Roanoke Benson High School - Ro Vic Yearbook (Roanoke, IL)

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42 E f ' H 0 R. V. H. S. FIRST BASKET BALL TEAM. Bac-k row, loft To rigfhiz Mr. Thompson ................ Lewis Legal .............. Buftiste Mongc ........, Edward Sami ............,.... Venter row, loft to right: Coach Forward Forward Guard .Xndrow Zilmm-rmall .... . ,.,, . ......... Guard I . 1 etc Mmm ............,.....,.,........ Hurl Surg ................. Sittillg, left To righf: C'lz1r0ncfQ Hvrbst Ql'apt.D ,.....,,,.. ......... Farl Sand ............,.......,..,,,,................., ...,,.... C'011Tcr Guard F01'wz1rd Forward

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R. V. H. S. 41 Base Ball The fall baseball season was a very great success, games out-of five. . The summary for year: the team Opposing Team Place Score Vilashburn Washburn 6-14 VVashburn Roanoke 1-10 El Paso Roanoke 3-18 Metamora Roanoke 5-13 Metamora Metamora 7-20 Opposing Team, total score, 22. Roanoke, total score, 75. l Coach Thompson has scheduled four games to be played for Spring base- ball: two games with Minonk, and two with El Paso. winning five Base Ball fspring Seasonj The first base ball game of the spring season was played at ElPaso on April 15. Roanoke got off with a good start in second inning, making seven runs. ElPaso rallied in the sixth on several errors made by Roanoke. They scored the five runs. Roanoke in the next inning scored two more runs, making the score 9-8 favor Roanoke. In the 8th and 9th innings both teams made two runs, the final score being 11-10 in favor of Roanoke. The Tennis Team of 1924 At the fifth annual Tennis Tournament, Roanoke won third place. VVash-- burn and Eureka tied with eleven points each. Roanoke received third place with six points. Virginia Heppard and Pansy Mullins won the girls' doubles, and Virginia won third in the girls' singles, winning us third place. Tennis of I 925 Coach Thompson called for recruits for tennis, and was rewarded by hav- ing some fifteen or twenty out on the courts. Among these, promising material can be found. The only Tournament in which Roanoke will take part is the Sixth Annual Tennis Tournament to be held at El Paso the first week in May.

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R. V. H. S. 43 A , Basket Ball 7 Although Roanoke lost more games than they won, the basket ball season was very much of a success, as was shown by the Woodford County Tourna- ment. The team started with two letter men from last year, Zimmerman and Herbst, with the addition of Carl Sand, Eddie Sand, Legel, Sorg, and Monge. The team was not able to make a very good showing at the first of the season, because not one had played on ,this team before. ' A Pete Micca, being eligible the second semester, strengthened the team a great deal. VVe won games from some of the strongest teams around, such as Washburn, Eureka, Minonk, and ElPaso, and these games show the teams 'S'l1CCeSS. it 4 WOODFORD COUNTY TOURNAMENT Roanoke won the Woodford County Basket Ball Tournament held at Wash- burn February 6 and 7 by defeating Washburn by a score of 21-9, and winning the championship game from Minonk 23-21. This was a good comeback, after having lost to both teams. They also placed two men on the All Star Team. DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Roanoke lost to Washburn their first game in the district tournament held at Eureka. The final score after a hard fought game was 26-15. BASKETBALL RESULTS Opposing Team Place Score Washburn Washburn 12- 9 Athens Roanoke 23- 8 Averyville Averyville 26- 9 Metamora Roanoke 8-27 Eureka Eureka 9- 8 Minonk Roanoke 12-14 Metamora Metamora 6-27 Washington Washington 27-15 Averyville Roanoke 12-14 El Paso El Paso 16-15 Washington Roanoke 15-33 East Peoria East Peoria 26-19 Washburn Roanoke 26-19 Eureka Eureka 20-12 Alumni Roanoke 25-22 Score ........... ......... 3 05-281