Pemberton High School - Panther Yearbook (Marshall, TX)

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Girls' Basketball and Coaches MRS. A. L. WALTON Coach 0 MRS. R. J. BUARD Asslslanl Coach SQUAD AT PLAY

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GI RLS' BASKETBALL CLUB MOTTO: A winner never quils and a quiller never wins. PURPOSE: Hiqlwesl deqree of menlal. physical, social and moral developmenl. MAIN OBJECTIVE: To raise funds lor Ilwe ereclion ol a modern liiql-i sclwool gymnasium. PRESENT ACI-IIEVEMENT: A perlecl record Io dale. l I Reading from Iell, Top Row: Laverne Thomas, Lu- rie Bennefl, Sammie L. Floyd, Dorollwy Fields, Ruby L. Barnell, Annelle Wil- liams, lan+ha Works, Pearlie Jackson, Maxine Levels. Middle Row: Lorene I-lygln. I-lelen Floyd, Rosie Bur- rouqli, Bobbye Campbell. Virqie Bacon, T. Minne- weallner, Barbara Wilson, Julia Mcliarlin, Kalliryn Bishop. Bollom Row: Coacln Wal- Ion, Lanella Clnoyce, Pres- idenl: Faye Srnillw, Queenie Milcliell, Lula M. Levels, Gladys McLin. Anllwony Floyd, Pressie L. Bennefl. Caplainz Coach Buard: Tommie L. Clwoyce, Berllia I-lenry. Mildred Mosley. and Virginia I-Iayes.

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RECORD OF BASKETBALL SEASON I - The I945-46 club was The largesT and swiTTesT in The hisTory oT The school. The girls really Tipped The scales. CooperaTion was The pass- word and Their willingness To' do Team work was Their secreT oT success. 1 The oTTicers were very alerT and Their prac- Tices and meeTings were held sysTemaTically. The presidenT, Miss LaneTTa Choyce, is noT only a good aThleTe, buT a campus TavoriTe and a high ranking sTudenT. She is a member oT The Honor SocieTy and reigns as queen oT The Soph- omore Class. The capTain, Miss Pressie Lee BenneTT, was anxiou's,Tor The Team To win Tor iTselT a high raTing. She consTanTly reminded The girls oT Their aim, which was physical and characTer de- Emphasis was placed on a Triendly The opposing Teams, wiTh The keynoTe, raTher Than a show-oTT. The pasT season The girls' Team was especially inTeresTing, and as The games are re- viewed, you will remember ThaT all games were played wiTh enThusiasm and good sporTsmanship was exhibiTed. The TirsT game was played beTween Pember- Ton and Shiloh wiTh PemberTon winning I3-9. OTher games: PemberTon I6, Tyler 6: Gladewa- Ter IO, PemberTon I67 Longview 6, PemberTon 9: PalesTine 4, PemberTor. I6: Lindale I3, Pember- Ton I4: Hawkins I3, FemberTon I2: Carver 22, PemberTon 20: Carver I2, PemberTon I2. On March 9 The PemberTon High Girls spon- sored an open TournamenT aT The Bishop College gym. Seven Teams enrolled Tor The TilT. MT.'EnTerprise deTeaTed Paris 30-I7 in The TirsT eliminaTion. PemberTon Trounced Longview 34-9. Karnack scored over Linden in a sTiTT race, 24-20. ,In The quarTer MT. EnTerprise reTurned To de- TeaT Texarkana 24-I2. In The semi-Tinal Karnack and PemberTon baTTled To The Tune oT I7-I6 in Tavor of Karnack. This eliminaTed PemberTon Tor The Tinal. The consolaTion game was played be- Tween PemberTon and Paris wiTh PemberTon win- ning by a score 2I-I I. MT. EnTerprise carne in The Third Time, deTeaT- ing Karnack Tor The championship 28-20. Kar- nack was runner-up. The record Tor The Torwards This season sTands as Tollows: LaneTTa Choyce. 87 poinTs: Pressie Lee BenneTT, 36 poinTs: M. Levels, 28 poinTs. OTher players making a good showing were: AnThony Floyd, Oueenie MiTchell. Gladys Mc- Lin, Virgie Bacon, Q. T. MinneweaTher. BerTha Henry, Lula Levels, Bobbye Campbell, Helen Floyd, Lavern Thomas. ToTal scores Tor The season: PemberTon I99, OpponenTs II7.