West Lafayette High School - Welahi Yearbook (West Lafayette, OH)

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Fit 'st rnvv- Nlr. Kessler ttloaelxb. lllunml Martin. Lester TIIUIIHIS, .lalnes llerli-an, Merle Banker, Ar. nnld lleddiek, George Nieholsnn 1Nl2illtl2I'l'l. N.-eoml nm llieliurtl llaekenlwaelit. William Young, lla-rliert Wnud, John Mackey, Paul lleliard. ll.'XSKliTllAl.l. REVIEW OF THE SEASON The V135-36 haskethall season was not especially successful at the Start. hut hright- ened up as the Seaxun prugrewsed. Coach i op liesslefs eagers played eighteen games. SCX 'en of vvlieh were on the hrip,ht side of the XVOn and Lost enlunin. The season opened vvith an unexpected lt! to ltl defeat at the hands of Port xX'1lSililltY- tnn, 'I'hi-ep inure sethaeks were placed on the hoys hy fvdainsville, Dresden and New- eoinerstmvii. The teain hrought home their tirst win with a vietory over Fresno, a league opponent, :X strong Nawhport live then gave XXI-st Lafayette their worst Setback nt the season, 381418. The hnys eanie through their next game to heat a tough Frazeys- hu rg team, I7 to 13, The team lost the next three in a row to X'Varsaw. llahie and Dres- den, all hard-fought games. Fresno was again defeated, Z4 to 14. The boys gave Sugar- ereek a scare. losing hy only two points, 25 to 23. XXX-st. Lafayette then handed the --ifiti Z P ning Irish nl' Sacred lleart, a 38 to 32 reversal. Otsego lligh gave the Orange 1nd Black eagers their Iinal defeat of the regular season. The uKt'hSiCl'lllCIlH won a tie tor the eounty league Cillllllllitillhilill hy defeating XVarsaw, their greatest rival, 28 to 26 in three overtime periods. The county league championship has been held hy NVest Lafayette three times, the tirst in 1931-33, the second in 1934-35, and in 1935-30 the championship was shared with W l 38 I 11I'SLlW.

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FRANCIS McALLISTER '36 Cheerleader COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL CUP 1935-36 ELIZABETH VAN WINKLE '37 Cheerleader E371

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'es ff' THE TEAM PERSONNEL. A, , . A A QLETTER MENJ I V . 3 9 RICHARD HACKENBRACHT-- Dick .iwas acting captain. He played guard, and did a Hne job of keeping his man covered while he dropped in many baskets. He will bevback next year and wefare expecting much from him. '- I t' t HERBERT WAUD-f'Herl1 proved himself the outstandingycenter 0f.th5'1eague winning all-county honors. He is a senior and will be-greatly missed next year. I NVILLIAM YOUNG- Billl' played forward and was highepoint man for the' season? He will lze in there fighting for,Lafayette High again next Year. U YN 4 JOHN MACKEY- Stretch'f played guard and center and was a scoring threat at all times. He won all-county honors at guard. John is a Junior and' will be back next year. PAUL REHARD- Emmy played a forward post and was a main cog id West'La-i fayette's championship machine 4 , I I I ARNOLD REDDICK-- Scoop as he is known by his many friends, was only a freshi. man, but a rard fighter all the way through, He proved his ability by winni.ng'1anAall-1, county forward berth. Much is expected from Scoop in the next few years. Other players of the squad are: MERLE RED BAKER, a hard worker at all times. He sank the basket that gave VVest Lafayette a tie for the championship. ELWOOD' DOC ROSS-a little guy, but a swell player. It was his foul shot that put the Orange and Black on the long end of a 23 to 22 count over Fresno. LESTER LES THOMAS, a boy who will he back again next year, and will be fighting harder than ever. ROBERT BOB NORMAN, only a Freshman, but you will hear ftrom him in the next few years. THE ALL-COUNTY TEAM-1935-36 First Team Second Team Position Player Team Position Player Team Forward .... VValker ............,,,,.....,,. Warsaxx' Forward ,.., Burrier ...,...,...,,,..,,,,,,.,,,,, Fresno Forward .... Reddick ......,....... West Lafayette Forward .... Young ................ West Lafayette Center ........ VVaud .................. Guard ........ Mackey ........,,... Port Washington Adamsville ........... Dresden .... ............... West Lafayette Warsaw Guard . ....... Bucklew .....,... . .VVest Lafayette Center ........ Guard ........ Guard ..,..... BASKETBALL SCORES W.L.H.S. Opp. 20 2611fffQI1f ss .......... Darr .............................. Warsaw H'ackenbracht..VVest Lafayette Randels ..........,............. NVarsaw Where Played .......Port Washington Adamsville Dresden Newcomerstown . .... ,..2l 30 .......... ......... W est Lafayette :'Fresno .................. ........ Z 3 Z2 .......... ......................... F resno Nashport .......... ........ 8 38 .......... ......... X Vest Lafayette Ffrazeysburg .... ......,. l 7 l3 .......,.. ....,.... W est Lafayette b VVarsaw ...... ........ 1 8 22 .......... ................. W arsaw Baltic ........... - ...... 25 36 .......... ......... W est Lafayette Dresden .... ...... l9 20 .......... ........ . West Lafayette fFresno .............. ........ 2 4 14 .... ......... West Lafayette Sugarcreek ........... ...... 2 3 25 .......... ................ , Sugarcreek Sacred Heart ....... 32 .......... ......... W est Lafayette Otsego ..... ......... :'fWarsaw ........ Roscoe ..... Warsaw ....,. Sacred H ea rt ....... ........l9 26 .......... 26 .......... C League gauiesj Otsego West Lafayette COUNTY TOURNAMENT Coshocton Coshocton SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT New Concord E391