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

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EM Traveling south to meet the Portage Panthers in the next game, the Scots remained in seconds 17-15. the winning column 55-28 as did the The Scots played host to Cygnet in the next game and won 41-17 in a ragged game. The Reserves started the evening winning 35-21. Webster entertained the Redmen of Pemberville, who were out for revenge after the last year's defeat. They lead the Scots all the way and went home victorious 55-41. The seconds won a thriller 24-20 to raise their winning streak to eleven games. The Scots rebounded from the Pemberville defeat by swamping North Troy 65-21, with the seconds winning 47-7. Still in high gear the Scots snowed under Bradner 68-21 to pile up the greatest score any team has against Bradncr. The Reserves went down fighting Luckey entertained the most people expected to hitting from all angles won a see-saw battle 20-19. The Scots closed their 30-41. Scots on February 7 in a game which be nip and tuck game, but the Scots were and crushed the Trojans 47-27. The Reserves scheduled season against the Flyers of Lake High School with a 47-51 triumph. The seconds won also to show a very successful season with one defeat in 14 games. Total Points Average per Fouls attempted ------------ Foul shooting Aver. --------- Per cent of This year's team holds teams in the past. Coached they were the first Webster of the tournament and first V ----------------874 game-- ----------- 58 -286 52.45 games 'won ------- 78.525 the greatest record of any of Webster by the small but mighty M . Long, team ever to play in the final game to go to a district meet. 94'

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BASKETBALL Webster's Scots opened their 1940-41 basketball season at Liberty November 15. The Scots ju ped into the lead, were out in front 20-10 at the half, and roughed their way to victory 58-17. Brinker and Kuhlman scored 18 and 10 points respectively, as Jimison's bankboard playing stood out on defense. The Second Team won 25-8. The Scots still on the road made it two in a row at Haskins, 25-15. Haskins made only two field goals. The Reserves won 55-21. Olney was the opposition in Webster's first home game and gave the Scots a tougher battle than the score indicates.- It was 52-22. The seconds kept the ball rolling with a 24-12 victory. The Scots met defeat at the hand of Walbridge in the next game with a score of 44-57. B. Haldy, Wa1bridge's giant center, carried a rabbit's foot in his pocket as he made 24 points. The Walbridge seconds went down to defeat 20-ll. Webster handed the fast improving Risingsun five a 52-50 defeat to get back in the winning column. The Second Team made it five in a row by On December 10 57-45 by Bloomdale, scored the Bulldogs lead going into the 40-29. winning 16-10. the Scots were handed their second defeat the Eastern League Leaders. The Scots out- in the third quarter 15-4 and held a 26-25 final quarter, The Reserves won the Nopenern Webster entertained their greatest rival, the Luckey Trojans, in a hair-raising ball victory. In the first score stood at 14 all, Webster broke it. The The Scots were game that saw the Scots eke out a 19-18 five minutes of the fourth quarter the . as both teams blew six foul shots before Reserves had little trouble in winning 26-12 giant killers in the next game as they broke the winning streak of the Wayne Bulldogs 54-25. Behind at the half 19-18, the Scots turned on the heat in the final half. The Reserves, still looking for opposition, won 56-20. ' 941

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JACKSO TO MEET WEBSTER FOR C0 Scots Upset Bloomdale In Semi-Finals, Z9 to2 Ti . 4 MT 1 -1 The Webster Scots will meet theIcr,?:gp3v'id County champions of Jackson Wildcats at 9:00 P. M. w- N41 Wm be C,-owned gqnight by Sup. day to decide which team will be!erlntendent of Schools Charles S. , Harkness. Wood County Qhampions. l wth-kr TW. Bunn' As a prvllmmlw Kam' to 'ml Overcoming a 19-15 mia third championship battle, the Portage Panthers will meet the Tontogany Indians ai 8:00 P. M. for the honor or being me mst mm to represent Wood County at the District Class B Tournament to be held next week at FTemont. Both game-4 will be played in the University Men's Gymnasium to- night. The Scots won the honor of meet- ing the 1-liarges of Gaury Leatherm- an by defeating the Bloomdale Bull- dogs of Coach Karl Worstell. 28 to 23. last night. Webster met Bloomdale in an Eastern Leavue contest earlier and the Scots of Coach Brick Long lost. out. 43 to 37. The Jackson club overcame the tight zone defense of Coach Larry Pape's Rislngsun cagers. 