Grosse Pointe High School - View Pointe Yearbook (Grosse Pointe, MI)

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51 flmflaf HERE S somethlng about a football game F or the fans IU the stands a varslty game means excltement nolse suspense and spontaneous un 1nh1b1ted exuberant expresslon of trlumph or cltsap polntment lt means a crlsp autumn clay and the fun of l1vely frlencls lt means loyally cheerlng the team the focal polnt of school sp1r1t Whether the game rs Won or lost football s1gn1f1es feellngs of prlcle anol lastlng attachment for one s alma mater For the boys on the team a varslty game 1S a serlous thlng lt IS the supreme cllmax of hours of practlce anol Weeks of tra1n1ng lt rs the great test 1n Whrch each player feels hlmself lndlvldually pltted agalnst an opponent Skrll 1S at stake and so are self confl A football game wau dnt be a football game without the cheer leaders Graduatmg cheerleaders are lstandmgl Donna Hewttt Alice .lanfce Gelhaar dence reputatlon and personal honor Every nerve every muscle every sense every thought all concentrated ln one effort TO WlNl There s somethlng about a football gamel The varsity team members watched tn desperatxon as the Wyandotte Bears plunged through the Blue Devtl lme to wm the game 14 8 The Bears went on to wfn the Border Cities League championship John D:Ctcco lugged the ball tor a substantnal gum In the game against A tens moment crackled tn the Wyandotte qame when Grosse Pomtes John Fordson At extreme lelt as James Boardman lNo 232 Louis Hrlbar ts No 6 DtC:cco KNO 8 made a drive to gam yardage Running Interference were Eugene Ffid Beilmbf lNo 37l IS at extreme raght Holbrook and Norman Lasca, both sensors Page Twelve 9 , . . I A NVVW , . . . F I I ' ' ' I - . . . . - -O - I . 1 I I O. . . I I U . ' I . ' ' . I l - - - - - - James, Gayle Ashton, and Patti Leep lseatedl Jane Joachim and 1 I - I I ' I I I t . tl' 5 . Q. I 1' l ' . I ' ' ' I I . . . - . ' I . .

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gasbeihaf ,, T S a young team That was the remark that passed down the halls at the beg1nn1ng ot the basketball season and lt was rrghtl Thls year s Vars1ty squad lS made up of two senlors l2 1un1ors and one soph omore Coach Edward Wernet s Job has been to develop a group ot novrces 1nto a hard llgllllflg Well coordmated team The flre and determlnatron along Wrth a burnlng deslre to W1n have offset rn a measure at least the malor Weakness of the l95l 52 Blue Devlls 1neXper1 ence lt s a Weakness tlme ellmlnatesl Wlln team more sob warner HJ! rollowmg up fne snof .Ierry Goebel 'unlor cenler aflempled lo make good a hook shol agamsl Hazel Park rn the seasons flrsl game Pornfe won 43 lo 27 Of lhe l3 boys on the 7951 52 varslfy Norm Lasca rs the only relurnmg leflerman In sprfe of their mexperrence the olhers have proved lo be admirable maferlal Boffom row lell to rlghl John DrClcco Jerry Harden Dave Cobb Dave Terrrs and Manager Kurl Ewend Middle row Don Schmrcll John Fmch Dan Slowe Wayne Miller Top row Coach Wernel Bob Backhaus .lack Smlfh Jerry Goebel Bob Warner Norm Lasca Pele Wardle and Manager Bob Foley Page Fourteen . . . if r rr f 1 1 T - I - I I , I I I 1 . . . Although only four of the squad had ever been in a varsfly compefilion before, Grosse , I 2 x ,fl K l x , 1 f