Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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Png » Twenty-ilx T H E SPY G L A S S 1938- 39 FOOTBALL SQUAD From row. loft to right: Joe BUI Donegal). Randolf Jividen. Ronald Smith. Bill Yates. Woody Raynes, Bob Johnson. Carl Little. Jack Bailey. Second row, left to right: Quentin Fowler. Ernest Gott, John Waldorf. James Oole. Johnny Rill Goodall. Frank Fish. Kenneth King Billy Brooks. Ed Sharp. Third row. left to right. Karl Smith. Bernard Estep. Paul Frazier. Earl Estep George Harmon. Carl Mathes. James Yates. Raymond Fraxier. Tom Bailey Fourth row. left to right: Kenneth Davis. Robert Kautz. Harry Gillispie, Donald Miller. James Dorman. Curtis Sturgeon. Jimmy Priddy, Glendale Rawlings, and Tom Quinn. Season s Record FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 17 A St. Albans S3 Nitro . 0 Sept. 21 H Buffalo 7 Nitro 12 Oct, 1 A So. Charleston B 6 Nitro 0 Oct. 7 A Poca 19 Nitro 0 Oct. 1-1 H Charleston ‘B’ •» Nitro 6 Oct. 22 A Winfield 21 Nitro 0 Oct. 26 H Hurricane 28 Nitro 0 Nov. 5 A East Bank 63 Nitro 6 Nov. u H Sissonville 9 Nitro . 0 Or August 27, Coach Huff called together all hoys to begin the 1988 gridiron season. Thirty-seven gridders responded eagerly with the determination to fight tor N ILS. Our schedule consisted of teams we had played before except East Bank which was more or less an exhibition game for their high school. N :tro high school opened its ‘88 season at St. Albans on September IT by taking a se- vere beating 88-0. Completely outclassed in every phase’ of the game, the Wildcats were helpless at the bands of the Red Dragons. C-’--' - ■. outstanding play- ers for Xitro. First downs favored the Red Dragons 9-3. For the first win of the season the Nitro Wildcats defeated Buffalo high school Satur- day. September 23. The game was played at Nitro and was well attended by both Nitro and Buffalo rooters. After threatening to score several times the Wildcats finally made a touchdown by a pass from Priddy to Dor- man over the goal line. The try for extra point was no good. After a drive down the field Buffalo scored a touchdown of its own. They made the extra point good. The score at the half was 7-16 in Bisons favor. In the closing moments of the game Priddy on a wide end run, crossed the double stripe, making the score. Nitro 12. Buffalo 7. A mo- ment later the game ended. Hartley was best for the visitors while Priddy and Dorman were outstanding for the home team. On October 11 x Wildcats journeyed t s Charleston to go down under defeat at the hands of the Black Eagles B team. After wring a touchdown South Charleston came within scoring distance several times but failed to scone again. The Black Eagles car- ried the ball over twice after scoring once but (Continued on Page Twenty-eight)

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THE SPY GLASS Page Twenty-five GIRL RESERVE CLUB Seated front row, left tc right: Ada Wears, Rosallee Mattox, Frances Rawlings. Sue Pickens, Pauline Vassar. Standing, left to right: Aloise Skaggs. Marjorie Smith, Ruth Smith and Myrtle Hayes CLUB HISTORY Faculty Adviser Miss Shelton President Ruth Smith Vice-President Rosalee Mattox Secretary Aloise Skaggs Treas Frances Rawlings With fourteen girls as charter members a Girl Reserve Club was organized in Nitro high school on March 3, 1938. At the first meeting the following officers were elected: Gladys Gunnoe, president; Ada Wears, vice- president; Myrtle Hayes, secretary; Kath- leen Kessel, treasurer. Miss Pratt was chos- en adviser. At the first club meeting in September, 1938, Miss Shelton was chosen adviser. The club meets once a week with the coun- cil which is composed of the mothers of some of the girls.

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THE SPY GLASS Page Twenty-seven 1938- 39 BASKETBALL SQUAD First row, left to right: Coach Huff. Harry Gillispie, Vincil Meadows. Quentin Fowler, Ronald Smith. Ho- bart Quinn. Second row, left to right: Carl Mathes, Charles Hendel. Kenneth Mathes and Tom Gaylor. SEASON'S RECORD The Nitro basketball team closed one of its most successful seasons on March 6. The Wildcats came through with 10 wins to 10 de- feats. On Friday, January 6, the season opened with Washington District invading the home stronghold. The game was fairly slow as both teams were off on their passing. The final score was Nitro 31, Washington District 17. Fowler led the attack with 12 points, while Grifith, with 7 was outstanding for the defeated team. On January 10, Malden met and defeated the Nitro boys to the fatal tune of 41-31. The Panthers grabbed an early lead and held it throughout the entire game. The game was played on the Nitro floor. Duncan was best for Malden with 16, while Hendel was best for the Wildcats with 12 points. On January 13 Nitro dropped another game to the Dunbar Bulldogs on the latter’s floor. The game was hard and rough. The final score was Dunbar 28; Nitro 17. Nitro went down to a 25-35 defeat at the hands of Charleston B on Tuesday, January 17, at Charleston. This was a hard fought game but the Wildcats could not spur en- ough energy to outdo the speedy Mountain Lions. Adams led the Charleston attack with 17 points while Hendel was best for the Ni- tro boys with 13. The Winfield basketballers defeated Nitro on Thursday, January 18, on the Winfield floor. The score was 29-15. Moore was high for Winfield with 14, while Hendel was best for Nitro with 6. Nitro dropped another game on Saturday, January 21, when they invaded the St. Al- bans stronghold. The Red Dragons’ superior passing and fine marksmanship proved too much for the Wildcat defensive play. The Nitro cagers took the most decisive defeat of the season in this contest. The score was 44-18 in favor of the St. Albans team. Jones led the Dragons with 18 points, while Smith (Continued on Page Twenty-nine)