El Paso High School - Cometeer Yearbook (El Paso, IL)

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ROW ONE: B. Riker, mgr.; D. Cleary; L. Tipler; R. Evan ; J. McHugh, Co-Capt.j Phil Cryer, Co-Capt.j E. Stine; G. Mool; T. West; B. McKinley; T. Lewis, Mgr. ROW TWO: Charles Sullivan, Principal-Athletic Director; Milton Kadlec, Head Football Coach; R. Mool; K. Aucutt; A. Wessel; R. LaRochelle; C. Williams; R. Heiken; D. Cleary; R. Phillips; J. Pinkham; E. Bailey; D. Mool; J, Malcom; Asst. Coach Bruce Murphy. ROW THREE: J. Haas; C. Feeney; R. Abbott; D. Claymon; A. LaRochelle; D. Malcom; R. Steffen; T. O'Leary; B. Fosdick; T. Bohlander; D. Sutton. Total Yards 2,259 Average per game . . . 251 Total Yards (passing) . 432 Team Average (passing) 5.51 El Paso 26 El Paso 12 . Cerro Gordo 6 El Paso 32 El Paso 18 El Paso 35 El Paso 40 D. ,C.-Mackinaw 0 El Paso 31 El Paso 26 MIDSTATE CHAMPS Kadlec's Classy Comets ended their season with a 9-0-0 record. So doing they set three records: first El Paso team to win the Mid-state Conference, first team to go undefeated and untied, and the first in eight years to beat Chenoa. The Comets outstanding defensive team was rated high due to the fact that only 12 points were scored against them. The hard driving offensive team scored 250 points. Larry Tipler won the tackling trophy with a record breaking 109 tackles. Those making the Mid-state All-Star team both offensive and defensive were Jim McHugh, Larry Tipler, and Gordon Mool. Tipler was voted in unanimously. Dave Cleary and Abe Stine made the offensive team. Phil Cryer made the defensive team. Tom West, Ray Evans, Bill McKinley and Kenneth Aucutt received honorable mention. —30—