West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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BASKET BALL PERSONNEL “Connie” Jostad, captain. —We couldn't do without him. Never missed a game. Plays center and forward. A Junior. Deeky Diefenthaler—Senior flash. Plays center and a good shot. A Junior. “Norcy” Norris—A game little forward and a good shot. A Junior. “Lute’ Fox— A husky guard. He discourages opposing forwards. “Ken” Harris—A fighting Irish basketeer. Sophomores are proud of him. A forward. Oaker Oaks Another Sophomore. A crack guard, always on the job. Jack Braun A Junior. Dependable and willing- guard. OFFICERS OF BOYS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Conrad Jostad Bernie Meyer Maynard Heider President Secretary Treasurer 22

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CTHE BASKET BALL SEASON West Salem 10 Onalaska 8 West Salem started the season by winning from Onalaska in the Salem gym. Owing to the short time since the beginning of practice the team tlid not display any brilliant teamwork but the future looked promising. Captain Jostad and Diefenthaler did the scoring. West Salem 14- Bangor 11 “Forget the jinx! Beat Bangor!” was the slogan adopted by every enthusiastic rooter during the week before the Bangor game to be played at West Salem. Our optimism was justified by the result. The game was hard fought as usual. Norris, our speedy little forward, opened the scoring with a neatly caged basket and tossed in two more before the half was over. During the last half, Norris added another pair of field goals, but Bangor kept the score tied. In the last minutes of the game Harris went in and made two baskets, breaking the tie, and Jostad sank a free throw for good measure. Onalaska 10--West Salem 3 The following Friday, West Salem played a return game at Onalaska, but fortune seemed to have turned agarnst us. Both teams played a strong defensive game and showed rather weak offensive work. Peculiarities of the Onalaska playing court handicapped our men considerably. West Salem 14- Westby 10 The team left for Westby with a few misgivings. Westby had made a good iecord and the report was that their team was unusually strong. Therefore Salem was keyed up to play its best, and surprised Westby with dazzling speed. Fox and Oaks played stellar defensive games. Viroqua 25—West Salem 12 The next evening found our boys in Viroqua with even a harder nut to crack than Westby. Size and weight were against us. However that may be, the Salem speed-boys kept Viroqua on the jump every second of the game. In the last half West Salem’s score almost equalled Viroqua’s. Holmen 34- West Salem 12 January 18th, Salem met Holmen in their gym. Holmen won third place at the district tournament in 1923 with practically the same team. Like most of our opponents, Holmen had a bigger team, man for man, than ours. Against such formidable opposition West Salem put up a game but losing battle. Jostad and Norris scored two field goals and Harris made one West Salem 11- Westby 10 Westby appeared with the avowed' purpose of getting revenge for their last defeat. The game proved to be a hair-raiser. A basket by Norris and a free throw by Jostad were the only points scored by the orange and black during the first half. Harris and Norris made points in the last half which brought the score to ten in all. Jostad won with a free throw just before the game ended. at last vje havc untied the knot in'can't” 24