Valier High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Valier, MT)

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THE MOUNTAIN SENTINEL FOOTBALL Back Row—Coach Westover. Bob Wickware. Henry Parsons. Leslie Ellingson. Joel Blankenship. Second Row—Murl Hunt. Ellsworth Petting. Herlof Gilboe. (Captain): Ruben Bord- vedt. Verne Peterson. Front Row—S. T. McFarland. Bruce Wheeler. Lloyd Eppe. Clifford Stoltz. Willard Petersen. For the first time Valier High School opened the season with football. Under the splen did coaching of Mr. Westover. we had a very successful season. The coach had to train eleven green men for the world's greatest game—football. The first game was played with Conrad at Conrad, resulting in a 6 to 6 tie. The next game was played at Valier with Shelby. Valier losing with a score of 28 to 14. Conrad then played Valier at Valier which proved to be an exciting game, although it ended with a 26 to M victory for Conrad. The team was scheduled to play Shelby at Shelby, but on account of the snow storms was unable to get there. I he team was made up of Petting and Parsons, ends: V. Peterson and Bordvedt. guards: Wickware and W. Peterson, tackles: Hunt, center: Eppe and Blankenship, halfbacks: Stoltz. fullback: and Gilboe. quarterback. McFarland and Ellingson were sub-tackles, and Harwood, sub-end. Although the team lost eight of the plavers. there arc many who are able to take their places. I hey still have the star halfback. Lloyd Eppe. who made a run of 97 yards in the Conrad game. Page Twelve

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THE MOUNTAIN SENTINEL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Back Roil'—Powell. Oleson. Wickware. Chatlain. Oleson. Kester. Crane. (Coach). Front Roll'—Hammer. Brophy. Vanover. The girls' basketball team under the splendid coaching of Carl Crane, rounded out a very successful season for the fans. Two games each were played with Shelby. Browning. Conrad, and Brady. Although they won only three games, their teamwork and shooting was good Prospects for the next two years are very good as none of the players will graduate this year. Those on the team were: Doris Chatlain. captain; Louise Oleson. Betty Kester. Gynell Powell. Alberta Wickware. and Eleanor Oleson. with Mildred Hammer. Ina Ann Brophy. and Leola Vanover as subs. The first game of the season was played at Browning where the girls were defeated by a score of 9 to 19. Their next game was with Brady at Valier. resulting in a 20 to 12 victory for Valier. They were defeated in the Browning game by a 7 to 18 score. They also lost the game with Shelby by a 19 to 27 score. The Conrad game resulted in a 1 5 to 8 victory for our girls. They also won by 16 to 8 from Brady. The season ended with the Shelby game where our girls lost by three points, the final score being 16 to 19. Page Eleven

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