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

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the week before, and they were determined to stop us this time. We were ahead by only four points, 22-18, at the half. Onalaska stayed close to our heels, but we closed the third quarter with seven points’ grace. During the last quarter, we scored ten and Onalaska fourteen. But we won, 49-46. Trempealeau had beat Norwalk on the first night, so we played Trempealeau in our second game. And what a game it was! Lakey and Paul from Trempealeau were really hitting the net and gave use a run for our money. Trempealeau led 14-8 at the first quarter and 22-17 at the half. When the second half opened, the Panthers were a determined crew. We were determined to make a comeback, and that’s just what we did. Wehrenberg came into the game and opened a scoring streak for Salem. As a result, we were only six points behind. 84-28. at the end of the third quarter. In one desperate lunge in the last quarter, Olson and Wehrenberg began burning the net with buckets and we pulled ahead to win 49-39. Talk about a game! But the heartbreaker came the next night when we faced the Bangor five for the Championship battle. It was tough sledding, and Bangor led all the way. The score at the end of the first quarter gave Bangor the lead by 11-9, and it was the closest we came lo them. The Bangor players were hitting, but we failed to find the mark. We left the floor at the half with Bangor ahead by an overwhelming 28-13. We scored fifteen points in the third period, while they made eighteen to lead 46-28. We held the visiting quint to five points while we made eleven in the last quarter, but it wasn’t enough. So Bangor triumphantly closed the game at 51-39 and proudly claimed the 1949 Championship crown. GAME SCORES West Salem 29 Blair 68 West Salem 36 Trempealeau 41 West Salem 43 Mindoro 26 West Salem 27 Bangor 40 West Salem 31 Holtnen 51 West Salem 49 Melrose 35 West Salem 30 Galesville 47 West Salem 36 Onalaska 27 West Salem 28 Lodi 33 West Salem 38 Trempealeau 32 West Salem 45 Central Sophomores 31 West Salem 69 Mindoro 41 West Salem 41 Bangor 40 ( Homecoming ) West Salem 37 Hoi men 35 West Salem 47 Melrose 34 West Salem 46 Galesville 4°. West Salem 42 Central “B” Team 31 West Salem 36 Blair 40 West Salem 46 Onalaska 40 Total 756 Total 740 TOURNAMENT GAMES West Salem 49 Onalaska 46 West Salem 49 Trempealeau 39 West Salem 39 Bangor 51 ( Championship) Tournament Total 137 Tournament Total 136 Grand Total.......893 Grand Total 876 Page Thirty two

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“Braves” Front row: R. Yanzer. R. Vanderploeg, I). Hoff. W. Olson. K. Diekroeger, K. Klos, G. Evenson. J. Wehrenherg. Second row: Mr. Hagen. R. Schild, B. McClintock, K. Meyer, M. Graff. L. Hanan. B. Carlson, M. Meyer, H. Meinking. Mr. Moran. Third row: R. Lunke, K. Ausman. R. Gilster, G. Haaland, K. Bangsberg, J. Mail, J. Hougen, A. Walters, K. Krome, J. Metzger. Basketball The record of this season’s basketball s juad soinewbat paralleled that of the 1947-48 team in that it got off to a slow start and gradually warmed up to a winning streak. The opening games of the season were disappointing. Blair really trounced us on their floor by a score of 68-29. Ouch! But. as evidence of our improvement, they were able to rack up only 40-36 when they edged us out on our home court during the second semester. A similar exchange of circumstances took place when we tangled with our toughest Coulee Conference opponents. Bangor humiliated us with a 40-27 victory, and Holmen did the same with a score of 52-31. But we showed them what we could do. When Bangor paid us a return visit for our Homecoming game, we really gave them a fight. The game ended in a tie. 35-35. In a breath-taking three-minute overtime, we sneaked past them to win. 41-40. SEASON’S RECORD Name FG VTA FTM PF PTS. Olson. W. 125 73 38 63 323 Diekroeger, K. 38 36 34 63 112 Hoff, D 55 18 18 45 128 Vanderploeg R. 50 24 40 36 124 Wehrenberg, G. 24 7 6 26 55 Klos, K. 24 16 31 47 64 Craff. M. 9 6 19 31 24 Evenson. G. 9 8 9 26 26 Hanan, L. 6 2 3 6 14 Man. J. 2 0 4 1 4 342 190 202 344 874 And in our very next game, we again turned the tables. Facing the Holmen outfit here, we sur- prised everyone by coming out on top by a score of 37-35. Compare it to the other score. and you’ll see why we felt we had improved. Then came the tournament, and we fought our way through to the Championship game. We drew Onalaska as our sparring partner in the first game. We had beaten Onalaska 46-40 in an exciting game Page Thirty-one

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