Perry Township High School - Petonian Yearbook (Perryopolis, PA)

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THE PETONIAN 65 OUR TRIP TO BETHANY This year the P. H. S. Basket-ball team entered the Tri-State tourna- ment at Bethany College, as one of the teams to represent Pennsylvania. This was the first time that the P. H. S, Basketeers had ever entered a tournament. Wednesday March 5 was the date set for the starting to Bethany. At noon all students of P. H. S. got out in front of the school building and gave all the yells they knew which made the team feel that the whole high school was backing them. VVe started on our journey but about 2:30 in the afternoon the whole crew was almost starved so we stopped in a small town to get something to eat. We did not know the name of the town but it had a one horse restaurant. We bought all the soup the pro- prietor had and still wanted more but when he said he had no more we started on sandwiches. After eating these and some ice cream we started for the little village of Bethany on the banks of the old Buffalo. We pulled in there about four o'clock, hunted up John Blair who was to pilot us through the three days of the tournament. He introduced us to the boys of the Phi Kappa Ta and the K. A. boys who we found to be some of the best we ever met. About twelve o'clock we were aroused by the Redstone fellows who belonged to another team from Pennsylvania. We found them to be a bunch of real fellows and from that day on there has been a new link added to the chain of friendship and sportsmanship between the two schools which will never be broken. The little Red and Black warriors were very anxious to play the first day because we thought that we would not be in shape to play the second day. Having been idle for three days we were getting a little bit rusty. So the news came that we were to play Chester at 3:40 Fri., March 7. We could hardly wait till 3:40 in order to get a chance to show them that we were from Pennsylvania and could not be beaten by a 'team which looked as if it had never seen a Basketball. When the game started, we changed our minds for this team was not as soft as it looked or else we had stage fright-the latter possibly was true. The game was very inter- esting. W'e took the lead and at the end of the first half were ahead by one point. When the second half started little Chester Gump as we called them started to play and the first thing we knew they were ahead. The score kept just about even till the last quarter then they pulled in a couple of horseshoe shots from the center which put them in the lead until the gun cracked ending the game 17 to 14 in favor of Chester. We were a bunch of sick looking basketball players after playing a game like this but we came home and took our spite out on Fairchance for the Championship of Group 3 of the F. C. I. A. L. league. - P. H. S. vs. REDSTONE HIGH SCHOOL Altho our school is comprised of only 180 students they can boast of one of the best teams in Fayette County. With practically a new combina- fifm COHCI1 EQWHISIS QQVQIOPCQI an aggregation which was hard to defeat.

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66 THE PETONIAN P. H. S. turned out the best Basket Ball team in the history of the school. Basketball has always held a high position in the athletics and is being strengthened as years go by. The phenomenal success of the team was due to the smooth working combination which coach Edwards de- veloped. Running roughshod over teams in Group III they advanced to the finals winning 9 games out of 10. Wednesday, Mar. 19, 1924 was perhaps the greatest day in Perry for many years. Enthusiasm was high as the highly touted Redstoners made their initial appearance, fully expecting to conquer, The Little Red and Black warriorsf' In one of the greatest games of our history Coach Edwards' proteges 'upset all dope and con- quered the unconquerable by a 17-15 count. This 'victory caused the town's enthusiasm to reach its highest pitch. As a result of'.this great enthusiasm Redstone was the scene of many ardent rooters. But this time the Red and Black was defeated. , , This made necessary the playing of a third game at German Twp. Great was the crowd that witnessed the battle of the centuries fin the eyes of the schoolj but greater was the chagrin of Redstone as they wit- nessed the grit, determination and light shown by the Little Red and Black warriors. Inability to cage goals caused them to loose their chance for victory. But the last lingering minutes found the 'tLittle warriors still fighting with that bulldog tenacity which won for them many games VVhen the smoke of battle cleared Redstone emerged from the debris vic- tors 3146. . IIere's to the team of 23-24 who came near toppling Redstone-I-And herels to the team of '24 and '25fmay their success exceed the success of the greatest team P. H. S. ever produced. THANK YOU Our 1923-1924 Basket ball teams have been greatly improved by the efforts of one of our Alumni, Howard Edwards, who gave up hisown time and interest to help the team out in their time of need, and guide them through a successful season. We think it necessary that his nameiibe mentioned in the pages of this faithful record of our High School active ities, not as ll reward to him, but merely as a token of the school's appre- ciation of his services. ' G if Also we wish to mention those people who saved us quite ailarge sum of money in transportation expenses by donating their own cars free of charge to help transport our teams on our games away from home. Mr. Frank Sisley was present at'every game abroad and ,always took severai members of the team with him. Mr. Grant Buttermore and Donald Biltl termore were also always glad to be ofservice in transporting our teams. In this respect also we owe a great deal to Wm. Armstrong who has ardently supported our teams, and helped us out oi difliculty on many different occasions. K V W A H ii , i Mr, Thrasher, Mr, Sisley, and Mr, Nelson' Martin were kind 'ii1i:ar4