Women’s Basketball Decade Info 1919-20 Vogelbach ROSTER Alice Tague, Ruby Hager, Vennie Copley, Ruth Sanford, Ada Riggleman, Columbia Stowasser, Agnes Hayman, Bertha Forbes, Rita White, Irene Adkins, Vivian Blake, Louise Frazier, Gladyz Perkins 1920-21 Columbia Stowasser 1921-22 ROSTER Agnes Hayman, Louise Frazier, Ruby Hager, Glayds Haws, Martha Neel, Beatrice Crandall, Helen Harless, Yoak, Gresham, Mahone, Wintz, Stowasser, Adams, Sanford, Dick HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENTS Played Hunting Red Ringers, (14-15); West Huntington (4-22) PHOTO Team photo: June ’22 Comet The Lamp, May 1972, pg. 8 The Lamp, March 1976, pg. 7 1922-23 PHOTO Team photo: 1923 Yearbook, pg. 113 1923-24 ROSTER Ora Wintz, Virginia White, Mable Beasley, Maude Christian, Nova Martin, Ina Hager, Rose Bryant PHOTO Team photo: 1924 Yearbook 1924-25 ROSTER Kathleen Clay, Blanch Mathews, Mary McClure, Mary Burks, Sallie Long, Ora Wintz, Catherine Long, Margarite Powers, Haws PHOTO Team photo: 1925 Yearbook 1926-27 Kelley Wilson ROSTER Ora Wintz, Mary Adkins, Calma Mays, Vennie Toler, Leila Nutter, Mary Burke, Sally Long, Lettie Browning, Clara Belle Williams, Truby Vance HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENTS Scheduled college and high school teams. Kentucky Wesleyan was on the schedule. PHOTO Team photo: 1927 Yearbook pg. 105 Reunion photo: Morris Harvey Magazine mini-edition, October 1977 1927-28 Eldon Bradshaw Sally Long, Truby Vance, Lelia Nutter, E. Hopson, May, Wintz, Wallace, Pennybacker, Smith NOTE Played various high school and college teams Record: 7-3-2 PHOTO Team photo: 1928 Yearbook, pg. 83 1928-29 H.D. Westfall ROSTER Mullins, Burks, Clay, Frantz, Wintz, Browning, Elkins, Perry, Price NOTE Played Greenbrier, Catlettsburg, Alderson, Starr-Stuart, Ravenswood, Hamlin Record: 2-8 PHOTO Team photo: 1929 Yearbook, pg. 77 1937-38 ROSTER Aldena Lewis, Connie Scara Muzzing, Maggie Morris, Marjorie Atkins, Margaret Sampson, Mary Louise Conner, Oreda Summers, Zoe Humphreys NOTE Team participated in the Women’s City League PHOTO Team photo: 1938 Yearbook, pg. 76 1938-39 ROSTER Maggie Morris, Mildred Conner, Mary Louise Conner, Zoe Humphries, Opal Moore, Virginia Jordan, Ruth Paisley, Mary Elizabeth Stump, Melba Ward, Annette Massey, Mildred Eisman, Joyce Craft HONORS City All-Star team: Mary Elizabeth Stump, Mildred Conner, Mary Louise Conner PERFORMANCE Took top honors in their division of the (City) basketball tournament with nine consecutive wins and no defeats. Source: 1939 Yearbook. PHOTO Team photo: 1939 Yearbook, pg. 76 STORY Previewing the season: The Comet, 1/20/39, pg. 3 1939-40 Helen Bayless ROSTER Jean Heffernan, Zoe Humphries, Mary Conner, Margaret Zaharis, Kitty Duren, Melba Ward, Barbara Haddad, Millie Conner, Virginia Jordan, Ina Craft, Zelda Eberhart, Sallie Kennedy, Geraldine Pettit, Mary Elizabeth Stump NOTE 1-1 last reported record 1940-41 3-6-2 Helen Bayless ROSTER Jo Wright, Georgia Dummitt, Gene Barton, Ruth Pyles, Janette Shepard, Virginia Jordan, Jo Anne Jordan, Mary Elizabeth Stump, Marjory Heckert, Inez Bone NOTE According to the 1941 Yearbook: Two of the outstanding games of the season were with Alderson-Broaddus and the West Virginia Bearings (1941 city league champions). MHC tied both games. Women’s rules bar