Whitemire High School - Spectator Yearbook (Whitemire, SC)

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Boys' Basketball Left to right: BOBBY KING HUGH RISER RAYMOND LAWSON BOTH JETER Thr' 1951-55 vflition of thi' uv0ll'l'l'illl'S pro1'1'1l to ln' Ihr' lwst c'1'1'r. The W'ol1'1'rinf's won 18 straight high srhool ganws lwforf' losing to Slatar in the- L'lIlll?I'-Sfllfl' playoffs. This was ont' of rlzf'fim's1 tvams to vomr' out of Whitnzirzz in a long lima. Thi' u7Oll'l'l'illl'S won tht' Distrivt fil1lIllIIliUllSlli1I for Ihr' third straight yvar. Thr' u7lIll'f'I'illl'S also d0f1'atf'1l tht' Junior l'l1l'Sif-Y t1'arn at N1'u'lu'rry lfollvgv. Thr' highvst total r1'af'hf'rl by thi' u701l'l'I'llIl'S was 115 points against ,lUI1l'Sl'illl'. This also sf't a srhool r1'1'or1l. 'flu' uVlIll'f'l'Llll'S want to l'nion for thi' tonrnarnvnt aml lI0ll'l1l'll Foril and Prospvrity for thc' llistrivt Championship. With the lvIllll'l' State' lonrnamvnt at P. C. thi' ll ol1'1'rim's fl1'fc'alf'il Liberty in thc' first rounfl. Tlnjv lost a hard fought hattlr' to Slatvr thc' nf'xt night to and a tory sn1'c'f'ssfnl season. ATLEE BROWN LOU McMURRY JUNE RAINES-Guard Lou Mfmunnv-fofwmd Anas anoww-came, SHERRILL DALLAS-cmd Sci' 2 B 4 7 1 DONNIE KING-Gunrd mmm WELLING-Guard RAYMOND LAWSON-Guard HUGH Risen-Forward I Qt-f'f XX BILLY RHODES-Cerner I J FRANKLIN HATCHELL-Fofwofd HILLARD DUBLIN-Cerner 7 I Bom JETER-Forward BOBBY KING-Guard WILLIAM JOHNSON-Forward '

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RONALD GREEN RONALD EISON The 1955 Wolverines won the District Championship for the sixth straight year, The Wolverines ad- vanced to the semi-finals of the up- per-state playoffs before losing to Abbeville. The season started with a loss to Clinton by the score of 12 to O! The following week the Wolverines played their arch rivals, Fort Mill. This time the Wolverines came through with an impressive 13 to 0 victory. Then came a long trip to Charleston for a game with Bishop England High. Although the Wol- vs verines were defeated they put up a great fight before the game end- ed with the Catholics on top 31 to 20! P kN ax 1 CLAUDE MONTJOY ATLEE BROWN After three games away from home the Wolverines played Pros- perity and defeated them 31 to 6! The following week proved to be another good one as the Wolverines defeated Ford 19 to O. A trip to Lockhart proved successful as the Wolverines won 12 to 0. Then came a game with Newberry, whom the Wolverines defeated 12 to 6. The game with Blacksburg proved to be an exciting one with Blacksburg winning 13 to 8. However, Blacks- burg fortified the game to Whitmire and this gave them the District. The next week the Wolverines defeated Ninety Six, 12 to 6. After a loss to Kershaw the Wolverines played Ab- beville for the upper-state semifi- nals. Abbeville defeated the Wol- verines 25 to 6!

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Left Io right, first row: Franklin Ha1chell, Eddie Bostic, Raymond Lawson, Bobby King, Hugh Riser Lou McMurry, Sherrill Dallas, Both Jeter. Second row: Leland Welling, Hilliard Dublin, John Dublin, John David Teague, William Johnson June Raines, Atlee Brown, Billy Rhodes, Carl King, manager. SHERRILL DALLAS JUNE RAINES Sound off, Wolverines! Sound off, Wolverines! Sound off, Wolverines! Cadence count . . . WHITMI-RE BILLY RHODES WILLIAM JOHNSON 52,11 1 48 I Sf