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Throughout his career at Alderson High School,
Coach McLaughlin has always fielded a
representative Basketball Team, and many of his
players can well recall the long winter nights
of travel to visit our neighboring opponents.
Unfortunately, his Basketball Teams did not
enjoy the same degree of success as did his
Football Teams. Most of his Basketball Players
were also the principals of the Football Team,
and far too often the desire required by the
active physical contact of the Football overcame
the speed, skill and coordination required by
the Basketball. Nevertheless, there were many
fine Basketball Teams, who, on any given
occasion, could give any opponent all it could
handle, and most of our teams could boast of an
even split in the won and lost column.
During the early l940's
and late l950's our Basketball Teams played on
equal terms with the best in the Valley, and at
least two of the more recent teams advanced to
the finals in Regional Tournament play before
being eliminated in the State Championship
Playoffs . Most certainly, Coach usually found
one or two players each year who were proficient
at the game and around whom a team could be
built.
Unfortunately, no record
was kept of the Basketball Teams over the years,
and since the team records are not available,
and as only a few of the team pictures could be
located, no attempt has been made to give a
detailed illustration of the Basketball Teams.
Those team pictures which are available are
printed on the following pages. It is regretted
that all of the pictures could not be located.
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