Madison High School - Dragon Yearbook (Madison, NE)

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FRONT ROW B111 Donscheskl Arven Reynolds Dean Purtzer Alfred Wehrle Davld Neely BACK ROW Meredlth Adkms Merle Blosh Clyde Relkofskl Dale Walkenhorst Don Huddle LeRoy Wehlle Geolgc Wolfglam Coach Mullens i' Basketball Our basketball season opened vslth foul returnmg lettermen and 14 other boys reportlng for p1act1ce Wlth the lettermen B111 Donscheskl Davld Neely Dean Purtzer and Arven Reynolds as nucleus a team was formed whlch finlshed the efxson with a recold of 12 wlns agalnst su: de feats The Dragons won thu d place lll the Cornbelt Tourney at Nehgh and were runner up to Wayne at the Dlstrlct meet 1n Norfolk By wlnmng four and losmg one they VSGIG also able to place second ln the Cornbelt Conference The greatest score the boys lan up agalnst an opponent was 66 agalnst Meadow Grove The most scol ed 9.g'Hll1St them was 39 by Stanton The Dragons had thelr coldest day agalnst Elgln at the Cornbelt Tourney when they could only score 18 polnts The best defenslve game played was by holdmg Meadow Grove to one po1nt Page Twenty two ' l Y Y Y -, l . . I . . ' , Y Y Y . . 1 . I Y Y ' . . y . . 1 . . . . . f L , , .. , , . . .V . . . . X S111 f - ' .. . . ' 9 ' . V . . 9 Q . Y . - . . . . . . .

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Madlson 33 Nellgh 0 at Nellgh The previously unbeaten Nehgh WHFFIOFS fell 1n crushlng defeat under the Dragon avalanche lhe team played the best ball of the season and outclassed Nellgh in every department Madlson chalked up 18 first downs to Nehghs two Nellgh could only gather 28 yards rushlng while lifI3dlSOIi netted 228 VV1th th1s w ln the Dragons took over first place m state rankings in thelr cl :ss Madison 13 Wavne 0 at Wayne lhe Dragons tl weled to Wxvne tom the next tilt w hlch was plaved under nghts on the Wayne college held The Dragons were held scoreless by the Wayne eleven for three quarters but ln the fourth perlod Madlson took the b 111 on the11 own 30 md bv 1 sel les of drnlng runs and powerful smashes they march d 70 yards down the field for their first touchdown In the list two mlnutes the Dragons tallied agam w hen Purtzer rliied a pass to Wehrle w ho took It on the 10 and w ent over Waynes only serious threat came durmg the second period when Kanzler took a punt and ran 60 yam ds before being knocked down on the nme yard llne The Dragons lme came through and held for four plays stawlng off the threat Madison 14 Stanton 7 at Stanton on but the Stanton eleven managed to break the ice by scormg on a pass play The Dragons came from behlnd hghtlng to score on a sleeper from Pultfel to Neely 1n the th1rd period and ex en up the count In the fourth quartel the Dragons stal ted one of thelr long marches and made it pay w hen Puxtfex went ox El to score the wmmng touchdown Madison 53 Battle Creek 0 at Home The Dlagons oxen ran then tladltlonal foes from Battle Creek as they went on a scol mg spree All told 10 touchdowns were scored but some were called back for penaltles EXQIY backiield man tallled Don chesk1 had three Harny Poehlmm md Purtzer each had two and Neely got one on a perfect sleeper play Donscheskl returned a punt 65 yards 101 a touchdown m one of the most pectacular runs exer seen on the Madlson g11d11on Madison 26 Pllger 0 at Home The Mddlb0H Dragons hmshed a completely successful season by defeatmg Pllger IH '1 Th xnksgn mg Day game The game was much toughel than the score would lHtl1Cdt6 Two touchdowns IH the first half were all the Dr zgons could score and 1n the th1rd quarter they were block ed bv the scrappy Pllgel team How exer ln the final quarter the defense we zkened and Madlson collected 13 more polnts Page Twenty one , .- I I D 7 I k1L1 I f . V 4 . ' 1 . , 1 1 l . . . . . , . K1 I 1 . y'L1 . l 1 2 sr. ' A L I 1 U V1 1 1 11 ' 1 I . . , L C , in J 1 K. . 0 1 'l r K1 I I ' . T L1 2 0' z ly 2 s s ' 'f' f J 1 1 1 Q 1 1 ' ' 1 I 1 1 W1 1 ' . V . C s A 1 I 1 1 V ' I v , 1 1 l N I I . V . 1 N . 1 ' - 1 ' . 1 r S' ' 6 - 1 A , A1 . y' y- 4 . ' Y Until thls game on Armistice Day, the Dragons had not been scored 4 1 1 . ' ' ' y ' 1 V1 . . , 1 1 r 1 . ' - 4 v . , . d 1 r K 1 1 . . 1 1 r 1 V 1 1 1 v. . 1 ' 4 I Q 1 1 K1 1 1- . 1 1 l ' L1 K1 v 1 1. N Y 1 1 . , v 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 . . c . . , ' i 1 I C 1 5 I I 1 . , c , c r ' Y ' - ' 1 f 1 I 1 Q V , , s I l 1 Y' K1 D .J 1 - ' r ' r ' C 2 L' r' Y' r f v r . r v 1 K1 1 v . ' 4 7 V K1 I f I 2 y' hw K1 , K ' I - 1 . 1 v 7 ' . ' ' v I . 1 1 ' 1 C s I 1

