Palmer High School - Palmerite Yearbook (Palmer, NE)

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,. 'C 'vii 5 Palmer High School Wins Merrick JANUARY 15, 1942 PALMER H. S. LOSES T0 ST. PAUL FRIDAY The Palmer Tigers dropped ano- ther basketball game last Friday at St. Paul by a 19 to 21 score. During the first half, Palmer com- pletely dominated the play. ' They took the lead early in the game. The half ended with a score of 11to 6 in favor of Palmer. The second half was another rough and tumble affair with Palmer trailing. St. Paul scored swiftly and chalked up 14 points to Palmer's 2. Taylor made all of Palmer's field goals with 9 points to his credit. 'The second team completely out- played St. Paul Reserves by a score of 26-13. PALMER fg ft f pts Burton 0 3 2 3 Golden 0 0 0 0 Scott 0 0 1 0 Taylor 4 1 1 9 Greenway 0 0 1 0 Total 4 4 5 12 ST. PAUL fg ft f pts Nielson 4 0 0 8 Krueger 0 0 0 1 Nelson 0 2 0 2 Courtney 0 0 2 0 Mortensen 0 0 2 0 0 tners 4 0 4 8 Totals 8 2 8 19 JANUARY 22, 1942 PALMER WINS TWO DOUBLE I-IEADERS The Tigers came through again to win two cage games last week, at :Spalding 'by a score of 22 to 20, and from Juniata on the home court by a score of 33 to 12. The Palmer Reserves won both of their games easily by a 14 to 8 mar- gin in each game. Palmer trailed Spalding through the whole game ffirst teamj until the last few minutes of play. Then scott and Burton each hit the hoop to put Palmer in the lead. Scott was high point man with eight points. The Tigers easily beat Juniata by shooting a total of 71 shots during JANUARY 29, 1942 Saturday night S 0 s Both Teams Bnng Home Championship Awards Showing much improvement, Pal- mer Hlgh's first team Tigers came fensive team this , litfgy points and Palmer 1511! no Burton and Scott we xx fgh! f7Tlge scorers with 21 anr65j5 ings-Txkesl pectively during t 1 o o o xi 'Wt County Basketball Tourna . . egg, tt 5 through to turn the County Tourna- ment at Silver Creek with victories over Chapman, Central City and Sil- ver Creek. After sailing easily past Chapman 37 to 22 they tangled with a sur- prisingly easy Central City five. Al- though they were slow in the first half the Tigers, led by Burton with 10 points, forged ahead to win 27 to 10. Having won two games they faced a tough Silver Creek team the game. The passing and shooting percentage increased. Burton led the home score with 12 points. Box Scores: PALMER tg ft. f pts Golden 1 0 4 2 Burton 3 1 0 7 Scott 2 4 2 8 Taylor 2 0 2 4 Greenway 0 1 3 1 Total 8 6 11 22 Substitutes: Davis and Davison. SPALDING Bloom 1 2 2 4 Evors 0 2 4 2 Kinnier 1 1 3 3 Bernt 2 1 2 5 Gilroy 1 0 2 2 Substitutes 1 2 1 4 Total 6 8 14 20 PALMER fg ft. f pts Burton 6 0 0 12 Taylor 3 0 0 6 Greenway 0 0 0 0 Whlted 0 0 2 0 Scott 4 1 2 9 Substitutes 3 0 0 6 Total 15 1 5 33 Substitutes: Golden, Davis, Davison. JUNIATA Stoffengren 2 0 1 4 McGaurock 0 1 1 1 Rent 0 0 2 0 Struss 0 0 0 0 Gangiuish 2 1 0 5 Substitutes 1 0 0 2 Totals 5 2 4 12 The Reserves al elrl tour? ney with wins o elsif lL - I, 15 to 7 and siiyer ral: 1 to 13.f'f5ay!l- son was of V wi ten point k .4 1 7 f - cz , 'Vi- basket aga Silver C e --p-if-.A Duplicate Victories Of 'X o Yearsvfgj A90 Two years both of slKteXh's were victorious in th -1 X X -, Va- menf, new at Silver if StEtti,jtQ!ftl'1ii The large group of P lmeiilfirbiwhowa were at Silver Creek S tur ev ing were p1'oud to see eifxlegh b bring home both champltmmlfgs as they did two years ago. 