School of the Ozarks - Ozarka Yearbook (Point Lookout, MO)

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SCHOOL OF THE OZARKS. BOYS' BASKET BALL TEAM ' We opened our season of '27-'28 with a deter- mination to make our team one long to be re- membered at the School of the Ozarks. With a tall, red-headed boy for center, who could play all over the court at once, Cso it seemed,J our prospects for a winning team looked mighty good. The forwards would be hard to beat any- where, although both were new gmeng and our guards were like a stone Wall. But even with this team, we had to console ourselves over los- ing the cup. But just watch us-another year it will be ours. MIKE-SN as' 3 L l il il aid li its I 1 1 L X l f 1 4 I I l ll ll I .gl 'l i il l ii I If ..., ,Mx ' il . nl - A . . - :Q - 5, s, O' , ...,,. . . rl l 'A , 'f,- fi M . 1 f-V l Lk L :L ., - . . , -. fgg ,Q --f A ., ., ,,, .E: -: iiii , VV Y x..-.r Q. a- SF - iff- Z, ' ' , ie Y '- 3 1- 'Q , -

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it il ctw? I X we C OL GF T 'r ozAR s ' si ATHLETICS NUSUAL interest in Athletics was shown this year. In w basket ball this was, no doubt, due to the new gymna- sium and also to the organization of the White River League, composed of Branson, Blue Eye, Forsyth, Hollister and The School of the Ozarks. We hoped to get in the new gymnasium early in the fall, but unavoidable-delays in building kept us out until after Christmas. We kept up our practice on the open court tho kept off most of the time by unfavorable weather. After Christmas we entered into our practices with more enthusiam than ever and our team, which had repeatedly lost to strong- er teams, began to make those teams in their return games take notice In our last game which was with Forsyth we trounced them soundly whereas earlier the reverse had been true. The tournament was held here in our new gymnasium and was a wonderful success. 'I ho we did not win the tour- nament cup our team made an excellenttshowing. Both games were lost by two points and to the two best teams in the tournancent. As for track it remains to be seen iust vihat will happen. We have excellent material on our team and we are coniident of winning the cup for the third time and thus obtain per- manent owner hip of it. The meet is set for M y 'Sth and our boys are working hard to get in shape. Much interest is also being shown in ba. eball this year too. A new diamond has been laid out sfuth of the new building and with many good iren out prospect are bright for a winning team. I Nevertheless whether we win or lose in our games whose purpose is to train us for the game of life may we remember this motto When the on, great Scarer comes to write against your name He writes not that you won or lost but how you played the game. ' t'l NN fl i s N ' . ' r , . 1 . Y I . . . 1 1 2 ., '- , L . S 3 ' c a .. , D 7 ' 7 L s za Q 1 7 L 7 7 u .WWNN-ax 555i 'N NX -,- -- - -AQ 't' ' -:Am 2 ,Q ff? ' -' ZW '11-4 A Q '.f H-21 f-'-'- W ' -:. -xwqrf . -a- fx-E 'err'-2'- -ij 5' tw' 1' , , 1 F., . ,--r cv 4 ,. - ,f,f? -+--V . 1.1,-,f 1411,-,,n:v1:,.+ nr'-z-M. 4 ' - ,, ... 'ov .,, ,iw--.ef A., ,, ,. .. 57 Y Y uw -- rv' A ' AS- f ' r' if

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'il-I can 'WWQA f ' SCHOOL GF THE OZARKS - . GIRLS' BASKET BALL Much interest was shown in basket ball by the girls this year. Early in the fall, soon after the boys started practicing, a large number of girls began coming out to help make a team. After a slow start in the fall, things began to pick up with the opening of the new gymnasium, and with re- gular practice' our team began to show up much better. We gave teams that were conceded to be stronger, closer and closer battles. We Won from Blue Eye who had previously beaten us. Every one began to praise our team for the way they were coming out of their losing streak. In the tournament, we again won from Blue Eye and gave Hollister, the best team in this section, one real hot battle, whereas they had easily beaten us before. We can justly be proud of a team that can lose many games and still come out in the end and win against previous victors. It shows us they have the iight and will to win for The School of the Ozarks, in spite of any odds that might be against them. i A.,- - QQQZ.-:viii , gr - ...1., V.-, .M 1 -, LQ . 4,14 ff if 17' :spite --1 , ,bw Kg, ,J 33,11 1.35 J 4--' ' ... , --, 4 Q. I -wr- v V.: A.,--.rf-L-.--.LL .- . , - -L' Q., - -fe If