Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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EXCAI-Il3 Football The season opened September 30, with the l,ima South Reserves, after four weeks of hard praetiee and we had a. splendid start of a 52-to-0 vetory. The next week we traveled to St. Marys, who was eonsidered the weak sister of the league, and we lost: the score being 2 to 0. Wapakoneta eame here the following week and we won hy the score of 339 to 0. The winning streak of the previous week continued as we defeated Rockford 'LO to 0 on a dry field instead of the usual sea of mud. Bluffton eame to town with a rather light team but were they fast! They won hy the seore of 26 to 0. With the league ehampionship lost, we traveled to Ada and won 19 to U. On Armistice Day we played Elida, after Delphos had canceled their sehedule and we won 21 to 0 in a rather slow game. On November 17 we played our last game against our oldest enemy, Celina., and in a hard fought hattle, in a sea of mud, we lost hy the seore of 6 to 0. Van Wert had one of the fastest lnackfields and heaviest lines that the school students and followers have witnessed in some years. This was one of the hest seasons tha.t the football team of Van Wert High Sehool has had in a number of years. There were sixteen lettermenq of thse ten had never made a letter in football lvefore. The first eleven are seniorsg six of these seniors are two or three-year men: Mel Gardner, Captain, guardg Maurice Gribler, eenterg Paul Allman, guardg Dave Evans, tackle, Bud Aekom, fulllmaekg Harold Hoghe, endg .lolm Agler, endg .laek lVleKeddie, halflmackg Tommy Edwards, quarterlvaekg Dan I.own, half- haek, and Bob Bender, taekle, received their letters. The remaining five are Juniors and it is their first foothall letterg Harry VVherry, halfhaek and quarterlrackg Ora Tindall, tackle and fullhaekg Harry Munday, taekleq Kenneth Neiferd. tackle, and last hut not least is Paul Gipe, end. Yan YW-rt ........ 52 Lima S. lt. ...... 0 Wert llluffton -- .... 26 Yan VV:-rt St. Marys ...... 2 Vl'ert--- ---19 Ada ----- --- 0 Van Wert--- ---. Wapakoneta VVert Elida -- --- 0 Van VVert--- --- lioekford -- -- 0 Wert--- --- 0 Velina -- --- 6

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EXCALIIBUIQ Basketball After two weeks of hard practice on December 8 we won our first gilllltf, 3-11 to 17. from Middlepoint. YVe beat Ohio City 31 to 28. NVQ: won from Union 32 to 28. On January 2, we beat the Alumni 33 to 2-11. By 22 to 1-L we won our first league victory over Bluffton. Still going strong we beat Ada 35 to 28. After trailing the first half we beat VVapakoneta 29 to 26. In an overtime we lost to Ottoville 27 to 2-L. Vl'e won from Hicksville 29 to 20, their first defeat. The following night Sidney beat us 25 to 22. YVC won our fourth league victory from Bluffton, 28 to 11. VVe defeated Defiance 33 to 23, making our season's record at ten vic- tories in twelve starts. In our second game with Ada we lost 22 to 20. The next night Defiance won 30 to 28. Our second league defeat came from VVapakoneta, 33 to 28. YVe walloped Paulding 3-L to 12. In our last game Lima South beat us -142 to 28. ln the opening game of the Defiance Tournament we licked Paulding 31 to 25. Next we beat Wauseon 30 to 21, putting us in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals we lost to Bowling Green, 35 to 28. Well, this eliminates us, but wait a minute, Bowling Green has scarlet fever! Van YVert goes to the District Tournament at Findlay. Van YVert beat Montipelier, who replaced Napoleon because of scarlet fever, A145 to 10. Van lVert by winning, went into the finals where they lost to Toledo Central Catholic, 31 to 29. Our season ended with a record of 16 victories and 8 defeats. YVe won the Mid-lVest League Championship for the third time in four years, with six victories and two defeats. The lettermen were two Seniors: Ackom, centerg Dasher. forward: three .lu- niors. Tindall, guardg Neiferd. guardg Williman, forward. The rest of the squad was Ilawk, Seniorg Crycr and Partin, Juniorsg Jerome, Sophomoreg Thomas, Fresh- man. 1 The Seniors wish you the best of luck next season, Coach Livy.', 27