Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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UD 0 C L N N :IJ 'IJ Little Kernels on the rampage Jump hall In the air 4 Future Kernels Swamping the Trainers Baby Kernels Keep Slate Clean Playing under the direction of Art Brooks, Junior High instructor and assistant coach, the Little Kernels rang up a successful bas- ketball season in playing eight games and absorbing no defeats. Desperate but effective scrapping on the part of the Little Kernels enabled them to get a featheredge, 19 to 18, top score from Stick- ney in the home team's first tilt here. Dominating the first half of play with an 11 to 7 margin. the Stickney quintet lost a close game as an aggressive attack on the part of the Kernel midgets in the waning min- utes of the game enabled them to snatch vic- tory from the invaders. Following their most recent victory over Stickney, the Little Kernels continued their scoring spree to defeat the Yankton MB squad 23 to 12. Spurred on by a record of two wins in as many starts, the Mitchell ul? squad rushed over the Huron reserves by the score of 28 to 16 as a preliminary to the Mitchell-Huron game. Blasting out with determined vigor in the last half to outscore and outplay a Huron first-half margin, the Kernellettes emerged victors. The Mitchell seconds, incited by their clean slate, galloped 36 to 8 over the Madison MB'7 team as an opener to the Kernel-Bulldog clash. Playing against a weaker Fulton team, the midget Kernels scuttled the Fulton Pirates 34 to 10. 1n a return match with the Madison mid- gets. the Mitchell High Little Kernels dumped the Madison Pups 24- to 6. Mitchell's Little Kernels kept their record clean as they swamped tl1e Plankinton Train- ersQ Q3 to 14, in a one-sided encounter on the local court. Having seven straight wins to their credit. the Kernel midgets chalked up their eighth -,victory in Ssymany starts against the Little Bucks to the tune of 29 to 10. Littie .resistance was given by the oppon- ents as theiKernel 3151 scored almost at will. N. if kk f. is fl 3.3 .1' ' f vi 41- QL'-

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P X fam Y o ss .L .X X X ,, . ., y yst as ...,. . i XX GD 0 C L 0 0 1 'IJ :IJ ix y ernelX Q's Complete Active Season X s X x In the eyes of MH students, a fairly suc- X Q . . cessful season was completed on the gridiron by the Little Kernels under the direction of the new assistant coach. Philip Peirce. x Having chiefly speed and determined mate- rial to work with, Coach Peirce practiced the boys in the art of passing and end runs with little emphasis placed on line driving because of the size of team members. Little Kernel determination bowed to the heax y Huron B squad in a 26 to 6 decision in their first game of the season. Witli Huron dominating the field in the hrst quarter the Kernel B's took complete offense, keeping the ball in enemy territory during the second quarter. However, unable to maintain this position they lost the ball to Huron, who marched three times through the Kernels' ter- ritory in the last quarter. Stopped at the lim: Battling experience and more weight, the Little Kernelmen were downed in a one-sided game with Kimball High. The Kimball play- ers covered the field almost unhampered dur- ing the whole game. With some brilliant end runs and passes. they overwhelmed the Ker- nel Bis with a 38 to 0 score. Having lost their first two games, the Little Kernels ucame into the picturew by crushing the Plankinton trainers 24 to 7. Using a varied style of attack to procure long gains, the miniature Kernels chalked up a total of 12 points in the first quarter. Holding the Trainers scoreless until the last quarter, the Mitchellmen scored in the second and again in the fourth. Action was seen by many due to frequent substituting. Half rest

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Ns... -'?f',,g6 x o r IU L 5 IU L. -u C XX . X. AX Cage Artistsicbmpete After School X 'X X . X .L Intramural was .fren a boost during the past year when a large number of boysxpar- ticipated in it under llhe supervision of Mr. Purvis. X Basketball provided an athletic outlet to 57 high school students of whom l5 were sen- iors. l6 juniors. 2l sophomores. and 5 fresh- men who were unable to try out for the regu- lar team or for those who do not wish to de- vote a great deal of time to athletics. Desperate fighting and real class rivalry prevailed throughout all of the games which were hotly contested by the class teams. Smittie's Smiters. composed of Dale Smith. lioss Rowley. Howard Porter. Don York. John Nellor. and Dean Buehler. dominated loop play with five wins and no losses. The Giant Floor-Walkers. following the victors by a narrow margin. staggered to a Officials Sniittivs Srniters clean the sf-ries .800 percentage with four wins and one de- feat. lly defeating the Vlfinsome Wild Cats. 17 to ll-. the Smittie Smiters copped the intramural basketball crown in a close game played on the Corn Palace Hoor. Headed by Kiner, the scrappy Wlinsome Wildcats. who ran wild over the Kingaroos in the semi-finals, bowcd to the Smittie Smiters in a close tussle. Playing the All-Stars, the Smiters met their match and fell before a determined foe. Mem- bers of the All-Star team included two star players from each team. To stimulate more interest in intramural golf and tennis. Mr. Purvis displayed golf and tennis equipment in the school. Begin- ners as well as experienced golfers and tennis players volunteered to take part in the tour- naments. Time-out Shirts and skins