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'IHF FIRST TEAM Blll Donscheskl Plflllng gulld Blll has lettered three yeals ln b lsketb lll He pl IX ed a good H001 g une llld 11215 the second hlghest NLOIGI wltll 108 polnts D Ulfl Nelly D ue eompleted hls thlld se lson 'ls regulal f0lW nd An exeellent ll6lLIlN1XQ pl lyel he llso ll ls hlghest SLOTSI wlth 206 pOlI1lN eln lllltltil P11111 oul ltglll ll centel 18 SIX feet till lnd ls espeel llly able lll pleklng oft lQlJOLl!ldN He h lS been selected tll LOI1fLICI1Lk renter for the past tvlo ve 115 AIXGII Hunolds All exeelled lll se ls0I1 lll dlopplng lll lollg shots ox Ll the opponents heads rlhls IN hls seeond season as lGgLlli1 glllld Allred Wehlle Phe only H1111 on the telm that ls not l senlol Sophomore Wehrle IS letterlng for the ilrst tlme ln basketball Holdlng down the other tolward 1708111011 All h IN played good ball tl1lOll1.,h the entlle season 'SC HEDULE C ORNBELT TOURNP Y Score SCOIQ D ite ee Dee Dec ln an Ill ln ln an 1 1 Feb Feb Opponent Well mln Grox e 33 Geno l St lnton B lttle C leek Nieadoll G1 ole W 11 ne Geno l Battle Cleek Plerce Tllfltll Oakd lle Nellgh They Date Opponent We They Feb 9 Oakdale Feb 16 Elgln Feb 16 Nellgh DISIRIC T TOURNLY Score Date Opponent We Thev VI 1 2 WISDQY N131 3 Plalnvlell Vial 4 Wavne 2 7 Page Twentv thl ee D z ' ' '. ' ' 'lf z ' ', z 1 z We ' ' ' X ' UW14 1 ' 2 ' IC 23 ' .. 1 ' 41 20 . 17 2 27 28 . af' 18 23 . 31 2 26 39 . 'f 32 31 J: .4 2 1 Z' , 1 42 17 J' . 11 .1 - ' ' ' 66 1 .Il . 14 2 L' 21 28 J: . 18 z 4l 24 A 'T I ' Jz .21 ' 28 11 J' .25 ' 49 24 ' L F fl . 1 ' ' 20 25 1 a '. 38 17 . 4 2 58 26 1' '. ' ' ' ' 31 13 , . 18 ' 234 25 1 '. 0 2