Walnut High School - Walnut Tree Yearbook (Walnut, IL)

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THE WALNUT TREE First Row: Floyd Hornback, Joe Perlno, Willard Burkey, Clifton Winger, Aurell Burkey, Captain Peach, Gail Stone, Herbert Braaacb, Richard Whltver, Sheldon Fordhaa, and Benjamin Odell Second Row: Manager Wallis, Manager Nelick, Marion Peach, John Bacorn, Charles White, Omer Baumgartner, Herbert Hasenyager, Ned Lewis, Myron Plum, Roy Atherton, and Coach Winger. Third Row: Harold Dietz, Harold Bowen, Lynn Kiser, Lloyd Bishop, Clifford Heat- on, Leslee Bishop, Clark Wolfe, Charles Hill, Donald Stelnke, Dale Carlson, and Harold Hornback. 1935 SUMMARY Walnut 19 Spring Valley 6 Walnut 2 Neponset (forfeit) 0 Walnut 12 Wyanet 18 Walnut 2 Manlius (forfeit) 0 Walnut 2 Buda (forfeit) 0 Walnut 19 Rock Falls 2nd 6 Walnut 13 Bradford 12 Walnut 2 Shef f leld( forfeit) 0 Walnut 27 Tiskilwa 7 Walnut 28 Toulon 0 About 34 boys answered the call for football candidates in September 1935. Prospects were none too good as there were only seven lettermen returning. Three of the four lettermen in the backfield and two first string tackles had been lost by graduation. The regular conference schedule was more or less broken up In the last half of the season by several schools being forced to quit football because of lack of material and other reasons. This made It necessary that Walnut play several nonconference games. The season ended showing a total of nine victories and one defeat, which gave Walnut second place In the conference. 1934 FOOTBALL REVIEW During the past two seasons the football team has set up a very excellent record, winning 17 and losing 3 games. At the opening of school In September 1934, about thirty boys reported for the teams, but prospects for a successful season were only fair. However, after suffering a 13-0 defeat in their first game, the boys settled down and began to exhibit a style of game that none of their opponents were capable of matching. A series of eight consecutive victories, followed and the Little Eight Championship was the result. The team was undefeated and untied in the conference race. The last game of the season was lost to Princeton a much larger and more experienced squad. During the season the Walnut team won 8 games and lost 2, scoring a total of 405 points to their opponents 50. 24

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.Athletics

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THE WALNUT TREE First Row: Coach Winger, Leslee Bishop, Aurell Burkey, Captain Peach, Clifton Winger, Herbert Hasenyager, and Willard Burkey. Second Row: Clark Wolfe, Donald Stelnke, Sheldon Fordham, Ned Lewis, Hill, Marion Peach, Lloyd Bishop, and Lynn Kiser. Third Row: Manager Edward Wallis, LaVerne Bolbock, John Bacorn,Haro Id fman, Kenneth Young, Harold Hoffman,llyron Plum, and Albert ton. BASKET BALL SUMMARY Charles D. Hof-Middle- fa lnut 27 Harmon 7 Walnut 26 Sterling 42 Walnut 37 Manlius 14 Walnut 38 Neponset 22 Walnut 25 Ohio 14 Walnut 25 LaMoille 16 Wa lnut 22 West Bureau 14 Walnut 31 LaMol lie 20 Walnut 25 Ohio 28 Walnut 27 Shef f ield 13 Walnut 34 Buda 14 Walnut 27 Stirling 23 Walnut 16 Wyanet 19 Walnut 29 Ti skilwa 19 LITTLE EIGHT TOURNEY Walnut 36 Neponset 19 Walnut 26 Tiskilwa 24 Walnut 11 COUNTY TOURNEY Wyanet 13 Walnut 25 Cherry 7 Walnut 16 Spring Valley 25 DISTRICT TOURNEY Walnut 31 Lee Center 12 Walnut 23 Tampico 29 Walnut 61 Franklin Grove 13 BASKETBALL 1935-36 VI th a team composed largely of veteran material ,«Ya lnut enjoyed its most successful basketball season In years. The team succeeded In winning a total of 16 games while losing but six. It finished the conference schedule in second place, winning six games and losing one,that a 19-16 decision to IVyanet ference title, being undefeated. in who won the con- Walnut also won second place in the Little Eight Tournament losing the final game to .Yyanet, 13-11 in an overtime period. Third place was won in the District Tournament which was held at Walnut. In the Bureau County Tournament the team was eliminated by Spring Valley, in its second game. Spring Valley later went on to win second place.