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

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The Tournament Amid the cheering of hundreds (?) of students, the West Salem basketball team started on Thursday on what was destined to be a very eventful vacation . We left at one o'clock in the afternoon having obtained the permission of Prin. Knudtson to leave early and see the Bangor-Holmen game. We arrived at Cashton safe and sound (as much as possible). Having walked over the entire business district of Oashton (it took us five minutes) we entered the scene of action. A few hours later, after having yelled ourselves hoarse for Holmen to no avail, we organized a posse in search of a messhall. And we found it !!! We had a thirty cent lunch of milk, toast, a baked potato, and eggs. Several of us were surprised at the price---that is, until we.tried our boiled eggs. We didn't have eggs, we had a genuine roasted in the shell chicken supper, a la Oashton:—that is, two of us did. The rest were not so fortunate: they had to subside on eggs. After our sumptuous meal, we left for the locai high school which the principal had kindly put to our use for resting. After resting a while, some of us played cards, while others played ping-pong-that's what it started out to be. It ended by taking round-horse servings at the pesky ball,finally pancaking it. About 7:30 we went to the gym, where we played Westby. We went home quite satisfied that night, having won 17-18, and having obtained permission to sleep it off the next morning, but between halves we missed seeing a peffed gentlemen engage in fisticuffs with the officious and able-looking constable . We got to school about 12:30 Friday, receiving a half-hearted yell from students in the assembly. We studied diligently all afternoon, shot a few free throws and went home. We pulled out of Salem at about 6:30 Friday night, and returned several hours later with another victory under our belts, (if any). Saturday morning most of us slept late, preparing ourselves for the ensuing battle with the boys across the tracks . We left at 8 Saturday evening. Again fate was with us (or was she), and we overcame the jinx Bangor has had on us this year. This was a championship game in every sense of the word, with five regular and half of the subs (I don't blame them) on the floor at once: everybody excited but Mr. Nelson. After the game, which, as you probably know, we won. We were supposed to be given our medals, but there was such a rush of Salem people running on the floor and Bangor folks rushing out, that we had to wait until Monday morning.

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Second Row: Prin. H.G. Knudtson, Billy Pischke, Henry Paustian, James Johnson, Manager A1 Blackburn, Ooach Geo. Nelson First Row: Harold Meyer, Clifford Indahl Harley Olson, Millraan Mengelt, Lawrenoe Miller, Norbert Boernecke NON-CONFERENCE GAMES Nov. 3rd West Salem 27 Jan. 29th West Salem 19 Westby 19 Holmen 15 Nov. 10th West Salem 13 Feb. 2nd West Salem 23 Norwalk 16 Onalaska 10 Nov. 13th West Salem 37 Feb. 3rd West Salem 26 Cashton 11 Trempealeau 20 Nov. 20th West Salem 15 Feb. 12th West Salem 20 Viroqua 27 Bangor 23 Nov. 24th West Salem 19 Feb. 19th West Salem 48 Cashton 10 Mindoro 21 Dec. 7th West Salem 20 Feb. 26th West Salem 29 Tomah 21 Galesville 20 Dec. 30th West Salem 21 Alumni 23 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT, CLASS 0 COULEE CONFERENCE GAMES Mar. 4th West Salem 23 Westby 22 Dec. 1st West Salem 25 Mar. 5th West Salem 18 Holmen 29 Soldiers Grove 14 Dec. 4th West Salem 20 Mar. 6th West Salem 23 Onalaska 10 Bangor 21 Dec. 17th West Salem 13 Bangor 28 REGIONAL TOURNAMENT. CLASS 0 Jan. 15th West Salem 30 Mindoro 19 Mar. 19th. West Salem 23 Jan. 19th West Salem 30 Wisconsin Dells 24 Trempealeau 3 Mar. 20th West Salem 25 Jan. 22nd West Salem 28 Bloomington 18 Galesville 18

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