Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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I Vltiffzf ue 1 ,Alf W 4 3 g 5 T-Q.g'1 N Y' Q -if. J 4-ww! ' ff Afj f 1 V ff 62 , I A V .6499 JVC I' rro'wfK'5hel Game Closeua' I The next feek the powerful Watertown Ar1' i? , thrilling game o-n the Corn Palace fioor. The V1 ' ors fre uently ob- tained the lead, but when the final whistle blew, the Kernels found them- selves victors. The final score was 28-25. Gardner was Mitchell's high- point man in this game. Eagles Winged The Kernels invaded the nest of the Eagles to the tune -of 27-22. This was about the first game in which Draisey saw action, but he made zz good showing. The Eagles were out for revenge for the preceding year's defeat, but were unsuccessful. Harkness played an outstanding game for the Palace City quintet and led the scoring honors for his team. Bucks Swamped On February 2 the Yankton Bucks again attempted to obtain the little brown jug. This game was slow and not especially exciting. The Kernels put the Bucks on the spot to the merry tune of 30-20, and thereby retained the trophy at least until next year. Warriors Give Real Battle Another close game of the season was played at Sioux Falls on February 9. This game was the half-way mark of the conference games for the Kernels. The Kernels nosed out a 28-26 victory in a very closely contested battle. Dean again won the scoring honors for the Kernels. Kernels Repeat at Madison When the Kernels again went in suit against the Madison Bulldogs on February 13, the dopesters easily conceded the game to Mitchell. However, the team still remembered the upst at Madison the year before and went prepared for battle. The Bulldogs were not able to stop the veteran Kernel cagers and were defeated, 29-20. Bobcats Give Team a Scare On Friday, February 16, the Kernels faced one of the most trying situations of the season. Don Harkness was ill with the mumps. Lind- quist was still crippled and the Brookings Bobcats were planning an in- vasion. Brookings wanted to put the Kernels out of running for the con- ference championship. During the first half of this tilt, the score indi- cated that their hopes might have been fulfilled. Mitchell fans were be- coming terribly worried. But the crowd witnessed a rally in the seoofnd half that will be remembered for a long time. ardner led the team ' scorin spree which defeated the Bobcats to the merry une of 33-19. Gardhg' scored 'lTi points in thisggame. This same night Watertown de- f'eEed'fhe11uron Tfgefs, 39525 Warriors' Invasion Proves Harmless With Harkness still out of the line-up. the Kernels defeated the War- riors 32-20 on the Corn Palace floor on Wednesday, February 21. Gard- ner again placed highest in the scoring column. This game produced some fast playing and was not an easy victory. Huron Crushes Weakened Kernels On Friday of that week a somewhat weakened Kernel squad invaded the Tigers' stronghold at Huron. The team was accompanied by a large crowd of Mitchell fans, because this game would decide the 1934 confer- ence championship. Gardner, however. was left home with influenza. Harkness was still out of playing condition because of the mumps and Ixatylers Zvhb rgiade tee Ergo uwereptimr he ver of :saving ' l nza W 'f' ,o-,L f-V' ,f . B 74 f if .fy -4 .fd 761 97 t' 'ow ff 1 fvvl 'v f 'xo'-,v' ' 4' A f ?? Jae. 7 g

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M ey, give the Tigers a worthwhile battle. Although many of the Mitchell rooters were disappointed, they showed good sportsmanship, even though the team was defeated by a score of 15-36. Although the two teams were tied in the rating, Huron was awarded the Eastern Conference championship. Through a technicality of the Dickenson system, if two teams have the same average, and one of these teams is victorious over the other, the winning team is rated ahead of the defeated team. Kernels Place Three on Journal's Mythical Team With the results obtained from questionnaires sent to coaches ir southeastern South Dakota by the Sioux City Journal, an all-Southeastern South Dakota cage team was chosen. From the Kernels' camp Harkness was picked for a first team berth. Gardner and Dean made the second and fourth teams respectively. Smith and Splitt received honorable mention. as follo ' First-Huron .rce...,. Second-Mitchell Won Lost Ratin 1 925 9 22.5 icial ratings of the teams in the big eastern conference are Third-Yankton Fourth-Watertown Fifth-Sioux Falls Sixth-Aberdeen Seventh-Brookings Eighth-Madison . . 19.5 1 1 4 L' 6 7 7 6 18.0 4 14.0 3 14.0 1 9 11.0 KERNELS COAST THROUGH DISTRICT TOURNEY The Mitchell Kernels subdued the Emery quintet in their third game in the district tournament on March 3, and proved their right to represent this district in the regional meet. The Hrst game. with Farmer, proved to be a colorless affair. The customary Farmer scrap served to add some interest to the game which ended 31-15 for Mitchell. Draisey was high-point man with 8 points, The tilt with Alexandria started off to be a close game, but turried into a walk-away for Mitchell. The game closed with a score 35-8. Harkness led the scoring for Mitchell with 11 points to his credit. In the final game the Kernels gradually increased their constant lead until the game ended with a score of 33-18 for Mitchell. Gardner was high-point man with 10 points in spite of his preceding week of illness. Woonsocket Gave Plenty of Trouble in Regional On March ninth the Kernel cage team began the Regional tourna- ment by defeating Woonsocket 26-22. Woonsocket was conceded to be the best team in the tournament by many dopesters. The game was rather close at first. The Mitchell team missed many of their shots and were not playing their best brand of basketball. Soon after the second half began. however, it was easy to see which team would win. The final frame at the Woonsocket tournament was not especially exciting. The Spencer team just wasn't in the same class with the Ker- nels. The whole souad saw service in the game. Many of the Mitchell High School student body followed their team fContinued to page sixty-onej