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

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THE TOURNAMENT West Salem was picked to meet Onalaska in their first game at the Class C District tournament at (iashton. Although our boys fought hard throughout the game, they lost 32 to 28 in a whirlwind finish. Salem met Wilton in the second game and the team made up for the defeat of the previous night by defeating Vi ilton 46 to 16 in the consolation bracket. Saturday night, the team tackled .Norwalk for the Consolation Championship. West Salem was ahead by a narrow margin throughout the game and came out ahead 26 to 21. The coach and each member of the team received silver medals. West Salem was the highest scoring team in the tournament, scoring 100 points in the three games played. Forty-six points in one game is also a record in the four years the Cashton tournament has been held. Four seniors. Stanley Sherman. Richard Wilcox, Robert Powers, and Wilfred Hemker played their last games for their Alma Mater. Below are the individual records of team members during the 1939-40 season. Name Quarter Points Fouls Free Tried Throws Made Field Goals Sherman 75 150 41 67 30 60 Schroeder 75 153 20 45 21 66 Wilcox 79 41 35 30 9 16 Powers 66 43 33 18 9 17 Lamp 57 75 18 25 11 32 Hemker 67 81 16 38 19 31 Leicht 20 26 11 6 4 10 Olson 17 5 6 2 1 2 Diekroeger 14 9 4 6 1 4 Rolstad 8 2 4 6 2 0 W. Miller 2 0 2 0 0 0 Hetland 2 0 1 1 0 0 k. Miller 1 0 0 0 I) 0 Vi ehrenberg .... • 0 1 0 0 0 F riel 1 ( 8 3 1 0 4 Stelloh 7 2 0 9 0 1 504 595 195 254 107 243 ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ Page Twenty-Ei ht

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SECOND ROW—H. Storandt. Mm'.. B. I.eicht, L. Olson. U. Nelson, Coach. FIRST ROW—B. Powers. W. Hemker, S. Sherman. R. Wilcox. J. I .amp, B. Schroeder. NON-CONFERENCE GAMES Vi . Salem. . . ...23; Cashton ... . ... 14 W. Salem.. . . .20: Tomah .. . . ....24 W. Salem. . ....23 W. Salem. . . ...30; Alumni . . . ....26 Vi . Salem. . . . .24: Norwalk .. 15 Vi . Salem. . . ...32; Alumni . . . Conference Games .. 19 w. .17: Onalaska .... . .20 W. Salem. . . . . 18 W. Salem. . . . .22: Galesville ... . .32 . . 18 W. .38: Bangor . .20 W. Salem. . . .28; Trempealeau . .. 9 w. Salem . .. .11: Trempealeau . .. 8 W. Salem . . . .. 12 w. Salem. . . .39: Mindoro .... . .24 W. Salem.. . .23; Holmen . .25 v. Salem. . . .24: Holmen . . 18 Coulee Conference Games Vi on 8: Lost 4 ; Standing: Tie for 2nd Place Total Games Won, 15; Lost, 6 Page Twenty-Seven

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INTRHMURHLS Intramurals were again conducted this year during the noon hour as in the past years. Four teams were organized in a league and played softball in the spring and fall and basketball in the winter. As an added improvement this year, each member of the teams agreed to give ten cents so that small bronze medals might be awarded to the members of the winning teams. SKATING MEET Last winter a boys and girls skating meet was held at the skating rink at the Park. The awards were furnished by the Scholastic Magazine. They were gold plated pins resembling ice skates and a knit skating cap for the winning boy and a parka hood for the winning girl. Four events were held for the boys and four for the girls. They were the 220 yard and 140 yard race, the backward race, and the novelty race. In each event the individual coming in first received 5 points; second H: and third I point. The boy and girl with the most total points were the winners. Alice Larsen won the meet in the girls division and LaVerne Denson was the victor in the boys division. Bfl'SEBflLL basebal1 team was reorganized at the request of the boys in the High School, five games were scheduled in the fall with return games to be played m the spring. The boys showed much enthusiasm for the sport despite the lack ot some of the equipment and a good park in which to play their games The team won three out of five games played in the fall. Below are the scores of the games played in the fall. West Salem 1() W est Salem () W est Salem 4 West Salem ]() West Salem Q Bangor 4 Mindoro 7 Galesville 10 Onalaska 0 Mindoro 1 Page Twenty Nine