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

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0' w ..............0 BAND BAND W. S. HIGH SCHOOL BAND This year our band under the direction of Mr. Nichols, prospered in its music to an unusual decree in view of the fact that so many new players had to be recruited at the beginning of the term. The high school has been entertained with concert music on several occasions, notably the Armistice Day, Washington’s Birthday, and Music Week programs. Twice the band was invited to play in La Crosse, once at the La Crosse Teachers College and later at Central High School. Some of the band members attended the annual Music Festival and participated in the various events of the day; some played solos, some played in “Susie’s” band, and most of them played in the Western District Band, which is a mass organization consisting of music students in the various high schools in this part of the state. On April 19 a band concert was given at the pavilion, but this, unfortunately, was not very well attended. Those who did come, however, were very pleased with the music. The most interesting experience for the band members this year was the participation in the district band tournament at Viroqua on April 23. Our band contested in Class “A” at the Temple Theater at 11:35 in the morning. The soloists were Billy Johnson and Kenneth Storandt, with Elmer Mau as their accompanist. In the afternoon at 3:00 o’clock the big parade of the bands was held. The next day we learned that the West Salem band had been awarded third place in Class “A”. We feel that the year has been a very profitable one for us in every way, and we are more than glad that the band work is one of the major activities in our school. The instrumentation of the band is as follows: Clarinets: Elmer Mau Stanley Oaks Dougald Blackburn Ralph Cullmann Alice Griswold Bernie Kruger Anker Michelson Norman Nelson Gerald Quackenbush Kenneth Storandt Frederick Wege Cornets: Billy Johnson Robert McEldowney Edward Hesse Alta Heider Lois Ann Johnson Betty Norris Trombones: Rudolph Niedfeldt Raymond Diekroeger Roland Labus Richmond Griswold Altos: Fay Cullmann Arline Cassel Saxophones: Raymond Hemker Evelyn Kokkeby Ardith McEldowney Wilma Goedecke Billy Sylvester Baritone: Wilfred Oldenburg Flute: James Wakefield Piccolo: Albert Blackburn James Wakefield )!)(».•: Albert Larsen Sousaphones: Francis Capper Maynard Diekroeger Robert Mau Drums: Kenneth Hanson John Sid Steensen James Angus Johnson Bobby Lee Larson

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 o t . Mil Hill III • • • I• I I• n• 1111»Iil • l ,I . Mill IIIIMIMIMIIIIIIIIIII I MIIMIIIII Illlfil BASKET BALL Standing, left to right—Mr. Tweed, Robert Mau, Francis Capper, Robert Peterson, Rudolph Niedfeldt, Elmer Klos, Dougald Blackburn. Seated—Melvin Olson, Raymond Hemker, Karl Havens, Roy Havens, Robert McDonald. BASKETBALL West Salem has finished another successful season of basketball. The team won nine out of seventeen games during the season. The team tied with Galesville for fourth place in the Coulee Conference. It won third place in the tournament at Vir-oqua by winning the consolation series. For this they received a fine silver trophy. Every man on the, ten played his required four games, so each wins a letter. The second team also has shown very good work, having won seven out of twelve games and therefore having won third place in the Coulee Conference second teams. Onalaska’s second team won first and Bangor’s second. Conference Standing Won Lost ° r Holmen 10 0 1.000 Bangor 7 3 .700 Onalaska 0 4 .600 West Salem 3 7 .800 Galesville ------3 7 .300 Mindoro 1 9 .100 SCORES West Salem 16—Vocational 11 Wrest Salem 26—Cash ton 15 West Salem 20—Cashton 17 Wrest Salem 15—Holmen 26 Wrest Salem 17—Onalaska 24 West Salem 2 —Galesville 10 We d. Salem 16—Bangor 13 Wre ?t Salem 15—Mindoro IS West Salem 0—Ho'men 15 West Salem —Onalaska 23 West Salem 2°—Tomah Indians 12 West Salem 16—Galesville 17 West Salem 12—Bangor 32 West Salem 36—Mindoro 17 Wert Salem 11—Viola 17 West Salem 21—Soldiers Grove 12 W’est Salem 23—Cashton 20 Total W. S. 320—Opponents 299 Second Team Scores West Salem 13—Cashton 11 West Salem 12—Cashton 15 W'est Salem 7—Holmen 4 Wrest Salem 8—Onalaska 11 West Salem 15—Galesville 9 West Sa’em • 7—Bangor 5 W’est Salem 12—Mindoro 11 West Salem 7—Holmen 9 West Salem f—Onalaska 9 West Salem 11 — Galesville 7 Wfest Salem 7—Bangor 1°. West Salem 19—Mindoro 3 Total W. S. 124—Opponents 107 BASKETBALL T()URNAMENT On March 17th, 18th and 19th a basketball tournament was held at Viroqua. The following eight teams were selected to play: Cashton, Kendall, Lone Rock. Ithaca. W’est Lima, Soldiers Grove, V:ola and West Sa’e . We played our first game with Viola Thursday evening at 9:C0 o’clock. The first half was poorly played, and our team was behind by a score of 12-3. In the second half Salem outplayed the Viola team, but, with a lead too great for us to overcome. they beat us by a score of 17-11. In the other games which were played on Thursday Kendall defea'ed Cashton 14-12 in an overtime game, Ithaca won from Lone Rock 20-M, and Soldiers Grove lost to W’est Lima by a score of 16-12. On Friday, the second day of the tournament, we played Soldiers Grove at 4:CC o'clock in the afternoon. The two teams played on even terms during the first half and left the floor with the score tied 8-8. In the second half, however, our team “got going’’ and completely swamped them. The final score was 21-12. In the other Friday games the Ca hton-Lone Rock ga!me was very one-sided with’.Cash-ton winning 22-6; Kendall won from Ithaca in a thrilling double overtime game; and W’est Lima, after leading for over three fourths of the game, lost a hard fought battle to Viola. On Saturday evening we played Cashton for the consolation title. The game was very close and hard fought. Cashton was leading at the half 11-8. In the second half our team came from behind to win a hard-earned victory bv a score of 23-20. This was one of the fastest and best played games of the tournament. The crowd was brought to its feet several times by the brilliant shooting of both teams. 0. Homestad of Cashton and E. Havens of Mfest Salem, two of the outstanding players in the tournament, led the scoring with 13 and 16 points, respectively. A trophy was awarded to our team, and each player received a silver medal. In the championship game Kendall lost to Viola after plaving overtime. Kendall led most of the time, bu a late rally by the Viola team won the championship trophy, and each player a gold medal. The Kendall plavers received silver medals.—Roy Havens

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