Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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Thc- 1945 Season 'lhe Mctoncers rode thc gflQllI'OI1 rn an armorcd car tn the lfllb season havlng a heayy tcam wrth an eley en wheel drtve 'lhe ftrst practlcc game of the sctson found tlac Mclonnaen battllnt, the Holly Wtlcltats to 00 txc on thc Holly lcld In thc game wttla La unta the 'ltgcrs won oycr the Melonmcn Twtce thc Melonccrs for wlthtn scoring dtstance of La untas goal but wcrc hcld by the La unta team Thc game ended 10 0 wrth the Ttgers on the long end of the scorc Rocky lord recened the klckoff ln the Man zanola Rocky Ford game Not much yardage was madc unttl the second quarter when Hamtlton push d oycr for the ftrst score In the Fourth quartcr Mtller took the ball on the flfteen yard lxne and made a spcctacular clghty fnc yard run for anothcr touchdown The final score was 11, 0 for the Meloneers The Lamar Sayages scored a 20 6 ylctory oacr Rocky Ford ln a game tn whlch Lamar held thc ftrst three quarters Although the Meloneers made a fast comeback tn the fourth quarter and scored the time ran out on them and Lamar won Thc Meloneers sktnned the Fowler Grlzzltes tn a home game wrth a score of 24 0 'llac Melonmcn tlacn chalkcd up another atc tony by dcfcttxnf the Las Animas Trojans 18 1' Rocky Ford dominated the frrst half rn scoring Thc sccond opcned wrth a passmg attack by the 'I royans who rcaclaed thc ftwc yard ltne and thcn ctroxc oycr for 1 score Lttcr 1 pass lntcrceptcd by Rocky lord opcncd the way for tlac final scorc nn thc came llae Rotky Ford Mcloncers bowcd to th Ia unta Ttgcrs tn thcxr annual Arn tstcc l tx game 'Thc T11 crs copped the scorrng 10 the ftrst half wlnch endcd wrth 1 score of 190 Both teams scorcd twtcc rn the second nall and Ut- glhc ended 31 Playlng on the Trojan flcld Rocky Ford was dctcatcd tn her last football game of the season Tl t I royans w ere first to core rn the frrst quarter Rocky lord retalratcd tn the second quarter with thc only score for the Meloneers The Trojans flnal touchdown made tn the last four minutes of thc game upped the ttnal score to 14 6 Wtantng 50 per cent of thetr football games the Meloneers d oye off the grtdlron wlth a few dcntcd fenders but full of sprrtt for the on com mg basketball season 'iff' lvl, HM' Top Row Anderson DeLong Gcttle Gausc Maycr Longer Sprmkle Clay R Ycater Hexl Tcm pleton Trechtor Center Row Pott Maller Hooyer Cowcn ltclder Proctor L Hamtlton XX Hamrlton Bottom Row G Yeater Lyon Hell Beatty Ratltff Grttz Call sex enty 1 . 1 Q LW ,J 3 A I . , ' ' ' , , . ' . A , ,' , . I r C L . 1 . . ,- - 4 , . . V . - y V 1 Y - Y . , , f 7 I 4 1 J 1 D . 4 , .... - 1 yi L-.yi L , -, it I . 1 , - y f -y 1 yi - K V ,L - . Y. vi . , K. 1 . . . 1- A f -- . . , , - , . ,t . . A by K Q , . L. , V -., . , . , . , - . ,, . ,' - 1 .. 1 , I - vi - . b rw K V. , , V K J L . , J A 7- A y - 1,1 4 V, . A . I .Ya Q . . . I . A C , . v . v . , ' - - . - 4 lv- . - I K . . , ' ' .' ' , ' . . - ' l Q , . -'- ' . 2 -111. 5 f. K . 4 , . . , , . X J A It 2 - - . ' N ' ' ' 1 13 'l It . ' ' I S l l . s - ' 1 r , , I ', , ' . ' - . 