Allegan High School - Echo Yearbook (Allegan, MI)

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X After practicing for three weeks, Mr. O'Connor announced that the junior-high team would play the freshmen, October 10. The boys lined up to receive the ball, the whistle blew, and the opponents kicked off. someone on our team snatched the pigskin and we raced down the field, un- til Don Herington's tackle halted our advance. Throughout the first quarter both teams battled on even terms without scoring. Each eleven tallied a few points in the second Quarter, but in the third period the frosh chalked up a touchdown. We were victorious by one point-the slim margin being 13 to l2. All of the boys who competed for positions par- ticipated in the encounter. ln the next game, October 19, we didn't fare so well--we were beaten 25 to 19. The freshman knew what to expect from our players and they had prepared a good pass-defense. Turing the first half, the ninth graders handcuffed us while they crossed our goal line for two touchdowns. In the third quarter our T-formation pass failed to function, but we did manage to shove over a touchdown. Nr. O'Connor had predicted that our el ders wouldn't walk all over us--and they dldn't. The concluding contest was slated for November 9, when we played the high school reserves. The kick-off was at h:2O p.m. with our aggregation on the receiving end. Chuck Taylor caught the ball and was downed after moving ahead about ten yards. On a reverse, halph Boe advanced the ball fifteen yards and Wayne Burton, on a sweep around right end, picked up eighteen yards to bring us about fifteen yards from the goal line. Our hopes were high, but our attack bogged down and the ball changed hands. The reserves proceeded to add more touchdowns to increase their lead to 35-O. ln the final session Wayne Burton ploughed through center for a touchdown. Kenny Nunt's tackling was a feature of the fray. The final score was 35 to O.

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I! Top Row: L. to R.: Jerry Gilpin, Ray Fuller. Paul Jensen, Lloyd Terry, Richard lince, John Miller, Coach Ctis. Qggz like Kracatovich, Allen Page, Tom Calkins, Louis Salters, lynn Foster, Kenneth Gates, leo Kitch- ell, Coach Kulready. gpg: Jerry Tripp, Chester Hathaway, Douglas Nichols, Jack Backers, Eugene His- cock, Darl Jennings, David Seibert, Robert EcCullough. lit: Edward Whitney, Carroll Allen, Dick Lyon, Russell Gates, Eugene Miller, Richard Wilcox, Joe Engel, Nartin Swanty, Don Eeringtcn. aol li sercmac ea The Tiger Cubs engaged the Plainwell reserves,October Zb, at home and lost by a score of 13-O. In the first period the Allegan boys held their own, but in the second quarter the visiting eleven marched 5h yards to a touchdown in two running plays. They then carried the ball across the goal line for the extra point. In the fourth session the Blue and White nabbed a Tiger pass and capitalized on the Wbreak' by driving down the field for another touchdown. The conversion was unsuccessful. The period ended with the score 13-O. Fennville vanquished the Cubs to the tune of 12-O. In the first quar- ter Fennville took possession of the ball on our 37 yard line where they had blocked a Tiger punt. After four running plays the opponents register- ed their first touchdown, but failed to add the additional tally. In the second period Clyde Wells lugged the oval to the invaders' 12-yard stripe, but fumbled a bad pass from center to halt our march. Fennville's second touchdown developed in the third quarter when Moeller moved the ball to Allegan's five-yard line and then plunged that distance for a touchdown. CThe conversions were not successful.J The tilt ended with Fennville again threatening our On October second team at first half and moved into high and Backers and Although three goal and the pigskin resting on the Cubs' five-yard line. 30, the Tiger Cubs piled up a 33-7 victory over Otsego's Otsego. Russ Gates made Allegan's first touchdown in the at the intermission the score was 7-7. The Cub machine gear in the second half when Gates collected two touchdowns line for six points each. Cubs' lead was too big for Wilcox also romped over the goal conversion attempts failed, the them to worry about the extra tallies. The Cubs journeyed to Plainwell and gained beating they received from the Blue and White This time, on November o, to be exact, they rang Plainwell scoreless. Wells galloped 55 yards on sweet revenge for the 13-0 in the initial encounter. up 2h points while holding the kick-off before being stopped. Four plays were all the Cubs needed for their first tally. The conversion failed. Plainwell then tried to advance the ball but couldn't make the necessary yardage. The next time Wells carried the ball, he romped for 25 yards. Russ Gates proceeded to the Blue and White's two yard line and Wells skirted right and for the second touchdown to make the count 12-O. Neither team could score in the second quarter, but in the third canto Clyde Wells negotiated another touchdown. Toby Terry received a pass from Eugene Miller in the fourth quarter to achieve Allegan's fourth and last touchdown.

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4 -5 ouow HW Vedder Three cheers for the cheerleaders. They deserve much credit for leading the yells at football and basketball games, as well as conducting pre-game pep sessions. The regular cheerleaders were Carolyn Bindemann, Barbara Bartz, Lena Lane, and Dick Yocum. At first the girls wore one-piece, white-wool dresses with an orange letter, while Dick displayed black trousers with orange stripes and e school sweater. Later in the year the Student Council purchased three orange sweaters having large tiger heads on the back to distinguish the cheerleaders. On several occasions Ann Mack, Fred Bindemann, and Jim Nichols assisted the cheerleaders.