Sportsmanship Over Scores
Kennewick High School honors basketball players not for their victories, but for their conduct in the face of difficult circumstances.
Tuesday afternoon, at a meeting of the high school assembly, ten basketball boys playing in the two teams were presented with letters for their interest in basketball activities. The letters represent to the boys not only the actual playing in the games but an appreciation of the student body in helping to represent us fairly, i.e., in doing the right thing under rather difficult circumstances. As coach of the boys, Mr. Meikle presented the letters to Earl Anderson, Emil Behrman, Anders Christenson, Earl Johnson, Harlan Muncey, Stacy Pierce, Russell Rarey, Bernard Slaugenhaupt, Lacy Squibb, and Corwin Terrell. The school is justly proud of the two teams this year. Although they have sometimes not been able to show as big a score as the opposing teams, they have been successful in true sportsmanship; they have been successful through helping each other and leaving out petty jealousies.
“Although they have sometimes not been able to show as big a score as the opposing teams, they have been successful in true sportsmanship.”
In an era of high-pressure school sports, this 1915 editorial highlights a refreshing local value shift toward character building over win-loss records, a sentiment that still periodically surfaces in community youth sports discourse.
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