Hartford City High School - Retro Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

Page 76 text:

Steve Baker attempts to stop a Bluffton gridder. Feeder Syste The Junior High football team, backbone of future varsity squads, are ROW 1: R. Lanning, J. Neff, E. Evans, J. Anderson, D. Weist, R. Frazier, M. Crutzen, C. Hurst, B. Perry, manager Willy Sutton. ROW 2: D. Wilcoxon, R. Constable, S. Schrnuck, J. Bennett, R. Dudleston, T. Banter, J. Jones, M. Clamme, S. Snyder, J. Miller, J. Sutton, F. Hicks. ROW 3: P. Cahue, G. Cheney, P. Lake, J. Bell, K. Smith, R. Coats. R. Wyatt, S. Snyder, B. Rock- well, D. Cain, W. Ritenour, C. Jones, D. Williams, and R. Everhart. These mighty lads are sure to bring excitement to fans next year, as Hartford City builds truly rugged gridiron competitors. III 5 1 s Q E l E I : i I S 2 E i

Page 75 text:

Gridiron Fans One evening late last September the Airedales took the field to play a highly regarded Mississinewa team favored by most to hand the Airdales a good beating. Slightly over two hours later, the hysteri- cal Hartford City Airedale fans filled the playing field to congratulate their spirited squad for a 12-6 win and the return of victory to the Dale gridiron after three long years of hunger. In all, the 1962 season proved to be a very successful one with some juniors and sophomores showing excellent promise for next year's squad. Two juniors, Steve Baker and Mike Richardson led the team in total yards gained with each boy gaining slightly over 200 yards. Richardson also led the gold and black in pass receptions, catching five tosses for a total of 89 yards. Sophomore Charles Lawson took over like a pro from Mike Mills when the redheaded senior quarterback was forced to the sidelines. Two seniors received conference honors when tackle Bob Montgomery was named to the second team and Larry Schmidt also a tackle, received the tackling trophy. Twelve varsity letters were awarded by coach Dave Flowers with four seniors receiv- ing the coveted jackets and 16 underclass- men receiving minor letters for their efforts. Although this year's edition of the Aire- dale team didn't set any scoreboards on fire, the team's spirit and fight changed the school's and the town's outlook upon football. The crowd turnout, adults as well as students, was the largest in recent history. Our varsity squad includes 25-Jack Ford, 49-Pat Collins, 24-Harry Alfrey, 67-Larry Schmidt, 21-Bob Montgomery, 84-Ed Goodin, 35-Pat Smith, 44-Chuck Lawson, 33-Jon Mills, 58-John Scott, 56-J. B, Orendorff, 47-Bob Stoner, 73-Glenn Wilcoxin, 82- John Bonham, 68-Paul Smith, 36-Phil Michael, 46-Bob Reese, 42-Alan Goldberg, 54-Jack Edgeman, 26-Dennis Harden, 77-Jim Tucker, 55-Jerry Spiedel, 45-Jerry Jones, 64-Mike Smith, 50-Stuart Mills, 40-David Clamme, 11-Steve Baker, and 28-Mike Richardson. They pose like professionals. Swift Jerry Jones and Mike Mills come in to nab that runner as other teammates move in for the finishing tackle against a mighty foe. Congratulations, Buddy, Larry Schmidt says to Bob Montgomery after they heard Bob made second C.I.C. team and Larry honorable mention. -M til..

Page 77 text:

Provides Training for Future Stars The Freshman Football squad, coached by Tony Kelly, started the season with a defeat by Huntington, but the boys reached their peak in the closing game by defeating Mississinewa. I was coaching an entirely different team by that last game, said Mr. Kelly. In the fall 37 boys came out with no knowledge or experience of football, but they had a strong desire to learn. Thirty-five lasted the entire season and proved to coach Kelly as well as to themselves they could play football. Even though the teams played had con- siderably more experience through a well- established feeder system, the Frosh had an impressive record of 3-3. Coaching staff for the Junior High football team was Ray Saxman and Jim Landis. The boys donned new outfits for their first chance at football. They played their hearts out in two inter-squad games and an out-of-town game. Saxman's group took the honors in both inter-squad games, but the whole team was defeated by Mississinewa. With the newly developed feeder system, the future football teams of Hartford City should gain strength by developing talent. Given time HCHS can boast one of the better teams around Hoosierland. During the Hartford City-Wabash game, Jack Edgeman shows one of the best plays of the year as he intercepts a terrific flying pass. Promising freshman gridiron men under the leader- ship of new coach, Tony Kelly, are ROW 1: Steve Dekoster, Mark Lake, Steve Dunsizer, Mike Horn- baker, Mike Norton, Bill Jenkins, Dan Shartz, Bill Coder, Larry Coulter, Jon Oswalt, Max DeWitt. ROW 2: Coach Tony Kelly. Dave Sommers, Tim Pratt, Don Nottingham, Mike Goodin, Bill Booher, Gabe Coons. E. Raska, Larry Goodnight. Dan Williams, Steve Grace. ROW 3: Larry McCollum. Steve Smith, Jerry Robinson, Terry Terhune. Everett Stone, Manager Clyde Schache, Randy Neff, Randy Markin, Larry Thornburg, Larry McGary, Ronnie Furnis, and Ronnie Smith.