Napoleon High School - Buckeye Yearbook (Napoleon, OH)

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-- BASKETBALL --Q-M Reserves Left to right: L. Kolbe, R. Kretz, C. Wells, A. Reimund, E. Myer, J. Bost, J. Pruchey, J. L. Johnson, Coach. A new group of boys made up Napoleon's Reserve team this year. The boys won five and lost eight of their scheduled games. Most of the defeats were by very narrow margins of three and four points. These fellows will be playing together again next year and their past experience should make them a winning team. Tournament Napoleon 41-Liberty Center 23 The Scots came out fighting and took Liberty Center's measure. Montpelier 31-Wauseon 25 The 'Pelier Locomotives ran wild at Wauseon's expense. Defiance 67-Paulding l6 Every tournament has one-a weak team. Deliance drew it and had a field day. Bryan 47h-Van Wert 29 The Bears did their part in keeping the tournament within the league, and turned the heat on Van Wert. Bowling Green 32--Montpelier 39 Montpelier, the league cellar club. was still in there pitching-upsetting the proverbial dope bucket with this win. Napoleon 31-Perrysburg 28 The highly praised Yellowjackets failed to impress and the Scots finished on the long end again. SEMI-FINALS Deiance 51-Montpelier 30 The Locos had plenty of pep the first half, but Deiance came to in the second round and proved its worth.

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--- BASKETBALL l Varsity Dec. Dec Dec. Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb 13 16 23 3 6 10 13 Z0 27 3 10 17 24 1938-'39 Schedule Perrysburg-a small, inexperienced team took the floor to be de- feated l6 to ll. Bryan-The Fighting Scots showed more scrap but lost the game 22 to 19, 1 Defiance-The Scots led the way until the closing minutes and Defiance won 24 to 22. Toledo Scott-Napoleon started fast but ended too slow to keep up with the speed of the Toldo boys. Our fourth straight defeat, 3 7-31. Wauseon-First victory for the small team but not much to spare -20 to 19. Bowling Green--The poorest game of the season. The fast break broke up the defense and another defeat, 32 to 21. Montpelier-The Fighting Scots showed la great defense and won 25 to ll. Liberty Center-Our county rival put up a great scrap but we won 26 to 22. Defiance-Sickness weakened the Napoleon team and defeat was hard to take. Score 32 to 22. Liberty Center-Our county rival was easily subdued and the Fighting Scots'f walked away with an easy victory of 34 to 25. Montpelier-The cellar-dwellers turned the tide and won their sec- ond game at the expense of the Scots Score 30 to 25. Bryan-Bryan proved themselves league champs and clipped the Napoleon lads by a score of 41 to 25. Wauseon-Game canceled because of flu epidemic.

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-1 BASKETBALL T- lunior High Row one. Left to right: L. Robbins, T. Boyd, M. Nlinnich, D. Motter, T. McColley, B. Bost. Row two: R. Agler, mgr., L. Hampton, N. DeTray, M. Nye, F. Pohlman, D. Dunn, W. Small, V. Weber, Coach. The Junior High team had a most successful season. Seventeen games were scheduled and the boys won ten of these. The boys displayed excellent sports- manship and cooperation in all their playing. The team was composed of eighteen boys from the eighth and ninth grades. Twelve of these boys were awarded letters. These fellows are building excellent backgrounds and they will make the winning teams for N. H, S. in the future. JUNIOR HIGH FOOTBALL Twenty-five boys from the seventh, eighth and ninth grades turned out for practice during the season. These fellows worked diligently learning the fundamentals of the game. The time they are spending now will make them the better N. H. S. players of tomorrow. Tournament CContinuedD Napoleon 24fBryan 25 Close counts in horseshoes, but not in basketball. The Bears just eked out a win in their toughest game of the year. FINALS Defiance 28-Bryan 'SO An early lead was too much for the Defiance quintet to ovecrome, and the Bears won the tournament and the trip to Columbus by a slim two points.