Hastings High School - Tiger Yearbook (Hastings, NE)

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as Dick May sweeps around left end and with good team blocking. finds an open road to paydirt. Allen Curtis is putting a neat shoulder block on No. ll ..,, 5' .-gm. BACK ROXV: Bill Skeen, jim Adler, jerry Downing, lid Reif. Allan Koepke, john Nelson, Chuck Matzkc, Sam Hoagland, Gene Piel, Steve Cushing, Ray Moore, jim Peder- sen. MIDDLE ROWU Assistant Coach Icarl Applebee, Lon- nie Rutt, Bob Lang, Ivan Crandell, jay Banta, Allen Curtis, Larry Uhrmacher, Bob Hemenway, jerry Goedert, jerry Uhrmacher, Head Coach Ollie Smith. FRONT ROVV: Stu- dent Managers Arlen Brown and Ron McCoy, Gary Engel- hardt, Bill Cassel, joe Ray, Roland Valentine, Ken W'ider- gren, Darrel Olson, Tom Cunningham, Dick May, Student Manager Larry North Hastings High School is King of football in the Mid-East Confer- ence. For three years straight the Tigers have been champions of the conference. In five of the last six years the Bengals have won the crown. Since Oliver Smith took over as head coach in 1954 his Tigers have won the Mid-East honors four out of five years. This year, after a close squeak past Fairbury, the Varsity won de- cisive victories over Southeast and Northeast, and then impressively pol- ished off Beatrice with a parade of five touchdowns. The Bengals scored 96 points in winning the crown, to 37 scored by the opposition. Much of the success of this year's varsity squad was due to the fine play of quarterback Tom Cunningham. Chuck Matzke, end, re- ceived All-State honors while Co-captains jerry Downing and jerry Goedert were named to several conference teams. -

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Slnto 40 A.ouL, fo get had acfwaa, qml Hastings High School Tigers under the direction of Coach Ollie Smith and Assistant Coach lfarl Applebee, rolled to al championship in the Mid-liast conference, finished third in the liast Big Ten. and were awarded eighth place in the Associ.ited Press standings. The Tigers opened the season with a close squeeze past lfairbury in which thev had to come from behind in the l.ist quarter to pull out a 7-6 win. The Bengals then traveled to the capitol city where the C0111- pletely improved Tigers dominated the play and romped over the South- east Knights 32-12. Back home again, on I3ad's Night, a previously hapless North Platte eleven threw a scare into the Hastings team. lt took two third period touchdowns to gain a I9-19 tie. Later this game became a 2-0 victory due to the playing of an ineligible player by North Platte. After the poor showing against the Bulldogs, Hastings missed with the strong Columbus team by .1 narrow 0-6 margin. Second and fourth period scoring caused the Tigers rout of Lincoln Northeast. The Rockets failed to threaten as the enthusiastic Bengals won 32-12. Norfolk invaded Tigerland but left on the short end of a 47'-15 score. lt was corcnation night and after the ceremony crowning Queen Grace Coldbeck, the queen and her attendants watched the Tigers add 20 more points to the score. Grand Island blasted any Big Ten hopes out from under the Has- tings team with an impressive show of power. lt was C. I. 34, Hastings O. But the Tigers bounced back and took the next two games in high scoring routs. It was Hastings 34, Beatrice 7 in a contest which gave the Tigers the Mid-East crown. Against lfremont the Hastings Tigers pounded the Fremont Tigers 41-6. Sixteen seniors saw action for the last time as Coach Smith cleared the bench. Dick May goes over to help rrll the final score up to 41-b against lsreniont CHUCK NIATZKI: was named as one of the ends on the Associated Press All State eleven. The choice is made by polling sports writers. sportscasters, and coaches. -IFRRY GOFDIQRT was honored by being elected a Co-captain for the season. He was selected as .1 guard on several All Mid-Ifast. and All Fast Big Ten teams ,ILRRY DOVVNING was also hon- ored by his team mates by being elected a Co-captain for the season. klerry was named a center on a number of Nlid-lfast. and Big Ten first teams ln.