Red Oak High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Red Oak, NC)

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girld , lgadketball Squa Last year's season of 48-49 began with Mr. j. A. Martin as the very efficient coach and Helen Green a former teammate as manager. Pat Weaver and Esther Jane Ellen were the captains. During the year they played 24 games, lost 3 and tied 2. All were hard fought and enjoyed to the uttermost. The conclusion of the season was the Nash County Tournaments at Rocky Mount in which Red Oak took second place. They also took second place in the Scotland Neck Invitational Tournaments, both times being defeated by Nashville. Members of the team received silver balls for both tournaments. They also were awarded R. O. letters and stars for service on the team during the year. Barbara Sue Etheridge made All Tournament Team. To end a very successful season, both teams, boys and girls, were honored at two suppers, one given by Mr. W. F. Woodruff, and the other by Mr. William Avent and Mr. L. A. Green. The season of 49-50 was opened with a tournament in Rocky Mount sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Red Oak went to the finals and was defeated by Benvenue 27 to 45. Mr. Martin is the coach again this season and Mary Lou Beal is manager. Barbara Sue Etheridge and Roslyn House are the captains. J The team regrets the fact that they lost all the first team forwards last year, but they began with a new set which has proved very successful. ' Red Oak has won 9 games out of 12 thus far. As Red Oak looks to the Nash County Tournaments which will be played in Rocky Mount, they have high hopes and a strong determination to come out ahead. I Roslyn House JL

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Kaya , dgadfceibafl Squa The Red Oak High School Boys' Basketball team began the 1949-50 season with only four new members in the squad. These four players: Mitchell Lynch, Ronald Deans, John Taylor, and Clifton Hedgepeth took the places of Julian Fisher, Fred Brown, Louis Smith and Johnnie Ricks. Julian, Fred, and Louis were lost through graduation of the 1948-49 class. Our team is composed of twelve players with L. A. Green as captain and Clifton King alternate co-captains. With Bill Ennis' coaching the team is sure to rank high among the teams of the county. The Red Oak team played in the First Annual Jaycees Basketball Tournament in Rocky Mount. In the first round of play we met Leggetts High School and defeated them by a 35-19 score. We were defeated in the semi-finals by our strong rivals, Benvenue, 33-32. The Red Oak team made successive conference wins over Benvenue, Whitakers, Middlesex, Spring Hope, and Coopers. The Red Oak boys are leading the conference thus far in the season with a 10-0 record. The Nash County Championship Tournament will be held in the Rocky Mount Gymnasium on February 24, 25, 27, 28, and with the finals being played on March 1. L. A. Green I