Walbridge High School - Ties Yearbook (Walbridge, OH)

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'HQES zyhnllx:5s2:tnnn..o:..'ShG' .. ' f-L,..N..k,..i' 'NUR , We had previously defeated Tentcgeny in mid season T'e grind of a long schedule and hard tournament play where we defeated West U itf in the opening round only t lose a hard fought game to Oakwood in the following game. Cakwood was Paulding county champs and boasted a record of 17 Wins against 4 defeats. Tue Golden Bears of 1935-56 established some records for future teams to shoot at. They were the highest scoring team ever to represent the school scoring 692 points for the season,- Captain nc9.Coclran with aztotal of'222 points, was the highest individual Scorer the school has ever had The team piled up the largest total ever recorded by a Purple and Gold squad when they ran up 70 points against Webster. The season's record of 17 wins against only 5 de- feats was the best ever boasted by a Walbridge five. Thgy were the first team ever to beat Luge high school twice in one season and the only team ever to whip our old rivals in tournament play. The Bears were the only team ever to reach the finals in Wood county tournaments and also the first outfit ever to represent us at the sectional tourn- ament at LnipuiC. Bob McCmmey, of course, was the first Walbridge player ever to be mentioned for an all tournament team at Leipsic. In addition to all these fine marks the team drew the largest crowd ever to see a basketball game in the high school gym. The crowd at the Lake-Walbridge game almost doubled any other single game held during the history of the institution. We lose three men this year in Captain Cochran, Bob Mc- Camey, and Clarence Mason. It will be tough to fill their shoes when next season rolls around but with four regulars and three subs returning the outlook for next season is Ii caused our usual smooth play to suffer in the Leipsic meet In H n 3 ' ' ' O very bright. Coach Turby spent the entire season with fundamentals. He expects to start next season where he left off and you can look forward to a small but fast and tricky quintet next year. The members of the team this year were: ' Forwards--Gordon, Wiley, J.D,Falco, L.Coc-ran. Centers---ace Cos rsn, Sherman. Guards ---- McCamey, Christensen, Mussd, BolCiK. Nov. 13---With only two regulars,Ace Cochran and Jay Gordon, in the lineup, a green Bear team met a tall and experienced Alumni squad. The Bear's high scoring machine was in full motion and we registered a decisive 49-21 win, Fans praised the fine passing of the entire scuad. f4!Nsz1ununcewxsoeuuumzsxsouuuux:1wsawnuuncgvszsnungy, fr 19345

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HFS -ss, --gk, ' fii. ,f?9.QQX' '9 .7!Sfa ' Nov -P' de traveled to U terville and handed the Beavers a 55 14 drubbing. ice Cochran scored ll tallvs Nov 36 The bears set a new Jalbridge scoring record by downing Tebster 70 P5 Joe Dedalco scored 24 points 'and played a fine game D c 6 ,We continued our fast pa e by trouncing a fine Cygnet squad to the tune of 54-19. The subs played over-- half the game as was the case in the first two games. Dec, 7---Clay high school was our fifth straight victim. Score 55-22, Jay Gordon scored ll points and played fine ball. . Dec, 10---Playing before 2500 fans the Bear dropped their first game of the season to Toledo Libbey by a 26-17 score Our tight zone defense held the big town boys scoreless for l2 minutes. We missed a large number of set-ups early in the game and if we had hit a percentage of these the outcome would have been different. Dec. 20---We took the road to play at Luckey. The varsity contracted a bad case of over-confidence and the reserves played three quarters of the game. The varsity got back to earth and went in the final five minutes of play remaining. They made up a three point deficit and went on to pile up a 57-51 win. Mason starred for the Bears. Jan. lO---North Baltimore fell before the sharpened claws of the Bears by a 53-BO count. McCameV played beautiful ball both on the offense and defense. Jan. 17---We journeyed to Cygnet and after playing every thing but basketball the first half we came to life late in the game and piled up a 55-15 score. Ace scored 12 tallys. Jan. 24---Playing most of the game without Ace and Bob le stacked up a 40-20 win over Luckey. Primo Christensen play- ' 4., 'na a 41 4- 1' , to YT ,A ' o -J-a 'c J 4 . -Q-D 4 1? ' I O ' ' T Q T1 . .J . 0 l e . ---Q ' c ed a splendid game scoring 7 points and covering many oppo- nents shots. Jan. 51---Before the largest crowd ever to see a game in our gym, we defeated our old rivals Lake high school by a 52-29 score. Jack Gordon playing the finest game of his career bewildered the Lake defense with clever ball handling and fine shooting. The entire team played grand basketball and the town went wild following the final gun. We take possession of the NJUGH. Feb. 8---A fine Holland high team was our next victim by a 26-16 score. Ned Wiley played a fine floor game, Feb. ll---In our final tune-up before the tournament we ham- mered out a 58-B Win over Clay high school. McCamey played his best game of the year. i 1 E X, '4'1S,?2QNl5 f'ifXlliQC 54 ' .- ' 1935