'lt' Hey' members of the teams are p to add two more nice trophies to large collection Palmer high sckgol- has won in the past. Eff Box score of the first team Saturday night: ' ..',, - Palmer First Team- -Nhglbhm ge fg ft fo pts Burton 2 1 0 5 Taylor 0 1 1 1 Scott 3 2 2 8 Whited 0 0 0 0 Greenway 0 0 0 0 Golden 0 0 1 0 Davis 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 14 Silver Creek First Team- fg ft fo pts Willitts 1 0 2 2 Cielsha 0 0 1 0 Kershaw 0 1 0 1 Olafson 1 2 1 4 Sowl 2 0 2 4 4 3 6 11 Palmer Defeats Cushing 2 Games Tuesday Night Palmer high school reserves de- feated Cushing first basketball team here Tuesday night 29 to 22. Palmer junior high defeated Cush- ing Junior high 10 to 6. fr 1

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.gl By John Colden ing into the last quarter. Elba then forged ahead 22-20. Burton tied At Silver Creek the were 1 . 9 5 ,i frztj'-y '..-Q.. ' askefban PAL 1.114-'l 1 ri? . 11 1 oscsmssn 11, 1941 BASKETBALL Duncan Plays Here Friday Dec. 12 Double Header Although the smallest squad in seven years has reported for basket ball prospects for another good sea- son are quite bright. The failure of Donald Whited to report ls a heavy loss to the squad. The lettermen are Burton, Golden, Greenway, Scott and Taylor. Practice so far has been limited to individual fundamentals because of members absences for various rea' sons. With the opening game ot the season scheduled for Friday night. emphasis this week has been upon offensive and defensive team work. Considerable experiment will be nec- cessary to determine a first team combination. There will be no season ticket this year because it was impossible to schedule enough home games to warrant their sale. The price of ad- mission will be 10c, 15c, 250 includ- ing tax. The schedule for December is: 12th, Duncan hereg 16th Elba thereg 19th, Spalding hereg 29th Sil- ver Creek, there. SEPTEMBER 18, 1941 PALMER WINS ONE AND LOSES ONE Last Friday night Palmer beat Duncan 11-9 on the home floor. It was one of the lowest scoring games ever played here. The second team won 13-10. Palmer trailed all through the game. but in the last few seconds Scott sank a basket to break the 9- 9 tie. Burton was high point man with four points. PALMER fg ft f pts Burton 1 2 1 4 Walling 1 1 2 3 Scott 1 0 2 2 Greenway 1 0 2 2 Tavlor 0 0 0 0 Davison 0 0 0 0 Totals 4 3 911 DUNCAN: Slowinski 3 1 2 7 Engel 0 0 0 0 Robas 0 0 0 0 Micek 0 0 1 0 Karges 0 0 3 0 olsufka 0 2 0 2 Totals 3 3 6 9 LITTLE BROWN JUG- The Tigers lost the Brown Jug game Tuesday night at Elba after having held it for two years. The score was 26 - 22. Palmer led nearly all the game and was ahead 19-15 go- the score, but Elba again came back with two baskets to win. Scott was high point man for Palmer with six points. The Reserves won easily by a score of 17-6. PALMER fg ft f pts Burton 2 1 1 5 Golden 1 1 1 3 Scott 2 2 1 6 Greenway 2 0 2 4 Taylor 2 0 4 4 Davison 0 0 0 0 Davis 0 0 0 0 Walling 0 0 2 0 Totals 9 4 11 22 ELBA: Spilinek 2 1 0 5 zavirka. 