Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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Q Nts .J-'if -Xiu fa 'J 4 lj ,l-f ' ' l Wootan Makes Guard On Bug Eight Team Although Freeport High Schools l953 vorsity footboll tedni wos out-weighed ond out-rnonned by every opponent, the Pretzels pldyed hord, deterinined foot boll ds they tied one ond lost nine Bcrin, hdil ond the Dubuque ltdins Spoiled the Pretzels opening gorne of the season, The Borns held Freeport score less os they scored four touchdowns to tdke ct 250 victory. Trgiling Belvidere ti-U in the Pretzels Second gorne, Bob Neidigli threw o fourth guorter, thirteen yord touchdown pctss to holfbock Vlfoyne lleiti Kenny Hiclcrnons try for the extro point wore blocked os the hord-fought gdine ended in ct BVS tie Ted Wooton ond Steve Spudich were credited for playing on outstanding defensive gcrrne for Free port. Bonnie Bender ond Wdyne lleitz scored C1 touchdown eoch, but this wotsn't enough os the Quincy Blue Devils defeoted Freeport 4l l? Bender scored on on eight ycird pose from Korl Miller, ond Hertz plunged into the end zone froin the one yord line Une of the highlights of the goine wcrs Kenny lliclc inctn s punting The l3i'et1ze-l lyoclc over oged 4l yords on lit kicks, Two bod posses froin center cosat Free port their Big Fight opener with West Aurora. The first wos recovered in the end zone for o touchdown by Auroro otnd the second wos fcxllen on for ci sofety by the Blockhczwlcs to win cr hord fought B-O gcrine, Bender makes a first down as the referee watches the tackle. Williams come up from behind as Gassman moves in from the side.

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S. Spudich L. Strohucker T. Wootan I. Yde R. Picking H. Pinnow F. Vallarta I. Williams

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Yde makes his tackle as Vallarta and Picking move in to help. LaSalle Peru handed Freeport their second Bra Fiaht setback by defeating the llretzi at the l.-F liorneciorriina game, Freeport held the Cavaliers to alrnost a standstill in the first half The second half, however, was a different story when l, P scored 20 points and won a 32-ll aanie. lllayrna their heat aarire of the season at llorrir-c'ornina the llrotii were barely edaed out hy the West Hoelqford Ware riors lil V Wayne lleit? aaarn scored Froeporlr: torrvhdawri this trrrie taking a lll yard paras frorii llonnre Bender Two llrrlxivl driver: were slapped deep in Wi-st territory arte on the twenty and the otlrer on the Warrior tlirvri yard line ar: lrrnv ran writ rn the l r t lalf .r i.f9 l, ifiuorrria all tht-rr' rxirrits in the second hall liarat Aurora defeated Freeport Zllf ll 'llhr' llrplfolrz farletl tu :scare lxirt pone lralml the flirrrira rl-ilerirsv an several Llllkillfilfll-lf: lfarzt llocllfvril lrwrrrrqvd l'rvepor't dll G with halfha-'li llurrrirti lihrrfzwn :svarrria five trrriiw. for the harm rrovfwrt ra tarrifli down varne late rn time rrarnw when llon nrt' llendor fwiisfwtl nine yards to Wayne llert' A hrrar- lvlrr-t tt-ani averaarria nearly illlll porinrira rlvfvatmi l'rtwpar't in their t1lXllllllillilillll-Iilllllt The llretrielrs were rrnalwlri tri aarn any yardaae, either by parzsiria or rusalirria arrarnst the Steelriren. Wrtli all-state Ralph Kallenback scor ing four touchdowns for lllains' Charn- pionship teaiir, the lVlar'oons Closed Free ports season hy defeatina the llretrt fill l2. ltennie Bender and lrrn Kerrh scfored for Freeport Benderiz tourhdown Caine on a two yard run, while Kercli plunaed over frorn the three At the Close of the season Ted Wootan was elected honorary captain and rriost valuable player hy his tearnrnates Wootan was also Chosen as first string guard on the all Bra lfiahl and all Northern lllinois tearnsi Heitz detemiinedly hangs on to the ball as three Ioliet gridmen come in to drop him.