Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Varsity football team-BACK ROW: Ronnie Long, Gary Hughes, Clarence Munro, Dave Linsley, Don G. Miller, John Nelson, Bruce Mursch, Tom Donlon, Assistant Coach Chuck Robbins. THIRD ROW: Head Coach Walt Jurkiewicz, Don H. Miller, Kenny Long, Jim Dunning, Paul Jenkins, Gordon Shaw, Ned Bosler, Bob Lohman, Vern Young, Dick Uhl, Assistant Coach Bob Brown. SECOND ROW: Bill Distel, Don Silvey, Bill All- top, Jim Jobes, Bob Ranger, Merrill Gilpin, John Lewis, Frank Parker, Bob Sommer, Student Man- ager Bill Batt. FRONT ROW: Student Manager Kenny Bramer, Fritz Harbridge, Mark Jones, Gary Gregory, Dick Hodges, Ken Kaestner, Pete De- Vault, Jack Douglas, Charlie Wood, Ron Naum. -Photo by Dale Searcy, varsity member. Hard luck hounds Rockets . . . Ripple's 1953 gridmen opened their tough schedule at Kokomo. After an even first quarter the Rockets broke into the scoring column. A pass from Dick Hodges to Paul Jenkins tallied for Ripple, and a touchdown gallop by Frank Parker made the halftime count 12-0 in favor of Broad Ripple. In the third quarter halfback Kenny Long moved 67 yards to put the Black and Orange out in front, 19-0. Kokomo came back in the fourth quarter with two touch- downs, but Ripple won, 19-14. The next week Ripple faced a powerful Tech team on the latter's field. After a rocky 27-0 first half the Ripplites couldn't recover, and in spite of their two second- half touchdowns the gridders lost 27-14. 28 All-state Richmond halfback Tommy Fletcher eludes Ripple tackler Merrill Gilpin.

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VVrestli11g Record Broad Ripple 35 ............ 30 ............ 11 ............ 17 ............ 6 .... , ...... . 31 ............ 20 ............ 20 ............ 13 ............ 12 ............ 40 ............ 10 ............ 23 ............ 25 ............ Crispus Attucks Ben Davis ............ ......... Tech ............................ ......... Decatur Central Southport ............... ......... Peru ...................... ......... Anderson ........... Shortridge .......... ......... Crawfordsville ....... ......... Bloomington ........ ......... Washington ........... ......... Muncie Central Kokomo ............. Richmond ....,.... Jack Lowe prepares to pin a Tech op- ponent. Lowe was second in the Sectional Meet. 91 Q ii Wrestling' team-BACK ROW: Coach Bill Sirka, S. J. Dudley, Jim Lowry, Dave McClure, Mike Hogan, Clarence Munro, Pat Smock, Chuck Delello, Jim Wurster, Darrell Caudill, Al Heffner, Roy Dudley, Coach Milt Hiatt. FRONT ROW: Bill Spivey, Jim Black, Stu Schaefer, Bruce Black, Ron Wolfe, Jerry Ford, Jack Lowe, Morton Hollings- worth, Tom Priest, Russ Smith.

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After dropping the Homecoming game to mighty Richmond, 48-6, Broad Ripple faced Howe in its second city tilt of the year. Unable to get any breaks, Ripple lost, 7-6. After falling before a fine Washington eleven the Rockets were downed by Manual. Cathedral beat Broad Ripple, 20-0, scor- ing all of its points in the first half. Ripple lost to Shortridge, 25-6, to finish the season with a 1-7 record. Mark Jones skirts left end against Richmond. Sophomore halfback Kenny Long picks up blocker Dick Hodges on an end run. First string football team-BACKFIELD: Gary Gregory, Dick Hodges, Bill Alltop, Kenny Long. LINE: John Lewis, Don G. Miller, Jim Jobes, Cap- tain Ken Kaestner, Merrill Gilpin, Bruce Mursch, Bob Lohman.