Freeport High School - Polaris Yearbook (Freeport, IL)

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ROW l. I. Spudich, coach, T. Wootan. R. Bender, W. Heitz. B. Neidigh. C. Miller. W. Gassmon, C. Doxey. I. Yds. D. McCulloch. ROW 2. D. Knauf. coach K. Hickman. L. Slrohcxcker, W. Krehl, S. Ascher. D. Herdmcm. I. Pinnow. I. Nienhuis. B. Moren, I. Hill. mgr. ROW 3. I. Williams. C. Lang. H. Schuld. S. Spudich. I. Spaide. I. Willis. E. Penticoff, I. George, K. Lowery. B. Lower. mgr. ROW 4. H. Weber. coach. D. Maples. V. Berckoff. K. Zier, B. Hooper. B. Schopf, F. Vallarta. I. Kerch. B. Picking. D. Bruce. 1953 '54 Season Record Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Freeport Dubuque .,,,, .,,,,,.. Belvidere . ., . Quincy W. Aurora Lo Scxlle H .e W. Rockford ,,.,,... ,, E. Auroro ..,. E. Rocktorde, Elgin e , Spudich. Weber. and Kncluff plo their strategy for the next game.

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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.

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Coach Gene Marks' Freeport Pretzelettes dropped their first grid game of the year to a tough Dubuque team with a score of Zl-6. A twenty-yard pass play from Richie Heitz to end Vernon McDonald gave Freeport their only touchdown. Belvidere topped the Underclassmen, i9-6, in their second game Freeport scored on a sixty- yard touchdown drive with Bill Arndt going the last yard for the goal. As the varsity journeyed to Quincy, the Sophomores traveled to Beloit for their third grid game, lt was lleiti: to McDonald again for the touchdown. Royce Piefer kicked the extra point as the game ended 33-7 in Beloit's favor. Piefer hit the center of the 'ne for three yards and a touchdown, but the tzelettes lost their Big Eight opener to West Aurora, 27-7. S Scoring at least one goal in every period, LaSalle-Peru's sophomores defeated the Pretzel- ettes, 38-B. Mike Smith climaxed a 75-yard Free- port drive by plunging over from the one-yard line late in the fourth guarter, West Rockford routed Freeport in the Home- coming game hy a score of 53-U. The Braves scored two touchdowns in every quarter. i s l f ? 5 Marks, Durham. and Pratt check out equipment to their sophomores. 7aoL'5a!l Failing to score for the second straight week, the Underclassmen lost to a strong East Aurora team, 50-U. After trailing 14-7 at the half, Freeports Pretz- elettes fell victim to the East Rockford sopho- mores and finished on the short end of a 40-7 score. fohn Voight scored Freeports touchdown on a long 55-yard runhack of an intercepted pass. ROW 1. M. Smith, K. Kempthome. P. Welty, N. Babcock, B. Amdt. R. Piefer, T. Austin. G. Schmelzle. Coach Marks. ROW 2. Coach Durham. D. Woods. I. Gustafson. R. Heinrich. W. Haas. B. Dorman. L. Lang. Coach Pratt. ROW 3. T. Georgalas, Mgr.. L. Erb. l. Voight, D. Mellom. T. Cook, D. Musser. W. Hutchinson, R. Miller, Mgr. Row 4. W. Triplett. R. Heitz. D. Gugger. V. McDonald, C. Crothers. G. Knaup, C. Peters. i an I N ww ,,. 1 3 . . - .- ' , ,..1w. -x .. i,I jo' We 3 fl. gg. x 'tg-,sw .ZA W1 - ,sp-. . 4,,f-1 ,-. . '. -.'w.,iy:1gisffg'.2.. -gl n- Ls K 'Q s .-.' ., 'ff-my ..mf-- .-gy, -.. if. ,f ' fi...-u Hearts? tits 'tip x - xp W- ,A 7. .fwgj I . fkuywg f 35, , , ,. L. r ' Q ' .,, . . ,N. f '. t . , ff 5 2 tr' ' 4-'. '1,fi't1A ' L' , v., ,. .H . QL. , 's gsitx '48 r W. . .--:Y I 5 . XQ, 51. 'A' ,, W ft git'-.J-.fl 0, ' ' 3': ' Q