Berrien Basketball History
Alapaha, Enigma, Nashville, Ray City, and all points in between
New Lois

New Lois never had a full-fledged high school. Outside of the other high schools in Berrien County, they might have only played one other school that did have a real senior class - Sparks-Adel. They did, though, travel outside the county. They played schools in Cook County (Midway, Alpha, Lenox, & Twin Oaks), Lanier County (Crisp), and had at least one game with Lowndes' Pine Grove and also with King's Chapel, which nearly literally straddled the Lowndes-Berrien county line.

No gym was ever built at New Lois. Games were played outside on dirt. NL possibly even had two dirt courts with each squad getting their own. Until the big consolidation of 1954, the school continued to field junior high teams.

It looks as if New Lois was positioning itself to be considered a bigger school in sports. In 1940-41, they played two full-sized high schools outside of the county in Pine Grove and Sparks-Adel. Midway and Crisp were not only out of the county, they were both a better quality of opponent. Midway's boys had gone to the state tournament via the GHSA's short-lived Class D series of championships. Had World War II not occurred (and the tightening of purse strings on Berrien County sports that came along with it), it's possible that New Lois might have gained additional status, though they would have still closed in 1954.

Historic Scores (very, very incomplete)

Known coaches
Girls: Mrs. Maxie Patten (1940-41)
Boys: none

Season
Date
Loc.
Opponent
Girls' Score
Boys' Score
Notes
1933-34 12-12H Poplar Springs LL  
  03-09  Cottle 22-19 22-11 County Tournament
  03-10  Enigma 9-18  County Tournament
  03-10  Ray City  8-15 County Tournament
1934-35 11-16A Poplar Springs     
  11-18H Poplar Springs 11-15 11-25  
  12-26A King's Chapel 14-3 31-1  
  12-29H Cottle 33-8 14-10  
  02-15H Enigma     
  02-21A Poplar Springs LL  
  03-08  Poplar Springs 19-21  County Tournament
  03-08  Nashville  28-42 County Tournament
1935-36 11-08N Cottle 18-0 11-4 at Nashville
  11-15H Poplar Springs 7-10 12-41  
  11-22  New River 22-5 30-15  
  11-27A New River 13-3 23-19  
  12-06H Alpha 8-4 14-28  
  12-20A Poplar Springs 8-0 14-20  
  01-10N Alapaha    at Nashville
  01-17N Cottle 16-2 28-17 at Nashville
  01-17N Twin Oaks 12-9 23-18 at Nashville
  01-24N New River 12-5 20-23 at Nashville; New River column says both NL teams are 15-5.
  01-31N Alpha 7-5 14-22  
  02-19?H Ray City 13-10 18-24  
  03-06  Cottle 20-6  County Tournament
  03-06  Enigma  18-25 County Tournament
  03-07  Ray City 12-16  County Tournament
1936-37 11-06H Cottle 33-6 12-21  
  11-13A New River 22-10 23-13  
  11-20A Poplar Springs 15-14 11-12  
  11-27H Poplar Springs 20-7 25-14  
  12-04A Cottle     
  12-16A Nashville 16-8 30-40 scrimmage
  12-18H New River 26-13 42-13  
  01-08N Ray City 16-15 7-14 at Nashville
  02-05N Crisp 42-6 29-10 at Lakeland
  03-04  Cottle  8-46 County Tournament
  03-04  Enigma 60-6  County Tournament
  03-05  Cottle 36-4  County Tournament
  03-06  Poplar Springs 12-13  County Tournament
1937-38 12-10A Enigma WL  
  01-??A Alpha 16-11 10-6  
  01-21H Enigma 16-6 15-15  
  01-28A Cottle     
  02-04N New River 25-9 17-3 at Nashville
  02-11A Alapaha     
  02-18H Cottle 20-13 28-12  
  02-25H Alapaha     
1938-39 12-16A New River 10-8 20-10  
  01-13N Midway 13-31 31-5 at Nashville; Midway was a school in Cook County
  01-20A Cottle WW  
  01-27H Poplar Springs 10-10 24-22  
  02-10  Enigma LL  
1939-40 10-13H Poplar Springs LW  
  10-27A Midway 20-13 15-31  
  11-03H Alpha 28-14 33-17  
  11-10A Poplar Springs 10-16 34-15  
  11-17H Midway 35-24 38-20  
  11-24A Alpha 19-4 9-23  
  12-01N Alpha 38-19 30-29 at Nashville
  12-08A Crisp 32-14 17-17? Nashville Herald claims victory for the New Lois boys
  12-15H Poplar Springs 14-10 20-10  
  12-22H Crisp     
  01-12H Crisp     
  01-18A Pine Grove 25-6 19-30  
  01-26A Enigma 33-21 38-14  
1940-41 10-18A Crisp 27-12 18-23  
  10-25A Alpha 11-17 32-12  
  11-08H Poplar Springs 23-10 31-15  
  11-15H Crisp 32-6 10-12  
  11-22?A Poplar Springs 17-18 15-4  
  11-29A Midway 23-24 9-29  
  12-06H Midway 31-17 17-28  
  12-13H Poplar Springs     
  12-27A Sparks-Adel 37-14 24-14  
  01-03?H Poplar Springs 15-11 14-5  
  01-10H Twin Oaks 33-6 28-22  
  01-17A Nashville LL practice game
  01-24A Twin Oaks     
  01-31N Lenox 8-22 32-9 at Nashville
  02-07N Poplar Springs WW at Nashville
  02-11N Twin Oaks 31-8 13-12 at Adel
  02-14N Midway 21-14 11-24 at Nashville
  03-07  Ray City  14-16 County Tournament
  03-07  Alapaha 35-8  County Tournament
  03-08  Ray City 32-11  County Tournament
  03-08  Poplar Springs 27-18  County Tournament
1941-42  N Poplar Springs 17-15 9-15 at Nashville; played in October