Lawrence High School - Red and Black Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Student» rally before a crucial game. B Team Cheerleader», lop row: Janice Emick, Jan Rosenbaum, Tudy Youngberg. Hollom row: Beverly I.eonlfad, Susan Campbell. Cheerleaders Who wouldn’t cheer with leaders like these? Elva Mae Robert . Darlene Trovillion, Sandy Smith, Don Carney, atid Vernon Bell add life to an already lively game. Sponsored by Jay Shop Phone 771 835 Massachusetts

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Tops In I.r.TTKRMKN arc. lop to bottom: I .osier Smith. Fred Ramirez, Jaydee Stinson, Danny Jaimes. John Pierson, Lee Connell. Terry Maloti. Don Wilburn. Boh FIndacoit, Roy Murphy, and Charlie McCue. On the next page, top to bottom: Frank Black. Gene liardtarfer. Bob Preston, Gary Creamer, Mike Thomas, Newton McCluggagc, John Wertzbcr- ger. Norman Burnett, Max Williams. Jack Hiinzicker, and Gene Mul- •in . Sot pictured are let termen Tommy Parker, Eddie Martin. Gene Frilzel. Jack Poe. Joel Malott. and Duane Estes. The Lions were able to roar through their “52” season untouched by any opponents. Romping through five tilts on their home turf and four on their opponents’ green, the Lions stayed well in front of their opposition, the closest being a 9 to 6 dumping of the Man- hattan Indians in the first game of the season. The roaring Lions came out of their undefeated season wearing two well-earned crowns. North Hast Kansas League champions for the 10th time in LMHS history and the unanimous AP and UP nomination as the State's Best. Even the weather seemed to favor the Lions in their hot season in that no drastic or unbearable weather reigned while the Lcos were busy w ith their turf season. The Manhattaners provided first competition for the Ix os by visiting the Lions' lair and falling prey to the Lions fangs by a score of 9-6 on a night which was ideal for the oval shaped game. “Chuggin'' Charlie McCue made the initial touchdown in this fray and gained 146 yards to start his drive for All-American. Big Bob Preston blocked the Man- hattan punt after the Leos pushed the Manhattaners into the end-zone and the oval casu- ally bounding out of the end zone for a two-point safety. Rebounding from a close win over the Redmen from “up the Kaw and eager to take on a long time rival in the Topeka Trojans, the Lions traveled to Topeka to knock over the Trojans in a smashing tilt ending 31-0. Malott. McCue. and Fritzel were the unconquerable three in this tilt. McCue started the ball rolling, rambling for 27 yards around end. Malott followed with a 12 yard canter, from where Fritzel pushed through for the first TD. “Chuggin” Charlie then took over, smashing off tackle and rambling for a 15 yard TD. late in the second stanza. This made the score 13-0 for the Leos. In- spired from their half-time rest, the Lions added six additional points to their total, this time con- tributed by “Totin'' Terry Malott who scampered twenty yards. The Topekans could do nothing but watch the score rise as Gene Frit- zel. quarterback, smashed over for another tally late in the third quarter. Malott put the finishing touches on the fray by galloping 73 yards through the Trojans virt- ually unhindered. Frank Black and Charlie McCue. who are seen here holding this year» NEKL championship trophy, earned a Ixrth on the 1952 football All-American squad with their feats for the Lion» on the gridiron. After the impressive demol- ishing of Topeka, the AP poll rated the Lions as the first school- boy eleven in the state, a position which they held during the re- mainder of the season. The jungle cats then routed the Atchison Redmen 28-0 on local soil to open Northeast Kansas League play. Charlie McCue kept the Lion grid machine oiled by baffling the Redmen on sprints of 65 and 68 yards, fooling the Triln twice in less than three minutes.