Whitehall High School - Yearbook Yearbook (Whitehall, MI)

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J-1 1-gifs-lr 'L--:SE Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-one BOYS' BASKETBALL First Row: Everett Allen, Ivan Houseman, Edward Dahlstrom, Rex Funnell. Second Row: Coach Wolfe, William Fechner, Earl Cornheld, Carl Cordell, Niels Mickelson. Baskeiball HE.boys' basketball team of 1951, composed of three veterans from last year's squad. Cartgnan, Houseman. and Allen, has enjoyed a long and successful season. The opening game was with Hart and it proved to be one of the biggest thrillers of the season. This game called for an overtime period as the score was 23 all when the regular time was up. During the extra period Hart sank one held goal and a free shot for three points, making the final score 26 to 23. After taking Hesperia into camp by a score of 20 to 10, we lost two games, one to Muske- gon Heights Reserves and the other to Fremont, the winners of the Class C district champion- ship. Coming back strong after the Christmas holidays we had five consecutive victories over Shelby, Hesperia, St. Mary's, Ravenna and Newaygo. After these games our luck changed and we fell beneath the onslaught of the St. Mary's and Shelby quintets. A week later we gave our old rival Montague a severe drubbing, 23 to 9. In the next two contests we lost to Fremont and Montague. The last two games on our schedule were with junior College Frosh and the Muskegon Heights Reserves. We defeated the junior College Frosh in one of th closest and most thrilling games of the season, but lost to the Heights Reserves. In the district tournament we defeated Pentwater and Hesperia and gained the champion- ship. This enabled us to go to the regional tournament at Grand Rapids where we won over Dimondale but lost to Middleville in the semi-finals. Whitehall .,.....,,...,...,.....,,,....,,,Y....,,,.,..,..,,.,,..,...,... 23 Hart .. ....... ,.............. . .....26 Whitehall ,,,,, 25 Hesperia ..... .,,,......, . .. ...10 Whitehall ,,,.,,,.. 12 Heights Reserves .,,,,, .. ..,l7 Whitehall ..,,. M13 Fremont ,....,..,...,,,.,,,,, ......24 Whitehall .1 ,..... 15 Shelby ' .,....,.., ,......, . ,,,. . 14 Whigehall .....,,.. 20 Hesperia ,,,,, ..... 9 Whitehall .,,,..... 25 St. Marys ,,,, ...... I 3 Whitehall ,.,,. 26 Ravenna ,,,,,, , ...IS Whitehall ..,...... 42 NeiwaYE0 -V - f - -----23 Whitehall ,,... 12 St. Marys ,,,, , ...... 25 Whitehall ,,,.. M16 Shelby ....,.... ..... . 19 Whitehall ,,,,,,... 23 Montague 9 Whitehall .,.,..,.. 11 Fremont ...l,,,,,,,,,,, ...... 1 7 Whitehall ......... 19 Montague ..........,,,, , ..,... 22 Whitehall ,....,... 21 Jr. College Frosh. .,....,. .....,. 2 0 Whitehall ,.,. ,i.,i,.r.....,, .,..., ......... 2 2 H eights Reserves ..............,.......... ...... 2 5 DISTRICT REGIONAL Whitehall ,,,,,, ....... 2 9 Pentwater ...... ..,.,.... 2 6 Whitehall ..... ........ 2 5 Dimondale ........ ....,,. 9 Whitehall ,.,.,, .,.,.,. 3 3 Hesperia ,... ......... 1 8 Whitehall ,.,. .. ........ 19 Middleville .,.,., .,.... 2 7 .,,l..... ......H.m.Hm.,iWm .. ...w..,.,l.H . .........,....,....m.....l. . ......,..l ,................,......i,...Wi,Vi..N............,..........,.,.., Page Thirty-nine

