Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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BELOW: The thinclads of 1959. BOTTOM: The baseball team at the end of the 1942 season. ▼ f e rierffs tltttf t 9$ Tib 1 'tf s ncrtj 1,6 e«5 « M

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A TIME FOR ACTION THEN meant competition through sports. It meant lower scoring games, competitors from schools we may never play again, great winning seasons never to be forgotten and disastrously losing seasons rarely to be remembered again. It meant a chance to both strive for the glory of Versailles High School and for personal satisfaction. It meant a chance to cheer our personal heroes. It meant a chance to be remembered. BELOW LEFT: The girls’ basketball team of 1922. BELOW RIGHT: The 1950 football squad. BOTTOM LEFT: A co-ed cheerleading squad In 1942. BOTTOM RIGHT: A basketball squad during the Depression, 1931. 6

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A TIME FOR ACTION NOW means a cold fall night under the lights of a football game. It means the loneliness of a cross country run on an almost deserted course. It means the agony of straining muscles as the wrestlers grapple on the mat. It means the competition, finding out which team is better. It means savoring the joy of victory and the pain of defeat. It means growing into maturity by experiencing life through sports.