West Carrollton High School - Piratan Yearbook (West Carrollton, OH)

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These Men Brought Us Fame D. Critzer Manager J. Stevenson Guard Lettermen not in C. O'Reilly R. Ellis Guard Forward picture — G. Throckmorton, C. Lauqhlin. H. Coatney Center The Tournament THE PIRATES TOPPED OFF AN OUTSTANDING SEASON WITH AN OUTSTANDING PER FORMANCE IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. They conquered such teams as Lewisburg, Jefferson Township, and Camden, only to have the championship snatched suddenly out of their grasp by the Centerville Elks, a team that had already beaten them earlier in the season. LET S MEET THIS YEAR'S LETTERMEN, THE BOYS THAT PLAYED THE GAME AND BROUGHT FAME TO WEST CARROLLTON. Heading the list is Bob Strader, captain and guard, who was playing his last season for the Pirates; Rufus Ellis, a senior forward who has won four varsity letters in four years of high school; Gene Furnas, forward, and Harry Coatney, center, juniors, who furnished the bulk of the height of the team; Dopey O'Reilly, firey sophomore guard; Eddie Throckmorton, senior; Jack Stevenson and Charlie Creager, juniors, and Dick Rockhold and Doc Laughlin, sophomores. NOW FOR A GLANCE AT THE GAMES IN WHICH THE PIRATES PARTICIPATED IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. The local players went into their first tournament contest with Lewisburg, as the underdogs. But Rufus Ellis and Jack Stevenson led the Pirates in upsetting the dope bucket by a 47 to 31 score. The second game was with Jefferson Township of Preble County. The Pirates literally breezed through this, by a 36-20 count. Gene Furnas was the spark in this contest as he tallied 16 points. Page Twenty-eight

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in Spite of Gas Rationing Row 1 —C. O'Reilly. R. Ellis, H. Coatney, G. Furnas, R. Strader. Row 2 — Coach Eisele, C. Creaqer. J. Stevenson. R. Rockhold, Asst. Coach Davies. Not in Picture — G. Throckmorton. C. Laughlin, W. Wright. Basketball THE 1942 43 EDITION OF THE PIRATE BASKETBALL TEAM TURNED OUT TO BE A PLEASANT SURPRISE. The Pirates went through a very tough schedule and compiled a record ol 12 games won and but 3 games lost. One of these defeats was by four points only, and the other two were thrillers, lost by a mere two points each. In the District Basketball Tournament at Dayton, the local cagers added three more victories and one more mark in the deficit column to make their final season s record of 15 games won against only 4 lost. The Reserves also turned in a nice job, as they completed the season with 13 wins as against only 2 losses. A record such as was made by both Varsity and Reserve teams is proof of the fine job of coaching done by Mr. Eisele and Mr. Davies. THE COMPLETE RESULTS OF THE VARSITY SCHEDULE ARE AS FOLLOWS: West Carrollton............................34 West Carrollton........................... 32 West Carrollton............................25 West Carrollton............................27 West Carrollton............................26 West Carrollton............................40 West Carrollton............................27 West Carrollton............................43 West Carrollton............................35 West Carrollton............................58 West Carrollton............................33 West Carrollton............................25 West Carrollton............................33 West Carrollton............................38 West Carrollton............................34 Total.................510 Jefferson ........................... 22 Germantown .......................... 25 Parker Co-op......................... 20 Northridge .......................... 20 Centerville ......................... 30 Miamisburg .......................... 36 Oakwood ............................. 25 Miamisburg .......................... 19 Franklin ............................ 37 Trotwood ............................ 13 Dixie ............................... 35 Stivers ............................. 20 Camden................................24 Lebanon ............................. 32 Tipp City ........................... 19 Opponents..............377 Page Twenty-seven

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in the District Tournament C. Creager Forward Strader G. Furnas R. Rockhold ]. Morton Guard Forward Guard Manager Captain Other Tournament Player not in Picture — W. Wright. This win over Jefferson entitled West Carrollton to enter the semi-finals against a tough Camden aggregation. The Pirates had beaten the Cubs earlier in the season, but the Camden team had improved considerably. In a very hard fought contest the Pirates once a-gain emerged victorious by a 38-22 count. Harry Coatney and Bob Strader were the big guns in this game with 12 and 10 points respectively. The following night the West Carrollton cagers found themselves in the finals playing a scrappy Centerville Quintette, consolation winners of the Montgomery County Tournament. Earlier in the season, the Elks had beaten the Pirates 30-26. The Pirates bowed out of the tournament that night, as the Elks again defeated them by four points. This time the score was 33-29. Even though the Pirates did not win the tournament, everyone will remember that valiant band of boys who, rated in almost every game as the underdogs, made the name of Pirates prominent on the basketball courts during this 1942-43 season. THE TOURNAMENT GAME RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS West Carrollton 47 Lewisburg 31 Quarter Finals — West Carrollton 36 Jefferson Twp 20 Semi-Finals — West Carrollton 38 Camden 22 Finals — West Carrollton 29 Centerville 33 Total 150 Opponents 106 Page Twenty-nine