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

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 Boyd Henneman Forward Clarence Wright Forward Kim Nelson Guard Jack Tiayman Quard Clayton Brlden Oiard Frank Kibbee Guard Charles Leet Center Wayne Campbell Forward Don Wentworth Guard Richard Grllley Center Glen Hartwell Forward Walter Sill Forward Tom Tidyman Forward Valler Junior High School won the championship basketball game last Saturday evening In their encounter with Browning before a capacity crowd In the local gymnasium by a score of 23-19. The soore was 8-10 In favor of Browning at the half but the Valler team came back to score 14 points In the last half to 2 for Browning and won by a handsome margin. Cut Bank placed third by winning from Shelby In the preliminary 25-11. —The Valierlan During the regular season the Junxor High Students played games against Sunburst, Cut Bank, Browning, Brady and C0nrad. They won three and lost Beven. In winning the Championship of District 12, as stated above,they became the proud possessors of a handsome trophy which Is displayed In their room. The Junior High Pep Squad presented them with a felt banner with the words Basketball Champions of 1946 In gold on blue background.

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Fir at Aov Second . ov Third flow Don Crumoacker, Can. Ton - rider. :(alph Crr Pud Cannbell din Tidy-nan Don Dean willy Wrirht DoV: V.enzel Darrel Crilley Jin Crawford Albert Van De Kop Chuck Kester Earl Jotthaes Dan Stokes Jim Powers Oilmont won the Little Pour championship held at Sunburst last weekend by defeating each of the other entrants In the Round Robin Invitational basketball tournament. Valler, Brady and SuDburst each lost two games each and all three tied for second. The tournament was well attended. Next year It will be held in Valler. This concludes the basketball activities for the high school boys for the current school yeer. Letters were awarded to members of the football and basketball teams on Wednesday of this week as follows: F o o t b a 11—Don Crumpacker. Bud Campbell. Jim Crawford. Earl Mathaes. Jim Tidyman. Albert Van De Kop. Tom Bidden, Bob Wenzel and Bill Wright. Basketball—Tom Bidden, Jim Tidyman. Albert Van De Kop, Bill Wright. Jim Crawford. Earl Matthaes, Don Crumpacker and Bud Campbell. Jim Powers was awarded as manager In each sport. Valler Panthers won their last home game of the season last Friday against Brady 39-24. The Panthers dominated the play throughout th game, the first quarter ending 10 to 1. the half 20-14. During the second quarter Brady played their best brand of ball. It has been recommended that awards be made to the girls for tumbling. yell leaders and for band work. Valler lost their first game to the strong Conrad team last Thursday afternoon in the second game of the district tournament at Cut Bank by a score of 36-24. This matched them with Oilmont for Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Oilmont won this game by a score of 41-31. At the end of the third quarter the score was 26-28 in favor of Oilmont and only two points difference at the half in Oilmont's favor. It was a good game all the way, the Valler boys played good ball but Oilmont got the breaks in the last quarter and out scored the Panthers 13 to 5. Valler high school basket ball team defeated the Sunburst Refiners in a thrilling basketball contest here last Saturday evening. During the first half the scope seesawed back and forth but at half time stood with Valler 11 and Sunburst 10. During the second half Capt. Crumpacker went wild and threw in one basket after another and when the game ended the score stood 26 to 21 in favor of the Panthers.

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 r AAmkhrtq- 1 5 ( [j L Top Row: Babe Lamma-2 years, Senior 2nd Row: Marilyn -uuncan-2 years. Sophomore; Vivienne Barron-2 years. Junior; Donneatta Windle-1 year. Junior 3rd Row: Joy elch-1 year. Sophomore; Betty Keltz-1 year. Junior; Buddie Gae Nelson-1 year. Junior; Ei3ie Yeager-1 year. Junior; Georgia Reitz-1 year. Junior; Ruthie Russell-1 year. Freshmen. The Tumbling lub was organized in 1944 after a lapse of several years. Three girls started in 1944, who were, Marilyn Minoan, B0nneatta Windle, and Babe Lamma. Later on the group enlarged when Vivienne Barron and Della Raty joined. Preforman-ces were given at every basket-ball game consisting of pyramids, dives and single preformances. All these girls received letters at the end of the basket-ball season. The following year, 1945-1946, tumbling increased even more. Those joining this year were: J'oy Welch, Betty Lou Reitz, Buddy Gae Nelson, Blsie Yeager, Georgia Reitz and Ruth Russell. From the last years' team we lost Della Raty when she moved away that summer. Those who will receive letters this year is unknown at this publishing.