Roanoke High School - Acorns Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Boys' BASKET-BALL TEAM

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120 Q1 5 1313115 'Df 3308115332 1917 BOYS' Basket-Ball R. C. MARSHALL ....... ROBERT NOFTSINCER Team ROBERT NOFTSINGER WARREN KOONTZ COURTNEY IVIOTTLEY CAPTAIN YATES JAMES YATES ......... WILLIAM ATKINSON FRED GARIS ............ I Substitutes YATES RANKIN P. POWELL TUTWILER MADDOX FOSTER I-IODGES SHEEHAN YOST R. POWELL RUSH THRASHER SPALDING KINSEY . . Coach .Captain .... .Manager . . . .Left Forward . . . . .Right Forward ..,......Cenler . . . . .Right Guard . . . .Left Guard MANAGER NOFTSINGER

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122 gIZUfU5ggDf1KlJ5I11UkB l9l7 Boys' Basket-Ball Roanoke High School ...... I2 Salem High School ........ 33 Our 1917 Basket-ball Team played its initial game at Salem against Salem High School team. Being badly crippled, with but one letter man on the team, we were defeated 33 to l2. But out boys went down in defeat with .a brave spirit, fighting desperately to the last second. The particular stars for R. H. S. were Noftsinger and Mottley, while the entire Salem team worked together like a machine. ' Roanoke High School. . . ,... 22 Lynchburg High School. . . .19 i The following Saturday we journeyed to the Hill City where we defeated our old rivals from the Lynchburg High School, a feat that was never ac- complished before. It was a scrappy game, our opponents taking defeat stub- bornly. Noftsinger and Koontz played the best game for R. H. S. while Horner starred for Lynchburg. Roanoke High School. . . ,... I6 Farmville High School. . . . . I7 Our next game was a big disappointment. We were defeated by Farm- ville High here in our own Y. M. C. A. It was a listless game and we could not get together. Every one seemed to have an off day, Mottley being the only man on the team that played up to his standard. Roanoke High School. . . .... 28 Lynchburg High School. . . .29 We next played Lynchburg a return game, losing again by one point. Lynchburg started out with a rush but we came back strong in the last half. Until the final whistle blew it coulcln't be said who would win. But Lynch- burg's end of the score was a little heavier than ours, the score being 29 to 28. Roanoke High School ...... 8 Randolph-Macon Academy. .20 Our last game was with R. M. A. at Bedford, who proved superior to us in shooting goals. They maintained the lead throughout the game, the final score being 20 to 8.