Lewisburg High School - Union Hi Spots Yearbook (Lewisburg, OH)

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First row, from left to right: Edward Cahill, Charles Waltman, Glenn Hoffman, Alva Dafler, Raymond Unger, john Thomas. Second row: Mr. Baden, coachg Russel Steiner, student manager, Bovie Bunger, Paul Koffer, Russel Vleisenbarger, Elden Good, Mr. Mumma, faculty managerg Mr. Hoffman, superintendent. Bczyketbczll PLAYING POSITIONS Bovie Bunger ,..,... ...............,................................. .......,, F 0 ruvzrd Edward Cahill ....... ...........,,...........,..,,,............. ......... F 0 fwafd Raymond Unger ....,v ,,,...... F 01'w:11'd Elden Good ............ ......... F 01'M dH2' Alva Dafler ..........r.,,,, .....,............... C enter Russel Weisenhargei' .,... ........................ C enter Charles Waltman .... ........ C eww and Guard john Thomas ....... ..................... G mmf Glenn Hoffman .........,......,.....,,.............,,.,,,,..... ....,. G uard Paul Koffer ..........r.,.,,.......................,............,,Y... ...... G uurd Total points scored: Union, 3413 opponents, 262. TOURNAMENT LANIER FEBRUARY 22 AT EATON We humped off our first opponents, Lanier's whiz-bang team, by a 27-24 victory, We were up against a stiff team but by diligent fighting until the last gun cracked we came out undefeated. Thus the champs of last year bowed down to defeat at the mercy of our own hands. MONROE MARCH 1 AT EATON By elimination Monroe fell to us as our next opponents. Monroe, through the entire season, was very successful on their long shotsg and in this game, during the first period, they completely out-scored us. Although in the second half we showed more competition, the final score was 34-22. JACKSON MARCH 1 AT EATON As losers in the semi-finals, we became participants in the consolation game with jackson as our opponents. In this, our last game of the season, we won by a score of 30-25. Page Foriy-five

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Bafketball fb' Light! DIXON DECEMBER 13 AT UNION Our first game of the season was played in our own gym. It was an easy victory for us as our opponents' pass work was poor and they were rather slow on their feet during the entire game. Score: 52-9. ' WEST ALEXANDRIA DECEMBER 20 AT WEST ALEXANDRIA Our basketball team journeyed to West Alexandria for the second game. There, in spite of the fact that we hadn't had many hard practices before this game, West Alexandria was easily van- quishedg the final score was: 14-2. ALUMNI DECEMBER 28 AT UNION Some of Union's former favorites were present and displayed a quantity of their old fire and pepg however, Union's present quintet proved too strong for them. The Alumni trailed the Union boys the entire game, and when the whistle blew, the score stood 26-5 in favor of Union's present favorites. VERONA JANUARY 1 AT UNION Verona was our next victim. Since this was the first day of 1950, our teams decided to start the new year off right, our first team walloped Verona, 16-11, and our reserves won over Verona's reserves by a score of 23-15. BROOKVILLE JANUARY 4 AT UNION Although we had played one hard game just a few days preceding, we rallied all our strength for this game and came through victorious. The boys exhibited excellent pass work and when the final gun cracked Union was ahead 20-18. ' FARMERSVILLE JANUARY 10 AT UNION Farmersville rode the bumps to Lewisburg with a rather large team, but when they returned home they had the smallest score. Although one of our regulars was injured in the second quarter and had to stay on the bench for the rest of the game, we won by the score of 27-23. JEFFERSON JANUARY 16 AT JEFFERSON We traveled to Jefferson for our next game, and there we suffered our first defeat of the sea- son. The Jeffersonites won over us with a 22-20 score. Their winning basket was tallied in the last few seconds of play. MONROE JANUARY 17 AT UNION We seemed content to stay in the losing rut that we had gotten into the night before at Jeffer- son and this time we bowed to defeat at the hands of Monroe. The Monroe boys had much success in the first quarter with their long shots, this, of course, put Monroe at the top and although our boys pepped up somewhat theywere not able to out score Monroe. Score: 28-20. WEST ALEXANDRIA JANUARY 24 AT UNION L Although the West Alexandria bulldogs had improved during the period that had elapsed since we had played them, we again defeated them. Our regular that was injured in the Farmersville game was again able to be in suit and he staged a big comeback. Score: 27-18. JACKSON JANUARY 25 AT JACKSON Union journeyed to Campbellstown for their third game away from home this season. The team was minus a player who almost always started the game but a substitute was used and we again rode to victory with a 19-10 score. The reserve team defeated Jackson's reserves 12-6. CAMDEN JANUARY 31 AT UNION For another time we were successfulg Camden came here and we defeated them 18-9. Camden was considered one of the strongest teams in the southern part of the county. LANIER FEBRUARY 7 AT UNION The last year champions of Preble County were our opponents in our last game before the tour- nament. This proved to be a very hard-fought battle and when the game came to a close Lanier had a two-point lead. This game, with its final score of 24-22, was one of the most exciting and most interesting contests of the season. Page Forty-four

