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PIRATES EflD GRAM SEASOn Orchids to the courageous Pirates and to Coaches Colburn and Mawhinney who gave the fans of West Carrollton something to be proud of in all three major sports: Football, Basketball, and Baseball. The end of this year will find the Pirates losing several Senior boys. This loss will be felt keenly not only by the Coaches but also the ardent followers of West Carrollton High School. Everyone will remember: NELSON LOESCH ... As one of the fastest and best ball handlers West Carrollton High School ever had. Nelson was also Captain of the basketball team and a good one. JIM OBERER ... A cool, level-headed ball player who saved many games for the Pirates by his cool playing. JOE WEJDNER . .. Who always hit his stride in nearly every game. There were very few, if any, that Joe went scoreless. JIM JOHNSON . . . Big Jim was one of the Co-Captains of the fooball team and a very good one. The Pirates will miss Jim next year when it comes to holding that line. WILLARD DONOVAN . . . The husky, young blonde from Miami Shores was also Co-Captain of the football squad. W'illard made a fine captain. He always had that never say die” spirit which will be greatly missed on the field next year. DONALD BAILEY . .. One of the taller boys proved a nice find for the end position and was always right in there adding extra points. TOM REBER . . . The football player who was always ready to fight for the Pirates. FOOTBALL The beginning of the football season found the Pirate ship floundering rather badly. They were defeated by their old rival, Miamisburg, by a huge score. Later, Miamisburg was forced to forfeit this game, but West Carrollton did not accept this forfeiture. In the Little Six League the Pirates showed they weren’t to be sneezed at by placing second. The Red and Black really hit their stride when they defeated Lebanon 13 to 0. This was Lebanon’s only defeat of the year. But this was not the only fine showing they made. The Pirates put the Struggle Buck-it” w here it belonged w hen they defeated the highly touted Franklin Eleven 12 to 0. The only defeat the Pirates received in the league was at the hands of the league champs, O. S. S. O., of Xenia. So you can see the Pirates had just cause to be proud of themselves by giving an undefeated team its only defeat and winning a trophy. Coach Colburn’s charges also played two class A schools during their schedule, these being Oakw ood and Fairmont. Although they were defeated in both of these games they proved themselves valiant players. Thus, ends the 1938 football season and we hope the boys next year will win every game and to the Seniors who will graduate this year—May you always hit that line hard for a gain in everything you do in life. Page Tuenty-three
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BASKETBALL JL A very full basketball schedule, plus a fine, courageous ball club, was responsible for a splendid exhibition of basketball this year. One of the feats they accomplished was winning the Little Six trophy. This is the first time the Pirates have ever done this, but they did not stop at one success, they also received a reserve trophy for tying for first place. So, we have an interesting start in singing the praises of our team. W ith the exception of a defeat at the hands of Roosevelt, the Red and Black started the season with a bang. Although the Pirates did hit a slump about the middle of the season, they did hit their stride again when they ran up their second highest score of the year by defeating Xenia, a league opponent, by the score of 45 to 20. W'est Carrollton played their old rival, Miamisburg, twice. The first time found them rather weak, as the Vikings took them 25 to 19. The second time, the Pirates looked like a different team as they held Miamisburg to a one point victory, 18 to 17. Although the Pirates lost to baton, they didn't feel bad because baton is supposed to have one of the strongest clubs in Preble County. The Red and Black team wasn’t afraid of that reputation, and we feel that if Lady Luck hadn’t been with baton the final minutes, we would have been the victors instead of the losers by a score of 40 to 38. The next to the last game of the year found the Pirates flying high and mighty as they ran up their highest score of the year, 52 to 35 against West Milton—the team that went to the State tournament. W'hen the Little Six teams rolled around. West Carrollton was just too hot for them. They romped through each one with the greatest of ease until they came to Franklin. Franklin was supposed to be the contender for the title, and if they could stop W'est Carrollton, the trophy would be theirs. The half of the game found the Pirates trailing by 11 points, but hitting that net from all angles during the last half, they came up to within one point of Franklin’s score. Then, in the final minutes they forged ahead, winning by one point, 28 to 27, which gave us the league championship. Along came tournament time, finding West Carrollton looking like a million dollars. They drew for their first game Centerville, and playing the best game of their career, beat them 33 to 31. The second game, the Pirates disposed of Monroe in easy fashion, 29 to 16, staging a nice last quarter rally. The third game they were still rolling along in unbeatable fashion, defeating W'ayne 16 to 14. But this just couldn’t go on forever, and they finally met their W aterloo when West Milton defeated them by a score of 26 to 11. Even though the Pirates did lose, we can remember there’s always next year. And we cannot forget the three trophies that were won. All we can say as a student body and fans is Thanks a Million, Pirates. So ends the 1938 basketball season with West Carrollton’s outscoring its opponents, 562 to 551. Loesch and Weidner were given places on the All-star Little Six team. Oberer made the second. To these three Seniors graduating this year, we wish the best of success in everything in life. The individual scores for the season are: Loesch 125 Gephart 44 Weidner 125 Thomas, V 32 Oberer 65 Shell 28 Apple 56 Johnson 21 Thomas, H. 45 Chamberlain .... 20 Page Tueniy-four
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