Allegan High School - Echo Yearbook (Allegan, MI)

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FRESHMAN BASEBALL TEAM: FRONT ROW: C. Pullen, B. Yoakam, M. Foster, N. Rininger, T. Gorby, D. Ringewold, J. Lampros, C. Granger. BACK ROW: Mr. Van Wa- goner, M. Haven, A. Gates, P. Knoblock, B. Irwin, J Billman, W. Brower, M. Belt,G Cook, D. Nahikian, T. Patton. INITIAL FRESHMAN SEASON SUCCESSFUL FRESHMAN TEAM PREPARES PLAYERS FOR VARSITY FRESHMAN BASEBALL SCORES In 1956, freshman baseball was initiated at Al- legan by Mr. VanWagoner. Considering that the team had to practice under very adverse conditions and had to play all of their games away, Mr. Van- Wagoner believes the season was not only successful but will help to provide even better players for Mr. Buist's varsity team. Allegan ............ 2 Otsego ...... . . 3 Allegan ............ 10 Bloomingdale . . . . 5 Allegan . . 7 Vicksburg . . . . . 5 Very few of the area schools have freshman teams and so the frosh team had only three games, winning two and dropping one. Pitching chores were shared by Mike Foster and Jim Lampros. Batting honors went to Chuck Pul- len, .444 and Chuck Granger, AT PRACTICE: Pete Knoblock, Chuck Pullen. Jim Lampros pitching Pete Knoblock, Chuck Granger

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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

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99 -L BOYS' INTRAMURAL STANDINGS Won Lost Noresmen . . . . 6 3 Irish .... . . 6 3 Finns . . . 5 4 Scots . . . . 5 4 Yanks . . . . . 4 5 Canadians . . . 4 5 Swedes . . . . 4 5 Danes . . . . 2 7 LEFT: RON JENSEN going up for a basket. BELOW: BILL DOMBROW- SKI and opponent jumping. BOYS', GIRLS' INTRAMURAL PROGRAMS GOVERNING RULES MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL PLAYERS This year, as last, Mr. VanWagoner organized the noon hour basketball league for boys. The league gave every high school boy an opportunity to participate. The league was eornprized of eight teams the Yanks, Canadians, Scots, Irish, Danes, Finns, Swedes and Norsemen. At the season's end, Dick Milhie1n's Irish and Howard Nahikian's Norse- men were deadlocked in First place with 6-3 records.