffered its first defeat at Pipua, February 9, by the score of 25 to 21. The inability to hit the basket spelled defeat for our boys. Piqua displayed strong offensive and defensive playing. St. Paris 60-Anna 20 Anna’s reported fast high school team failed to make much of a showing Saturday night, January 19, on the local floor, being defeated by the score of 60-20 by the St. Paris boys. High scorer was Apple, who I made 18 points. 37

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GT H lb IP A Rd I cT 1 .9 1 H CO Sitting—Jack Heaston, Ralph Brecount, Roger Procter, Charles Apple, Alonzo Clem, John Hunt, Loren Melnturff. Standing—'Robert Purk, Kermit Kite, Robert Goode, Harold Howard, Garner Stradling. Varsity “S” The Varsity “S” Association of Johnson-St. Paris high school was organized in May, 1926, by Superintendent J. M. Turner and Principal E. L. Harshbarger. The Constitution and By-laws were formed and a Standard sweater, letter and service stripe were selected and voted upon by members These laws have been carried out to the fullest extent and the significance of the letters have remained to their highest standards in these following years. 34-13 21-25 53-0 25-17 44-14 41-14 31-28 31-20 23-20 31-17 Basket Ball Nov. 29, Westville at Westville 17-11 Dec. 7, Lena-Conover at L. C. 33-9 Dec. 14, Spfld Soph, at Spfld 32-10 Dec. 21 Rosewood at St. Paris 48-6 Dec. 28, Alumni at St. Paris 29-17 Jan. 1 Westville at St. Paris 35-11 Jan. 4, Urbana at St. Paris 23-10 Jan. 11, Spfld. Bus. Col. at St. P. 24-10 Jan. 18, Jackson at Jackson 19-7 Jan. 19, Anna Station at St. Paris 60-20 Jan. 25, Concord at Urbana C. C. 31-17 Jan. 26, Urbana at Urbana C. C. 23-18 Feb. 1, Jackson at St. Paris 30-6 Schedule Feb. 8, Concord at St. Paris Feb. 9, Piqua at Piqua Feb. 16, Salem Tp. Tournament Feb. 16 Westville, Tournament Feb. 23, N. Lewisburg, Tournament Feb. 23, Rosewood, Tournament Springfield Tourney March 1, Bradford March 2, Xenia March 2, West Liberty District Tourney March 8, Eaton 39