MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA SCHOOL NEWS

Transcribed, by Beverly Witmer on September 20, 2019

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Girls' Basketball Team of 1943-44

Date	Opponent	Where	Score
			We	They
Nov. 19	Springdale	Here	30	11
Dec. 3	Wilton	There	18	31
Dec. 3	Nichols	Here	23	32
Dec. 17	Springdale	There	30	31
Jan. 7	Conesville	Here	22	31
Jan. 14	Nichols	There	20	33
Jan. 21	Wilton	Here	33	25
Jan. 27	Wilton (county tournament)	Nichols	35	36
Feb. 4	Conesville	There	30	31
Feb. 9	Solon (sectional tournament)	There	45	27
Feb. 11	Lone Tree (s. t.)	Solon	24	35
Feb. 15	Durant	Here	11	14
Feb. 18	Tiffin	Here	14	24
Feb. 25	Durant	There	21	21

        The total points we made for these games were 356; those of our various oppenents were 384. We played some very close games, the team's work improving toward the end of the season.

        Eleven girls played varsity basketball this season. The squad was outstanding for its close cooperation and fine enthusiasm. These eleven included:

Co-Captains
Genevieve McKillip (forward-guard)
Geneva Foster (guard)

Guards	Forwards
Shirley Miller	Twila Van Horn
Eleanor Lindhorst	Erma Sterner
Laurine Burns	Lillian Schempp
Shirley Schmidt	Marilyn Wolf
	Joyce Garvin

        We wish to take this opportunity to thank Coach Hartung for the patience and work involved in training us. He did a fine job. We have also appreciated the work of Shirley Schmidt, our student manager.

        The seniors (Twila, Genevieve, and Geneva) will be missed on next year's team, but the undergrads show great promise.

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Boys' Basketball Team of 1943-44

Date	Opponent	Where	Score
			We	They
Nov. 19	Springdale	Here	26	15
Nov. 23	St. Mary	Here	27	14
Dec. 3	Wilton	There	25	31
Dec. 10	Nichols	Here	33	23
Dec. 17	Springdale	There	40	23
Jan. 7	Conesville	Here	22	20
Jan. 14	Nichols	There	34	20
Jan. 21	Wilton	Here	29	24
Jan. 26	Muscatine freshman (county tournament)	Nichols	25	23
Jan. 27	Nichols (county t.)	There	16	14
Jan. 29	Conesville (county t.)	Nichols	35	33
Feb. 4	Conesville	There	31	40
Feb. 15	Durant	Here	32	34
Feb. 18	Tiffin	Here	43	22
Feb. 22	St. Mary	There	33	27
Feb. 25	Durant	There	25	53
Mar. 2	Stanwood (sectional tournament)	Tipton	32	39

       We have closed our season feeling that we have completed a successful year. We won 12 games and lost 5 games. This year, Atalissa took the boys' county tournament for the first time in history. We are certainly proud of our trophy.

        This season our team included a squad of ten members.

Co-Captains
Dean Sterner (guard)
John Ellsworth (center)

Guards	Centers	Forwards
Bob Ervin	Stephen Hobbs	Ray Sterner
Calvin Schmidt		Dick Miller
Dick Ervin		Raymond Oepping
		Ronald Bridgford

        Thanks to Coach Hartung! The team has appreciated the effort he has put forth to coach the teams and arrange for the games and transportation.

       The five boys leaving the team (Bob, Dean, Ray S., John E., and Dick M.) wish next year's team all the success possible!

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Jr. High Team of 1943-44

Date	Opponent	Where	Score
			We	They
Nov. 23	Muscatine	Here	8	2
Dec. 3	Wilton	There	15	9
Jan. 21	Wilton	Here	15	2
Jan. 26	Muscatine	There	8	18
Feb. 22	St. Mary	There	20	21
Feb. 26	West Liberty (county Tournament)	Muscatine	23	7
Feb. 26	Conesville (county t.)	Muscatine	19	9
Feb. 26	Muscatine (county t.)	There	19	17

        We made a total of 127 points during this season and our opponents made a total of 85 points. We feel that the season of 1943-44 has been a very successful one. We won first place in the Jr.-High County Basketball Tournament held in Muscatine.

        Bill Barkalow, regular captain, was ill during some games, so Budd Curttright captained the team in his place.

       The positions played by the team members were as follows:

Forwards	Centers	Guards
Budd Curttright	Delbert Phillips	Bill Barkalow
Orlen Stark	Hal McKillip (or f)	Lavern Lindhorst
Dick Carter		Harold Noll (or c)
Jack Garvin		Virgil Noll (or f)
Ralph Arnold

        We sincerely think that without Mr. Hartung's coaching we couldn't have gotten as far as we did.

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Kittenball and Baseball

        During the kittenball season in the fall, this team played two regular games against Nichols. The score for the first game (played at Nichols) was 17-4 in Atalissa's favor. During the second game (at home), the Nichol's team was much better and we won by a smaller margin. The team members were:

        Robert Ervin, Ray Sterner, Dean Sterner, John Ellsworth, Dick Miller, Rodney Hadley, Edwin White, Ray Oepping, Calvin Schmidt, Donald Passmore, Ronald Bridgford, Dick Ervin, Harold Noll, and Virgil Noll.

        For the baseball season in the spring, one game was scheduled with West Branch on April 11. The baseball team included the same members as for the kittenball team with the exception of Dick Miller and John Ellswoth.

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