Midwest High School - Black Gold Yearbook (Midwest, WY)

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Basketball BASKETBALL FORTUNES Shortly after football season, the Midwest crew donned their 'shorts and shirts, and started to work out on the hardwood. Everyone felt that good things were in store when w-e started the season with wins over Riverton, the Midwest American Legion, Douglas, whom we soundly trounced, for they spoiled our football record, and Lander, rumored to be strong. Things were still looking up as the traveling' team played return games with Riverton and Lander and defeated them again. Next came two conference games with Buf- falo and Newcastle on successive week-ends. The ball was really rolling now and two more games were put on the agenda as decisive victories. The game of the year that everyone was working towards proved too much in scoring. However, Nottingham charged down the floor and hit the loop for 22 points, while the rest of the team also played hea-ds up ball. Back in the win column the following week, the Red and White chalked up a win over Wheat- land and a happy crowd saw the ball tipped in more by Midwest than Gillette, in the always interesting game between the two teams. With a large crowd following them, the bas- ketball quintet eked out a victory from the Sheri- dan Broncs , but once again thundered back by walking over Douglas and the Buffalo Bison . The next week-end proved disastrous as Sher- idan invaded the Oil City and barely topped our scrappy five. Gillette, too, journeyed her-e for a non-conference game, and thanks to the accurate shooting and luck of Stopher, Gillette sharpshoot- er, they won by two points. All eyes were glued to the ball in the last two seconds, when Stopher, shooting from mid-court, tossed a high arched ball that barely touched the net as it went through. Basketball was at its height when we once again regained our balance, and quickly ticked off wins over Glenrock, Sundance, Newcastle, and Gillette. A non-conference trip was scheduled to Lar- amie and Wheatland which wound up a loss and a win respectively. March 1, all Midwest turned eagerly to the long awaited return game with Casper's Mus- tangs. Again Casper won, but not until the Mus- tangs knew they had played a ball game. Fight- ing every inch of the way, the Oiler quintet lost by three points. The regularly scheduled season ended and after a brief rest, all ways pointed to Gillette and the District Tournament. The red and white captured third place in a tournament with many upsets. They defeated Buffalo, Gillette, and New- castle, but lost to Sheridan, who, incidentally, took first place. Two weeks later the district winners traveled to Laramie to battle it out for the championship. Midwest surprised the State by winning from Afton, the highly favored team from the south- eastern district. Losing to Thermopolis and Green River eliminated the Oilers , but Hendryx won many tournament honors and Nottingham re- ceived honorable mention on the All-State team. From the first jump until the final whistle, the Midwest team played good ball. The 1947 season ended with 18 wins and 5 losses, also with Jack Hahn, Norman Carter, Verne Hansen, Dick Moore, and Clifford Hen- dryx wearing the red and white for the last time. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Score Midwest Opponents Riverton, here ......,........,.... 49 39 Midwest Am. Legion, here.. 33 22 Douglas, here ...................... 42 21 Lander, here .,.,.. ..... 5 4 27 Lander, away ....... ..... 3 6 32 Riverton, away ..... ..... 5 1 41 Buffalo, away ..,.... ..... 3 9 26 Newcastle, here ..... ..... 3 6 29 Casper, away ......... ..... 3 0 36 Wheatland, here ....... ..... 3 7 31 Gillette, here ......... ..... 4 9 40 Sheridan, away ...... ..... 4 5 42 Score Midwest Opponents Buffalo, here ......... ....... 3 7 18 Douglas, away ....... ....... 5 3 29 Sheridan, here ..... ....... 3 5 36 Glenrock, here ..... ....... 6 3 51 Sundance, away .... ....... 4 2 27 Newcastle, away ........ ....... 5 1 36 Gillette, away ......,., ....... 3 6 34 Laramie, away ..,.... ....... 3 0 36 Wheatland, away ................ 28 26 Glenrock, away, Mid'st B 43 66 Casper, here ........................ 39 42

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