Mount Cory High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Mount Cory, OH)

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Standing---D. Harris. Mgr.: H. Welty, R. McVey, L. Dukes, R. Crawford, E. Inbody, R. Coleman. R. Morrison. J. Dukes, I. Fisher, L. Crow, A. Wagner, Mgr. Seated---E. Schafer, K. Bowersox, R. Hartman, Coach Hutton, W. Westall, N. Geren. W. King, Captain. Again We Meet The Champs The Mt. Cory basketball boys under their able and cooperative coach, Robert Hutton, have for the first time in several years, won the undisputed title County Champions . They have won all of their eight starts in the County League, an achievement that was remarkable and one of which we were very proud. Much can be said about the boy's good work, team play, sportsmanship, and the success they have attained through the guidance of their coach. The boys had the same Captain this year as they had last year, and he has proved to be capable and reliable both years. The boys played eleven games and turned in eleven victories. Good Record, Wasn't It? Our fast working quintet has been called the last quarter players because of their speedy scoring and playing the last quarter. Even though we didn't take the tournament, we had the honor of being County Champs . We must admit that since we won over all the other county teams, we still have a team of which we are proud and which we will always remember. . The varsity will lose two team members by graduation, Willis King, Captaing and Kenneth Bowersox, and five substitutes, Robert McVey, Richard Coleman, Irvin Fisher, Lewis Dukes, and Eldon Schafer. The team will surely miss the Seniors but we hope that the team will have the same success in the future as we have had this past year. We must not forget the Managers either, Aulton Wagner and Donald Harris. Aulton, a Senior, was always ready to lend a helping hand when needed. The boys have elected Wayne Westall as Captain for next year and we again wish them all the SUCCESS possible. On November 22, a non-conference game opened the season with Harrod and brought us our first victory, 22-16. The following week, basketball practice was in- terrupted by a final football game, played Thanksgiving Day, however, the interrup- tion made little difference on the success to come. We opened our first league game on December 6 with a great victory, 27-15, over Van Buren. The first half reminded one of a football game, but during the last half the boys forgot their football and really played basketball. December 13 found our boys at Liberty ready to bring home another victory. They certainly did and furthermore portrayed real team work. Another triumph with the score being 40-26. We went to Rawson on December 20 to meet our age-old rivals, only to down them by a 30 to 31 victory. What a thrilling game! Our boys had a hard fight to win that game and there was no winning assurance until the final whistle sounded. With only 45 seconds to go and Rawson with a 30 to 29 lead, Willis shot a field goal to give us our victory. With the second combination coming through with flying colors, our varsity basketball team, leader in the Hancock County Conference, handed Alger's quintet of Hardin county, a 43-31 setback, Saturday night, January 4, at Mt. Cory. Just an- other victory for us, even though it was a non-conference game. The varsity team played very little during the four periods. The second team composed of Morrison, Inltody, Schafer, Crawford, and McVey rolled up a majority of the points. On January 10, after the Christmas vacation, Mt. Blanchard came to Mt. Cory only to be defated by a score of 38-21. All five starters scored at least one point throughout the game. The second team again had their chance., We journeyed to Arcadia on January 17, and kept our record of the season un- blemished. The score was 48-41. Thrrty ezqht

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Combination or no combination, they couldn't keep us from rolling up a victory over them, 39 to 35. Just another victory for the Green and White sefxtet. Vacation and then to return on January 4, to be defeated by the Onion County school, Alger. Their girls really displayed team work and took home with them a 36 to 31 victory. On January 10, Mt. Blanchard came to Mount Cory, only to be defeated 24 to 27. An exciting game and very interesting for the spectators. We journeyed to Arcadia on January 17, and again we were victorious, 51 to 26. An easy game in which the second team dis- played their talents. This added victory gave us hopes for the championship. Vanlue was our guest on January 28, and we came through N with another victory, 29 to 23. The game was scheduled for Janu- . ary 24, but due to snowy and icy roads the game had been , W postponed. We played a combination team on January 31, partly Alumni and part the Triplett team from the Bluffton Readrite Meter Works. Coach On February 7, we weren't building up to an awful let down, but we got it just the same. This was really our first real disappointment of the season. Our first league defeat. Even though we lost we fought to the finish, not giving up until the final whistle blew, 36 to 29, in McComb's favor. Our last league game was at Arlington, scheduled to be played February 14, but postponed because of snow and ice again. We finally went to Arlington Feb- ruary 17, and brought home another high score. We little feared the Red and Black team and easily subdued them 67 to 5, not bad was it? At the tournament we were destined to play Vanlue again and it was very evident that our luck was against us. We tried to put up a stiff fight, but it didn't seem to be stiff enough, for we lost 32 to 24. We still have the honor of beating Vanlue first. Turn about is fair play. This was our last game to be played together as Seniors, but we hope we have given our best to the team during the past year. Miss POOLE -Mary K. Haxrperr GIRLS BASKETBALL 32 Cory Harrod 41 Cory Van Buren 51 Cory Liberty 39 Cory Rawson 31 Cory Alger 27 Cory Mt. Blanchard 51 Cory Arcadia 29 Cory Vanlue 39 Cory Alumni 29 Cory McComb 67 Cory Arlington Tournament 24 Cory Vanlue Total 460 M. Inbody - M. Whislei' M. Harper - J. Kruuttcr M. King - R. Krautter Thirty-seven

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ROBER1' HU'r'roN, Coach Our next county league game was with Vanlue and again we were victorious. We were trailing at the half time 19-13 but with everything clicking better in the last half, our quintet sailed to the front. When the game ended the score was 37-24 in our favor. We met our former athletes on January 31. It was evident that the alumni team was in need of practice but this game afforded fun for all old acquaintances. The final score was 47-39. February 7 found McComb coming to Mt. Cory. After our first team had rolled up a nice lead, our coach, Mr. Hutton, substituted freely. We have been unbeaten in the other seven league starts and with only one more league game to play we almost clinched the Little Nine Championship by a 37-27 vic- tory over the McComb quintet. More snow and ice and again our game was postponed. We were supposed to play Arling- ton on February 14 but it was postponed until February 17. Even though the game was postponed, it made no difference, for the boys won, giving them the title of the Champs of the little nine. The game was hard fought and for a time it looked as if the boys might have a blot on their unbroken record. But after the half the boys came back with re- newed energy and won by a four point margin of 24-20. At the tournament it was again our fate to encounter and What an encounter- ing it was! Our boys had a hard time getting started the first half but they came back and really made Rawson struggle in the second half for their two-point victory. The score was 19-4 at the half in favor of Rawson and at the end of the game, our boys had run up a score of 25-23. It was certainly a let-down when our boys failed to bring back their first tournament game without a victory. BOYS 22 Mt. Cory 27 Mt. Cory 40 Mt. Cory 31 Mt. Cory 43 Mt. Cory 38 Mt. Cory 48 Mt. Cory 37 Mt. Cory 47 Mt. Cory 41 Mt. Cory 24 Mt. Cory Tournament 23 Mt. Cory Total 421 BASKETBALL vs. Harrod 16 vs. Van Buren 15 vs. Liberty 26 vs. Rawson 30 vs. Alger 31 vs. Mt. Blanchard 21 vs. Arcadia 41 vs. Vanlue 24 vs. Alumni 39 vs. McComb 27 vs. Arlington 20 vs. Rawson 25 315 Standing4R. McVey, W. King, K. Bowersox. E. Schafer, R. Hartman, N. Geren, W. Wei-stall. Kneeling-E. Inbody, R. Crawford, R. Morrison. Thvxrty mme