The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-01-21


future passed into review at the
West Jefferson gymnasium Fri
day night when three all-star
games were played before an en-
thusiastic but chilled crowd, due
to incomplete heating of the gym
naSium.
The games were sponsored for
the benefit of the infantile paral-
ysis fund with Coach Paul Per-
kins in charge. To the coach as
well as the students, it was a
farewell game. Perkins, popular
coach of West Jefferson high
school for several years, has re-
signed to accept a position with
FSA. And due to war time con-
ditions, basketball schedules have
been cancelled, which closed the
season for the students.
The first game pitted the West
Jefferson "All-Stars', or as some
named them, "The Green Lam
terms" versus the w. J. high
school sextette. At any rate, the
Green Waves" of the high school
rolled over the "Green Lanterns,
putting them out by the score of
1876. The remarkable feature of
this game was the superb defense
led by Helen Sells, that the high
school put up during the last
half, holding the Lanterns to alb
solutely no points. It was evil
dent from the start that while
some of the Lanterns were form
er high school stars, that as a
unit, they were sadly lacking in
system. Although they were
game and fought desperately un-
til the end, the offensive power
of Vivian Johnson and Bobbie
Miller was too much for the op-
ponents. Mrs. Paul Perkins was
the outstanding player for the
Lanterns, while Grace Eller also
played we'll. Donna Miller Jack
son, who had not had court prac-
tice for five years, showed by her
speed that it would not take her
long to get back in practice. AS
one spectator said, "Give those
girls a little practice and they'd
beat the socks off of the high
school" That was perhaps the
reason for the one-sided score
Practice VS.. No Practice.
The second game was a rough
battle between the mixed team
from Jefferson versus mixed
team from West Jefferson, which
saw high schoolers and former
stars pitted against each other.
The game was a see-saw affair
with neither team able to run up
any stable lead. Many times
the lead changed hands, and fl
nally Rookie" Denney. who was
outstanding for the locals, put
the game con ice" with two
Swish" shots from the corner, in
the final two minutes of play to
give the locals a hard-earned 49,
Is victory. Stansberry and B.
McNeill played we'll.
The final game of the evening
and perhaps the final game to be
played on the local hardwood for
the duration, pitted the Nathan's
Creek All-Stars, led by Atwood
and Absher. against another pick
ed team from w. ]. and Jefferson,
with the lead changing hands sew
eral times. Denney, Barker, and
Jones were outstanding for the
locals and while they had very
little "smoothness" the picked
team downed the visitors 1926.
The game was roughly played
with numerous fouls being COM
mitted.
There was a slight disappoint-
ment in the crowd due to the
fact that after announcing the
games in the paper, some mem
bers of the local ration board,
upon receiving further informa-
ton, decided that it was not an
event of public welfare to which
persons could ride, despite of the
fact that all of the proceeds were
to 60 to the infantile paralysis