Wellston High School - X Ray Yearbook (Wellston, OH)

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Wellston High School 19 Upper Row—Sarah Hudson, Frances Willard, Blanche Molihan, Alberta Watson. Second Row—Marjorie Leach (Manager), Berneda Thorne, Alnia Bellomy, Marjorie Harper, Darlene Wortman, Opal Dovvnard, Janet Sylvester, Miss Maxwell (Coach). I.ewer Row—Minnie Scurlock, Alma Lindauer, Katharine Martin, Goldie Crashed, Jeanne Leach, Laura Whalen. Bluebelles Lose One Game in Successful BRING FOURTH TOURNAMENT VICTORY TO WELLSTON The Wellston girls’ basketball team, not only kept up its good name for another year, but displayed a better brand of basketball than ever before. Miss Maxwe1! had the “Bluebelles” so well trained that each one knew the exact movements of her team mates. The girls were taught to p ay a “six-man” defense. By this method they broke up the team work of their opponents and ruined their chances for scoring. When the season opened with Oak Hill, the girls got away to a slow start. They did not display very good form. The forwards had a hard time locating the basket and the guards committed foul after foul. The girls finally won the game 24-18. The following week, playing against Middleport, the W. H. S. lassies By DARLENE WORTMAN seemed to hit their stride. Few fouls were called against them. The forwards were able to hit the basket and the game ended 38-9. The Hamden game proved to be a thriller. The gime half closed with the score 11-8 in favor of the “Biue-belles.” Both teams came back on the floor determined to win. Due to the close guarding, every shot made had to count First, Hamden would be in the lead, and then Wellston. The “Bluebelles” finally came out three points ahead. The score was 30-27. On its first out-of-town trip, Well- ton trounced the Logan team 43-18. The fo’lowing night they defeated Coalton 61-7. The next week-end, the W. H. S. girls journeyed to Pomeroy. The two teams were more evenly matched than any of the season. Both teams displayed a beautiful brand of basketball. The guarding was close and there was little scoring. With just three minutes to play, the Wellston girls were on the short end of the 17-13 score. They made one last rally, and when the whistle blew the score was 21-17 in their favor. The Ne'sonville game, which was played the next night, was the sore spot of the season. The Pomeroy battle had been too tiring, and the WellsU)-nians were defeated by a team of inferior calibre. The score was 31-25. After a week of rest, the girls broke loose and downed Gallipolis to the tune of 33-8. Good guarding and accurate shooting were evident. (Continued on page U7) Miss Maxwell (Coach), Harper, Wortman, Bellomy, Downard, Sylvester, Thorne, Leach.

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18 The X-Ray Coach Raach ! Future in Think! Think! Wellston High School students, what you have left for a football team next year —two big, fine, manly, tackles! That fact is sufficient cause for every student in school to get behind the team and boost it to another great season. Besides that, we have Hogan, who will be capable of running the movements of the team on the field with precision. I am extremely optimistic about next year’s team, if the boys will train, and if they will be a bunch of scuffers. In fact, they will have to be to come up to and to keep up to this year’s record. Our season will consist of seven hard games. The opening game with Oak Hill will be a fine chance to see the merits of our new players, such as Hendershot, Platt, Perkins, Genicks, Jordan, Rhodes, Duhl, Braley, Verl Fisher, Wills, Howard Fisher, Houghland, Sproule, and the other material which Wellston will have. After ees Successful F ootball that game, we go through a conference season which will be very strenuous and which will take every bit of strength that the boys can put forth. The midseason peak will be reached with the New Boston game, and then on to the grand climax when Wellston plays Jackson. I, personally, will be much more impressed with my boys next year than I was this year. So that tends to indicate that if the boys of 1929, with their size and ability, will take my coaching seriously, every one will be proud of them and they themselves will be able to say, “I have played a good game and won.” So, boys of the 1929 squad, I want to take this means of wishing you success and a glorious season. Come on, students, let’s give the boys of 1929 a yell— WIN THE PENNANT! WIN THE PENNANT! Your Coach, RALPH RAACH. Coach Ralph Raach spent his first year teaching and coaching in Wellston High. Mr. Raach came from Hillsdale College, Michigan, where ho made the All-Michigan Team as tackle. In basketball he led the team through the drawings and to the winning of the Jackson-Vinton County tournament. He coached the football team to its first Southeastern Championship. Coming Season Only Mediocre Says Manager Mr. Leland Jenkins has taught in Wellston High School two years. This year he was financial manager for all athletics, and assistant coach. His scouting for Mr. Raach at many football games was a big asset in winning the championship. Hurrah! Only five more months and Wellston’s 1929 football warriors will swing into action. Just what the future season holds for this team is a matter of much speculation and guess-work. In all probability, Wellston will not be represented by the powerful and aggressive eleven in 1929 as she was the year previous. We have been confronted each year with few letter men and many inexperienced players. The coming year is no exception. We will have only three letter men out of fourteen back, two tackles, McGarvey and Jacobs, and one end, Hogan. It is an accepted fact that no coach likes to build a team from a nucleus of three men. In this particular case, however, the condition is not so bad, since a common expression among coaches is, “Give me two good tackles and I will build you a strong defensive team.” It is going to be hard for any team to score many points against us, as I am predicting a very strong defensive eleven. I haven’t, however, so strong a prediction when speaking of the team offensively. The whole backfield will be green, but should develop quickly; the ends will be fairly accurate in catching passes and covering punts; and the line inside of tackles will be heavy, but somewhat slow, all inexperienced. When the final percentage of games won and lost is figured, Wellston will be close to the .500 percent mark, losing many of her games because of no scoring punch, and holding many highly touted schools to exceptionally low scores because of her strong defensive tactics. LELAND JENKINS, Faculty Mgr. of 1928-1929.

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20 The X-Ray Upper Row—Donald Gettles, William Patterson, Clarence Sprcule, Clarence Martin, Roger Pierpont. Lower Row—Raye Ziegler, Manager, Fred James, Edward Wills, Hiram Callahan, Bill Rhodes, Paul Hogan, Coach Raach. County Champi onshi p Caps Basketball Season BY WILLIAM RHODES Wellston drew Scioto Township in the first game of the tournament, only lagged through the first three quarters, but finally nosed ahead to a victory of 23-15. W. H. S. boys defeated Oak Hill in another slow game to the tune of 20-17, thus earning their way to the finals, to battle with Hamden for honors. This game turned out to be one of the best games ever played on the floor. Hamden led the first quarter, but the half ended with W. H. S. ahead. The locals held their lead throughout the game. It ended 23-22. Wellston boys thus won their first tournament in the history of our school, a record which all of next year’s squad are determined to uphold. Review Given Game by Game BASKETBALL SEASON The basketball season of this year was not altogether a success with but one league victory and but four victories out of the twelve games played during the season. With three experienced men back, next year looks more hopeful. Rutland Wellston won its first game of the season by defeating Rutland by the close score of 18-14. Slow basketball was shown throughout the game. Oak Hill W. H. S. came back the next week with a better brand of basketball. The team walked away from Oak Hill by a score of 33-9. Middleport Because of the influenza epidemic and lack of practice, Wellston lost its first league game to Middleport by a margin of 25-19. New Boston Wellston lost its first game away from home when New Boston won by a close score of 32-28. Great improvements were shown in basketball tactics. Logan The next league game was played with Logan on their floor. W. H. S. held the score close until the last quarter, when its defense weakened and Logan forged ahead to a victory of 26-17. (Continued on page 48) Callahan, Wills, Martin Rhodes, Hogan, James, Pierpont.