Newport News High School - Anchor Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Gold And Blue Netters . . . nasium a few weeks later to deliver the first licking that they had dealt in ten years on the local court. After a desperate try to make up for the difference in height, the locals again were turned back by the Wil- liam and Mary B. Leading the rally was Stephenson, who counted for eighteen points in the 39 to 38 score. Their arch rivals, the Granby Comets, dealt the locals a terrific onslaught by such standouts as Chuck Stobbs and Barney Gill. The Connmen were outployed, to the tune of 4l to 32. Fortifying themselves with a little more precaution and experience for the return fray the boys in gold and blue again were knocked back on their heels in the second stanza, after trailing by two points in the initial opening. A tired and weary group returned to this side of the bay with the short end of a 48 to 36 score. The win column again held the name of the Ty- phoon when the newly rated class A school of Hope- well provided the locals with their first conference vic- tory and when the Typhoon employed a tight defense to defeat the Wilson Presidents, 29 to 2l. Stephenson led his team to victory with l5 markers. On their previous Portsmouth encounter the Connmen were edged out by ci 3l to 30 count. Taking to the road, the locals met the Duke frosh, and exhibited their best basketball manners to give the highly favored boys from Duke a real tussle. Led by Lou Taylor with I2 markers, the Connmen played one of their best games of the season, but dropped the tilt 29 to 27. While journeying along, the hardwooders en- countered the Navy plebes at Annapolis and were met by a deluge of points which totaled 52 to 3l. The Benedictine Saints from Richmond gave the locals a hard earned victory from a stubborn squad which finally succumbed in time for the Typhoon to walk off the court with a 33 to 3l noseout. HEDULE .........Oceana Here W. B Here .......Morrison Here .......Holy Trinity Here .......Maury Here W. B Here .......Wilson Portsmouth .......Granby ........4l Norfolk .......Hopewell Here .......Norview Here Plebes ........52 Annapolis ....,..Duke B .......29 Durham .......Maury .......3l Norfolk .......Benedictine . Here .......Wilson ........2l Here .......Norview ........37 Here .......Granby .......,48 Here

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EN Slow Motion Captures . . . Putting up a fine defensive and offensive during the first half of its tussles, only to falter in the second half seems to explain the predicament of the 1946-47 edition of the Typhoon hardwooders with nine losses and eight wins to their credit. Lending a helping hand were the only two returned lettermen of the Connmen's forces, Dangerous Dan Presson, flashy forward, and Lou Taylor, whose preci- sion set shots proved comforting to the locals' cause on more than one occasion. Moving up from last year's Junior varsity were Pete Markos, who excelled in back board recoveries, Tommy Jobe, who because of faulty vision was kept on the sidelines in some of the Typhoon encounters, Robert Panyotis and Harold Jones, who have three more basketball seasons in which to prime them- selves, and Dorsey Pleasants, who did his part toward the locals' cause. When the final gun sounded to end the season, versatile Captain Elmo Stephenson had racked up 236 markers and copped the honor of being second highest scorer in the state, a position of the All-Eastern and All- State squads, and the Agathon trophy presented to the outstanding player on the cage squad. Taking the lid off the basketball season, the Ty- phoon lived up to its name and blew over the class B high school of Oceana 51 to 13. In other pre-conference games the locals held out until the overtime period when the Papooses of William and Mary walked off the floor with a 39 to 34 victory, the Farmers of Morrison went back to Warwick County on a 41 to 12 one way ticket, the Norviewmen first bowed to a 52 to 33 score and later to a 64 to 37 board. Conference season began when the Typhoon took on the highly touted Commodores of Maury, and lost to a 33 to 26 count. The same story was repeated with a good first half and a slow last half. Breaking all prece- dents the Mauryites journeyed over to the local gym- Dec. 13 ....... ......... N . Dec. 17 ....... ......... N . Dec. 19 ....... ......... N . Jan. 7 ....... ..N. Jan. 10 ..... ......... N . Jan. 14 ..... ......... N . Jan. I7 ....... ......... N . Jan. 21 ....... ......... N . Jan. 24 ....... ......... N . Jan. 29 ....... ......... N . Feb. 1 ....... ..N. Feb. 3 ....... ..N. Feb. 7 ....... ..N. Feb. 12 ....... ......... N . Feb. 14 ....... ......... N . Feb. 18 ...... ......... N . Feb. 20 ....... ......... N . VARSI 51 ........ . 34 ........ . 41 ...... 57 ........ 26 ........ 38 ........ 30 ........ 32 ........ 46 ........ 52 ........ 31 ...... 27 ........ 23 ........ 33 ........ 29 ........ 64 ....... 36 ........

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TRACK Baby Typhoon Excels . . . BASKETBALL Scoring thirteen victories, and being turned out of their paths four times, the Baby Typhoon marched to a successful basketball season. The Rangemen were led on the hardwoods by such standouts as Bobby Leigh, Joe Price, Bill Holmes, and James Bicouvaris. February 6, 1947 ......... N.N. 24 .....,.. ....... M aury February 12, 1947 N.N. 41 ........ ...... P oquoson February 14, 1947 N.N. 28 ........ ....... W ilson February 18, 1947 N.N. 42 ........ ..,..... N orview February 20, 1947 N.N. 35 ........ ....... G ranby December 19, 1946 ..... January 7, 1947 .........Morrison .....,..........Holy Trinity January 8, 1947 .,........ Morrison January 10, 1947 .......... Maury January 14, 1947 ,..... Morrison January 17, 1947 ...... ............, W ilson January 21, 1947 ...,,..........,........ Granby January 24, 1947 Marine Annex January 29, 1947 ,,........ Norview February 4, 1947 The Camera Goes To A Game ,Poquoson . Copping the tri-school league during the cinder season was the newly formed eight and ninth grade track team. Led by Harold Jones, weight mon, the baby harriers took on all comers from Wythe, Warwick, and Buckroe, and sent them home with the short end of the score. April 17, 1947 ............ NN. 56V2 ............ warwack 32V2 April 24, 1947 ..,......... N.N. 74 .... ...,.... B uckroe 14 May 1, 1947 ,,,. ..,.,... N .N. 73 .... ............. W ythe 16 May B, 1947 ,,,., ,,,.,,, N .N. 60V7 ....,,,.... Warwiclf 35V7 A GAME IN ACTION-Harold Jones attempts a set phenson out jumps hefty Chuck Stobbs from Granby. shot in the Newport News-Granby game .... Granby . . . The Typhoon iuniors score on the baby Blue Comets hits the nets to score again .... Captain Elmo Ste- of Granby.