Piedmont High School - Tris Yearbook (Piedmont, WV)

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Piedmont High School evened up the score with the LaSalle Tos-sers by taking the Cumberland aggregation into camp by the overwhelming de- cisive score of 56-29. The P. H. S. Basketers got off to a fine start when Smith dropped in a pretty one fnom a daafngerous angle. This was followed in rapid succession with a two pointer by Jenkins and then another by Smith. LaSalle came into its own when Kearney oafged an accurate shot fnom beneath the basket. During the res-t of the half the game was a nip and tuck affair, neither team gaininga decided advantage. P. H. S. miss- ed continuously but led at half time 21-29. With the bitter memory of a recent defeat aft the hands of the LaSalle Quint rankling in their minds the P. H. S. boys started the second hnalf with a maze of bewildering pass work and accurate sh-ootling. LaSalle exhibited va fine fighting spirit and played a clean, fast game fora team that was be- ing entirely eclipsed. Smith was unquestionably P'iedmon't's stellar perform- er, h-ooping 13 from the field. Several minutes after the second half com- menced it was evident thalt Piedmont woulld have a runmalway and from then on LaSalle at no time loomed a d-angerolus opponent. The Piedmont team played one of the finest games of the season and completely outplayed their rlivals in alll stages of the game. Kearney starred for LaSalle and played an excellent floor game. The Davis boys gave the return game to the Riedmont ,boys on Febru- ary 29. It would be hard to pick out a star on either team as fall the boys played their best. The score from the beginning ran very close. One of the Davis boys got injured and the game vwa-s held up four awhile until he was azble to play agacin, thus taking the time in which our boys could have had a chance to bring up the score. ,A.t the end of the game the score was 25-19 in favor of Davis. Page ffty-nine

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ll. 1: 2. , 4 The Lineups: Piedmont Position Potomac State I enkins F Hess Sullivan F Helmick Green' C Currence Smith G Turner Richsards G Spotts On Friday, February 8, Coach Denny's cohorts took the Elk Garden quintet into camp to the final verdict of 27-11. The game was a hard tuss- le from the beginmhg to end, but Piedmont, :although playing against a much heavier team, emerged from the battle with their banners unvan- quished. Crist, playing a superb game at guard, wxas the defensive star for Hiedmontg While Green, who displayed an uncanny eye for the basket, was the leading point getter for the locals. Although Coach Denny was forced to use several substitutes, this game proved that the subs are as capable of hzandling the leather sphere as their team mates. The Lineups: Elk Garden Position Piedmont Keegan F Jenkins Dean F Abramson Jackson C Green Crogier G LaRue Mellon G Crist Friday, February 15, our boys walked away with another victory when they played the boys of Thomas. The game was the mo-st exciting and in- teresting game played on the home floor this season. The score was close throughout the game with both teams fighting to the end, but With Pied- mont coming -out on top with a well earned victory, the soore being 49-43. The Lineups: Thomas Position Piedmont DeRollo F Jenkins Seaman F Sullivan Brigallunas C Smith DiBiaoco G LaRue Ross G Richards Substitutes-VWatring, Center, for Thomas and Green, center for Pied- mont. Coach Denny's cohorts met the Davis High School team on Friday, February 2.2, at Davis. The Piedmont boys displayed mlarvelous passwork but were off form in their shooting. The game was -a tussle from beginning to end and was mlalrred only by the poor referee. The game en-ded to the final score of 26-12 in favor of Davis. Page ffty-eight - , ' Q- 'P l A 4----h,,,d-f -'va-,,- ' iirspn. ,- I, - -'- -+V -

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beniur Buys' Uleam Back Row, Left to Right Herbert Mullan, Center, Mully Herbert can jump and is quick and very valuable to the team. Clyde Marker, Guard, Sweet Williamv Clyde is one of our best players and breaks up the passwlork of the orp- posing team. Adolph Abramson, Forward, Dio Do Although small Adolph is quick wand is good when shooting field goals. Bruce Dunn, Forward, Brucie,' Bruce is quick and good at the foul line. Orville Yokum, Guard, Cap Orville is snappy and can make field gosals when shooting from a long distance. Pagf sixty