Raytown High School - Ramizzou Yearbook (Raytown, MO)

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TOP ROW'-Thelma Vance, Bonnie Yankee, Minetta Addison Bett L - , y ou Head, La Vada Lunsford. SECOND ROW-Anita Wessley, Evelyn Rowan, Claire Cassell, Frances Snoddy. BOTTOM ROW-Pat Witte, Frances Brandt, Rosalie Thompson, Coach Cooperl Girls Baslcetball Squad The girls basketball season of 1936-37 was a very successful season be- cause they won all but three games, and they gained a year's experience. Every letter winner with the excep-tion of one, a Sophomore, is a Junior and will be back to play next year. The team tied for first place .with Harrisonville in the Little Six Conference which was started this year for the girls competitive basketball., Harrisonville, Pleasant Hill, Lee's Summit and Raytown make up the Little Six. Raytown lost

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1936-37 BASKETBALL SEASCDN The basketball season of 1936-37 was not what would be called a very successful season in the way of winning games, but it was a successful season in the way of getting experience for the coming years. The team as a whole this- year was made up of Sophomores and Juniors. The team of next year' loses only two veterans via graduation. Jack Evans and Ward Hunter, the only Seniors to graduate away from the team, will certainly be missed by the team because of their playing this year. The team this year won only one game against iifteen that they lost. Hard luck seemed to go hand in hand with the team this year because in the middle oi the season two of the regular players were lost from the team. Junior Walker and Lawrence Minor were lost from the team sdue to illness. John Murkin, a. Senior, was also lost from the team in the earlier season when he quit school. The team this year ,took part in three tournaments, the Lee's Summit, Ruskin and Pleasant Hill. 1 at 1 , Fourteen boys lettered this year, the names of the letter winners are: Marlin Ward, Junior, Captain. Lawrence Minor, Freshman Jack Evans, S911i01' Jack Michael, Junior Junior Walker, Junior Ward Hunter, Senior Leonard Teters, Junior Bob Bauer, Sophomore Bill TGHDY, Junior Ralph Yankee, Senior Elson F1'0Sl2, Jl11'1i01' A, Bill Murkin, Sophomore Herschel Hinrichs, Junior Richard Bosse, Sophomore A summaryeof the games follows: WJ denotes conference games, Raytown Opponents Opponent Raytgwn Opponents Opponent 14 Pembroke-Countryq Day 35 Jan. 29-30-31 Pleasant Hin Tourney 21 I-Iarrisonvilleii 34 15 Ruh1,Hartman 31 gg gi-ltleftt Huw 36 5 Lee's Summit? 46 17 Ceffgn 1 22 Feb. 10-11-12 Lee's Summit Tourney 31 Pleasant 1-1111+ 39 20 Penjb1'0kS'C9uPt1'K DW' 42 19 Holden 41 6 Lees Sulmnlti 49 Jan. 22-23-25 Ruskin Tourney 16 Butleri 2.1 16 Harrisonville 47 16 Warrensburg Tm, Sem-,01 3Q

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two of the three games to Pleasant Hill and Harrisonville. These games were Played at the beginning of the season and were probably lost due to 0VeT-C011fidGI1C9- The girls staged a comeback and defeated the Harrisonville gi1'1S lJWiC6 and the Pleasant Hill girls once, later in the season. The girls entered three tournaments this year, the Ruskin, Pleasant Hill and Lee's Summit. 'They won second' place in the Pleasant Hill tourney being defeated in the last round by Wellington. The Ruskin tournament was won by defeating Oak Grove, Buckner, Ruskin in the -semi-finals in an over-time period, and Ruhl-Hartman for the fiI1a1S- Mllmelifa Addison was captain of the All-Stars and Thelma Vance placed as an All-Star guard. In the Pleasant Hill tourney the girls defeated Belton, and then defeated the Harrisonville girls, who had won over 'them at the first game of the season. RaYl30Wf1 defeated Creighton in the semi-finals, to the surprise of everyone, including Creigh- ton, but Wellington, who depended wholly on a girl inches above everyone else, took the girls in the finals. Minetta .Addison and Thelma Vance again placed on the All-Sta-r team. The Lee's Summit Tournament was a hard one to win as they played Center, Bates City, Ruhl-Hartman and lastly Blue Springs to receive their second first place trophy of the season. Minetta Addison, Frances Brandt, and LaVada Luns- ford were selected for the All-Star squad. . 3 Minetta Addison was high point scorer throughout the season leading the local girls with 477 points, Frances Brandt was next with 127, and Evelyn Rowan next with 72. Frances Brandt and Evelyn Rowan were splendid in their teamwork and always got that ball in their high-jumps. Anita Wessley, Ellen Rose Witte, and Rosalie Thompson helped Raytown to garner several points and were good little helpers. . LaVa.da Lunsford, Betty Lou Head, Thelma Vance played as regular guards and used good teamwork. Bonnie Yankee, Claire Cassell, Frances Snoddy were used as regulars also and could be relied on at any time to hold down the opponents. Those girls winning letters Were: , FORWARDS-Minetta Addison, Juniorg Frances Brandt, Junior, Evelyn Rowan, Juniorg' Anita Wessley, Junior, Ellen Rose Witte, Junior. GUARDS: Thelma Vance, Junior, Captain, Bettfy Lou Head, Junior, LaVada Lunsford, Juniorg Bo-nnie Yankee, Juniorg Frances Snoddy, Juniorg Claire Cassell, Sophomore. The following girls were on the squad. Practice was held every night from 3:00 'until 4:30. Betty Jean Newton, Mercedese Muir, Margaret Ingalls, Rosalie Thompson, Betty Stilley, Marguerite Stilley, lla Millard, Dorothy Yankee, Maridel Carson, Louise Carson, Thelina Vance, Frances Snoddy, Minetta Addison, Frances Brandt, Claire Cassell, Betty Lou Head, LaVada Lunsford., Anita Wessley, Alice Clifton, Frances Linder, Marguerite Hoskins, Ellen Rose Witte, Evelyn Rowan, Bonnie Yankee. The girls on the squad were faithful and came out every night and when they got a chance to play in a game, they did their best. Next year the team hopes to have a team that will not lose a single game. The following is' a summary of the games. til denotes conference games. Raytown Opponent Oppent Raytown Opponent A - Oppent 48 Oak Grove 8 37 St. Teresa 23 24 Buckner 18 27 Center 23 21 Ruskin 19 31 Bates City 20 42 Ruhl-Hartman 18 37 Ruhl-Hartman 34 37 I-Iarrisonvilleit 32 39 Blue Springs 32 41 Belton 21 44 . Montgomery-Ward 1'7 31 Harrisonville 27 38 Lee's Summit? 20 45 Creighton . 28 33 Harrisonvillet 36 56 Wellington 61 26 Odessa 14 28 Ruhl-Hartman , 16 34 Ruskin 29 36 Lee's Summitt 14 33 Pleasant Hills' 37 1 I I 2 t