Shell Lake High School - Lakonian Yearbook (Shell Lake, WI)

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Ucforioud unior arfiifg Whulc the Blugolds varslty once agaln roamed the champuon shlp hlghroad the Junlor Varsnty decuded to submlt to the trtle craze and sample llttle of the same They dad so In no uncertaun terms Thelr record reads eleven wnns one loss ln carvlng out vuctorues over Mxnong Clear Lake Spooner Turtle Lake and Cameron on a home and away basls and over Clayton on one occasnon they rolled up 287 polnts to thelr opponents 223 Many of these lads wall move up the ladder to the ranks of the varsity ln making thas transutlon thctr ablllty galned under regular game condutnons nn B team ball wall form the bulwark of strong qumtets Clgetif , .lI'l'l0l l 0ll! if Ctfdlf There exists an old axlom IH basketball which says good players start young The game today fast and complex affords llttle opportunlty for late begnnners Mudget basketball tor elghth graders on down ands the younger set ln gumpxng lnto the basket ball swum Tnus season s won l lost 6 record was not too Impressive from a wln loss standpolnt But these asplrnng young gentlemen were late ln cormng Graduation to hugh school level had left nts scars The healung run Its course Then they became adjusted to each others play and began to click They were cast ln the role of the underdogs In the annual Cumberland Mldget tourney Nonetheless the Blu gold midgets bowled over Cameron 33 to 8 nn the first game then battled a hlghly touted Cumberland aggregation tooth and nall be tore bowing 23 l8 an the tltle battle These lads are all comets and bear watching N 7 0 o ' ' ' ' process did not take place until the regular schedule had nearly 34

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0lfl,l l'lal'l'l2l'l t Lille Thub athub thub a thub 900 hearts beat heavuly ln unlson whsle l8OO hands, clammy with sweat were wrung together an anxlety The Lakers here In the middle of tournament play were up to their old trucks agaln The prevnous evening they had patrons gaspung for breath as they squeaked by Birchwood an the opening round 3l 29 Now they were ln the second round with Mmong and again lt was the same old story A certain Mr Kremer hotter than desert sands was tossmg Mmong baskets with abandon and making lnfe IH gen eral miserable for coach Ellls Axon s boys Yet dlsplaylng the tenaclty whlch marked their drave to the conference tltle the Lakers overcame the torrld shooting of Mr Kremer and forged ahead as the game drew to a close The packed gym was electruc wxth tensuon whnch periodically burst forth In thunderlng vocal eruptnons The Lakers were ln command by four points and try :ng to retaxn possesslon of the ball for the remalmng few seconds Hearts which had beaten heavll were sent to throbbing luke kettledrums when this same hot shoot mg Mmong guard got his mltts on the sphere and let The crowd, as one was on nts feet shrnekmg luke mad The perfectly arched shot parted the net medlately a chorus of moans and groans rose up from Shell Lake supporters Up nn the corner the score board flashed Shell Lake 36 Mmong 34 The clock showed a couple of seconds remammg Shell Lake threw It In from out of bounds the buzzer sounded and the Blugolds were In the finals Hopes soared for a successful tntle defense a tltle earned the preceding season at the expense of the locals arch rlval Cameron s Comets lt goes wxthout saynng that the Blugolds pitted once more against Cameron at Cameron came from behmd a seven point, fnrst quarter defnclt to ellmnnate the Comets In convnncmg fashnon 27 23 The thlrd tournament crown In the school s has tory was safely tucked away Coach Axons Cm derella cagers had come through A tournament won by a total of eight points The fans had their thrulls the Lakers a trophy Though the finals were held at Cameron this year the Chamber of Commerce Harry our janitor, the band and numerous other committees patched In and supplled the Shell Lake subdlstrlct with all the color musnc and other accommodatlons needed nn this yearly cage spectacle