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Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-one .mm.... .!.. ...H .N i..'....i.,. .ii,-WW.Www, W.1.111j1.1.jj1111Wwmwwww1i1i1ii11111i1111111i1iitiwwwwwwn ii11Hi111i1iii11111111111ii111nwiwwwumw...,,.,..-mmm FOOTBALL First Row: Everett Funnell. Elliott Gibbs, Everett Allen, Capt. Ivan Houseman, Walter Houpt, Ward Brightwell, Edward Dahlstrom, Rex Funnell. Second Row: Coach Wolfe, Robert Stauch, Gordon Wight, William Fechner, Earl Cornfield, Carl Cordell, Raymond Turns, Niels Mickelson. Football HE 1950 football squad which reported to Coach Wolfe was eager to fill the moleskins and appeared to be promising material and ready for rapid progress. The men receiving letters for the previous season who returned to the team this year were: Houseman, Wight, Cornfield, Fechner, Mickelson, Brightwell, Gibbs, and Houpt. For our opening game we invaded the Shelby gridiron, during which a cold rain pre- vailed, and we were defeated by a score of 25 to 0. After threshing out the mistakes and correcting the faults of the first game we romped over Ravenna, another Class C school, a week later on our own field. The score was 26 to 0. Due to the injuries received in these two games, our team was greatly weakened. Coach Wolfe had to change the team around considerably. lt was with this team that we attempted to check the powerful and undefeated Montague line-up a week later. We met with defeat in this game by a score of 54 to 0. The game at St. Mary's just a week later was really a closer game than one might judge from the first look at the score which was 19 to 0. The next game was with another parochial school, St. jeans, on our own field. The St. jeans' team came out victorious with a score of 13 to 0. On the following Friday we entertained the strong Muskegon Heights Reserve team here and were defeated again 15 to 0. The annual Armistice Day struggle with Montague was played on our own gridiron this year. We held the undisputed Class C State Champions to a score of 36 to 0. This game wound up our 1950 season. Whitehall placed Cornfield for the third consecutive year on the mythical all-county team and Houseman and Gibbs found positions on the second team. Whitehall . , , ,, . ,. , , 0 Shelby Whitehall Ravenna ,. Whitehall . Montague , , Whitehall , St. Marys ....,, Whitehall , St. jeans .,,..,,,. Whitehall . Heights Reserves Whitehall , Montague ,.,,, , ., mmit......111.........m.........i....i...i.......,w..i in Page Thirty-eight

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Whitehall High School T H E C R Y S T A L Nineteen Thirty-one ...........l...l...,,....,..U.-H.. .M-,. ,.,,l,,,,,,...W W... M. lt ,. ,.vl,..,w,Wm inm,w,H,i,mWl1l1111111l111111111111mmwllwmw inW,mWwi.w.l,. mm .w.fH.fww,,,.Wwviili- GI RLS' BASKETBALL First Row: Ruth Perkins, Ann Brightwell, Arlyne Schneider, Capt. Bertha King, Jeanette Funnell, Marie Omness. Second Row: Coach Holmes, Holly Fechner, Vera Havyik, Kathleen Walter, Hilda Mord, Alice De Witt. Edith Kinsey. Girls' Basltelball ACING a hard schedule with a small amount of veteran material, the Girls' Basketball Squad made a fine record in winning six and dropping but three contests. Any team that must face such powerful court squads as the Muskegon Reds and the 1950-'31 Montague combination had its job cut out for them! Custer came to Whitehall to open the season in December and presented a smooth-passing attack. The score was tied at half but in the second half the Red and White was not to be denied and made enough baskets to register a 16-ll victory. Ravenna was next on the local sextette's schedule but the inexperienced visiting team was no match for the Whitehall tossers and a 42-S victory was rolled up. The following Montague game, however, was a hard one. The Blue and White had a fast moving combination, and clever floor work. Montague scored heavily in the first half and coasted to a 23 to 7 victory. The Muskegon Reds, Whitehall's first class A opponent, was next on the local card. White- hall fought hard the first half and the score was close but Muskegon reserve strength began to wear down the Whitehall attack and the Big Reds won 45 to 28. St. Mary's was the next opponent and it proved but a practice game as Whitehall rolled up a 45 to 0 score. Earlier results were duplicated in four return games. Whitehall went down fighting to Montague in their second meeting by a 18 to 8 count. St. Mary's was defeated by a lop-sided score of 37 to 9. Ravenna girls cancelled due to illness and in the final the Whitehall squad beat the Custer Cardinals 23 to 8. Brightwell and King were the heavy scorers of the season. Walters, Brightwell and Fechner alternating at the pivot positions did fine work. Mord, Havlik and De Witt did most of the guard work and kept the oponent's score low. Good reserve strength consisting of Kinsey, Swenson, Schneider, Haupt and others saw much action. Much credit is due Coach Geraldine Holmes for the fighting spirit she installed into her team. Hilda Mortl is the only member of 1951 squad lost through graduation and next year's team should be even more formidable than the present one. iimm..4nw4,..l. .., l. l, Page F on y