Mount Horeb High School - Berohbok Yearbook (Mount Horeb, WI)

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THE BEROHBOK-1948 BASKETBALL Since basketball is a game in which ex- perience counts a lot, Mt. Horeb was not ex- pected to win many games this year. Only 6 lettermen, Marvin Zwickey, Lloyd Hender- son, Henry Eckel, James Fosshage, Charles Swingen, and Roddy Hustad, were returning, and only one of these, Marvin Zwickey, was a regular the year before. Practice was started the week after foot- ball was over with about 40 boys reporting. Everyone worked hard to get into condition and to get football out of their systems. The first appearance of Coach Steensrud's team resulted in a decisive 40-23 victory for Stoughton. Game number two was also a non-conference affair. It was with Mazo- manie, and the Vikings lost their first home encounter 41-31. The conference opened with Mt. Horeb play- ing at Cuba City, and losing 38-21. The Vikings gained their first victory of the season at the expense of Boscobel. The final score, 47-33, showed that the team was start- ing to work together, and that they were go- ing to be a tough team to beat. Fennimore provided the opposition for Mt. Horeb in the next game, but they also met defeat 39-34. Mt. Horeb fans were treated with the first home victory of the season as Darlington went down to the Viking scorers in the next game 42-32. By means of a long underhand shot in the last five seconds, Jefferson tied the game at 36 all and then went on to defeat Mt. Horeb 40-36 in the overtime in a holiday double- header at Dodgeville, The next night Fort Atkinson routed the Vikings 49-28. Then Verona outscored the Vikings in each of the four quarters to win 56-26 at Verona. In a good defensive game, the Vikings outscored Lancaster 30-23. for their next league victory. Neither Black Earth or Platteville gave Mt. Horeb much trouble, as they both went down to defeat on the Viking court, 45-32 and 40-33. By means of fourth quarter rallies, Mt. Horeb lost their next two ball games to Dodgeville and Cuba City. The scores were 39-34 in favor of Dodgeville, and Cuba City 35, Mt. Horeb 31. The next game developed into an overtime as Mt. Horeb outscored Bos- cobel 17-5 in the last quarter to tie the ex- citing game. The Vikings went on to win 47-46. The team had to come from behind again to Win the next game from Fennimore in an overtime 38-37. Two more Victories re- sulted for the Vikings as they licked Darling- ton 44-38 and Lancaster 42-37. A revised Mt. Horeb lineup was downed by Platteville on the Platteville home court in the next game 48-41. In the last game of the regular season, Mt. Horeb was in the lead until the last minute. Dodgeville then scored a basket and went into a 38-37 lead. By stalling out the remaining time, they gained the victory. 1491

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THE BEROHBOK-1948 Track As soon as the weather made it possible to be outside, about 30 boys reported to Mr. Wainwright, who was the track coach. The first weeks were spent in getting into con- dition and fitting the boys into the event to which they were best fitted. The first meet was scheduled to be run at Mt. Horeb with Stoughton. acting as the in- vaders. The Vikings of Mt. Horeb were soundly defeated 99-15. In the second meet, in which the winner was not decided until the last two events, Dodgeville emerged the Vic- tor by a score of 63-50. On May 2, the team motored to Platteville for the League Meet. A heavy mist and a cold wind hampered everyone. Mt. Horeb finished in fourth place behind Platteville, Dodgeville, and Cuba City, who finished in, that order. The boys who scored Mt. Horeb's points were: Henderson, 3rd in 440; Murphy, 1st in 100 yd. dash; Zwickey, 5th in the mile: Eckel, 2nd in 200 yd. dash; Ulrich, 5th in 200 yd dash; Lavik, 3rd in 100 yd. low hurdles; Albert, 4th in 100 yd. low hurdles; and the relay team placed third in the one-third mile relay. Edgewood ran over the Vikings by a score of 97-16 in the last meet of the season. The following boys were awarded letters for scoring over 5 points in these meets: James Murphy, Melvin Lavik, Henry Eckel, Lloyd Henderson, Norris Gammeter, Marvin Zwickey, John Feller, Louis Grossen, Robert Grinder, Jack Farrell, David Albert, and Al- vin Hanson. Baseball Coach Steensrud,s call for baseball candi- dates was answered by 56 enthusiastic boys. The boys were aiming at winning the champ- ionship again, as Mt. Horeb was the only team that had ever won the championship of the league. This year was an exception, as Prairie du Chien defeated Darlington in the play-off for the championship. Rain caused postponement of the first game, which was with Black Earth. Mt. Horeb had scored 5 runs, and was leading by a score of 5-0 When rain halted the game. Scores of the league games are as follows: Mt. Horeb 4 Dodgeville 5 Mt. Horeb 5 Mineral Point 16 Mt. Horeb 6 Darlington 8 Mt. Horeb 3 Dodgeville 5 Mt. Horeb 6 Mineral Point 5 Mt. Horeb 4 Darlington 6 Marv. Zwickey, Lloyd Henderson, James Kalcheur, Norris Gammeter, James Murphy, Dean Smith, Henry Eckel, James Ulrich, Lar- ry Locker, and Jack Farrel all received their letters. Farrel was elected Captain by the team. hm-