Slidell High School - Lariat Yearbook (Slidell, TX)

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THE GRVYHOUNDS OF 1948 1949 Coach Manuel R lVlcCarroll started basketball 312112111635 with a group of boys who were comparatively small in stature as compared with those of previous years Only two men returned from the A squad of the year before These two mdivxduals were Walter Ashley and Charles Lynch Rondal Milligan and Jack Leake were left over from the B team and the remainder were comparatively new hands at this game of playing full fledged for S H S At times too nurnerous to mention the games seemed shaky but the battling bunch of runts have thus far pounded out Z7 wins against 5 losses 1n a total of 32 games to date Included among February llth and 12th Since the Greyhounds won all twelve con ference games and also the tournament there was no pl yoff to dec1de the representative at Dallas for February 26th SLIDELL GAINS BERTI-I IN STATE TOURNEY A well coached Slidell five won the Region 3 B basketball tournament Saturday and qualified for the state tournament in Austm March 3 4 5 The Greyhounds defeated Crawford 33 to 9 in the first game The second game was with Byers and S11de11 won this game by a score of 35 and 40 Slidell defeated Prar1e Valley 33 to Z3 mn the seml finals and downed Forreston 31 to 18 for the regional t1t1c Two of the boys made the all tournament team Walter Ashle y and Charles Lynch 41 the honors was the winning of the district tournament at Bridgeport