Prairie High School - Commentator Yearbook (Sharpsville, IN)

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- Ak., , ,.,., G. ,.., h.., ' N521 ,.,.,. I ., ,,.. W, ff 'KLJ I , THE SPORTS SUMMARY THE YEAR 1949 SAW A NEW COACH WALKING THE HALLS OF OLD PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOLG EARL IRWIN, THE FORMER GREENTOWN CAGE MENTOR CAME TO TAKE OVER THE VACANCY LEFT BY GERALD LINEBACK, WHO HAD FILOTED THE ACES TO MANY MORE VICTORIES THAN LOSSES DURING HIS TWENTY YEARS COACHING, OPENING THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR WAS THE SOFTBALL SEASONQHERE THE BOYS LOOKED PRETTY GOOD AND TURNED IN A NICE RECORD. ON OCTOBER THE FIRST BASKETBALL PRACTICE STARTED AND NEW BOYS STEPPED INTO THE VACANCIES LEFT BY FIVE OUT OF SIX STARTERS LOST BY GRADUATION. IT WAS QUITE A TASK SELECTING FIVE STARTERS FROM THE EIGHTEEN MAN SQUAD. WE HAD A FULL SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR AND WON THE FIRST TWELVE GAMES OF THE SEASON. THEN WE TRAVELED AND MET OUR FIRST LOSS AT MICHIGANTOWN ON THEIR GYMI THIS WAS THE ONLY SCHEDULED GAME DEFEAT, COUNTY TOURNEY TIME ROLLED AROUND AFTER CHRBFWAS VACATION. THE ACES LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS WITH A LOT OF ANTICIPATION, BUT LO!! THIS WAS ALL IN VAIN. WE JOURNEYED TO TIPTON TO TANGLE WITH THE WINDFALL DRAGONS wHO WERE BOASTING A ONE WIN TWELVE LOSS RECORD. HERE CAME THE LARGEST UP- SET IN INDIANA AS WINDFALL UPSET THE AOES IN AN OVERTIME THRILLER. WE WENT ALONG THEN WINNING SEVEN STRAIGHT0 THUS, THIS BROUGHT US TO THE SECTIONAL. HERE, AGAIN, WE BUILT OUR HOPES TOO HIGH. WE LOST OUR FIRST GAME TO A FIGHTING SHARPSVILLE AGGREGATION IN ANOTHER OVERTIME THRILLER. THIS ENDED THE SEASON AND GAVE US THE OPPORTUN- ITY TO HANG UP OUR RECORD WITH SIXTEEN WINS AND THREE LOSSES, f gf zggwgwma .G 1gmI,f.1+,g .L Vi S W if 'I 4 - - .1 2-, fs-wg Aiswkigfi .fiIz.gz.f1fsga-I,,my-TIE1:,,fwf-gi-4 my , Q -V: ,ffl Q rw.-Ss, '- 'f':s51jy,,,Ig.Ogig,s gifzwisez, -A 5 ,' I 'L iQifI5iAf5zifQfZzf?f11,.1Q5w5fEiGY'7if:JI,'IiS2f!ig'g i ,..,, IWW-2IIIQQII-9f'fL-J'.'fy?,.1EJf,5.ZS'l1t?'q5'QL . fEfmZf'TY25'1ff:?4.If - If I, . I- AI, ,,--,, 7,,,,AI... I. QI.: wwf I. I 1. -n pggfwvifgiyfis ' ' ' :'qfA,:f7N'iQ'I:1fij J-'aiSIi'?T'IQg-A 5321 5 'iigsliwz ' I -Vi' R A. Ifff:g1gS5ESshffmf5S I 5 - If A-I IA .,L.,.. aGmI,,, -FI, , , M I,,,iw, A 2 , I iwmwlgg Wwmgwmwpnx Jwww s F f.:,w5.Vg:5:',i-57, 31,4 I .Tew- fwwafwwmmm A Awww -' ' , Q.. - I I ,.. , A I A A E ' ,TSS ,g J. -SE - ,I-lwm, I Tiki- QIWGEWQMMQ 4 ,. I. ,, 7 I ,A fu:m:-I LI A -,,.: Iw,II,WI- -I ,HG my .,,,L., If ., wl'9fS'475li,i+-WWE.. I - 1922 , I :g,.i,ji11gf3.gI2ggf, . gwQf za 'iQ:l I , . I . , I , I I, if We ,, I S I I if t , , Y K, '::.I s'-IX 9 gk 1? X7 SAI fx- - fi 6

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IHf?T!T ITT,-i515-Tfllw . xf I H I THIS BROUGHT ABOUT TRACK SEASON, SOMETHING NEW HAD BEEN ADDED IN THE WAY OF TRACK FACILITIES HERE AT PRAIRIE. A CINDER TRACK WAS LAID ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH SIDEOFTHESCHOOL BUILD' ING, THIS HELPED CONSIDERABLY IN BUILDING A TRACK TEAM. THIS YEAR, 1949 - 1950, THERE IS A BRIGHT OUT- LOOK IN THE ATHLETIC FIELD. WE HAVE A GROUP OF YOUNG AMBITIOUS BOYS. THESE BOYS, I AM SURE, WILL ROUND OUT AND CARRY THE FLAG RIGHT ON AND PUT IT STILL HIGHER THAN YEARS BEFORE. So IT'S HEADS UP FOR 1950. f QL 'f I Z I I X Q Qxs,.IM,, H .,, 1, ,LI,IW- , Si . H .. I I Q I I fi? Us ',if w I 15:97 . , -'5H'T'ifT'1Ihf-1, iEg2g ?5 ! Egg? 'I