Webster Township High School - Web Yearbook (Scotch Ridge, OH)

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Q , 6:5 GIRLS ' BASKETBALL bln.. wyglllll There were considerably more girls out for bas- T ketball this season than in the previous years. ggi? We realized that we cou1dn't all be on the team l , but in order to be a good basketball player you have to have plenty of practice. We are therefore looking forward to a good team in the future and we hope that girls' basketball will continue to be a major sport in Webster. After a couple of weeks of hard practice, under the leadership of our new coach, Mr. Hetrick, we opened our basketball season by losing the game to Lake High School with a score 24 to 61. We decided we weren't going to be beaten by such a score again so the following week we worked twice as hard. When Friday night came we journeyed to Walbridge with a good fighting spirit. At the half it looked as though Walbridge was out of our reach but when the final signal blew Walbridge was ahead one basket, the final score being 17 to 19. Our next rival was Liberty. Maude Roller, right forward of our team made ten baskets, the guards also played a good defensive game. The final score was 12 to 26 in favor of Webster. ' On the following Friday we went to Lemoyne, Many of the substitutes had a chance to show their ability at this game, and they most certainly did, The game ended with a score 51 to 1 in favor of Webster. We always looked upon Portage Twp. as being one of our closest rivals. On December 18, we went to Portage Determined to win. At the half we were ahead by a consid- erably large score, but Portage woke up and nearly went around us. The whistle blew and Webster was victorious I with a score 24 to 23. On December 27 the former basketball stars of Webster returned to compete with us. To show our ability at playing we defeated the alumni with a score'3O to 17. Hammansburg was our next rivals Although there were many put out on fouls, Webster was the victor with a score 26 to ll. Another close and exciting game was played with Luckey. Much substitution was done by both teams. They

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ifgigik xii? s ul' p BASKETBALL As in baseball graduation took about every EEE player on the team. Our newly composed team lll for 1955 consisted of the following persons: Ralph Hamen, Evan Joseph, Bruce Keller, Noel Dunipace, Dick Roper, Wilson Lahman, Clifford Duncan, Victor Joseph and Burl Beaverson. All the games were played away from home except the alumni due to the face that unfavorable conditions existed, e. S., the gymnasium itself, improper heating conditions and the distance from the schoolhouse to the gym were always against us. ,, ,Zgiigkxk sa The facts are very basketball players definite action is that will make the class school. The high discouraging to the coach and the themselves. I really hope that some taken on the gymnasium-auditorium plan Webster Township School nearer a first scorers on the basketball team were Ralph and Evan followed by Bruce and Dunipace and Roper. We seemed to hold our own ground the first half of about every game played. wrong. During the But at the last half everything went last half the other teams always run up a large score. Going from a small floor to a large one is very confusing and different. Mr. Hetrick, our new coach, did very well in teaching us new rules and the fast breaking offense and a tight defense. We Below is played: Webster ll ll ll il ll ll ll U ll H ll appreciate his interest very much. our basketball schedule that we have Score Score 25 Walbridge 70 27 Lake 65 20 Wayne 43 25 N. Troy l4 20 Portage Twp. 27 25 Alumni 56 26 Henry 22 25 Luckey 55 18 Grand Rapids 40 9 Luckey 29 ll N. Baltimore 58 22 Bloomdale 27

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2 Q?-'Q carried on the work of the main players and g,4Fg,A the final outcome was 16 to 15 in Webster's BXWLQFIWK f av or . 5,-gf The weather had very little effect upon the F'l Webster girls on the journey to Grand Rapids. Outside the lightning flashed and the thunder roared, but within the wall the spectators were given a fast and exciting game to witness. The Grand Rapids girls were ahead at the half. During the last half they continued, being one basket ahead of the Webster Six. Though ex- citement and amidst the roaring of the crowd within the last minute Webster scored three more points than the Grand Rapids girls and the score was 56 to 35 in favor of Webster. The girls were very much enthused by the large following of the Webster fans, making it necessary to take two buses to Luckey. Two of the girls were put out the first half of the game. Lois Meyer was put out on fouls and Velma Heckman with an injured nose. After all this excitement we lost our fighting spirit and were de- feated by a score 12 to 25, Because of icy weather the next two games were cancelled. On February 17 we played our final game at North Baltimore. This ended the basketball career for the Seniors during their High School days. Many thanks should be given to our coach, Mr. Hetrick, who devoted much of his time for the benefit of our team. We also wish to thank Delbert Henchen who so courteously transported us to and fromihe games. 11u1- GIRLS INDOOR BASEBALL Last fall a Girls Indoor Baseball team was or- ganized. Four games were played, two with Portage and two with Pemberville. Webster was the victor of all four of these games. This team also had Mr. Hetrick as their coach. The team was composed of Maude Roller, Joan Roller, Lois Meyer, Eloise Smearsoll, Lois Sander, Martha McCann, Rubie Dick, Doris Brueggemeier, Lois Brueggemeier, Velma Heckman, Evelyn Lahman, Martha Aspacher, Genevieve Ridenour, and Mary Ann Sander.