Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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November November November November December December December December January 2 January 7 January 9 January 13 January 16 January 19 January 21 22 January January 27 30 January February February February February February February Port Byron Community High Basketball Schedule School 1947-1948 Atkinson Here T Coal Valley Here Cordova There Erie Here Tampico There Coal Valley There Prophetstown Here Mineral There Alumni Here Rock Island County Tourney at Reynolds Reynolds Cordova Fulton There Hillsdale There Two-Rivers Tourney at Erie Hillsdale Prophetstown Atkinson Lyndon There Cordova Here Tampico Here Erie There Lyndon Here Annawan Here Thomson There Sherrard There It I8 Ik 4

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-an--------.pup-qw.--v,....-...Y. Y- - V ..-.,........, ...,,.,, ,- ...H - ,...,-..-. ......-W. -..-.-.. -.-W ...-.,..-.,..-4 - 1 -- 1947-Basketball Resume'-1948 First game of the season, November 14, with Atkinson, here. The- Tigers bared their fangs, ripping open the Red Devil Cagers in , an early--season burst of scoring power that gave them an easy 39-16 victory in the Two-Rivers loop opener. Next game with Coal Valley, here, November 18, Devils lost their second game, 32-27, a herd fought game, providing an even- ing of excitement for sport-loving fans, Played Cordova, there, November 21--our first win, 30-27--a non- Conference game, close all the way. Erie--our next opponent, November 25, in a non-Conference game, here, Another loss, 57-27, Conference game,with Hillsdale, here, December 2. Our first Conference victory, 48-321 Much rejoicing! December 5, the Red Devils met Tampico, there, in a non-Confer- ence game--our victory, 35-212 Played Coal Valley again on their floor, December 12--another win but a narrow margin, 35-321 Game with Prophetstown, here, December 15--Conference game. Lost! A heartbreakerl 41-40. Played Mineral, there, December 23, in a non-Conference game. Lost another close game, 35-321 Another heartbreaker. January 2, the Red Devils played Port Byron Alumni, winning 40- 30. County Tourney opened at Reynolds, with Port Byron playing in the first round, January 7. Bad luck! Lost 28-25. Played Cordova for Consolation honors, January 9. Beat them easily 36-24, Played Fulton for the first time, January 13, there. Slow start! Low ceilings! We lost 53-44, Game with Hillsdale, there, January 16. Beat them plenty bad in a non-Conference game, 48-25, Two-Rivers Tournament opened at Erie, January 19, Played Hills- dale in the first game. Our win 41-32. January 21, Prophetstown cagers proved their cage prowess by turning back the Devils in the semi-finals of the Two-Rivers Conference, S5-35, Prophets jumped into a quarter lead of 13-5 and kept pouring the coal on until they had built up a final 20