the playing of extra periods in case of tie. PHOTO Team photo: 1941 Yearbook, pg. 85 Coach Bayless: 1941 Yearbook, pg. 85 1941-42 Bayless ROSTER Mary Elizabeth Stump, Kitty Dunn, Jewell Whitman, Jo Wright, Marjorie Heckert, Gene Barton, June Robson, Mary Fisher, Bonnie Lee Walker, Ruth Pyles, Janette Shepard, Jewell Webb, Virginia Jordan, Millie Conner 1943-44 Louise Stadler, Ruth Cooksey, Barbara Pierce SIGNIFICANT NOTE According to The Comet, 3/17/44, pg. 6: A game was scheduled between Morris Harvey and West Virginia State since interracial sports were suggested as a means of overcoming race prejudice. 1955-56 ROSTER Ginny Martin, Gayle Damcron, Phyllis Taylor, Nina Stamper, Gloria Burgess, Helen Smith, Ella Skaggs, Jackie Hall PHOTO Team photo: 1956 Yearbook, pg. 90 1965-66 Mary Etta Green ROSTER Daisey Holley, Cindy Hensel, Gail Withrow, Jill Morris, Carol Placek, Bonnie Morgan, Amelia Child, Elaine Crosscup, Jo Ann Rayford (season high scorer), Linda Smith, Judith Boncic, Margaret Graham, Patty Cotton, Ann Harmon, Helen Haworth NOTE MHC women’s basketball played in the state tourney, which involved Marshall, WV State as the only other colleges. The rest of the teams consisted of business and church teams. PHOTO Team photo: The Comet, 3/17/66, pg. 3 1968-69 Carol Alfano 1969-70 Carol Alfano 1970-71 6-5 First Intercollegiate season Rosie Sangid ROSTER Carol Alfano, Brenda Canal, Laura Cadden, Michelle Umoleale, Sue Anderson, Adele Groom, Jill Applegate, Joyce Adams, Fran Peter, Maria Polo, Laura Altholz, Katrina Parker, Barb Watson, Marlyne Salitsky, Sandy Ruckel, Pam Sales, Pam Robertson, P. Best, B. Hughes, P. Richards PERFORMANCE Pam Roberston 20 points vs. Rio Grande HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENTS Played Marshall, (18-47, 32-70) Played Eastern Kentucky, (24-35) Played Western Kentucky NOTE Fourth in the WVWIAA Tournament PHOTO Team photo: 1971 Yearbook, pg. 152 GAME PHOTO Carol Alfano: 1971 Yearbook, pg. 153 Unidentified: 1971 Yearbook, pg. 153 AFTER MHC Carol Alfano went on to be the head coach at Virginia Tech, (1979-97). She was the all-time winningest coach at Virginia Tech as of the ’95 season. Alfano was also head coach at Pasadena City College and the director of basketball operations for Cal.-Berkeley, (’00-’01). 1971-72 9-3 Sangid/Robert Baylous ROSTER Karen Rectenwald, Judy Neal, Pam Robertson, Kris Golasheshky, Debbie Dwyer, Marlyne Salitsky, Linda Bottger, Connie Clarke, Lee Ann Lovin, Marta Dean, Madigan, Pfeuffer, Brenda Canal, Henrietta Mignone, Sandy Ruckle HONOR All-WVWIAA Tournament: Connie Clarke HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENT Played Marshall, (32-71) NOTE WVWIAA Tournament: One win, two losses PHOTO Team photo: 1972 Yearbook, pg. 180 Coach Sangid: The Lamp, January 1972, pg. 8 GAME PHOTO Various: 1972 Yearbook, pgs. 180, 181 The Lamp, May 1972, pg. 9 Practice photo Brenda Canal: The Lamp, January 1972, pg. 8 Henrietta Mignone: The Lamp, January 1972, pg. 8 1972-73 10-2 4th in the WVIAC Tournament Sangid ROSTER Lynne Zingone, Jackie McMullin, Karen Fish, Terri Williams, Lee Ann Lovin, Marta Dean, Louise Vance, Connie Clarke, Dreama Lilly, Pam Robertson, Linda Bottger, Judy Neal, Mary Beth Mullens, Lisa Woo HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENT Played Marshall