Troy Township High School - Trojan Yearbook (Coolville, OH)

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1928 THE THALIA .. Ul “... I.am.....iiu.mmmm... mmmmm I lie I roy girls, unfortunately, met with little success in piling up victories to their credit this school year. They made an excellent showing in the opening game of the season and emerged victorious in their second contest. But luck (or something) seems to have deserted them there: for they were unable to add any further victories to their record. f he first games were played according to boys' rules: then came orders to the effect that all girls games on the county schedule be played according to girls’ rules, which were new and difficult to learn. Next came an epidemic of measles, breaking up the regular team for several weeks. Although most often losers, the Troy girls were never quitters. Always, like true Trojans, they fought through with all their strength, trying to narrow the margin of defeat, even when victory did seem impossible. The girls’ games were always the preliminary games of the evening ’. and although nearly always defeated themselves, the 1 roy girls were right on the spot, lustily cheering the boys on to victory. THE GIRLS' BASKETBALL SQUAD Right Forward Lorena Ward Right Guard Gladys Kincade Left Forward Bertha Ward Left Guard Lucy Mae Daugherty Center Mildred Newland Center Guard Lucile Davis Substitutes: Alyce Chevalier. Gladyce Sheets. Ruth Dye and Jean Nestor. T roy 8 Chauncey 15 1 roy 14 Hollister n Troy 6 Marshfield 32 I roy 24 Amesville 29 Troy 10 Rome 36 Troy 9 Hollister 39 Troy 22 Lodi 34 I roy 21 Albany 54 Troy 9 Marshfield 22 page twenty-five

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THE THALIA 19 2 8 itiiMiitiMMiiiiiiimiimmiimiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiuiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiiiiiHiiiiMiiiiiitiiiiiiMiiiiiimitiiiiiMiiiiiiiitiiiii Back, row—Harold McBride, Samuel Baker. Kenneth Gillilan, Mr. Morrison. Front Row—Betty Yagala. Louise Place. Mildred Newland, Alyce Chevalier. DEBATE “Resolved, That the Direct Primary system of nominating candidates for public office in the United States should be abolished. This was the question that Troy High's forensic aspirants were called upon to debate against other high schools of Athens County this year. Perhaps due to the highly technical political nature of the question, many were somewhat relucant to attempt its discussion, but on the first date set for study at the Carnegie Library, Athens, about fourteen students responded. This encouraged Mr. Morrison to begin planning for two complete teams for both affirmative and negative sides of the question. Then came an epidemic of measles which, coupled with perhaps somewhat too intense interest in other activities, forestalled, the plan and seriously interfered with the organization of single complete teams for both sides of the question. The personnel of the teams as finally selected, was as follows: Affirmative:— Betty Yagala, Alyce Chevalier, Samuel Baker and Kenneth Gillilan (alternate). Negative:—Mildred Newland. Hazel Place. Jean Nestor, and Harold McBride (alternate). Troy High's affirmative team, debating at home, won the decision over Canaanville; and the negative team, debating against Amesville. at that place, was decided against, despite the excellent rebuttals and the judge's commendation of the excellent stage “presence of its members. page twenty-four

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THE THALIA 19 2 8 ....... .................... TROY HIGH HOLD ENVIABLE RECORD IN BASKETBALL Undefeated on Season's Schedule Troy High's basketball team for the school year 1927-28 holds a most unusual record, that of going through an entire season's schedule without a single defeat. A week or two after the beginning of the school year the high school principals and basketball coaches of Athens County met and arranged schedules of games for the year. On Troy's schedule were eleven games. Coach Gillilan's boys were victorious in all of these, but were defeated by Albany in a close 32 to 30 contest that had not been included in the county schedule. The Trojans'', as these battling courageous fellows came to be called, fought their way through to the finals in the Athens County Class-B tournament, but were defeated there. As runners-up in the County Tournament, they were entitled to enter the Southeastern Ohio District Tournament at Athens. Here they were defeated in the preliminary game, only by the very close margin of 26 to 25 at the hands of Rio Grande High School. page ttventy-six