Prairie Valley High School - Kennel Yearbook (Nocona, TX)

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Fehruary ll 1015, thehulldogs enteredtjwacounty haskethall tournament lt Bow1f 1h0lT first glme was wlth Nofonl, who had won over thc gilltnt Sunset team After an enthuslastle hattle Pr11r1e Valley wls vlctorlous over the lnd1ans lr the fmnals loweyer BOWIG quintet won over the Bulldogs por flrst platf The last aamc of 1 set of thrfe between Pra1r1e Vtllfy and Sunset for the county ehamplonshlp was played lehruary 15 on HlHghOll s col 1 Pra1r1e Valley won w1th 1 score of I0 IG lhe Bulldo s refelved 1 twelve and one half 1nch trophy is L1 Lward The hlhh polnt of the season, but the downfall of the team came when they played Sl1dell for the dlstrlct ehamp1onsh1p on lcbruary li a 1 19 No one fee s badly over the loss of these games because q1ldF11NHHlth9 itate champlonshlp hyfiwide margin all the1r own thls year Dralrle Valley has always had unusually good basketball teams, hut for the flrst tlme they rose to be class B champlons of Montague County DUYIHU the season, the Bulldogs played twenty seven Games, fompetlng w1th the f01lOW1HQ schools Noeonx, Qt To, Sunset, Slldell, Spannsh Iort Wlnggold, Stoneburg, lorrestburg and Terral, Oklahoma Of these games twenty two were won F1ye elass A games were played and only one was lost No one player ran be consldered star of the team as 1t took the utmost tfiort of all them to wln, but hlgh polnt men were Jarnell W1lllLmS wtth 386 points to hls record, and Tlndell O Neal w1th 118 po1n s These two also won county honors at the county tournament The boys who lettered thls year are Darnell Wllllams l1ndell O Neal, Jack Howell, Teonard Martln, Wlllis Wade, and Klvln KIHDJ Iettlfton M M D Cruce, the new pr1nc1pal, was the coach of th1s team The fact that the team started from the very bottom wxth only one letter man proves the exceptlonal ablluty of the coach as well as the splendld work of the team The whole COmmuH1ty and school extend their heartlest congratulatlons to the team and coach the most successful yet ' r ' g -V ,' , ,, . . , kt , , ,, Q , 4, 1 . ' . za ' '1. ' ,' . 2 , '. ', ' 3 2, ' ' f '3 S 2 -' L 1 I . , ' , , N ' ' , :' 'e ' W iQ ', ' . , , .. 1 ,,,i' 1,3 i 1 1 9 ' l V? Q -f 1 I 1 K Y. A ., e ' x. 5 ' .' , Y' X ' i , . 9 , , ,, ' ' Q , g 3' ' Y S .,, ' 3 . , ,' ', ' , E. , I' rfr I I. :. , ll l. ' .l J , ' E , , , - , T , ,' gi X: ' , 2 - , ' .- ' ' , if: z! 2 ' . .U . , , .,. . , . , , 'A A , i 'm .. , , l. , . .. ' M y. 11 I ' , v - ' ' f ' . -' 5 ,, y ,, ,A L H , 4 , The Prairie Valley hulldogs of 1942-43 established a name 1 1.7 I 'A ' VI: D ' ' r 1.1 C L 1 N 1 K 1 tw ' 1 ,- - - ., f 1 . ' V ra 'e : ,,' ' f,j .. , ' Y.' I . ,, i K .', f . , . I . 3. V . . , , , . ., ,T , f ,t , , Q : f ' ' , . 1 , - - , ' 1 - ' f ' 1 , .V 4 . ,,, A, J , f. -' I, 'U ' t.. , ,- . , , . ' ' 1 In 1 '. ' 4 -, 1, , I ag e , 1 I V. ' 'Q , 1 ., fu '1 , 2 1 , I ' 3 ' 1 . 2 , ' ' , 1' ' 1-