Pickford High School - Panther Yearbook (Pickford, MI)

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Cross-Countr Team FIRST ROW: Left to Right: Dave Taylor, Dave Fountain, Don Stevenson, Bill Wallis, Roger Wahl, Iaynce Leach. SECOND ROW: Coach Web Morrison, Edwin Fountain, Ted O'Brien, Carl Dosenback, Gerald Wallis, Student Manager, Milford Galer, Assistant Coach, Marv1n'Shanks. Pickford entered cross-country, for the first time this year. None of the boys on the team had ever been at a cross-country meet before, but this did not stop them from winning the class C, D, E, Upper Penninsula Championship. Cross-country is a very grueling two mile race run over trails and hills. Scoring is based on the basis of one point for the winner two points for second place and so on. Each team is allowed seven men. The team with the lowest number of points wins the meet. Pickford won the meet with 28 points while Rapid River placed second with 43 points. This page was presented by RUDY'S VULCANIZING SHOP

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SVN Football Players were--FIRST ROW: Left to Right: Gerald Wallis, Duane Ames, David Taylor, Mickey Wonnacott, Ilm Roe, Edwin Stevenson SECOND ROW: Bill Wallis, Don Stevenson, Dave Fountain, Jerry Froman, Iaynce Leach, Ronald Leach. THIRD ROW: Terry Gough Reg Rye, Carl Dosenback, Bill Becks, Edwin Fountain, Allen Lordson. ABSENT FROM THIS PICTURE IS: Roger Wahl. The 1955 Panther football team was built around a large nucleus of returning veterans. The conference standings were five wins, zero losses. Two non-conference wins rounded off the Panther schedule. This gave the Pickford team a nine game winning streak and first in the little eight conference for the 1955 season. Ierry Froman and Don Stevenson made the all Conference first team. Iaynce Leach and Bill Wallis made the second team, while Taylor, Fountain, and Ames made honorable mention. Iaynce Leach established a new school record for the most conversions after touchdowns. Donald Stevenson broke the old school records for the most passes attempted and the most passes completed. The team also established a record for the most points scored in a season, 404.

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l l Varsity Basketball LEFT TO RIGHT: Bill Wallis, Gerald Wallis, Ted O'Brien, Duane Ames, Don Stevenson, Iohn Cottle, Terry Gough, Bill Clegg, Iaynce Leach, Reg Rye, Ronnie Leach, Coach Webster Morrison, Student Manager, Milford Galer. The basketball team had one of its poor seasons finishing in sixth place in the Little Eight Conference. The 1955-56 addition of the team had the second best offensive average that any former Pickford team ever had, but its defensive average, the worst of any Pickford team, tells the story why so many games were lost. Don Stevenson is the team's leading scorer, averaging about 20 points per game. Duane Ames is second in scoring. Duane also has the team's best shooting average. This page was presented by I. C. PENNEY'S