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

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snr=------- i'namn:rrrLr: :t: rru i:: •■ m: m : 1:1 :iri 1:1:: ::::nxugg!i:.: Athletics mnmrrrrrEnnn i; rii Tn'n:ri:i BASKRT BALL TOURNAMENT Traveling in a Greyhound Bus three Coulee Conference teams went to Reedsburg to participate in the tournament sponsored there. Our first game was against the Cashton quintet. In this game our boys had a lot of pep and played good basket ball. The Salem five led the first quarter but Cashton soon settled down and got the lead and kept it. At the half Salem had eleven points to Cashton’s nineteen. Despite the efforts of our team, the Cashton players ended the game with 38 points to our 26. Since we lost the first game we dropped into the consolation bracket and had to play Wonewoc who had been defeated by Black River Falls. During the first three quarters of the game our men missed a lot of their shots, but they did manage to keep the score close. At the last quarter our two forwards found their range and started going. This last rally proved to be too much for Wonewoc for when the end came they trailed us by four points. The final score was West Salem 36; Wonewoc 32. By winning this game we got into the consolation finals and as a result we had to play with Galesville, one of our own conference teams. This game was very exciting as well as interesting. Salem held the lead all the time but Galesville’s rally during the last quarter gave us quite a scare. The final score was Salem 25, Galesville 21. By winning the Galesville-Salem game we received consolation honors which included a silver trophy and individual medals for the players. BASKET BALL Under the splendid coaching of our new teacher, Mr. Nelson, the basket ball career of this year’s team was very successful. The team won the Coulee Conference Championship by beating Galesville in a tie-off game at the Teachers College. The team traveled to Reedsburg to participate in the tournament sponsored there and won the consolation series. Conference Standings Team Won Lost % West Salem ... 8 2 .800 Galesville 8 2 .800 Holmen 6 4 .600 Onalaska 5 5 .500 Bangor 3 7 .300 Mindoro 0 10 .000 Seores West Salem 11 Eau Claire Y. M. C. A. 17 West Salem 20 La Crosse Voc. 22 West Salem 25 Holmen 22 West Salem 29 Onalaska 32 West Salem 22 Galesville 20 West Salem 16 Eau Claire Y. M. C. A. 33 West Salem 16 Bangor 15 West Salem 26 Mindoro 9 West Salem 12 Holmen 11 W’est Salem 15 Onalaska 9 West Salem 16 Galesville 17 West Salem 26 Bangor 21 W'est Salem 24 Mindoro 13 W'est Salem 19 Whitehall 21 W’est Salem 14 Galesville 12 W’est Salem 26 Cashton 38 W’est Salem 36 Wonewoc 32 W’est Salem 25 Galesville 21 Totals W. S. 392 Opponents 401 BASEBALL The baseball career of our High School team was short but effective. Practice started on September 11th id a large group turned out. Our first game was with Cashton the following Friday. This game was fast and furious, and by a fatal error on Salem’s part during the last inning we lost the game. The score was 3-2 in Cashton’s favor. The following Friday we played them again and showed them some baseball playing. As a result we beat them by a score of 9 to 0. We also played Mindoro and Galesville, beating Mindoro twice and Galesville once. In all we won four games and lost two, one to Cashton and one to Gales- ville as above mentioned. The ing scores are for the last four Salem 11 Galesville 4 Salem 22 Mindoro 4 Salem 0 Galesville 2 Salem 10 Mindoro 2 TRACK On April 23rd our track reported for its first workout and about twenty boys turned out for practice. The following day the air was filled with complaints of stiff arms, legs, etc. The boys had to settle down and work conscientiously, for two weeks later the Coulee Conference meet was scheduled. A week after the Coulee Conference meet the District meet is to be held at La Crosse, on May 5th. As this annual goes to press we wish that the boys participating will have lots of luck and hope they will bring home some real honors.