Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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January 17, 1947 Dear E1 Ponso, 0 AMID SHOUTS of uShoot, Make that bas- ket, Block her,'7 and Upass it, our Ponce A and B Basketball teams fought for top honors in the annual basketball tournament held at Miami High yesterday. The first game, wl1icl1 we lost 11 to 6, was a smash-up against the Miami High Stin- garees. Turning the tables, our B Team beat the Miami High B Team 11 to 6. The A Team overpowered the Beach Ty- phoons 16 to 2 in a thrilling tangle. Follow- ing in the A Team's footsteps, the B Team also beat the Typhoons 16 to 2. The skull and cross bones of the Edison Red Raiders soon appeared over the Cava- liers and defeated us in the A game 14 to 2, but the .B Team heat the Raiders 9 to 6. A Team Out Of Running As the A Team had two defeats to their credit., they were officially out of the run- ning. The B Team still had a chance to win the cup by overpowering the Jackson Gcn- erals. Much to our dislrcrs and disappoint- ment thc Generals triumphed 14 to 7. Wfell, E1 Ponso, in the end the A Team tied with Miami High for third place and the B Team came in second. Every year Mrs. Huey of the Miami Beach Recreation Park gives an award of a small gold basketball to the girl who places the highest number of free shots in the basket. This year the award was won by Nancy Vann of Miami High who placed 20 out of 25 shots in the basket. Placing 19 out of 20 shots, was Doralys Arias of Ponce, who came in second. F rosh A Places Second At the freshmen tournament held here at Ponce, our A Team placed second, beating the Jackson Generals and the mighty Shen- andoah team by one point. Later on it was necessary to play Shenandoah again and this time we lost. Our other defeat was at the hands of Edison. The B Team came in third. They beat Edison and lost to Shenandoah and Jackson. -fPAULINE MARKS MRS. ETHEL STEEL Check that smilei That is Mrs. Ethel Steele, our phys. ed. director. She obtained her B. S. degree at the Uni' versity of Chicago after I 'fi teaching a year at Blue 4- Island High School outside Chicago. Before coming hers she taught at Kinlock Park. what wid Bottom, left to right, first row: Patsy Barbour. Gloria Johnson, Marcia McGuire. Dolores Medlin. Captain Ann Jordan, Norma Covil. Mary Ann Batchellerg second row: Faye Tyler. Gina Race, Carrcl Power, Jean Higginbolham. Vivien llendrixsunf Ardis Fin- nieslon, Crystal Mathis. Manager Anne Meyer. Top, left to right, first row: Elena Morales, Miriam Fay. Co-captain Sue Adams. Covcaptain ,lanet Edgar: second row: Bettie Caudcll. .Ionnie Caudell, Blanche Uoellingg third row: ,lean Maclx, Nancy Miller, Shirley Rodgers. 0 i ,Iii A 3 o 2 JP :, ,.-. A, . 'A 'V f .1 fl -'-1 2 .M 5' .qt I J QR.: 5 - 6 A 'Q 1 . .., if

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Lro 0 IIIPLUMACY Student Day . . . a flaming torch . . . on stage, everybody . . . a trip to Washington . . . true journ- alists . . . addition for wizards . . fine artists . . . progenitors . . nightingales . . . hard work- ing gals . . . aquarians . . . festive revelry . . . radio dramatics . . . game of kings.