Sand Fork High School - Beacon Yearbook (Sand Fork, WV)

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4 4 BA KETBALL BACK ROW S11 to rj: Manager Billy Marshall. Neil Johnson, Dwight Moody. Jimmy Ben- nett, Jim Jo nson. Richard Burke. Coach Alton Peters. FRONT ROW: Franklin Crouch, Lawrence Marks, Larry Barker. Melvin Edwards. Larry Joe Ford, Buddie Minner. Lytle Batten. FOREGROUND: Cheerleaders Naomi Carr, Myrna Marshall. Yvonne Helmick. Sand Fork basketball fans enjoyed an outstanding season during the winter of 1955-6. with Coach Alton Peters' Lions winning the Little Kanawha Conference and Central Conference championships and advancing to the final game in Region II-B tournament play in Clarksburg's Carmichael Auditorium. there to fall at the hands of the state champion Barrackville Bisons. A well-balanced attack. which featured outstanding play by several members of the twelve-man squad, received wide-spread acclaim by the state's sports writers. Co-captains Buddie Minner and Melvin Edwards received all-state honorable mention and were named to the of- ficial L-K Conference team, and the two of them with their teammate. Larry Joe Ford. were placed on the official team of the Central Conference. Ford was a member of the Region II all-tournament team. Dec. Sand Fork 59 Web. Spgs. 50 QAQ Feb. 13 Sand Fork 89 Glenville 58 QAQ Dec. Sand Fork 88 Tanner 51 QAQ Feb. 17 Sand Fork 82 Web. Spgs. 78 fl-lj Dec. Sand Fork 67 Spencer 65 fl-Ip Feb. 21 Sand Fork 71 Kelley Mil. 72 QAJ Dec Sand Fork 70 Gassaway 55 QHJ Feb. 24 Sand Fork 98 Gassaway 70 QAJ Ian. Sand Fork 82 Troy 68 QAJ L-K CONFERENCE PLAY-OFF Jan, Sand Fork 85 Burnsville 64 QA, Feb. 26 Sand Fork 95 Ravenswood 88 Ian. Sand Fork 76 Kelly Mil. 66 QHj fat Williamstownj jan, Sand Fork 76 Glenville 6811-D SECTlONAL TOURNAMENT-GSC GYMNASIUM Jan. Sand Fork 97 P. Cath. 71 qAy Mar. 2 Sand Fork 67 Troy 57 Jan. Sand Fork 71 Normantown 67 QAQ Mal. 3 Sand FOIR '79 NOIITIHHIOWH 54 Jan. Sand Fork 42 Burnsville 2611-D REGIONAL TOURNAMENT ' CLARKSBURG Jan, Sand Fork 79 Troy 50 U-D Mar. 8 Sand Fork 82 Flemington 70 Feb, Sand Fork 68 Spencer 59 QA, Mal. 9 Sand Fork '73 B'ville 101 Feb, Sand Fgrk 103 Tanner 49 U-13 Sand Fork - total points 1968 - average 78.6 per game Feb, Sand Fork 81 Normantown 68 Q1-D Opponents - totalpoints 1520 - average 60.8 per game EDWARDS COAL COMPANY John Edwards, Owner Gilmer. West Virginia

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Athletic field-constructed 1947-48 through the combined efforts of the Board of Edu cation. the school and the community. Gymnasium-constructed 1938-39 mimi?

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