Mount Dora High School - Stray Leaves Yearbook (Mount Dora, FL)

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'B .7 This year Mount Dora High School was again host to two basketball tournaments - the Cen- tral Florida Conference tournament held Febru- ary 12, 15, and 14 and the Class C State tour- nament larcn 11, 12, and 13. As both tourneys were packed with close, hard fought games, the capacity crowds witnessed plenty of dexterous, fast basketball. Apopka,seeded first in the conference tour- nament, flashed on through to win the champi- onship while Tavares, seeded third but de- feating Mount Dora in the semi-finals, took second place. In the girls' tourney Tavares downed Uma- tilla in the finals to become the feminine conference champions. After the final game trophies and basketballs were awarded to the deserving teams, and the all - conference team was named. Havana,defending Class C State champions, easily roared to victory and retained their title by eliminating Chum ckla in the finals. Pierson, a local team, played excellent ball and won two games although they were edged out by Chumuckla in the semi-finals. In an added attraction the Weirsdale girls, playing the Tavares saxtet, won by the narrow margin of 51-29-g At the completion of the tourney, trophies and baaketballs were awarded to the winners and runners-up, but no all- state team was selected.

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- 5 At the time this annual is going to press, an exten- sive program of spring sports is being planned by coaches Floyd Jaggears and La Nelle Vandiver. Mr. Jaggears haslopened this project with a post season double elimination basketball tournament. Eight teams, composed of volunteers from the Junior and senior high, are participating while the senior mem- bers of the varsity squad are acting as coaches. This tourney started March B and promises much fun. Intramural softball games are also being arranged, and some contests with other schools may be scheduled. Grounds east of the football field are now being con- verted into a diamond for these teams. In addition Miss Vandiver will direct a program of tennis and badminton for the girls. Interest in an M. D. H. S. baseball team is running high, and prospects for a successful season seem good. Training will begin immediately after basketball season and fourteen games have been scheduled. Home games will be played at Heim Field. 1948 BASEBALL SCH DULE March Groveland Here April Umatilla Here April Tavares There April Eustis Here April Groveland There April Apopka Here April Tavares Here April Umatilla There May Leesburg There May Winter Garden Here May Apopka There May Eustis There May Winter Garden There May Leesburg Here