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Nevada City High School - The Quill (371.QUI.1921)(1921) (97 pages)

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THE QUILL 49
GIRLS’ ATHLETICS
The basket ball season opened with a meeting called by coach Esther
MacDonald, in the latter part of September. Mildred MacDonald was unanimously
elected Captain while Phillis Chapman was elected manager, running against
Edna Maguire and Margaret Peard. Arrangements were made for practice in
Armory Hall, and practice began a week later. Good material turned out and all
of the twenty-four girls tried their best to work up for the first team. Shortly
after the beginning of the season, the showers for both boys and girls. were
installed. A little later the girls were able to raise a hundred dollars from the
luncheon they had served during Teacher’s! Institute, This money helped pay for
the improvements upon the hall and enabled the girls to purchase new jerseys.
Grass Valley 4——Nevada City 2
The first game of the season was played on the Nevada High school court,
between the Grass Valley girls and the Nevada girls. The game was a nine
court one, and the first the Nevada City girls had ever played, The girls soon
kot nsed to the small courts and played with much spirit. At the end of the
second half the score stood 2-2. An extensicn of time was grarted by Miss Van
Hagan, state Physical director, who refereed the game. Grass Valley. made. the
lucky basket, winning by a score of two points.
Seniors 9 ——AIl Stars 18
[In order to raise funds for the Benevolent Society a game was played on
November 24, between the Seniors of the Nevada City High School and the All
Stars of the same school. The game was hotly contested and the score at the
end of the first half showed the All Stars to be far in the lead. The game was
forfeited by the Seniors shortly after the beginning of the second half, because
Mildred MacDonald fell and severly sprained her ankle, Basket Ball season was
Suspended for scme time after this in order to give ‘Pill’ time to get over the
sprain,
G, V. Fresh.-Soph. ——N. C. Fresh.-Soph,
The Freshmen-Sophomore girls organized a team during November, MarBaret Peard and Helen Calanan being elected captain and Manager respectively.
They accepted the G. V. Girls’ challenge to play a game in Grass Valley and it
Was a dandy game. The N. C. girls lost to the G. V. team, The game was to
be for the Freshmen-Sophomores alone although G. V. entered some of their
Upper classmen. The Freshmen-Sophomore girls played several games with picked
teams and with the Grammar School, winning from the latter.