New Holland High School - Mirror Yearbook (New Holland, IL)

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BASKETBALL As soon as the baseball season ceased, Coach Waldrlp called basketball practlce Four letter w1nners Elmore, jones Blaum and Gaedtka and a great deal more enthusnstlc basketball contenders answered the call An all un1or team made up the startmg f1V8 The teim was mcons lstent One game they would be hot and the next cold Earlyjanuary found the Wlldcats 1n a th1rd place t1e However, the end of the season found the Wlldcats 1n seventh place The V1ldcats although h1t then' Stflde 1n the Logan County Tournament and took the coveted trophy away from such favor1tes as Atlanta and Hartsburg lt seemed as though thelr tournament takmg was to contmue m the D1StT1Ct Tournarnent held at New Holland u1 February They trounced Mlddletown 111. turned out to be the Wlldc t most thr1ll1ng game At the end of the garne the score was t1ed Z6 Z6 Two overtlmes were played before Arrrungton scored the basket that broke the New Holland fans hearts Twelve major letters were awarded to the follow1ng l ln1ore Blaurn Honor 11-y Cuptaxn , jones Gaedtk Ewers DCISS, J Beck Beaver, juhl Harn acke Parr and Berger A small but peppery Freshrnan Sophomore tearn played some very good ball th1s year The teanfm won ten out of thexr fxfteen games Wzth those results It looks to me as Lf New Holland w1ll have some pretty good ball tearns 1n the next few ye 1 5 J . . . u L , . I X . . . . , V 1 t the first game, 50-20, Armington was their opponent the next night, This gazne K ' K Q J I an 1 . - a 1 ' I I ' 4 u . A. . . ,