Mount Olive High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Mount Olive, IL)

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MT. OLIVE VS. BLOOMINGTON In the first encounter of the 1950 season, Bloomington pushed over a third quarter touchdown. Considering the inexperience of the team, they played a good game. Bloomington-6 Mt. Olive-O MT. OLIVE VS. LITCHFIELD Mt. Olive scored a fourth period touchdown to beat Litchfield. Nei- ther team scored in the first half. In the second half Jim Boyd blocked a Litchfield punt and ran 20 yards for a touchdown. Then Jerry Boll- man plunged through for the second touchdown of the game. Then Litch- field drove across for a touchdown that ended the game. Mt. Olive-12 Litchfield-6 MT. OLIVE VS. EAST ST. LOUIS The Mt. Olive Wildcats put up a good fight the first half. In the first quarter, Zippay plunged over for the only touchdown, then Jim Boyd kicked the extra point, making the score 7 to 6 in Mt. Olive's fa- vor. The Wildcats held the Lincoln team to only 18 points in the first half. The score at the end of the game was: x East St. Louis-31 Mt. Olive-7 MT. OLIVE VS. CARLINVILLE Mt. Olive had a had night. The Wildcats just couldn't get going. Zippay made our only touchdown for the night when he went across on a quarterback'sneak. Carlinville-20 Mt. Olive-6 MT. OLIVE VS. BENLD Mt. Olive had a great comeback after losing to Carlinville. The Wildcats and Indians fought to a 13-13 deadlock. The first touch- down was made by Joe Stierwalt on a quick opener, for about 10 yards. Then Don Dobrino, on a quarterback sneak, scored, making the score 12 to 13 in Benld's favor. The extra point was made by Zippay on an end run. That ended the game. Mt. Olive-13 Benld-13 MT. OLIVE VS. MARQUETTE Mt. Olive journeyed to Alton to get beat by Marquette. Marquette had one of the best teams in that part of the state. Marquette-13 Mt. Olive-O MT. OLIVE VS. GILLESPIE The Wildcats had little trouble scoring all through the game, since Zippay had a great night. He passed three touchdown passes, to Joe Stierwalt, Ray Loescher, and Dale Loeffler. Then the Wildcats decid- Loeffler took the ed to run a few. fourth one over on a quick opener. Jerry Bollman took the ball for a great 50-yard run which counted up the last one of the evening. Then Loeffler plunged over for the extra point making the score: Mt. Olive-31 Gillespie-O Football It was a hard fought game. It went all the way to the third quar- ter before there was a score. It was then that Zippay recovered a Roxana fumble and ran 60 yards for a touchdown. The Wildcats failed to get the extra point. Mt. Olive-6 Roxana-O MT. OLIVE VS. STAUNTON From the start of the game, we pushed them all over the field but cou1dn't score. Staunton passed to get on the five yard line and then pushed over for a touchdown and the extra point. Then in the third quarter, Mt. Olive began to roll. A pass from Dobrino to Zippay was good for a touchdown. We failed to get the extra point. Then in the fourth quarter, Zippay ran 20 yards for our second and final score of the game. Mt. Olive-12 Staunton-7 This ended the High School foot- ball season for Allan Zippay, Ray Loescher, Jim Boyd, Jerry Bollman, Bill Meyer, and Charlie Gorsich. Mt. Olive finished second in the South Central Conference.