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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1938
Page
4
Sterling defeated Rock Falls 20-16 in the heavies and 24-12 in the reserves after leading early. Swartley Healey and Powell starred for Sterling while Rock Falls led briefly and DeKalb edged Sterling 20-19 in a later doubleheader split.
Sterling men edge Geneseo 24 to 17 as Bowell leads scoring and reserves struggle against Geneseo height and speed. Rochelle beats Sterling 31 to 27 on their floor in a tense intra-city game, Bentley scoring 13 and Hazelton 16 for Rochelle. Community defeats Sterling 84 to 18 to claim intercity title as reserves split overtime battles. Sterling 14 Dixon 12 in main game. Alice Mae Richards named chairman for senior formal dance in April.
A schedule lists meets for LaSalle-Peru at Bradford, Freeport at Sterling, Whiteside Co at Sterling, Triangular Morrison Princeton Sterling, Quadrangular Savannah Geneseo Mendota Sterling, Dixon at Sterling, District Meet LaSalle, Rock Falls at Sterling, State Meet Champaign, North Central IH Conference Meet Sterling. Freshman Sophomore meets set for Milledgeville Walnut Ster May 11th Dixon Fresh-Soph and Lyndon H S at Sterling with tentative dates.
The Sterling High School Band played at the President's Ball from 7:30 to 8:15 in band uniform. On Tuesday February 1 they performed forty minutes for the Farmers Convention at the Coliseum without uniforms due to a quick return to S. H. S. practices for the spring Band contest in Rock Island.
A playful column lists students’ hobbies at length. Bev Anderson admires art, Paul Johnson collects stamps, Louie Kornman studies microscopy, Naomi Renters explores truckin styles, and Jean Brown enjoys golf. Others include knitting, photography dreams, pigeon fancy, and a humorous nod to exams and gossip.
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