Trivoli Community High School - Memoir Yearbook (Trivoli, IL)

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The Melnoir ' 22142 5139? Manual Game On Friday evening, December 18, the T. C. H. S. basketball squad, accompanied by a group of loyal fans. journeyed to Manual to participate in a hard-fought struggle on Manual Hoor. A peppy crowd of forty people boarded a specially chartered bus, which was supposed to hold only twenty-tive passengers. Were we crowded? I'll say we were, but what did we care. We reached Manual about an hour before the game and were highly entertained by a demonstration of the Charleston. Oh, no, it wasn't by Trivoli. The whistle blew and the game started. It progressed fast and furiously, our boys :raveling the length of the long Hoor with the speed and clever plays. Although the boys fought hard and were encouraged by many cheers from the side lines, they were beaten by a score of 25-17. After the game the entire Trivoli crowd went to Van's Restaurant whe1'e they revived their depressed feelings with refreshing food. Much fun, cheering, singing, and joking were indulged in on the homewarrl journey. Did the lights go out? Yes, but they came on again all too soon. Canton Invitation Tournament Hurrah! Hear the news? We are to play Beardstown Monday afternoon, De- cember 28. Will we win? We are going to try mighty hard! Great excitement buzzed through old T. C. H. S. when this news was received. Little was known of our fateful foe, except that they had a good team and had won m-any of the games on their schedule. On Monday, December 28, T. C. H. S. basketball squad. accompanied by Coach D. L. Wood and Ed Morin, departed at 10:30 via Nash and Maxwell for Canton. Wie reached Canton at 12 bells and went immediately to the high school gym. At 1:15 we trounced upon the floor determined to do our best. The game progressed ra-ther slowly as Trivoli had hard luck in getting started. When the final gun was fired the score stood 20 to 11 in favor of Beardstown. Were we down-hearted? No! Not when we discovered the fact that Beardstown won the tournament and that they had beaten other teams by a greater score than they had us. The team stayed to see the evening games and had a pleasant journey home by moonlight. District Tournament After winding up the regular season of Baskegball, T. C. H. S. journeyed to Peoria Manual to take part in the District Tournament. On Friday morning, March 5 at 10 o'clock the curtain rose for Trivoli. A good game in which Buda was de- feated was witnessed by all present. A second game was played Friday evening at seven o'clock. Trivoli was again victorious over Princeville, This game was even better than the Buda game of the morning. The two teams were well matched and the score was tied several times during the game. When the final whistle blew a Princeville boy made a double foul on Chum. With two more poinzs we stood with a score equal to the score of the morning game, Page Thirty-nine u fr. c.1-1. s. . - um, I-----1---M'-l -is A f-Q

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The Macomb Tourney '26 Did we go to the Macomb Tournament? Boy! I'1l say we did. Mr. Wood and the boys left Trivoli at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, February 4 in two closed cars. The -thermometer was clown around ten above with rain and 'snow freezing on the windshield all day. We arrived in Peoria about a quarter of ten and at Canton about eleven o'clock. We pulled into Bushnell at twelve, ate dinner and arrived in Macomb in time to see the greater part of the first game in the afternoon which was scheduled at one o'clock. We left the last game early in order that we might eat early. We were scheduled to play Terre Haute at seven that evening and while we were at supper we got our first glimpse of them. They were all big heavy fellows and we immediately decided that we should have to go some if we beat them. ' We were staying at the Park Hotel through the tournament, we now received orders to go to our rooms and rest for an hour or two That game was a thriller. The boys got away to a slow start, Terre Hauge gain- ing several points lead. The boys came back and the score see-sawed back and forth until the last quarter when Terre Haute gained several points. Williams went out of the game for good in this quarter due to a 'tCharley Horse . The boys had shown plenty of fight in the earlier part of the game but now they came back with nothing left but the old school spirit which proved itself true blue. Terre Haute had three points lead with a minute and a half to go. The boys came back and tied the score which necessitated the playing of a three minute overtime period. The score re- mained tied for the greater part of this period when Dikeman made a foul. The game ended Terre Haute 19, Trivoli 20. We were now scheduled to play Versailles at eight the following evening. They were a strong team and we knew it. However, we spent the next day with compara- tive ease of mind, taking in all the games and enjoying ourselves. Several telegrams came in that afternoon from the school and faculty, showing that the old school spirit was cropping out there also. At eight p. m., we came on the f'loor determined to put forth our last effort. The game was on even terms in the first half 'but in the second half the boys steadily drew away from them, the score reading 10-.18 in favor of Trivoli. This put us in the semi-finals to play Brimfield the next afternoon at -two o'clocl:. We stood on even terms with Brimfield, having lost one game to them and taken one earlier in the season. The game however, was Brimfielcl's soon after the first quarter was over, due to several lucky shots and the hand of Fate. This gave us the chance to play Good Hope for third place that night. The Good Hope five had a strong aggregation but we had beaten them once previously in the season. The first half was on even terms, with Trivoli on the larger end of a short margin. In the second half the boys had no difficulty in holding their own and in adding a few more points. The score at the last gun stood 22-14 favor of Trivoli. We were the holders of the third place trophy, making the third consecutive year for this honor. We stayed at Macomb until the next morning which was Sunday and engaged in several pillow fights during the night, finally going to bed about four o'clock. We arrived home about half past one, all in the best of spirits. B. T., '26. Page Thirty-eight I The Memoir-1 MW i 93 I T. C. I-I. S. - - IQZQ 1 n6mn,i

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Fairview Here 17-15 'IThe Memoir 1 On Saturday we met Averyville in the semi-finals. This was a hard fought game, but as our boys were no match for the Averyville lads we lost the game. At eight o'clock Trivoli met Wyoming. The game was a walk-away with a score of 34 to 8. This was the second tournament we had won third place in. Williams was high point man of the tournament with a total of forty-eight points. Two other men were well up the line. The whole town was very proud of their team. This spirit was shown by the turn out at this tournament. Date Friday, Nov. 6 Friday, Nov. 13 Wednesday Wednesday Friday, Dec. Nov. 18 Nov. 25 4 Friday, Dec 11 Friday, Dec. 16 Dec. 28 Friday Jan 1 Friday, Jan 8 Friday Jan 15 Friday Jan 22 Friday, Jan. 29 Friday Feb 3 Friday Feb 3 Friday, Feb. 4 Feb. 12-13 Feb. 17-18-19 Feb. 26 March 4-5-6 Page FortY 1925-1926 Schedule Opponent Prairie City Glasford Brimfield Yates City Peoria Manual Alumni Canton Invitati Place Here There There Here There Here on Tournament Beardstown Peoria Midgets Here Farmington There Glasford Here Brimlield Here Fairview There Trip West Bardolph There Good Hope There County Tournament at Brimfield Chillicothe Elmwood Macomb Invitation Tournament Terre Haute Versailles Brimfield fSemi-linalj Good Hope CThird Placej Yates City There District Tournament at Peoria Buda Princeville Averyville CSe mi-finalsj Wyoming QThird Placej l I'l'.C.l-1.6.--19:61 W. B., '26. Score 14-24 8-16 2-15 17-14 14-16 25-17 11-22 20-11 11-21 27-21 8-17 14-22 16-22 15-21 13-15 29-14 19-20 10-18 38-26 14-22 29-10 16-19 16-19 27-13 8-34 5 E at-sed ag?