Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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Janet Ogden, sophomore attendant, Joan Fry, Beverly Bergman, sophomore attendant, Ruth Kessler, queen, Kent Ogden Patty Hogue, Lois Rohlf, junior attendant, Barbara Boyd, junior attendant. H0E4EQ9F1!NG

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BACK ROW-Joan Kies, manager, Janet Ogden, Lois Rohlf, Marlene Albrecht, Marilyn Olberding, Jane Teaquist, Mary Lou Auen, Priscilla, Frances, Coach Hamann. FRONT ROW--Miss Cathmar Shaw. chaperone, Lois Schaefer, Ruth Treman, Dorothy Bengford, Margaret Bengford, Verna Mae Tiefenthaler, Marjorie Dinges. COACH-WALLACE HAMANN GIRLS' BASKETBALL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE O.l-l.S. OPPONENT 38 Lytton l7 35 Wall Lake 27 24 Arthur 2l 46 Lake View l5 34 Auburn 28 37 Nemaha 24 44 Battle Creek 27 42 Arthur 28 4l Sulphur Springs 32 38 Holstein 57 46 iSac Early 2l 34 County Wall Lake 9 44 Tourney? Lytton 23 26 iSectional Tourneyl-Wall Lake 27 54 Early 23 27 Galva 36 28 Schaller 2l 44 Wall Lake 26 lt was a great season for Coach Wally Hamann and the Trojanettes of l95Ol For the first time in a period of years the Odebolt girls team has made a re- cord which indicates outstanding ability. Out of L8 scheduled games, the Trojanettes came through with l5 wins and 3 losses. The girls started out with nine straight victories over Lytton, Wall Lake, Arthur, Lake View, Auburn, Nemaha, Battle Creek, Arthur, and Sulphur Springs. ln the early part of the season Coach Hamann was uncertain as to whom he should use for forward. ln the usual line up were Janet Ogden, Jo Bye, Mary Lou Auen, Nancy Witt, and Dorothy Bengford. Jane Teaquist was moved from forward to guard in the i950 season. Later on in the season, three of these girls developed into a set of forwards unequaled in ability in the entire county-sharp shooting Nancy Witt, who scored 2l6 points during her season of l8 games and averaged page forty-four l2.0 points per game, Dorothy Bengford, shifty and fast on her feet, who tallied l44 points for an average of 8.4 points per game, and Janet Ogden, coolest play- er on the floor, only a sophomore but playing like a veteran. Her ability to fake her opponents out was a definite factor in her scoring of 233 points, averaging l3.3 points per game. Not enough praise can be given to the Trojanettes guards. Their skill in handling their opponents contri- buted more to the spectacular season than the average sport fan could detect. The guards were led by Senior Marilyn Olberding, tall and tough. Her position as pivot guard prevented many points from being scored against the Trojanettes. Others were Senior Margaret Bengford, who had more power behind a pass than anyone on the court, Marlene Albrecht, who never gave up regardless of how hard things looked, and Lois Rohlf, scrappy and not afraid to hit the floor once in a while. lt was this combination of guards and forwards that pulled Odebolt through with the Sac County Championship trophy which they took from Lytton in the final round, 44-23. lt was a proud group of girls who walked up to the desk to receive the trophy award that they had worked so hard for. But it was a heart- broken group who walked off the floor of the Schaller gym, defeated in the first round of the Sectional Tourna- ment by Wall Lake 27-26, whom the Trojanettes had previously mauled 35-27. The girls missed the offensive work of Janet Ogden who was ill that night. The girls breezed through the rest of the season with a loss of only three games for the entire season- Holstein, Wall Lake, and Galva. Ogden, Witt and Bengford developed a one-two punch that every Tro- janette opponent feared. These girls will be together again next year. Marilyn and Margaret will step out of the guard spot but will be replaced by others. The girls should have an exceptionally good record again next year. Congratulations to a fine team and Coach.