19 to 12, to gain the meet finals for the second consecutive year. In 1940. the Wild- cats Wm the title ol Wood County quarter lead, the Webster Scots de- moraluaed the Bloomdale Bulldogs in the last period w wln, 29 to 23. Bloomdale. cool and calm as al- lways and still appearing dead and' slow as they have throughout the' tournament, was ln front. 11 to 5' nr. the quarter and 15 to 12 av. mel long intermission. 1 'I'he Bulldogs were ln front, 19 to 15, at one time ln the thlrd frame but at the sound of the horn, the' score was tied at 10 all. The Scots held the Bulldogs score- less through the flnal period until the llsl minute when Worstell's cagers crashed through wlth two flelders in qulck succession. How- ever, the Boots had piled up a 27 to l9 score ln the meantime. Brink- er scored for Webster as the game ended. Brinker paced the Scots with ll oolnts. Razer was high for the Bulldogs with eight pointers. 1 l v I 1,800 Elbow Way Into University Gymnasium Betting a new all-time attendance record. 1.800 persons elbowed their way into me University Gymnasium last nllhl. to see four Wood County Class B teams win their way into the tourney semi-finals and into the district cage tournament to be held next week ut Fremont The winning teams were sun. Jackson. Webster and dale' A Rising Bloom- Entering the consolation tourna- ment are the four losing teams: Tontogany. Haskins, Portage and Milton. t Boots Win Agaln 'Rushing into a l2-3 advant- age at the quarter, the rangy and ..... - ...vs rugged Webster Scots pounded out A comparatively easy 33-15 victory over a scrappy but outmanned Portage quintet to move into the semi-ftnals against Bloomdale. Wllth Brinker pushing the leather through the hoop live times in the fllrsl. hall. the Brick Long charges left the court at Intermission on hh: long end of a 22-5 count. , . Portage played the tall Webster 'live on even terms ln the final half but the long deflclt was too much ito overcome. Ed Welker! club was lobvbusly off color for the night. P Br'lcker's 14 points paced the Scots to victory while six other players entered the scoring col- umns. Crawford paced Ed Welk- er's Panthers with six tallles on a pair of field goals and a like num- ber of charity shots. L l Webster Over N. Baltimore i As expected, the Wemter Scots swamped the North Baltimore Ti- gers, 47 to 19. Webster led at the half, 29 to 9. Coach Myron Long inserted his sub- stitutes in the game at this point und allowed them to play all but the final minute. Kuhlman piled up 17 points to lead his team. Winner paced the Tigers with six. WEBSTER G. F. 'l l. Kuhlmnn! ....... . .... 8 1 17 Brlnkert... ...5 2 12 Jimlson c ..... 3 1 '1 Scsavnlckl g .... 0 0 0 Meder g ..... . 2 0 .4 Seifert 3 ..,.. 0 0 0' Christian I I 0 ij Duncan e .,.. 1 o al Gottachllk f I 0 2 Wilht I ...... 0 l 1 Total ................ Zl 5 47 NORTH BALTIMORE ' 6. F.'l'L Wenner 1' ............. 3 0 H Bechtol I 0 0 0 Blrrett c 0 2 2 Holtz 3 .. 2 0 4 Lloyd 3 .... 0 0 0 Benedict! .... Z l 6 Sterling e .... 0 0 0 Jackson 3 0 0 0 Stockwell I l 0 2 Total .. 8 3 19 f WEBSTER G. F. '1 l. Kuhlmln I ............ 0 5 5 Brlnkerf... ...5 1 ll Christian c ...... . . . 4 0 8 Scsavnlckl 3 1 3 5 Meder g ...... 0 0 0 Jimlsonc... ...0 0 0 Duncan 3 .... 0 0 0 'rom .....,... 4 ....... 1 o 9 an BLOOMDALE G. F. 'l l. Baker .................. 2 0 4 D. Holt .... .... 3 1 'I Roger .... . ., 4 0 E Loman 0 0 0 Homer ..... . .. 2 0 4 Flaulhter .. 0 0 K Totals ............... ll 1 23 TITLE 1941 All- Tourney Teams Dennis, Jackson .. Baker, Bloomdale Forwards: Blusser. Risingsun: E525 Ffgg Esfg SHI-3 5S '3 9.52. Eng Oz: EEL,-u 997.3 .53 .ae EE' 8 P925 :fig Erin pass? Scsavnlckl. Webster ' . muon, nislngaum ' Fox, Tonlolanyg Luaher. Walbridge: P Loman. Blaomdale. and Parsons. Rlsinnun. ' Ccnters: Jlmison, Websterg Christian, Webster, and Paul Adams, Liberty. Guards: Traylor. Milton: Key Ryder, Haskins. Without a single unanimous choice, so outstanding was the tal- ent exhibited, votes were cast for 22 players from ll clubs in the 1941 Jackson Edges Scots In Overtime Tilt, 28 to 26 The winner and STILL champions -Gatey Leathermarrs Jackson Wildcats. Defeating Webster Townships Scots. 