George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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HOMESTEADERS BAG HAMMOND HIGH VARSITY PASSING STATISTICS Passes Passes Attempted Completed Yardage Cudek 63 30 417 Companik 4 2 70 Carpen 3 1 9 Busick 7 1 -11 Muta 1 0 0 Poppen 1 0 0 FRESHMAN FOOTBALL SCHEDULE George Rogers Clark’s youngest gridders, the Homesteaders, had a successful season, bagging three wins against one setback. Coach Dave Hein and his footballers opened their campaign with a 7-0 win over Irving. They kept pace and rolled over Hammond High, 13-6, and Thornton Fractional, 8-6, before they fell to the Tigers of Tech, 24-7. CLARK 7 Irving CLARK 13 Hammond High .... CLARK 8 Thornton Fractional CLARK 7 Tech 6 24 ROW 1— T. Leimbach, G. Gradek, D. Burosh, P. Stanish, B. Zajac, C. Talabay. ROW 2— G. Brazina, R. Kuzma, J. Walker. R. Zuk, G. Petrin, B. W.I- son. ROW 3 — A. Economou, F. Pasko, B. Leith, R. Williams, B. Kelley, N. Raymond.

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UPPER RIGHT- Busick. -J. Tkach, R. Cudek, D. Poppen, J. UPPER LEFT — Cudek is on receiving end of pass play while unidentified Tech gridmen tries a block — Clark won, 34-7. LOWER — ROW 1 — R. Dubeck, B. Sutherland, D. Clark, K. Bonds, A. Carpen, R. Dingwall, D. Girman, J. Tallman, R. Marquardt, J. Daugherty. ROW 2— N. Pasko, D. Frunk, J. Mihalov, C. Gootee, R. McCampbell. ROW 3— J. Sadowski, G. Oaks, H. Smith, J. Busick, P. Carmichael, B. Varshal, H. Easter, D. Daugherty, R. Jackson, J. Stasny. SETTLERS POUND OUT 4-0 SEASON RECORD 1951 VARSITY PUNTING STATISTICS Punt Att. Yardage Average Don Poppen .. 40 1367 32.4 A1 Carpen 1 17 17 TOUCHDOWNS Busick 2, Dupin 2, Kristoff 2; Companik, Cudek, Muta, Tallman, 1. Safeties — Kovach, 1 ; Extra Points — Cudek, 6. When the varsity machine faltered, it was Coach Peterson and his Settlers that provided the thrills for Pioneer rooters. The younger Pioneers went through the season undefeated, notching wins over Hammond Tech, Thornton Fractional, Mor- ton and Whiting. Bonds, Oaks and Wilson ran the defensive opponents wild and proved to all Clark fans and coaches alike, that the Pioneer camp wouldn ' t be so dark in 1952. 20

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UPPER LEFT — Captain Don Poppen and Coach Ed Shields diagram a play. UPPER RIGHT — GRC ' s capable mana- gers, F. Sharkey, A. Schuhrke, B. Sutherland and R. McCampbell, look over error chart. LOWER — E. Ranostaj, C. Barrix, D. Poppen (captain), T. Burosh. PIONEER NETMEN BOAST BEST SEASON IN EIGHT YEARS Coach Ed Shields and his 1951-52 netmen had their best season since 1944 when the Pioneers captured the Conference title. The 1951-52 cagers placed third in the Western Division with an 8-3 mark and ran the season count to 15-9- In the year 1951 the Robertsdale lads won only four while dropping five, but when the bell tolled and 1952 rolled in, the Pioneer machine began to move. First they checked Tolleston, Wallace and Whiting from climbing too high on the Western Division ladder, before they tumbled to Johnny Barrato ' s league-leading Senators. Valpo, Fort Wayne South and Gary Horce Mann were the next to try, with no avail, to stop the red-hot” Shieldsmen. The basketeers closed the season with a loss to the Wildcats, a win over Emerson and a defeat to second-place Froebel. 22