Wawaka High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Wawaka, IN)

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THE NET SEASON AT A GLANCE ' On Saturday night, November 1, the Warriors were generous hosts to the Albion Trojans. After 32 minutes of very exciting and fast play, the Warriors found themselves on the short end of a 40-38 score. Fulford started the season off with a bang by garnering honors for the evening with 19 points. Topeka was next to meet the Warriors. There was a hectic battle before the visitors lost their scalp to the tune of 45-39. Frick and Fulford led Wawaka with 19 and 18 points, respectively. In the same week, at Ligonier, Wawaka put on a fine exhibition to beat the Red Raiders, 46-35. Wawaka traveled to Rome City and stopped the unbeaten Romans with a jolt, 41-27. Fulk snagged several long shots against Cronwell and thereby helped defeat the Spartans, 46-25 Wawaka played host to a big LaGrange team on November 21. The lead changed hands frequently, but the local quintet ca.me out on top, 52-46. Fulford had a great night by scorch- ing the nets with 30 points. At Brighton, the Warriors whipped the Wildcats 52-26. Every- one had the range. On December 5, Wawaka' went to Wolf Lake for a seeming football game. There was a total of 62 fouls called in the fracas. Wawaka lost 4 men via the personal route, but managed to win 50 - 39. In the County Tournament, Wawaka was glad to have another crack at Albion. It was an exciting game and although the lead see-sawed back and forth, Wawaka was on the wrong end when the gun went off. Albion won, 39-38. Again the Spartans bowed to Wawaka after challenging the locals for the first half and then losing ground the second half. Wawaka's victory was 46-31. In a similar manner, the Topeka Bears fell before the Warriors at Honeyville, 47-33. Frick cashed in 22 points. Wawaka's third defeat of the season was by no one but the Albion Trojans. They' must be a jinx! Wawaka led at the half, but slowed up in the last quarter while Albion speeded on to a 4-7-40 win. Ligonier played host to the Big-4 tourney and also walked off with top honors. Wawaka drew and defeated Cromwell in the first game, 45-28. Ligonier defeated Wolf Lake to get to the Finals. Ligonier was hotter than Wawaka and played a good brand of ball to defeat the Warriors, 37-34. Wawaka was not without a trophy, for jirn Fulford carried home the K .1 ' ,A by ' if ' T, , of WA L S W O R T H Ltthognp l I-:und by WALIIOITII llD'l'I'Illl! u...,.u.... nn... u. 1. A.

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THE NET SEASON AT A GLANCE-Continued sportsmanship award presented by the Ligonier Rotary Club. Wolf Lake gave the Warriors a scare in the last part of their game. Fortunately, the Warriors did recover and eked out a 41-36 win in the last few minutes. The Warriors gained another scalp by defeating a red hot Avilla five, 45-39. Frick and Fulford combined forces for 37 points, getting 19 and 18, respectively. Before a packed house the Warriors came to the top and defeated the Ligonier Red Raiders, 43-39. It was a hard fought game even though Wawaka made the first bucket and was in the lead for the entire 32 minutes. Have a hunch Coach Hostetler was pulling for the Warriors and Assistant LeMaster even though the former was confined to his home. The same week the locals trampled Millersburg, 71-32. Everyone found the range though Frick and Fulford led. There's one game left as this item is rushed to the press. It's on the local hardwood with the Rome City Romans. And then, the Sectional tourney! SOME BASKETBALL STATISTICS U INDIVIDUAL SCORING Won Lost 1947-194-84' 194-6-1947 1937-38 12 Fulford 320 Herendeen 276 1938-39 8 10 Frick 211 Frick 249 1939-4-0 10 10 Yoder 87 Fulford 198 1940-41 0 1 7 Mawhorter - 62 Oplinger 1 93 1941-4-2 2 16 Fulk 62 Mawhorter 35 194-2-4-3 2 15 Tr oyer 51 Bills 32 1943-44 5 13 Lower ll Fulk 27 1944-4-5 5 12 Jones 9 Bish 10 1945-46 17 5 Jett 3 T1-oyer 4 1946-47 22 2 Beers 2 Jett 4 1947-48 14 44' In this seasont Wawaka has netted '814 points to her opponents' 626g or, 45.2 points per game to opponent's 34.7. ln 1946-47, Wawaka scored 1,031 points to her opponents' 7135 or, 42.96 points per game to her opponent's 29.7. 'When the Armual went to press one scheduled game of the season and the Sectional Tournanment remained to be played. SOFTBALL The battery for the softball games last fall included Merrill Frick, Kenny Fulk, Bill Beers, jirn and Ted Fulford. Wawaka won only 2 out of the 6 softball games played. Kendall- ville won the county championship.