Stanford High School - Memo Yearbook (Stanford, KY)

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With the comlng of the l9h9 l95O basketball season, Stanford fans had hlgh hopes that the Wlldcats thls year could hold up the record that the l9h8 team set Stanford opened the season playlng Parksvllle, and comlng out on top 5l 30 After breezlng through the Junctlon Clty game Sh 27, the Wild cats overcame the powerful Irvlne Eagles by the breath taklng score of 38 37 Followlng were easy wlns over Mount Vernon and Lancaster by scores of 68 33 and 68 53, respectlvely Two lmportant C K C games followed, the flrst wlth the Harrodsburg Ploneers Here the Cats showed they could come from behlnd, and they Non L19 D5 At Danvllle, even though meetlng a larger team, Stanford emerged VlCtOTlOUS by D7 bl Stlll on the road, the Wlldcats gourneyed to Lawrenceburg to blay the favored Anderson County qulntet In a super 6XCltlHg tussl , Ueck's fleld goal n the last four seconds of the game put Stanford on top by 53 51 Durlng the Chrlstmas holldays, lots of actlon was seen 1U the Somerset Hlgh School gym, Nhlle the Queen Clty Invltatlonal Tournament was belng played The plFSt vame opened wlth Stan ford's beatlng Montlcello So 3h, and then sufferlng a defeat ln the quarter flnals at the hands of Somerset's 1ac1ng Brlar Jumpers, 68 56, who went on to Nln the tournament Startlng the lew Year slovly, the Wlldcats lo t a close dEC1S1OH to Dlcholasvllle 53 5h At Somerset agaln, the Cats Surprlsed the Jumpers by keeplng tne score tled and very close untll the last quart r when the Son rset qulntet ran away wlth the score to make lt 67 50 Aft a breather wlth fUStOHV1llS 55 Bh, Stanford travelled to a n w locale exlngton, to play Unlverslty Hlgh A host of Stanford resldents vatcned as the Cats SUTDTlS9d the Purnles by comlng wlthln tNo polnts of w1n nlng the Dame The flnal score Nas 57 55 The school and communlty are gustly proud of a great basket ball team They have shown a plgHtlHg splrlt comparable to last year's team, Wh1Ch Ion such flne recognltlon at the dlstrlct and reglonal tournaments 17 Y I .. -' , U - - . ' u o Q -3, o . 1 - . - - , Q . . . A a - 6 l. , 1. ' o . .L 5, . . 1 . . .. w 1 ' o . , . N- ' Q . . , , L., . . Y. . . -. v , - , . . 3 D . V . 6 .1 V V . - MM . v . . C- L . , T . - Q , t V , 4.1 . . . . Y . , 1 . . l . . V . . - . . 1 - A, 1 a Q l . , Y o

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fooTBALL ' , 55 f'S3f3E1,,54zafSf134veQ LQ ' If WIESYUSI 'v5f53 2231 have 21 ' f I an if: p L TF, 3 1 Q, 33 seal 4 Stanford's football team of l9h9 upset the dope bucket and completely sur prised the whole town by coming up with the best season of any Stanford Foot ball team since 1935 The Cats, opening their season with the highly favored Danville Admirals lost 20 13, after leading by a touchdown with 5 minutes to go After losing to Danville, but winning a moral victory, the team journeyed to Winchester and handed the Shawnees their first defeat for many a year from a Stanford team, the score 15 13 The next week end the Carlisle Musketeers invaded the Cat's home field and handed them their worst defeat of tne year, by a score of 90-7 Suffering from inguries and in a slump, the Cats took it on the chin the following Fri day, 6 O, by a hard charging Harrodsburg eleven After losing two straights, the Cats came back with their old fight and pep and won their next two games, the first by a 19-7 victory over Anderson County, and the Second by a 12-6 vic- tory over Georgetown. It was Stanford's turn once more to taste defeat as they lost their third game of the year by one touchdown, to the Nicholasville Spi- ders, by a 7-O count. On October 28, the Cats evened their record at a M and h, by giving their old rivals, the Lancaster Green Devils, their worst defeat in history by a Stanford football team. The game which was supposed to be a toss-up was turned into a 26-O rout, the Cats scoring whenever they wished. This ended a success- ful season, and gave the Cats a place in the A division of the Central Ken- tucky Conference. 16

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PXESE RVES lhe Stan ord H s rves started the year wlth determlned enthuslasm Although there were several losses, the season was falrly successful The team was made up of freshmen and sophomores, and by tournament tlme varslty These boys were Caroll Brent, George O Spoonamore, Jr , and Jlm Woods Adams, all sophomores At the end of the year Stanford felt that the loss of the sernor players mlght be overcome next year by some of' these young and promls ng athletes Mr G u Ball, a newcomer to the faculty, was thelr coach and 1s to be commended for h1s f1ne work 'Z i' ,e e ' ' ' ' . three of the reserves had won, by hard work, a permanent place on the 1 0 I O ' 1 v A , - I i . C I io . . . . .