Osceola High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Osceola, NE)

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Basket B 1117- basket ball team f this season was considered to Ik one of the best teams that this High School has ever had. The credit for this team is rightfully due to Coach A. 11. Gelwick. who developed the inexperienced material into a first class team. Floyd Heinemever was elected captain and proved in a very creditable manner that he deserved the position. During the Christmas vacation the team made their first trip. On January 5th they went to Cozad where they won the first game of the season. 'File next night they played at Hampton, hut. due to the small floor combined with poor luck in goal shooting, they lost to that team. The third game of the trip was played at leneva. 1 lore the team expected a good game because they knew of Geneva’s record in the past years and the floor was nearer like their own. hut due t the inexperience of the Osceola men. they lost that game also. They played at Hebron the next night, hut lost that game, not because of inferior men hut becat se f the loss of strength in the long tri| they had taken during the few days just before. The next game of the season was played with the Nebraska State Aggies on January 13th at Lincoln. Osceola lost to them by a small score. The next week Osceola went to Stromsburg and because of the small, pn •-floor lost the game. However, we promised them a very different kind of a game if they would come up here. On the 28th of January. Osceola easilv defeated Grand Island High School on our home floor and with that game our luck changed. n February 4th. the Nebraska State Aggies came here expeeting to defeat ()sccola as easily as they had done Indore hut they were much surprised. On the 11 tli the Stromsburg aggregation came for a return game, fully confident of victory hut they were also much surprised at the Osceola High School all Team score. The next game, on the 18th. when )sceola defeated Geneva, was the best game of the season. Geneva was then considered one of the best teams in the state. After Osceola had defeated Stronishurg in the second game it was decided that a third game should he played to play off the tie. On the 25th of February. Stromsburg came with a special train of rooters and a great game was staged. At the end of that game the score was 12 to 12 and an extra five minutes were added. The final result was 17 to 16 in favor of Stronishurg. Tile next night ('sceola went to Grand Island where they wen defeated by the Grand Island Ihisiness College. On the 7th of March Cozad played at ('sceola hut due to over-confidence on the part 01 )s.voln, C’ozad won. The next game was at the State Tournament where Lincoln defeated ('sceola. At the end of the first half the score was 6 to 1 in favor of Osceola hut ended in a defeat. Seven men played enough to Ik- entitled to their letters. They were Heinemeycr, Gillespie. Reed. Stevens, Horst, Timm and Rasch. Gillespie played left forward and was considered among the l est in the state by the officials at the State Tournament. He was elected captain for next year, a place which he rightfully deserved. Reed played right forward part of the season hut was out during the latter part on account of injuries. Ilcincmejcr played right forward and showed in every way that he was the man for that position. Timm played center and in every game out jumped his opponent. Stevens played right guard, it was seldom his man threw a goal. Horst played left guard and always played a hard, steady game. Rasch was new at the game but made a fine showing in whatever position he had to play. ()nlv Hemeineyer and 1 lorst leave this year and a good team is expected next year.

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The cyWonitor- I’ajTf Twruiy six HASKRTRAM- TRAM. BASKK'l BALL SCHRDU.K Osceola 10 ()sceola 20 ()scco!a 7 Osceola 8 ()sccola .. 16 Osceola 8 ()sceola 29 ()sceola 2 2 ()sccoIa 24 ()sceola 24 ()sceola 16 Osceola 12 ()sceola 12 ()sceola 7 Cozad ........... 6 Hampton ........ 22 Geneva ......... 3? Hebron ......... 38 N el». State Aggies ’8 Stromsburg .... 25 Grand Island ... 25 Neb. State Aggies 1 f Stromsburg...... 1 tj Geneva.......... 22 Stromsburg...... 17 Grand Isl. I». C.. 25 Cozad........... 15 Lincoln ........ 13 First Row—Horst. Stevens, Rasch. Second Row- Gl'lespie, Timm. Helnemoyor, Rlttner. Reed.

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The o7Wonitor. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM. Miss Snyder. Leibea, Shrader. Bartlett. Query, Gooden, Shrader, Epes, Colton. I'affo Twenty-eight Girls’ Basket Ball Team HK Basket Ball season started out this year with a very good V J showing. At our first practice twenty were present. We decided that each class should have a team. After several weeks of hard work, the Sophomores chalicneged the Freshmen to a game. The honors were carried away from the Sophs by the little Freshies. Since the Freshmen and S pin-mores had started it. the Juniors and Seniors began to battle for the honor. The Juniors ran away from the Seniors and hurried to catch up with the Freshmen. The great strife was now on between the Juniors and the Freshmen. They fought for fifteen minutes and the score was six to twelve in favor of the freshmen. After a few minutes rest the teams started again as the whistle blew, the Freshmen shot a field goal and when the final whistle blew the score was 14 to 16 in their favor. I he captain and coach selected eight of their best players from the class teams which made up the High School team, the girls did good work together. Only one game was played during the season, with the Stromsbms High School team on Osceola’s floor. This being the last game of the season the people of ()sceola and Stromsburg came out in great numbers to see the game. At the end of the first half the score was 10 to 6 in favor of the O. H. S. girls. In the next half the score was 19 to 9. Maude Gooden and Hazel Cotton did their duty as forwards, while Myrtle Bartlett and Beulah l-.pes made excellent guards and Deborah I-eibee and Bernice Shrader did their parts in center. The coach. Miss Sender, helped the girls by teaching them many new plays. Most of the girls will lx in scho 1 next year and we hope the basket ball team of the year, 1917 will lx a great success.