New Troy High School - Trojans Yearbook (New Troy, MI)

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Ulflf DUFKCFPUII I GUM 1. P. Adams, 2. R. Martin, 3. P.- Steckelbergf M. D. Johnson, 5. C.- Johnson, 6. J. Hendricks, 7. N.- Lodge, 8. A. English, 9. A. Sch- ultz, 10. B. Freehling, 11. T. Se- ger, 12. D. Spaulding, 13. D. Sea- strom, lh. S. Anderson, 15. N. Dur kot, 16, E. Wallenberg, 17. C. And erson, 18. P. Beagley, and 19. D.- Bennett. Q-Q V 2. A2 .E A W ty? AAAAA 9 1.' ' LE- v-,V-E ,::A A . g-35557, ..k, 7 3 , 5- . RQ f 1 Twenty-one girls reported for the 195k girls basketball team under the coaching of Ida Galbreath and Alice Schaffer. We have an inexperienced team, having 10 freshmen, 8 sophomores and 2 jun- iors. Four games were scheduled, two each with Baroda and Berrien Springs. We opened our season playing a good Berrien Springs team, losing 32-25. Joyce Hendricks was high with ll, Theresa Segar 8, and Betty Freehling . Our second game was played against our strong rivals, the Baroda Bulldogs. With our guards playing a fine defensive game our team came out on top MO-25. Joyce Hendricks was high with ll, Theresa Seger 7, Barbara Boyd 8, Patty Adams S, and Betty Freehling 9, We have two games remaining. We hope to get revenge on the Berrien girls and take another one from Baroda.

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Then defensive 2 periods Next BASKETBALL NEWS fCont.J the Bisons slacked off and with Johsson and Peterek scoring and the good work of Baney and Boyd the nhometownn outscored the Bisons in the final and beat them H2-39. W0 WCPO the guests of the Eau Claire Beavers in their new Sym, but their nice floor showed them defeat, for our boys were never bothered as Johnson, Boyd, and Pazder lead our Offensive play and at intermission we lead 36-16. Mitchell from Eau Claire was high for the losers. The final score was S7-MO in favor of New Troy. When Bridgman came to play us on our court, we didn't have too much trouble although they upulledn a zone defense. This upset our center Gene Johnson and we had to depend on the out court shooting of Dean Boyd, Stan Pazder, and Gordie Peterek but they did a good job and we weren't in trouble throughout the game. The final score was S5-M6 and Birmingham was high for the losers with 19 points. On February 12 we had a hair-raising panic, at least in the last 2 minutes of play. This game was against Baroda on their court. New Troy jumped off to a 16-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 29-19 lead at half-time. With 35 seconds to go Baroda was leading Sl-SO when Ernie Boldt charged into Dean Boyd and Boyd made both his tries good and we went ahead S2-51. After this we added five points and the Bulldogs h man team only added 1 charity. The final SCOPB WHS S7-52, New Troy's favor, of course. Our only Non-conference game was with the St. Joe Ponies on the St. Joe High School Gym floor. Gordon Peterek was the Nbig boyn on the offensive side and Johnson had plenty to say about who got the rebounds. New Troy lead all the way except the first minute of play. At the end of the first quarter the score was 6-L, our favor. At intermission the score was 21-13 and after the third period it was 33-27. The fourth quarter was the most exciting but the Trojans managed to stay ahead and win M7-M3. February 19 was the big game of the season. It was with the Oakers of Three Oaks. At 5:30 three bus loads of Three Oaks followers were waiting 6 wide all the way to the road just to see if the Oakers could beat the Trojans. At the end of the first quarter the Trojans were trailing by ll points, but by half- time we were only behind by L. The closest we ever came to the Oakers was with- in 2 points. During this battle the Trojans only had M fouls called on them while they held the Oakers to 61 points. In the two previous games they scored over 80 points per game. The New Troy nnet Warmersn were Johnson, Boyd, and Pazder while Peterek was doing a high scorer was Martus with 29. The last game of the season period the Gaels jumped off to a At the end of the quarter it was the Trojans came back strong and minutes of play. Then the Gaels good job on clearing the nboardsn. Three Oaks' The final score was 61-MB. was with Galien on their court. In the first 10-O lead and then our own Gene Johnson hit one. lh-7 in favor of Galien. In the second period were ahead of the Gaels by 2 points within two again lead 27-23 at intermission. At the end of the third period the Gaels lead Ml-38. In the fourth period it was tied Ml all but the final result was M9-M6. in favor of Galien. We shared the third place title with the Baroda Bulldogs- And SO, W0 CHM! to the close of the 1953-Sh basketball season. SCORES N.T. CPP- Stevensville 39 M2 Edwardsburg S2 M7 New Buffalo 57 53 Eau Claire 63 9 Bridgman 63 9 Baroda 25 Three Oaks O Galien h 2 Stevensville L6 L Edwardsburg 2 Sh New Buffalo 2 9 Eau Claire S7 O Bridgman S5 L6 Baroda 7 1 St. Joe Ponies 7 Q3 Three Oaks L8 1 Galien L6 M9 GOOD LUCK TO FUTURE TEAMS!-

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