3 1 0 'I Jacobsen 2 0 3 4 Soelberg 4 0 2 8 Hurt 0 0 1 0 Holechek 0 2 1 2 Sumavick 0 0 0 0 Totals 11 4 7 26 PALMER CAGE TEAM OUT FIGHTS SPALDING Last Friday night Palmer -high school Tigers defeated the Spalding high school team 18 to 5 on the home court. It was another low scoring game with Palmer missing freely from the field, and Spalding making many zeros from the foul line, and having few chances from the field. The score was 5' to 0 for Palmer at the half. During the rest period the Spald- ing boys got a spiking from their coach, and came back to turn the game into a rough house. Scott was high point man for Pal- mer with 8 pointsg Burton made five. RESERVES BEAT ARCHER The Palmer reserves won the open- ing game easily from Archer 15 to 10. JANUARY 8, 194.2 High School Defeated Alumni Friday Night But They Lost A Close Game At Sllver Creek The Palmer Tigers boosted their wins up to three last Friday night by beating the Alumni 21 to 17, af- ter having lost to Silver Creek Tues- day, December 30, by a score of 31 to 28. out shot making on e Olafson Totals goals to the oppone W' - its was the spark c ' offense with 10 poi ts 1 , gf the home team with Of The second tea game from -Silver C , 2 FF. a score of 19 to PALMER ' ft Golden .' ,4 o ,o - :f o Burton LN Te, i'i-pig, 5 Scott ' 4 . F Greenway A 0 i M51 Davis '2 0 I Q. Taylor 1 1 Totals 1 6 t 28 SILVER CREEK tiff' A.xyV fr ' pts wums TE 10 Jackson A 1 fa 8,0 Sowl ' A 0 ' 'Cieloha 4 V 2 Beebe 1 'A 1 his 1 Powers 0 3 0 A 'r 6 15 1 ' rx 1 little rough, but it was an inmrut- ing game. It is the first tim e high school has d UQQJ for 3 years. The game with the Alumni Box Scores HIGH SCHOOL tg tt f pts Burton 0 2 0 2 Taylor 2 0 0 4 Scott 2 2 1 6 Whited 2 0 0 4 Greenway 1 1 1 3 Totals 8 5 2 21 Substitutes were Golden, Davis, Davison, and Walling. ALUMNI fg ft f pts W. Gee 0 0 3 0 Finlayson 1 0 3 2 D, Lemmerman 0 0 0 0 R. Lemmerman 2 0 1 4 S. Davis 2 0 1 4 Totals 8 1 9 17 Substitutes were Vansickle, Herre and D. Gee. Everett: Excuse me, Coach, for not answering your question-I was lost in thought. Coach: Yes, it's always easy to get lost where one is a stranger.

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Basketball JANUARY 15, 1942 Colmty Cage Tourney At Silver Creek Next Week The annual Merrick county basket- ball tournament is to be held Jan- uary 22, 23, and 24, at Silver Creek. Palmer and Chapman open the first team contest at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, While Central City, Clarks. and Silver Creek drew byes for the opening round. The winner of the Palmer-Chap man fracas meets Central City Fri- day at 8 p.m., while Clarks battles Silver Creek at 9 p.m. The Friday night winners meet in the finals at 8:30 Saturday night in the climax of the tournament, Reserves Palmer and Central City 3rd. drew byes for the first round of the re- serves, or second team tourney. Clarks is not represented. The Thursday night games are: Archer vs. Central City 2nd, and Chapman vs. Silver Creek. At 6 p.m. Friday Palmer plays the winner of the Archer-Central City 2nd. game. At 7 p.m. Central City 3rd, plays the winner of the Chapman Silver Creek game. Finals are at 7:15 Saturday, FEBRUARY 5, 1942 CHAMPION TIGERS DROP TWO GAMES After letting up on practice, Pal- mer county champs went to Chap- man and Alda to lose two games. The scores were 27 to 23 and 31 to 18 respectively. At Chapman, Palmer started out slowly and the half time