Nitro High School - Nitronian Yearbook (Nitro, WV)

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BASKET BALL TEAM 29 First Row, Reading left to right Coach Fred Huff, Earl Cook,Curtis Willard, Dwight Moody, Clyde Willard, Robert Melton, Joe Maddox, Bob Estep, William Staton. Second Row, Jack Hill, John Garret, Jim Crewdson, Diok Waldorf, Dick Howard, Harold carr. Bob Brick, Bob Priddy,cheer leader. RECORD OF '4Z '43 For when the one Great Scorer comes. To write against your name. He writes not that you won or lost. But how you played the game• ----Anon. They say vou can’t win them all. This year’s 1943 basketball team has only won one out of fifteen. Hard hit by graduation and the draft, the wild- est team found itself up against insurmountable odds in every game this sea- son. January 5 January 7 January 8 January 15 January 19 January 22 January 26 Nitro’s first defeat was by Charleston 42-11. Stonewall beat Nitro for second game of the year 39-10. Poca defeated Nitro by a score of 44-24. Nitro again was defeated by St. Albans 65-25. Dupont defeated Nitro 54-14 on the Nitro floor. Nitro traveled to Hurricane only to be defeated by a score 38-14. Bulldogs of Dunbar defeated Nitro a score of 53-17 on the oppon- ent’s floor. January 28 Poca again defeated Nitro on home floor 41-24. January 29 A very close game ending in Elkview’s favor 33-29. February 2 St. Albans defeated Nitro a very large margin 62-22. February 5 Dunbar came to Nitro and defeated the Wildcats 75—27. February 9 Nltro split a double header winning over Elkview 32-23, to Clendenin 72-20. February 12 Nitro was again beaten by DuPont 61-45. February 16 The Hurricane Red Skins defeated Nitro 45-21. loosing As the Annual is being published at such an early date, we are unable to give the scores of the final games.

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