28 to 26, in an overtime bat- tle, the Wildcats retained their title lor still another year. As was expected, Coach Brick Long of the Boots presented a zone defense to the Wildcats with the opening tlpotf. Don Kuhlrnan. the Scots tow-headed forward, opened the scoring with a carry-in shot from the right hand corner of the floor, ' Throughout the first half. Scsuv- nlckl. Meder and Brinker, of the Webster club. successfully broke down the middle several times for under-the-basket shots. The Wildcats made most of their first half points from outside 'the loosely played Webster none. Upon occasion, however, George Glnter would break into the middle ol' the zone to swish one-handed shots. Ray Dennis made good several of his specialty long set-shots from the middle of the floor. After Kuhlman scored for Web- ster, Glnter tied up the score, Med- er put the Scots ahead and Ginter tied up the score. Two Blaln buck- ets by Dennis and .still a thlrd by, Glnter gave the Wildcats 10 points. Henry Sceavniskl, Scot guard, tallied as the quarter closed to make the score, 10 to 6, ln favor of Hoytvllle. At the long intermission, Jackson was emi ln front by four po1nts,gQ2f,':o1:s is to 12. I . ni me second mir, me semlgffifng, tightened the none defense. The third period ended with Myron Lonfs charles still tralllnl, 24 to 22. In the flnll frame, both teams began to show the pressure, making several bad passes and other errors. Jackson played slowly on offense and battled to get the ball from the Scots on defense. 'I'he Boots broke fast but couldn't make the buckets good. Davis opened the scoring with a basket from underneath !or Jack- son. With A four-point leld, Jack- son began fto klll tlme. Donaldson mined the first of two foul shots and the Orange took the bell out of bounds to make certain of retaining possession though there wen more than tour minutes to play. error, Tfast break, and Kuh-5 lman made his fourth counter of the' game as the teams went into hud- dles during the official timeout. A moment later and Brinker came through with his fourth bucket of! the game to tie the score. Though there were still nearly two minutes of play remaining. there was no more scoring and the game went into a three-minute overtime period. The wort. 28 to 36. With but seconds of play remain- ing, Brinker had popped one from just inside the foul circle. The ball dropped clear inside the iron ring and then rolled out. That basket would have won the game for vthe Scots. No sooner had play resumed in the overtime, than Ray Dennis dropped a basket neat from the right hand side of the floor. When Brlnker fouled George Glnter. the Wildcats took the ball out of bounds. A mo- ment later, a foul was called on Elwood Long and 'the Scots took the ball out of bounds ln a vain attemot to again tie the score. The game got rough as the Scots vainly tried to tie the score and the Wildcats tried to retaln their slim margin. There was no more scor- ing, The Wildcats retained their championship. ' ' PORTAGE G. F. 'l l. Crawford 1 ............ 2 2 e Bhawakerfu.. ....0 0 0 . . . . . . . . 2 0 4 . . . .. .. 0 I 1 . . . . . . . 1 l. 3 .. .... 0 0 0 Bursick g .... .... 0 0 0 Eldaon g o o 0 Bloom 1 .... 0 0 0 Atkins! ....0 I 1 Total ............... 5 5 15 WEBSTER G. F. 'll K.u.h1men 1 ........... 1 1 3 Brinker I .... .... 'I 0 14 cnnmm e .... .... 2 o 4 Scaavnickl 3 .... .... 1 1 3 Meder g ......... .... a 0 e Seifert 3 .... .... l. 0 2 Jlmlson c .... .... 0 l 1 Duncan I ...... .... 0 0 C omwhaik g .. . .... o o t wigm 1 ....... ..... o o 1 Total ....15 3 35 s, Portage: Shank, Tontogany. and 'All-Tournament Basketball Teams. The nearest to a unimous choice was George G-inter. great l-loytville ,forward and his running mate. Ray LDennis. each of whom were named lfor the first team on all but one fballot. Strangely. on that ballot, ithey were not mentioned at all. I Next highest, alter the two Wild- ,cats. came Brinker. the sharpshoot- ling Webster Scot, who was followed lby two Bloomdale Bulldogs, Rager land Baker. Helman. the Haskins jack-of-all positions, missed by one vote being placed on the first team. He re- Eceived the most number ol second team votes. Baker made the first lzcam largely on second team votes. X Elliott. the ace dribbler on the Rlsingsun squad, was right behind Helman on the second team. Bunched together was the numoer of votes for Scsuvnicki, Kuhlman and Martin. ' Other votes were widely scatter- ed. Ballots were marked by coaches. tourney officials, and several other qualified and impartial observers. 4 Webster G F 'Pl Ml Pt Kllhllnln, I ,.... 4 0 B 1 0 Brinker, 1 ....... 4 0 8 0 I Christian, c ..... 0 0 0 0 0 Scsavnlckl, g .... 1 4 s 1 1 Meder. 5 . ....... 2 0 4 0 0 Jlrnlson. C ....... 0 0 0 1 1 Totals .. ..... ll 4 26 3 3 Jackson G F T1 Ml Pl G. Glnter, f ..... 5 0 10 0 1 4Davls. 1 .......... 2 0 4 0 l Donaldson, c .... 1 0 2 2 0 Dennis, g ....... 6 0 I2 0 I Long, g ........, o o o o 3 i 'roms ........ 14 o za 2 e AND AT TOURNEY The Webster Twp. schoo1band,under the direction of lfiss Virginia Arctnr, fur-- nished part of the music at the county tournamentm F'eb.2'7. Websterls basketball. team played Portage the same evening and come through with a smashing victoryt Part of the credit forthe victory shouli In given to the members of the band for their loyal support.