Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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CIRLS' BAsK1z'r-BALI. TEAM

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114- Snur11s,nflKnaunke 1917 Girls' Basket-Ball C. H. IVIEISSNER ..... ..... C oacI'i A JEAN FRANKLIN ...... .... IVI anager CAROLYN MEADOWS .. ...., Captain RUTH IVIEISSNER ..,.. .... IVI ascot Team EMMA COOK ..... JEAN FRANKLIN IVIARIAN MOOMAW VIRGINIA BOLLING .... EDNA WELSH ,........ CAROLYN MEADOWS CAPTAIN Mzmaows NELL. ESTES ...,....... Substitutes BAKER - LACY PENN CHILDRESS MUNDY KREBS LEAVELL A LJAVINDER H. PENN . . . . .Right Forward . . . . .Left Forwards ........Cen,ter . . . . .Right Guard ........I..eft Guard . . . .Running Center MANAGER I-'RAN KLIN

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116 55017115 Uf1RUHl'lUliZ I9I7 Girls' Basket-Ball Roanoke l-ligh School ..... .... I 8 Pulaski I-Iigh School ..................... 4 In the initial game of our season we met the girls that hail from Pulaski l-ligh. From the time the referee's whistle. blew to start until the end, we out- played them in every phase of the game. Captain Meadows and Welsh played excellent ball for R. I-l. while Moore was the star for Pulaski. Roanoke I-Iigh School ........ . . ...... I9 Fincastle l-ligh School ................... 5 The second game of the season was with the girls of Fincastle I-Iigh. Our team made a poor exhibition. Bolling was the only one that played as well as usual. But the end of the game found us a few points ahead. Custer starred for Fincastle. Roanoke I-Iigh School ....... .......... I 3 Marion I-Iigh School ..................... I2 Our first game out of town was with Marion l-ligh, one of our old rivals. From beginning to end it was a light for a point, but at the end we were lucky enough to be one point ahead. Our team as a whole starred, while Atkins played excellent ball for Marion. ' Roanoke l-ligh School ..... . .. 9 Blacksburg High School .................. 4 Blacksburg journeyed here to meet us. We were handicapped by our crippled condition but we made them fight for the ball. The pass work of Blacksburg was excellent and outclassed our work. But we, by putting up a game fight, had the largest end of the score. Estes and Bolling played splen- did ball for R. H. while Critchan and Hoge starred for the visitors.