Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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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

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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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Softball in spring Boys' Cyrn and badminton gg., . Six-man football Health talks from .loc Quintal Escorts New Class to MHS An altogether new organization was formed during the past year when boys' gym classes were established on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. This group was made up of sophomores who were not Gout for athletics. A boy tak- ing football need not enroll in a class, but if he did not participate in any athletic activity. he must take the course. With this arrange- ment, the sophomores were engaged in ath- letics throughout the whole year. Not only did sophomores compete but many juniors and seniors added their names to the list of enrollees. Activities of the classes were varied. num- erous, and interesting. Last fall a six man football tournament was held among the classes. Extreme weather conditions pre- vented full completion of the meet, however. and playoff was made this spring. Various tournaments were held in other sports be- tween the classes after school. These included table tennis, badminton, paddle tennis, horse- shoe. golf. tennis. and basketball. Also soft- ball was a highly favored activity among the gymnasts. Spring seemed to be welcomed by aspiring athletes as they participated in a few of the outside sports at the outset of better weather. Badminton and various other indoor games were played out-of-doors. ln all. 75 boys participated in the organi- zation during the year. The problem facing us another year, according to gfloef' Quintal, is to keep the present number from doubling. The degree of its popularity among senior high boys is further illustrated by the large number of upper classmen enrolled in the class during the second semester. Wlith the addition of the organization the MHS curricu- lum has been more fully rounded out. r,- - KI Ns y ' S -Nw A- .. X 'Z'-4541 - ...-.-..