Fairbury High School - Trail Yearbook (Fairbury, NE)

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The unsung heroes of the football squad were the reserves who worked long and hard, practicing every night. The funior leffs received ' A Th ' only rewards little publicity or glory. eir ' l football, few out of town trips to pay The reserves played four games this year. reserves played all WSIS Ct lt was unfortunate that the f th ir games away so that many fans didn't o e have a chance to see them play. Although the reserves won but one game and lost three, they showed a lot of spirit, scrap and hustle. Many of the reserves displayed promise of developing into first rate varsity performers next year. lourneying to Geneva for their first game ff t up a stout of the season, the Iunior Ie s pu battle before succumbing to a scrappy Geneva reserve team E3-U. the Barneston first team The reserves played Barneston had a large and were defeated 25-U. Jei ht advantage and a v g lso had more expe- ' ' d to be the down- rience, factors which prove fall of the funior Ieffs, f l d the Beatrice reserves 1 l t Guiding the Iunior Ieffs this year were Coach Wayne Moore and Assistant Coach Leon Smith. Coaches Moore and Smith taught the fundamentals and developed the reserves so quickly that several Iunior Ieffs were promoted to the varsity before the season ended. ent in winning their final game of the The Iunior Iefis paye on even terms for three quarters before going provem down to defeat l9-6. The Iunior Orangemen Season' pushed across two touchdowns in the fourth quarter for the margin of victory. RESERVE FOOTBALL SCI'E1?EE'EOprOnemq Traveling to Beatrice once more, the Fair- Geneva 4 U 6 bury freshmen-sophomore team defeated the Barneston O 25 or leffs only victory Beatrice - e 6 l9 l9 U freshmen l9-U for the funi of the year. The reserves displayed much im- Beatrice Freshmen - B unkow Donovan Ehrett. Eugene Murray, Bill Riley, BACK ROW tleft to rightlz Ioe Heylin, Dick Furrow, Richard Dyk zncmn, Richard r . Bob DeBord, Ioe Mees, Lonnie Weidenhaft, Bob Snyder. THIRR ROHW: Stanley Snyder. Clifford North. Dick Smith. Richard Schoen, Louis Meyer, Dick McKenzie. Iames Barber, Francis Fisher, Wi er anson. SECOND ROW: Assistant Coach Leon Smith, Duane Rohlfing, Dick Turner, Ioe Kanter, Bill Thompson. Richard Grams, Iesse Medina. Tom Huff, Roger, Schnuelle. Bob Hammond. FIRST ROW: George Kcrrabatsos, student manager, Coach Wayne Moore, Andrew Walker, Marvin Lewis, Rudy Iuarez, George Hollo- d . Pete Karabatsos. Page 29 way. Ted Lurz, Ierry Sny er

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Wk Pleis. FF I. Preston, FF O. Poppe. F IOEVIUAREZ, sophomore, was a hard driving halfback weighing 135. loe has a lot of promise for next year. 4 IACK HUFE, junior, played center. jack was the best pass defensive man on the team and tipped the scales at 145. IVAN LOYD, junior, weighed 160 and played tackle. lvan was a steady defensive man and a good down field blocker. D1CK C1-11RNS1DE, senior, weighed 160 and played end. Dick was a good blocker and a rough defensive end. DEAN MICHELS, junior, was a stout defensive guard. Dean made the regulars hustle to keep their positions. 1-le weighed 180. BUD K1RBY, sophomore, played guard and weighed 145. Bud should develop into a val- uable guard next year. PAT SEACHORD, sophomore, played fullback and tipped the scales at 158. Pat was the best tackler on the team. WENDELL PLE1S, senior, played end. Butch was good defensively and developed into a good pass catcher. 1-le tipped the scales at 155. HM PRESTON, senior, played guard and weighed in at 155. lim developed into a rugged guard before the season ended. K. Duensing, F M. Hein D. Wilso ORVILLE POPPE, sophomore, played tackle and was a strong defensive player. Orville tipped the scales at 194. KENNETH DUENSING, sophomore, was one of our fleet halfbacks. Kenny weighed 143 and has great possibilities for next year. MARV1N 1-lE1N, sophomore, weighed 182 and played tackle. Marvin has promise of develop- ing into a rugged lineman. DALE WILSON, senior, weighed 145 and played guard. Dale was always in their fighting, giv- ing the regulars a lot of trouble. ERANC1S MCGORD, junior, was a fast, shifty run- ner who tipped the scales at 140. Francis has good possibilities for next year. RlC1-IARD DUX, senior, weighed in at 165 and played end. Richard was the hardest trying player on the squad. DALE WALKER, junior, weighed 160 and played end. Dale sparkled as a pass catcher and was high scorer on the team. IOHN SNYDER, senior, played halfback and tipped the scales at 145. johnnie was a hard runner and a good defensive back. GEORGE KARABATSOS, sophomore, was our student manager. George was the hardest worker and the busiest person on the team. F. McCord R. Dux D. Walker, F I. Snyder, F G. Karabafsos, F Page 28

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lummm .M High and Mighty It's.u bucket! Anderson drives in for a setup as Rmgenberg. Lexington ace, tries to block lt. With five returning lettermen, the prospects for the 1947-l948 basketball season appeared bright. Although the Ieffs lacked height, they had plenty of experience. The leffs started the season like a Whirlwind, Winning their first three games. They defeated Marysville 36-285 Columbus 25-lE3 and beat Crete 43-37 in an overtime. Fairbury then hit a disastrous losing streak. They lost to Geneva 59-37. Taking an over- night trip didn't seem to help as they lost to Falls City 44-22 and Nebraska City 32-30. The Ieffs broke their slump by beating Wy- more 45-37 but regained their losing habits by falling to York 52-5l, to Beatrice 42-29, being D McKenzie, F A. Schoen. F K. Iones, FFF Iump ball! Kruger controls the tip during the York game as several Ieiis anxiously await the ball. Walloped by Hastings 78-32 and losing to Hebron 42-39. Fairbury played improved ball but lost to Lexington 54-39. However, the following night the Ieffs defeated Cozad in a thrilling game 42-4l. Grand lsland, defending state champions, plas- tered the leffs 6l-32. ln the final home game of the season the leffs defeated Lincoln Northeast, runner-up to state champion Grand lsland, 36-34 in the second overtime period. The leffs played Falls City in the District Tournament and were defeated 35-3l. This ended the season and gave the leffs a record of six Wins and ten losses. W. Pleis I. Luby, F E. Kruger. F