New Paris High School - Parisian Yearbook (New Paris, IN)

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BASKETBALL, FIRST TEAM Seated: Mgr. James Snider, Don Hoover, Bill Smoker, Carl Blosser Conrad Neff, Bill Tarman, Mgr. Gorman Miller. Standing: Mgr. James Cobb, Dale Aschliman, Lloyd Lantz, Francis Korenstra, Don Thwaits Coach Robert I-Iollar. SEASON SCHEDULE TOURNE-YS NPHS OPP. NPI-15 Qpp Af NaPPanee 50 41 County at Goshen At Wakarusa 51 31 Af Goshen 45 36 Wakarusa fOvertimej 20 21 Middlebury 45 33 At Concord 34 41 Bristol 64 34 Jarnestown 37 38 At Syracuse 32 45 Sectional at Nappanee Millersburg 44 30 Jefferson 44 28 Elkhart 33 17 Wakarusa 31 29 Wakarusa 30 17 Syracuse QOvertimej 52 54 Nappanee 43 30 At Milford 45 33 Cvncord 25 42 Leesburg 54 40 At Jamestown 33 26 At Bremen 32 35 Concord 26 45 Akron 58 42

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vo Lawn L kwa V ff X Li u 2- 1 :ft nf' f Q9 'Q A ' f?'awff-f'G1e- , , gl 'r-.3 ,J X cuss Rosrsn Name Position Year Total Points Smoker Guard Senior 316 Neff Guard Senior l 53 Hoover Forward Senior 128 Blosser Center Senior 123 Twaits Forward Sophomore 92 Korenstra Center Junior 69 Tarman F orward Senior 21 5 Lantz Center Junior 20 Aschliman Guard Junior' 6 5, Helman Guard Senior 0 When Coach Bob Hollar issued the first call for basketball practice fifty five young aspirants turned out in hope of a place on the A or B squads. After ten practices the team was cut to twenty two boys. 'This squad went through intensive drills ln preparing for the first game with the Nappanee Bulldogs. ' ' Showing unusual finesse and scoring punch for so early in the season, ,QU the Cubs, led by Smoker's twenty two points, took an early lead and coasted A1 home to victory, 50-41. This lag the first win over the Bulldogs in eight KN, Q, years. The next three opponents, Wakaruse, Goshen, and Middlebury, were Q7 ' cut down in that order by cornfortable margins. Concord's great team put the ' skids under the Cubs in the Nappanee and New Paris lost its first game, k 41 W 41-34. Coming into the county tourney, 'it looked as if the Cubs with eight game won and three lost would have a good chance of defending the title won by the 1947-48 team. Just before the county tourney the school was shocked by the terrible accident which took Carl Blosser frorn our midst. Carl was one of the out- standing athletes to ever wear the purple and gold, and his- loss was keenly felt by all who knew him. The Cubs lost their 'initial game ln the county tourney to Wakarusa, 21-20, in an overtixne. The boyswere fighting every minute but inability to hit cost us the gaxne. The remaining' games of the season resulted in vic- tories over Milford, Leesburg, Iimtown, and Akron, and defeats by Syracuse J fovertlmej, Bremen, and Concord. Our first game in the sectional tourney was against Elkhart. Not having forgotten the 51-50 loss last year, the Cubs were determined this yeax-'s game would end differently. After a defensive battle the first half the Cubs went to the dressing roan with a 14-ll lead. The second half was all New Paris. with Neff leading the way nineteen points were racked up in the second half against six for the Blazzers, and the Cubs were going away, 33-17 when the gun sounded. Our next foe was Wakarusa, an old traditional rival. Again our zone defensewas at its best and in this game the Indians were held to just three field goals. Hoover led the scoring with ten points. Entering the semi-finals, the Cubs were rated slight favorites over Doc Mummert's Sophomores. The Cubs, with a blistering first quarter, poured in nineteen , points to the B'ulldog's seven. Once in the lead, the determined Bubs were ' never surpassed as Thwalts and Smoker poured in twelve points each. In the final game Concord's mighty Minutemen showed too much punch against the tiring Cubs and won 42-25. Thwalts again led New Paris with eleven points. The rebounding work of Korenstra and Thwaits was outstanding all f ' during the tourney. All five of the regulars were mentioned on the all-tourney teams. I -1479 .- .- I Pi-l HIS I AN I e-,Y J ll ig-9 1