Marsing High School - Arrow Yearbook (Marsing, ID)

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i i -.Rf A7 ' SPORT ' . Softball, the girls' major spring sport, was off to a good start with the return of fourteen girls who lettered last year. These girls were Molly 1 Panzeri, Helen Wilson, Lucille Dines, Ioyce Mul- ' 5 doon, Belva Larsen, Carmen Usabel, Arlene La- s 'Sl -AD, ?f4'fff- iiiiiirv A Rue, Rita Bish, Donna Bish, Io Anne Paine, Mary Marsh, Mary Suloia, Glenda Lankford, and Mary Ann Iohnston. The job of pitching went to Belva Larsen who aided the pitching line-up last year. Arlene LaRue filled in the position of first base, Lucille Dines took over second base, and Molly Panzeri played third base. Ioyce Muldoon was shortstop. ln catching position was Mary Marsh. Outfielders were Helen Wilson, Carmen Usabel, Cmd RUG Blsll- Coach George Merrick The girls were only allowed to practice after school. Coach Merrick worked hard with the girls team and soon many improvements were to loe seen. The girls wish to express their thanks for a good season to his able cociching. Trophies earned in Softball, l947e- Championship 1948-49W SW, Conference Championship l948f -Western Championship l948 District Championship l952' Championship , . i l I T' XXI! Front row, left to right: Mary Marsh, Io Anne Paine, Donna Bish, Lucille Dines, Belva Larsen, Rita Bish, Ioyce Culdoon, Carmen Usabel and Arlene LaRue. Second row: Ianet Sevy, Carol Summers, Mae Marsh, Donna DeCoursey, Violet Nelson, Dixie Eells, Glenda Lankford, Mary Subia, La Verna Van Matre and Evalyn Walker, Third row: Iackie King, Mary Ann Iohnston, Ieanette Gaines, Zella McClure, Sharon Malmberg, Claudia Young, Margie Gibbens, Mary Ann Armenta, Faye Nelson, Agnes Smith, and Coach George Merrick. -55-

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M.. ,, f GIRLS The girls basketball team was championship QQ1 A M i 2'tff1'V V ..., ,,,, 5 'alt material this year. Five of the senior players have . . .- A ' ' T itii l been practicing together since the seventh grade. However, the S.R.V. dealt the girls a vicious blow. lt was decided that there would be no girls bas- ketball this year. By eliminating girls' basketball T more time could be devoted to the boys' lunior Varsity squad. A few schools decided to go ahead with girls games on a very limited scale, and Marsing A joined this group. Mr. George Merrick coached the eager Marsing players. They were allowed only two days a week in which to practice. With this small amount of practice these girls made a good showing in every game they played. ln their first game Iordan Va1ley's sextet tum- bled to the well aimed scores gained by Molly, Belva, and Ioyce. The line consisted of Helen, Arlene, and Carmen. The Marsing girls met defeat on the Melba court to the Melba six. ln the Middleton game the Mar- sing squad led through the first half. After that the scores went entirely to Middleton. Molly Panzeri led the total number of points made for the season with lOl points, next was Belva Larsen with 27 points, and Ioyce Muldoon with 24 points. So ended the basketball year for eight senior girls who gave their best athletic ability to Marsing High School for the past four years. These girls fear that this will be the last year for the Marsing gym to ring with cheers at a girls' game. During the history of the Marsing School the girls team has made an excellent showing. Trophies earned in basketball: l944gChampionship l948-Consolation at Notus l948eConsolation at Mountain Home l95lgRunner up. Lucille Don es, Forward M ld , F d loyce U Con Orwdr Carmen Usabel, Guard So passes a phase of athletics that appealed to many participants and viewers. Love of this sport kept many a girl in school who might otherwise have dropped out. lts scholastic requirements forced club members to make good grades. lt is to be hoped that some way can be found to keep girls athf letics in the competitive basis. Front row, left to right: Agnes Smith, Mary Subia, Glenda Lankford, Belva Larsen, Rita Bish, Arlene LaRue, Carmen Usabel. Standing, left to right: Lucille Dines, Evalyn Hunt, Donna Bish, Mary Ann Iohnston, Ioyce Muldoon, Donna Dines, La Verna Van Matre. Kneeling: Mgr. Elaine Blackstock and Carol Copley. -54-

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Iack Tramel, Charles Beams, Dan McClintick, Veldon Townsend, Francis Dines and Berle Bledsoe. Mgr. Ross Gregory. The small, but rugged, Marsing High School boxing squad terminated what might be consid- ered a successful boxing season with but five winning bouts. The six man Huskie squad, with but one returning letterman, competed against the Meridian Warriors' fifty man squad and the Kuna Cavemens twenty men squad. The Huskies fought only two matches this year but gave a good ac- count of themselves in both by winning three of five in the first and two of six in the second. At Meridian lack Tramel in the l2O lb. class was out- pointed by lim Bog- ers by a 33-36 mar- gin. Dan McClintick in the l3O lb. class out- pointed Gene Enz- minger 36-33 by showing much more style and know-how as a boxer. Coach Parrish Veldon Townsend in the l35 lb. class bested Wally Lloyd by a score of 36-34. Francis Dines in the 145 lb. class won by a narrow36-35 margin from Richard Reed. The first two rounds being a draw, Francis showed superior boxing skill to win the round and the bout. Berle Bledsoe, Marsing's last year district run- ner up, lost to Loren Hansen, a three year letter- man, by a slim 34-36 margin. Tn the only home match of the season Kuna failed to show up and Marsing was left to face the entire Meridian squad alone. lack Tramel lost to lim Bogers. The fight was stopped in the second round because Tramel had a puffed eye. Dan McClintick won from Bon Davenport by a 36-34 margin in one of the best fights of Dans career. Veldon Townsend won from Tom Hoes by a very close 36-35 margin, in one of the fastest action bouts of the evening. Charles Beams in the 135 lb. class looked prom- ising in his only bout of the year but fell a little short of victory over Wally Lloyd. Francis Dines, fighting one of Meridian's top boys in the l45 lb. class, lost by a 34-36 margin to Bill Bockhold. Dines had improved much from his first fight but not quite enough to best one of Meridian's top boys with much more exper- ience. Berle Bledsoe climaxed the evening when all but won from Loren Hansen. Had Berle not sacri- ficed a point by hitting in the clinches and by not stepping back after a clinch he would have won, but the one point he lost decided the bout for Hansen by a 34-35 margin. -56-