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glflf Bayketball DIXON DECEMBER 13 AT UNION Our girls succeeded in easily crushing their first opponents of the 1929-30 season. The girls from Dixon could not intercept our passes, and, consequently, the score was not close. Dixon made one field goal and one foul, thus totaling 3 points to Union's 30. WEST ALEXANDRIA DECEMBER 20 AT WEST ALEXANDRIA Next we journeyed to West Alexandria and there, in our second game, the Blue and White were victorious by a score of 28-6. Although the floor was quite a handicap to us we displayed poor basketball. ALUMNI DECEMBER 28 AT UNION The Alumni girls collected a very good team this year and exhibited some real playing. They apparently hadn't forgotten any of the tricks of basketball, and again we were compelled to travel the road to defeat. The final score was 25-12. BROOKVILLE JANUARY 4 AT UNION Although they outclassed us in size, we showed them that we weren't as weak as they might expect. Almost every girl received several hard bumps but we fought till the finish, and won 18-14. FARMERSVILLE JANUARY 10 AT UNION The Farmersville team was composed most'y of tall girls who could outreach our players, but this, however, did not mean that the visiting team consisted of such excellent players. In fact, it was not difficult at all to win over them. Score: 18-6. MONROE JANUARY 17 AT UNION For another night we showed our stuff. We compelled Monroe, rivals of long standing, to bow to a 23-6 defeat. Both teams used several subs during this game, Monroe useing more than we, and although they changed their team many different ways, they did not improve it greatly. WEST ALEXANDRIA JANUARY 24 AT UNION In a heart-breaking game we were defeated again by West Alexandria. The score at the half was 3-0 in their favor, and in the third quarter we hung up one mere point to their three. In the last quarter, however, we pulled four points to their none. Final score: 6-5. CAMDEN JANUARY 31 AT UNION Camden came here with several large players but that didn't benefit them so much. When the game ended we had just doubled their score, Camden having tallied 9 to our 18. LANIER FEBRUARY 7 AT UNION Lanier had nineteen girls in suit but they did not use all of them. Anyway it is quality and not quantity that counts, and we easily romped to a one-sided victory of 24-7. TOURNAMENT MONROE FEBRUARY 22 AT EATON In a game which required two overtime periods to decide the victor, Union girls slipped through with a two-point lead thus winning their first game of the tournament. When the gun popped for the end of the second overtime period the score stood 13-11. VERONA MARCH 1 AT EATON In our second game we were also crowned the victors. In the last few minutes of play, five of our subs were used thus giving them the splendid experience of playing in the county tourna- ment. Score : 20-9. WEST ALEXANDRIA MARCH 1 AT EATON In the finals of the tournament we constituted one of the teams, and West Alevandria, the other. Although we tried every way available to score more than our opponents, we were un- successful. This was the third time this season that West Alexandria defeated usg and although it was a disappointment, we must remember to be good losers as well as good winners. Score: 11-8. Page Forty-tix