They did so well that they were allowed to go to the state tournament. They were not in the best of condition, two players were sick with hard colds, but they won the first game from Bassett and lost the second to Pawnee' City. The players were Frank Robinson, Clyde Sudman, Lee Henderson, Everett Dennis. Walter Stroud and Ralph Snell.

The basket ball team in 1918-19 won their monograms and wool jerseys in the high school colors, purple and white.

In the years 1919-20 they have played very .good games. The players were: Gus Jacobs, Rex Proper, David Curtis, Rush Snow and Murray Snow ; the girls were, Pearl Kingery, Opal Plummer. Vena Quelle, Esther Miller, and Helen Naslund.

In 1918 the grades, needing the entire building, a new high school building was built in the west part of town on a five acre tract under irrigation. The teachers were Lena Freiday, Superintendent, Winefried Warren, and Mrs.

G. M. Robison. That year Garden countv's

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first field meet was held in the second week of May and was a grand success. It consisted of baseball, basket ball, tennis, novelty events, and all track events. Garden county high school won the meet with a lead of 96 points, with Lewellen second. The champion athletes were Ivan Hartman, Lewellen, first ; David Curtis, of Garden county high school, second; Rex Proper of Garden county high school, third. Girls : Pearl Kingery, first ; Helen Naslund, second; Opal Plummer, third; all of Garden county high school.