Moline High School - M Yearbook (Moline, IL)

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MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONFERENCE STANDING Davenpor+ ............, Rock Island .., .. Clinlon . . . . . Iowa Cily ... .. Moline . . . . . QUAD-CITY CONFERENCE Davenporf ............. Rock Island ... .. Easl' Moline . . . . Moline ... . . 8 O O 6 2 O 6 2 0 3 3 2 3 3 2 STANDING 3 0 O 2 I O 0 I 2 O 2 I s.. I'm coming +hrough, shouis MHS fullback Bob Graham as he plows deep in Davenpori ferrifory. Another poini' for Moline, as placelicker, John Sfaach, demonsirafes 'form which nailed fiffeen exfra Maroon poinfs. Varsiiy Cenier Bill McCormick gels ser fo open ihe Iine as he snaps fhe a 1957 FOOTBALL RECORD Moline I4 Dubuque ...... Moline 2I Thomas Jefferson .. Moline 26 Rock Island .....,, Moline 2I George Washinglon Moline 7 Alleman .......... Moline 7 Iowa Cily .. Moline O Davenporf .. Moline 7 Clinion ..... Moline 7 Eos? S+. Louis .. Moline ..... 7 Easl' Moline ... . . 7 Advice on defense, new rulings, opponsnfs' siafisiics and scoufing reporfs are all parf of fha locker room noise as squad members gel sei for fha big game. 'I35

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Members of The varsiTy Toofball squad are, BOTTOM ROW: Jim Bevins, CurT Kava, Ralph Higbee, Clarence Taylor, Ben Olivera, Dick Doerr, Larry Schinckel, Gary WaFl'le, Karl Todd, Sam Gusiafson, Terry PosTon, Nick Lanf, John Peferson, Bill Sunlin, Jim Caldwell. ROW 2: Gene Griffin, John PeTerson, STeve Thorne, Chuck CaTTerTon, Ron BesT, Carl McSparin, Ken Rosenberg, Norm Aquirre, Bob Bryan, ElliaT+ Parker, John STaack, Tom SeiTz, Bruce PeTerson, Jeff Buck, Dave SackeTT, Norm SToerr, Dale MoTT. TOP ROW: Doug Bendle, Bill Bump, Bill Masengarb, Bob Mason, Bob Graham, Joe EwerT, Gary Brown, Bill McCormick, CurT Roseman, Gary Goodwin, Joe Smilgis, Dave Tanner, Roger Pfehing, Don Weime, Dave Hyland, Rhod Hawk, Dan DaCosTer. Varsity Squad Enters New Conference Play Ending his TourTh consecuTive year as head TooTball coach aT MHS is Coach Archie Swanson. A graduaTe oT Mo- line. Coach Swanson previously coached baseball and sophomore TooTball beTore Taking over The varsiTy TooT- ball posiTion. A chemisTry Teacher aT MHS, Arch holds a masTer's degree from The UniversiTy of Illinois. Opening The '57 season wiTh The Dubuque Rams, The Mo- line Maroons drew TirsT blood wiTh Al ScoTT scoring The iniTial varsiTy Touchdown oT The inTanT season. Making Their bid To Tie The score, The Rams bulled Their way inTo Moline's end zone Tor a TD. LaTe in The Tinal period Maroon quarTerbaclc, JeTT Buclc, plowed over from The Two-yard line Tor six poinTs. Placekicker, John STaaclc, Again guiding Moline's B Team To a successTul, six win- made good ,ro give me Maroons a I4-6 vidoryi one loss, season was AssisTanT Coach FriTz Boom, com- pleTing his second year oT coaching aT MHS. A Torrner TooTball player Tor The UniversiT oT Illinois, Boom pre- viously handled all sporTs aT CoarValley Junior High. ln addiTion To coaching, he Teaches geomeTry and algebra. Bill BalTzell compleTed his TirsT year as Coach Swanson's assisTanT This season. LasT year he was an assisTanT To The sophomore coach, Joe Vavrus. Coach BalTzell aTTended EasT Moline High, where he played on The baseball, bas- lceTball and TooTball Teams. While aTTending WesTern lllinois STaTe Teacher's college, he leTTered in These Three sporTs. Mr. BalTzell also Teaches driving and saTeTy classes and assisTs in baseball coaching. Punfing deep in opponenfs' TerriTory was a chore accepTed by back, Bob Mason. Taking Time ouT from pracTice, coaches, Jack Coder, Archie Swanson, Frih Boom, and Bill BalTzell look over prospecfs Tor The Maroon eleven.

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' C3 DOUG IENDLE IILL MASENGARB l 'ff ' 1 is L' l 1 3, A71 f N IILL MC CORMICK , D 3 ' -5.0 Q. -'iff P. a. ii TTS' N, JOHN STAACK I i' ' 'll H , J' A f asf- ' r I g if CLARENCE TAYLOR ,I K 2.531 RON BEST W my L er 52 f Lt. I Q i 7 -' A , . : Q V, V way! ' . .,a,' . ROI MASON , I knit -:H K TERRY POSTEN Y IILL SUNLIN rf W 3' STEVE THORNE Coma on. fall down, pleads guard, Curl' Kava, as he wresfles a Dubuque back fo flue ground. 'I36 '1-NA of'+-Q. Quan-v GARY BROWN JEFF BUCK JIM CALDWELL DICK DOERR Maroons Post 3-5-2 Record ln fhe opening quarfer againsf Thomas Jefferson, fhe Maroons fook advanlage of Jefferson's fumbles as Bob Graham and Ron Besf scored fwo quick TD's. Breaking a fie score in fhe fourfh quarfer, Jeff Buck scored for a ZI-I4 Maroon vicfory. High scoring and wide open offense highlighfed fhe fhird game af fhe Rock Island sfadium. The Maroons and Rocky's Booker Edgerson had an excifing scoring duel buf fhe Rocks emerged viclorious wifh a score 33-26. The Rocky Sfadium iinx had proved successful for fhe fwenfy- firsf year in succession. Wifh renewed confidence fhe Maroons hosfed an ex- cepfionally big Washingfon eleven from Cedar Rapids. Alfhough fhe Warriors were fhe firsf fo score. Bob Gra- ham, Ron Bes+ and Tom Seifz each crossed fhe end zone: Washingfon could repeaf buf once. The final score sfood 2I-I3 for fhe fhird Maroon vicfory. Homecoming spirifs dropped when fhe flu epidemic enfering fhe Panfher's cage caused Easf Moline fo wifh- draw. A lasl' minufe scheduling of fhe Pioneers reduced spirifs more as Moline fell 34-7 before a powerful Alle- man crew. Iowa Cify. The nexf opponenf scheduled, could only fie a 7-7 deadlock. Grabbing a 7-O firsf quarfer lead, +he Liffle Hawks made if slick unfil The fourfh quarfer when Moline speedsfer, Tom Seifz, rambled 83 yards for a foucgdown. John Sfaack converfed and The deadlock sfoo . Everyfhing was in favor of Davenporf as fhe injury and flu riddled Maroons mef a powerful and undefeafed Blue Devil feam. Good defensive play by some unseasoned underclassmen and by linebacker Curf Kave almosf ruined fhe Blue Devils homecoming buf fell shorf af 7-O.