Aledo High School - Astrum (Aledo, IL)

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Sports

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That .....,.. game when they caught tbe pass that bounced! . . Sam Barr's behind-the-back dribble . . lves and Maynard, take a lapl' t'xN..r Dick Maynard's run against Knoxville . . . Calisthentics under the bot August sun . . . . . Buds broken nose . . . . Caustic remarks at Mondays football practice . . . . . Locker rooms after practice .

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'KZ' 'Cf fuduwn, The Aledo Green DIHQOHQ closed then 1950 football season wlth a lLLO1Cl of sexen wlns 'ind one defeat Cl1OpplIlEf th It game to Abmgdon who shned thc chimplonshxp fo1 the Llttle SIX But let s back up a l1ttle 1n the C3llX fall football candxdatcs came out hopmg to lebulld OI smooth up a fust d1v1s1on team To the town of Aledo hopes of a w1nn1ng football team looked bad The blg bows were gone ua gxaduauon leaung Green ends and pxactlcallx a gxeen backflcld wlth onlx elght letuxnmg lettermen Then the Dmgons started to build and work as a unlt Aledo kept then nnx ox Cl Galxa bx wmnmg the opener 14 to 6 The Dlagons then llcked faxcxed Gcneseo 18 to 0 and beat ROVA m thelr fxrst conference t1lt 32 to 1 md Rosexllle 24 to 6 Aftel thls the D1 lgons came home to tlounce then cross town xlxals R M A 20 to 0 fox then homecomlng The Green Wxxe took on the mlghtx Blue Bullets from Knoxxxlle the followmg Frldax befole 3500 fans The game was Sald to be between the two most evenly mxtched teams ln western Ill1no1s Aledo agaln won 20 to 12 The next Fudas the D1agons suffe1ed thelr fnst and onlx loss when once beaten Abmgdon upset them 12 to 1 before an almost 3 000 clowd Aledo placed Larxx McCre1ght guard Bud Mavnard tackle and Don Schroll quarterback on the fxrst team of the Llttle Slx All Stars whlle Sam Ball and Charlex Dunn xecexved honorable mentlon The lettcx wlnnels elected Bud Maynard md Don Schxoll as co captalneo of the 1950 football sduad Fxrst Row D bkmner D boseman E Robblns L MtCre1ght C Dunn M Sproston becond Row Coach banders E W1ll1ams C Nelson I Wlllxams L Decker D Moodx J btead b Barr Coach Pratt Third Row Coach Jahn W Bengston C Peterson D Graham B .liAXll'lg B Ixes D 'Vlaxnard .I Dahl M Mavnard D Schroll D Larson 'SF 3 so FORTY EIGHT