1 t x v . , , - ,' , ,A . . . K 7 . L - ' . ,. . 4 . . A 7 , , r U . . . V I 5 r Ax . 1 , , - 1 U 't l. ' . D 7 Y . M 'R ' , ,A M, Q , w ' ,, -- we .navy ,4 . T .f-,f W ' y'f,aff,f'f,' L7 a , y '. ' m wwf Wa Wg, y Q . .A , 'N 4 4 Y 7,7 f, , Y. ,, .V . , .W , .7 'egg ,f ' ' 4 I V. N - 4ffaf..,f.a -,.. -, M s , tain 55504 wig, , in . N M5 wa, .5 ., 7 M K ,Za ,D 41.1, aw N N,5'.2vg3fM,,'U V ' A 'g Vx F F ' V , . J - ' s v 9 a I Q 9 9 a - a 1 , . . .. - ,, . 1- b Y . . , ' 7 9 Y x 9 9 ' ' 7 ' ' r: f ' 1 f ' . - 9 1 a 1 v 9 - v

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Tlu- l'l I I S1-:mon e Meloneers mth eht ws t number of ruts on the rotd to footbtll sueeess ned turtle une were towed rn If tte tr e t ol the X llley LC1f5L1C. In the f1r5t leteue tame of the setson they ttngled wrth the Manzanola Bobe1t5 It vs Ib any tetmb game unttl early rn the second qutrter when the Bobctts smftshed oyer the toll line tor 1 store of 7 0 tt the lnlf Manzanola scored learn when 1 paw upped the ttlly to a ftntl 15 0 Th Meloneers bowed to the Trojans tn the next f Vue with L15 An1t'na5 Roelxy Iord re eened the letcle howeyer ftrst blood was drtwn by the 'Iroy1n5 who scored with 11 touehbtele Lis Antmfts held the offensne for the greater part ol the game Lay scored the only touchdown mace by Rocky Iord 1nd the ytgme ended wlth the Melo neers on the truhnb end of .1 w7 6 bcore 'Ihe Lmur Sty tees .md the Melon er eleyen ser tyuped tt Lunar rn 1 Illgllt EIITIL The Su tees lertleel olt to the Melonmen but there w ts no store untrl Ltmtr pushed ox er ID the 5eeond qutr er llillelflb the score at the half 60 In tle seeonel htll the pt skm elmnged hands aeyerl trmes but netther team could seore and the gtme ended 6 0 tor the S1x.tt,e5 ottwelehted Meloneerb ftt the annual Armtsttce Dty etne The Meloneers reeened the lelele In the flrst half La untt acored aux potnts In the s ond htlt the T1 ers mn the score uw to Sl point Mtles was the only scorer for Rocky lord .md so the Meloneers were forced to get a complete oxer htul IU prepttrttlon for their next journey Tow Row Coach Butler, Lay, Mtles, Fngels, Melulle, Brow n, Hell, Ratllff, Lyon, Call, L Hamll ton, W' Hamtlton, Coach Anderson Center Row Yeater, Stroud, Mullen, Steward, DuKate, LlIldLI'I1dl'l, Burrell, Hmon, Tyfler Bottom Row McBride, Yankey, Vaughn, Irxm, Pott, Schwren, NX'1lker, DeLong mttv mm T Q Q, t A me The 1 11 5 'A a li Y clmggf. hi tt ' 1 4 t '. ru f 1 1 e- 1 ' tur - 'L l '1 '1 ' . l ft -nl - 1 -. -1 A 1 IL 1' -Z 1 1' . ' C i 1 . V. ' I -.- Q , t. K -' V . 1 I ', l 1 . A ' ur . ' 'U' . , , . , ,' , tt e, , rv ,, . , T t b A A 'K 7 I , A ' A QAA I A 1 . , ' - , .4 V - ' ' ' 4 ' s H I I. ' ' t I i .5 1 Y 4 . -- - f . . U- . L, ' - ' ' ' I In her balance, fate held a Sl-6 defeat tor the 5 .,.k, , - y L , C. , .. X- V, . ' k- ' I Q' ray 1. L 1 r 1 11 N' 1' A ' . gn. .- 2. - ,- . ,v r .- A 'nt J Q , ,- ' ' ' Q - v y - e 1 L-Cc K ' . gr X- . I 1 I 1 A . ', ' 5 ' ' ' ' L ai . Q . V v 1 ' ' cy ' V y .f . ,L ' J' , U I K ,l , N . , , ' ' ' - L ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' U K- . l , . . 3 - - I ' I ,y Ii

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