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

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When a SPCCIHI meetlng was called of the Powder R1ver Dlstrlct off1cers the M1d west fans rece1ved a bxg d1sappo1ntment when It was voted that the Dxstrxct Champ1on shxp was won by both Mndwest and Newcastle a co champ1onsh1p The O1lers had won Powder Rrver DlStflCt honors the last two years Nlne Semors played the1r last game w1th the p1gsk1n for M H S They are W1l son jones B1eg MllllOU Nottmgham Nagel Wolfe Maher and Hoy Three of these Ke1th B1eg Ivan Mllll0H and VIC Nott1ngham rece1ved honorable ment1on on the Tr1 bune Herald s all state roster Ke1th Bneg led the scorers mth 58 pomts Carl W1lson tallxed 44 V1c Nottmgham 32 Dave Adams 14 Or1n Young 6 and Allen Carr 6 B1eg W1lson Adams Mlll10D were elected to the all conference team Hoy Nott1ng ham Gf1fflH recelved honors on the Second Team Next year there w1ll be twenty re turnmg lettermen on the M1dWCSl squad to carry the red and wh1te MldWCSt Oppon nt Wheatland here Casper B h re Buffalo here Sundance away Newcastle away Lusk here Douglas away Glllette here Second Row Nott1ngham Carr Bxeg W1lson F1rst Row Gr1ff1n Hoy Frank jones P1l-ce Mxllxon Adams If 4 ' ' , 9 , 9 ' 1 , - ' e , at VVVV 1 1, H . do ,, 1 H , H , 13 0 e ecceeecce .ce, 1 A eceee eece , 1 1 so so so 0 , at .aa......Y,...a,,,,,,,,aaaa,.,.....r...,,,,,,,,aaaa,,,,,,,,,,aaaa, 1,31 0 , ceccccccecc,,e,,. ,c,sec , cccccccccvccce 1 1 or 1 ececcc ,2O 0 , ,,aaea,,, , do ..,,,,,,,uuu,,, ,,,, 1 ., ,u,, N 113 13 , a,.u do ueeuu euuu . uuueeueu , 1 0 , ec,e .1 1 as 13 12 ' , TA...T,eT,,T.,TT.,.,,,,c,,,r,,re,,,.,,,,,,,,terer,ccccccecccee , 13 6 ig NLM' 'U W ' U ' l '

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PIGSKIN PARADE To begrn the 1947 Prgskrn Parade the Mrdwest Orlers were mvaded on therr home freld by the ever tough Wheatland Bulldogs on September 12 The Orlers takrng rnto consrderatron that they were mrnus many of last year s team played a fme season opener and won by the decrsrve score of 13 0 On September 23 the boys from the so called O11 Caprtal were guests of the oxl men at Mrdwest The Orlers clrcked all through the game and wrth ex ery man on Coach Bays squad gammg playmg experrence sent the Colts home to the Mustangs smartmg under a 50 0 defeat The orl men on October 3 ran up agarnst therr frrst conference game rn whrch they were matched wrth the Buffalo Brson Scorrng rn every quarter the Orlers ran over a small but determmed Brson team and added vrctory No 3 to therr l1st by a score of 31 0 Wrth the usual hustle for front seats the Bays coached grrdders were off for their frrst trrp of the season and therr second conference tussle wrth the Sundance Bulldogs on October 10 Not only was an afternoon trlt agarnst the Orlers who seldom play day games but there were also many penaltres rn the Dame makmg rt a hot contest How ever when the curtam fell endmg the fmal perrod the Orlers found themselves vrctors agann by a score of 20 0 Wxth therr goal lme strll uncrossed the Mrdwest Orlers were set to meet the tough est game of the season on October 11 on the Newcastle Doggres home freld Wrth all teams rn the conference wartrng results the game got under way fast and heavy wrth Newcastle drawmg frrst blood by crossrng the here to fore uncrossed goal lme of the Orler eleven but hope brlghtened as the Ollers scored back and led at the half by a score of 7 to 6 Both teams played top ball durmg the second half and when the trme clock trcked the last seconds away the score stood at 13 13 leavmg the conference trtle wrde open wrth a tre between the Doggles and the Orlers Wrth frve men mrnus from the startrng lme up because of a vrolatron of trarnrng rules the Ollers sad but determmed played host to the Lusk Trgers rn mud up to therr ankles The Onlers splashed therr way to a score of 7 to O by half trme The second half both teams held each other down and when the mud was washed off the score book the Mrdwest Orlers had vrctory No J Determxned to get revenge our team was off to Douglas to even the score of the one pomt defeat suffered at therr expense last year Playmg rn the afternoon both teams scored twrce but the Orlers got one more extra pomt The game was made excrtmg by many fumbles and last mrnute scorrng by Douglas although the Orlers eked out a vrc tory by a score of 13 to 12 Wrth snow fallrng lrghtly m the Orl Bowl the Orlers were set for the1r fmal game of the season the tradrtronal Armrstrce Day clash wrth the Grllette Camels Wrth the Powder Rrver Drstrrct Champronslup at stake the Orlers played heads up ball and frnrshed one of the best seasons Mxdwest ever had by a score of 13 6 The Orlers set a new record of seven wrns no defeats and one tre the f1rst such undefeated season rn the hrstory of Mrdwest Hrgh School 1 . ' , . . . , . - 1 .1 - - n , - . . . . . . Y - 1 , . . . V . 1 '1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . ' . , ' . - 1 - 1 O 1 ' ' 1 1 1 , . - . , . . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 . . . F 1 ' A . . , , . . , - . . . . ,, . ,, . . . 1 , . , . 1 1 1

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