PHOTO Team photo: The Comet, 2/22/73, pg. 4 1973 Yearbook, pg. 59 GAME PHOTO Linda Bottger: The Comet, 2/15/73, pg. 4 Connie Clarke: The Comet, 2/15/73, pg. 4 The Lamp, March 1973, pg. 5 1973 Yearbook, pg. 58 Marta Dean: 1973 Yearbook, pg. 58 Jackie McMullin: The Comet, 2/15/73, pg. 4 Judy Neal: The Comet, 2/15/73, pg. 4 Pam Robertson: 1973 Yearbook, pg. 59 Lisa Woo: 1973 Yearbook, pg. 59 Coach Sangid: 1973 Yearbook, pg. 58 1973-1974 7-4 Sangid ROSTER Nancy Burke, Jackie McMullin, Linda Houghton, Kathy Hackney, Barbara Carte, Connie Clarke, Pam Robertson, Bev Robertson, Linda Bottger, Maria Polo, Lynn Zingone, Karen Jones HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENTS Defeated West Virginia, (55-45) (Comet, 1/31/74) Played Marshall, (40-49) PHOTO Team photo: The Comet, 1/17/74, pg. 4 GAME PHOTO Pam Robertson: The Comet, 1/31/74, pg. 4 Jackie McMullin: The Comet, 2/14/74, pg. 4 1974-75 16-5 (11-1) Midwest Regional Sangid/Bud Francis WV Tournament Finalist ROSTER Anna Coratello, Kathy Hackney, Sue Stafford-Smith, Jackie McMullen, Allyson Whalley, Nancy Burke, Jill Scott, Robin Machin, Connie Clarke, Barbara Carte After 12 games: Coratello 281 points Carte 174 McMullen 130 Clarke 90 HONOR All-WVWIAA Tournament: Connie Clarke PERFORMANCE Anna Coratello 23.5 points per game for the season (Comet, 11/20/75, pg. 4) Anna Coratello 46 points vs. Concord 1/18/75 (Comet, 1/30/75) Anna Coratello 34 points vs. West Virginia Morris Harvey held opponents to 47.8 points per game. HIGHLIGHTED OPPONENTS Defeated Radford, (63-58) Split with West Virginia, (81-49 2/22/75; 55-69). In the 81-49 game, a WVWIAA post- season contest, Anna Coratello scored 34 points, Connie Clarke 30 points. The Comet 2/27/75. Played Marshall, (49-75) POST-SEASON Midwest Regional (Normal, IL) Defeated Purdue, (70-60) Played Ohio State, (59-72) Played Ball State, (58-80) AFTER MHC Connie Clarke would later be the first female inducted into the Golden Eagle Sports Hall of Fame. Clarke played multiple sports during her career. PHOTO Team photo: The Comet, 1/30/75, pg. 4 1975 Yearbook, pg. 87 Coach Francis and several players: 1975 Yearbook, pg. 90 GAME PHOTO Nancy Burke: The Comet, 2/13/75, pg. 4 The Comet, 2/27/75, pg. 4 1975 Yearbook, pg. 89 Barbara Carte: The Comet, 2/13/75, pg. 4 The Comet, 2/27/75, pg. 4 The Comet, 5/1/75, pg. 3, 6 Connie Clarke: The Comet, 2/13/75, pg. 4 The Comet, 2/27/75, pg. 4 Anna Coratello: The Comet, 2/13/75, pg. 4 The Comet 2/20/75, pg. 4 The Comet 5/1/75, pg. 3 1975 Yearbook, pg. 88, 89, 90 Kathy Hackney: 1975 Yearbook, pg. 87 Jackie McMullin: The Comet, 2/7/75, pg. 4 The Comet, 2/13/75, pg. 4 The Comet 3/13/75, pg. 4 1975 Yearbook, pg. 88, 90 Allyson Whalley: 1975 Yearbook, pg. 89, 90 Unidentified: 1975 Yearbook, pg. 89, 90 Team huddle: 1975 Yearbook, pg. 88, 89 Coach Francis: 1975 Yearbook, pg. 88 1975-76 26-3 (16-0) AIAW Tournament Bud Francis STREAK Win streak: 17 games, began the season 17-0 (Comet, 2/12/76, pg. 4) ROSTER Sue Stafford-Smith, Heidi Hovorka, Debbie Westmoreland, Vicki Hunt, Barbara Carte, Anna Coratello, Debbie Hill, Robin Machin, Jackie McMullin, Nancy Burke, Allyson Whalley, Angie Bradford, Kathy Hackney Assistant coach: Jim Buckalew PERFORMANCE Anna Coratello 21.7 average (682 points?) (Editors note: 682 points over 29 games is 23.5.