Bristol School basketball team, 1930.

Dublin Core

Title

Bristol School basketball team, 1930.

Date

1930

Identifier

053-001-160

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Location

Bristol Township (Ohio)

Original Format

Photograph

Owner

Warren-Trumbull County Public Library

Notes

Back row: Lawrence Lenney, Sam St. John, Yale Carpenter, Donald Cooper, Clarence Reibel, Ross Hoy.

Front row, seated: Curtis Mack, Earnie Lenney, Gilbert VanDervort, Ford Clark (coach) and Roy Conner.

Seated on floor: Cecil Copeland, mascot.

The 1029-1930 Bristol High School basketball team won 19 consecutive games, including the Trumbull County T.I.A. tournament championship. The title was Bristol’s second championship, having won previously in 1923. The county tournament was held at the Warren auditorium on East market Street. Bristol defeated Hartford, Braceville and then Fowler in the tournament. In the semi-finals they met undefeated Newton Falls and won by the score of 7-5. Bristol won the championship over McDonald by the score of 27-22. In the district tournament game they were defeated 24-19 by Scienceville, now Youngstown North High School. The team finished the season with a record of k19 wins and one loss.

Gift of Timothy S. Strom.

Repository

Local History & Genealogy Center