score was 24 to 8 against them. The next half they played better and held Chapman to three points, but were unable to score enough to win. Scott led the attack with 11 points. T'he second team won the preliminary game 13 to 12. Box Score PALMER fg ft f pts Golden 0 1 1 1 Taylor 3 2 0 8 Greenway 1 0 1 2 Scott 5 1 3 11 Whited 0 1 1 1 Total 9 5 6 23 CHAPMAN Leamons 7 0 1 14 Posen 3 2 2 8 Nabity 0 1 1 1 Abbott 0 0 4 0 Triplett 2 0 0 4 ffhr I ' rx,,,,l,.,. Q ' P A L M E R Total 12 3 8 27 Spalding Ac. FG gif:-.MlF TP Handicapped by the loss of Burton Carraher 3 GR' 6' the Tigers fought Alda to a standstill Kelly H. gm'-j.1 A A X3 in the first half, but failed to stand Kelly T 5 Pb lj 2 up under fire and Alda forged ahead ' 1' 'gm J in the last quarter. Golden led the Kelly J- 2.41 2 , 51 1' losers offense with 7 points. The Pfeifer 0,1flQ'r0g'f,'-'Oli .0 Reserves after setting a record of Ray 1,f3 of. 21 'lg around 150 straight wins, lost the ,v A opening game 13 to 11. Total 11' 3 8 45 PALMER fg ft f pts P I Golden 3 1 1 7 Palmer I FTl A YF TP Taylor o 3 0 3 Burton gy 1rT 1l f'9 3 3 Scott 2 1 1 5 Golden . ,lr 0 lla 0 'D' ',0 Greenway 1 0 1 2 Whited .5 1 ' 10, 0 .2 Whited 0 0 0 o ,-51 ff 1 V Total 6 -f 3 17 Taylor it 3 5 ' 1 10, 7 ALBA: scott if b .1 2 D. Rouse 2 1 0 5 Davis 1 0 Zf W. Rouse 2 0 1 4 Total 2 -jg:-1' '16 Bush 2 0 2 4 , Strasheim 7 0 1 14 St- EdWaI'd L YQ: I VTP Ilgrull 3 0 5, 4 K. Fischer of ro,5ji o 1, 0 nu sen 0 0 - ,lily N3, 2-10 Total 15 1 8 31 f Lb 5 1- 1 X ' . 1 2 Palmer Defeats Spald ng glygfgzcher gl ggxo ll 'Palmer high school basketball 'Total 8 2.1 V. 7 I team defeated Spalding Academy at lil Rm: Spalding Wednesday night, The -. first team won 42 to 25. The reser- FEBRUARY 19r 1942 , ves beat them 51 to 13. FEBRuAnv 12, 1942 Palmer Defeats Spalding, Losers To St. Edward Making two more trips Palmer won one and lost one. At Spalding A- cademy last Wednesday night they came out on the top 42 to 25 and lost to St. Edward Friday 17 to 16. Leading through the whole game the Tigers defensive play held Spald- ing's star center, Kelly to one field goal. Taylor and Burton were hit- ting the hoop, making 18 points and 11 points respectively. Taylor was also high scorer against St. Edward with 7 points. Inability to make free throws lost the game with St. Ed. Taylor and Burton each missing two. The second team again hit their stride and won two more, beating S-palding Ac. 51 to 13 and St. Ed. 22 to 12. Box Score: Palmer FG FT F TP Burton 5 1 0 11 Golden 3 1 0 7 Whited 0 0 3 0 Scott 3 0 2 6 Taylor 7 4 0 18 Total 18 6 5 42 PALMER DEFEATS CLAFQISSWQX In a. game here last Friday night, the Tigers easily overcame Clarks win by a score of 23 to 12. ,,., 5 With a juggled linegup-.to give the Reserves experiencekforh-tburnament play, the score was not as high as it might have beeng although the in- experienced boys played well. Pal- mer led throughout the game. Green- way lcd the scoring with seven points The second team lost to High Prairie by a score- of 24 to 10. Box Score: PALMER FG PT F PTS Walling 0 0 1 0 Taylor 2 1 0 5 Golden 2 1 0 5 Davison 0 0 0 0 Davis 2 0 1 4 Whited 0 2 1 2 'Greenway 3 1 1 7 Total 9 5 5 23 CLARKS: FG FT F PTS Shonsey 0 2 2 2 Douglas 2 0 2 4 Wilkens 1 0 1 2 Bush 1 0 2 2 Strasburg 0 0 0 0 Copeland 0 0 0 0 Thomson 1 0 1 2 Total 5 2 8 12