Allegan High School - Echo Yearbook (Allegan, MI)

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2. ABOVE: HIGH UMPING is Jerry Nanna. RIGHT: POLE VAULTING J is jack Dangremond. DUAL COMPETITION SCORES Allegan 84 ........... Grand Haven Allegan 58W .... ........ P ortage Allegan 69M5. . . ........... Otsego Allegan 78 . . .... Holland Christian Allegan 63 ................ Plainwell Allegan 75 ............. QUADRANGLER MEET Allegan, tied for second .. PROTAGE RELAYS Allegan, fifth place ..... CONFERENCE MEET Allegan, second place . .. REGIONAL MEET Allegan, sixth place .... South Haven 25 501m 39W 31 46 34 42y2 22 sen 15 LEFT: LEADING thc race is Chuck Chestnut with Wayne Swit- zer in third place. ABOVE: RON JENSEN pole vaulting. 119

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1956 TRACK TEAM. FRONT ROW: D. Nahikian, C. Curlin, R. Young. G. Zeran, D. Ware, B. Kaarlie, K. Andrews, C. Pullen, R. Lutz, M, Otis, L. Peak, L. Steffen, T. TerAvest, B. Arlington. MIDDLE ROW: Rich- ardson, L. Grewe, R. Jensen. T. Tucker. J. Milbocker. J. Dangremond. D. Milhiem, G. Pegg, E. Gillette, H. Trutch, T. Hunter, Gehl. D. Lillie, Kyes, VV. Portrum. C. Chestnut. BACK ROPV: Mr. Otis, Zugel, Bur- dick, W. Switzer, C. Commons, C. Bush, B. Irwin, J. Wise, Nanna, F. Goodwin, M. Schelhas, L. Hughes, L. Eddy, Stroud. W. Chandler, G. Milbocker, F. Morley, J. Kent, Mr. DeMull. BENGALS TRUIMPH IN AREA MEETS TWO IMPRESSIVE VICTCRIES SPARK BEGINNING OF SEASON The 1956 track team, under the coaching of Mr. Otis, came through with another impressive season. The Tigers initiated their season with two big vic- tories in rapid succession. The first triumph over Grand Haven was followed by defeating Portage. After two weeks of training, the Bengals romped over ace rival Otsego on the Bulldogs home field. The Allegan track and field men, keyed up by vic- tory, tallied victories over Holland Christian, Plain- well, and South Haven in following weeks to com- plete their dual meets undefeated. 5 In an invitational quadrangular meet at Allegan, in which Muskegon Heights, Kalamazoo, Holland, and Allegan participated, Allegan tied for second place with Muskegon Heights. In the annual Wfolverine conference meet, the Tigers gained a second place victory over Otsego, Portage, Plainwell, South Haven, and Vicksburg. The thinclads then journeyed to Kalamozods Angel field where they obtained a sixth place victory in the South Western Michigan Regional meet. 118 -1- S s it S LEFT: BROAD JUMP- ING is Loye Eddy, as Tom Hunter watch. and Dick Ware

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1956 VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM. FRONT ROW: D. Schreur, B. Young, B. Inglesbee, D. Wilcox, R. Clair, B Pullen. Smith. BACK ROW: Coach Peckham, T. Tucker, D. Milhiem, L. Grewe, M. Wilcox, P. Wesseling. G. Hileski, D Wiley, J, Kelsey. PECKHAM ENDS CAREER AS COACH PITCHERS STAR IN ONE AND TWO-HITTER AS SEASON ENDS Alleganls varsity baseball team ended the season dwelling in fourth position in the Wolverine league standings. The Tigers experienced a hot and cold season finishing with a won 5-lost 7 record. The team started the season out by winning their first two games and then ran into some difficulty, losing six out of their next seven games. The lone bright note during this slump was when Dick Mil- hiem pitched a six-hitter, handing Wayland their first loss in two years. Having recovered from their absence from the win columnfi the Tigers wound up the season by defeating two of the last three opponents. WARMING U P: VARSITY BASEBALL SCORES Allegan 11 .............,....... Allegan 4 ................... . Allegan 2 . . . - - - Allegan 2 . . Allegan 5 . . . Allegan l . . Allegan 3 . . Allegan 3 . . . - - - Allegan 0 . . Allegan 7 . . Allegan 1 . . Allegan 3 . . . . . . Otsego .. Vicksburg . State High . . . Plainwell . . . Wayland South Haven South Haven . . . . Portage . . . . Portage . . Vicksburg . State High . . . Plainwell Ted Tucker Mike Wilcox Dick Milhiem