Abbotsford High School - Abhiscan Yearbook (Abbotsford, WI)

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'69 I40 H mm Back Row:, Mr. Ellis, A. Uhlig, K. Baumgatner, A. Schmirler, and K. Anderson. Second Row: D. Laack, B. Mittelstadt, B. Laabs, D. Schauer, G. Laack, D. Zobrak, R. Grambort. Third Row: J. Steffen, R. Keller, I. Klieforth, J. Vetter, and D. Kieser Abbotsfords 1947-48 basketball team----the squad of which so much was expected went through a very disappointing season, much of which was due to the loss of 4 brilliant prospects who quit the squad ea- rly in the season. The members of the squad who remained did a very good job of filling in. The scoring honors were very evenly distribu- ted, with every member of the lst 5 capturing the honors in at least 1 game. The Ramblers closed the season with a record of 9 wins and 12 defeats and third place in the SC conference. Abbotsford 54--Colby 19 An early season win over Colby gave the Ramblers a auspicious start. The speedy Abby team plowed Colby under with the score of 54-h- 19. Vetter and Klieforth were top scorers for Abby with 12 and 11 po-. .ints respectively. Abbotsford 2l--Loyal 58 Loyal handed Abby their lst setback of the year in a fast and vfurious game at Loyal. The Abby 5 were swept off their feet early in the game when Loyal rushed them and were near able to settle down, after that. I

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7W The people of Abbotsford waited for 10 long years for another football team and were finally rewarded. Abbotsford 19--5pencer O. No. 1 On the afternoon of September 19 a strong Spencer team invaded the Abbotsford 11 . Neither team was able to score in the first quarter but by half time Abbotsford had hit pay dirt twice and had also collected one extra point to take a lead of 15 to O. The third quarter was another scoreless one but in the fourth Abbotsford coll- ected one more touchdown to bring the final score 19 to 0. Bauer, Strombeck, and Vetter scored one touchdown each, with Keller contrib- uting the extra point. Abbotsford 50--Medford 0. No. 2 On Sept. 29 the Abbotsford team. toured to Medford ,and land- ed Medford a 50 to O heating. The first half was a hard and close -1y fought battle with Abbotsford edging ahead 6 to 0. In the second half Abbotsford got their machine rolling and raised their score to 50 and holding Medford scoreless. Kaiser and Hohnson scored two tou- chdowns each, Keller, Vetter, Strombeck and Wilke collected one each and Klieforth booted two extra points. Abbotsford O--SpenCer 6 No. 3 Abbotsford lost a thrilrer to Spencer on Oct. 4. The Game was played in ankledeep mud and a driving rain, this slowed the game down very much; The first half ended in a O to 0 tie, but Spencer came be -ck in the third quarter to make a touchdown and succeeded in holking Abbotstord sporeless throughout the game. h Abbotsford 6--Loya1 35 No. 4 A high spirited team left Abbotsford on the afternoon of Oct. 9 and traveled to Loyal only to return a beaten team once again.Loyal was hble to score 55 points and allowed Abbotsford to cross the goal line but once, the lonely Abbotsford touchdown was scored by Vetter. Abbotsford lQ-slldford 2 No. 5 With revenge as their motto the Medford Bees invaded Abbots- ford on Oct. 15. Neither team was able to score a touchdown in the let, half although Medford Was able to paste Abbotsford bhck.and get credit for a softy. In the second half Abbotsford racked up three touchdowns and 1 extra point, Kieser collected himself two touchdowns Vetter one end Klieforth added the extra point. Abbotsford 12--Port Edwards 36 No. 6 Homecomingllil The boys from Port Edwards clawed out a hard fight, and a hard earned victory from the Abbotsford 11 . The score hardly tells the story. We found Port Edwards on top after one half of hard fighting, one touchdown was the only difference. When the end of the third quarter came around, Abbotsford had the score all tied up 12 to 12, but had lost the services of their quarterback Don Kieser, he had hurt his arm early in the quarter. In the 4th quart- er Port Edwards trampled through the Abbotsford team for 24 points, totegd :p with a-56 to 12 lead. Kieser and Strombeck scored for Abb -0 s or ; Abbotsford 12--Mosinee 40 D No. 7 The game opened' very fast with Abbotsford gettin 12 oints and Mosinee 27 in the first quarter. In the remainder 8of thg game Abbotsford was held scoreless but Mosinee succeeded inhgettinggl3 points for'themselves. The Abbotsford scoring was done by Vetterand Keller, one each.

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Basketball icont.i Abbotsford 27--Dorchester 29 For the let conference game of the season Abby tackled to meet a imighty Dorchester 5 at Dorchester. The Ramblere controlled the game for 5 quarters but in the 4th quarter Dorchester hit the hoop from all angles and the game ended with Dorchester on the better end of th the scoring. Klieforth passed the losers with 8 points. Abbotsford 57--Medford 28 On ahother conference game the Ramblers downed a tall rangy led- ford team 57 to 28. Scoring honors were again captured by Klieforth who sent 5 field goals and as many free throws for 15 points. jAbbotsford 55--Westboro 5? , The Ramblers traveled to Westboro to meet the Weetboro quintet 1n bbys 5rd conference game of the year. It was a nip and tackle ball ame. All the way with the lead changing leads many times. When the ame went off the Northlandere had A 2 point edge and the Ramblers tdrcpped their second conference tilt. Kieser dropped 18 points thro-, hgh the hoop for Abby. lAbbotsford 5'7--Edge.r 49- Abby traveled to Edger for another nonconference tilt but found the Edgar teem too tall and speedy. The Abby 5 was soundly troaned by the Edgar boys 49 to 37. Kieser and Klieforth were top scorers for abby with 15 and 14 points respectively. Abbotsford 26--Rib Lake 52 The Ramblers traveled to Rib Lake for the next game of the season and absorbed their 2rd straight defeat tothe tune of 32 to 26. Again IKieeer and Klieforth sparked Abby with 10 and 8 points respectively. Abbotsford 52--Unity 22 The Abby boys finally pulled themselves into the win colume byi trouncing Unity 52 to 22. Keller and Kieeer were the big guns for Abby with 15 and 14 points respectively. Abbotsford 56--Marathon 40 A long trip over to Marathon proved to no avail after Abby lost a thriller to the Marathon boys. Baumgatner, Vetter and Klieforth ecc- ounted for 50 of Abbyb points withilo each. Abbotsford 28--Colby 39 . Abby traveled to Colby for the next game of the season and once more returned home defeaten. Abby played very bad bell and were unable to hit the hoop. Keller reached up 8 points to the high for Abby. Abbotsford 34--Loya1 31 Back on their own floor the Ramblers succeeded in downing Loyal 54 to 31, Keller captured the scoring honors again. Abbotsford 40--Withee 23h Kieser was high with 17 points and Abby rolled on to take up an- other win for the Ramblers.