Blue Springs High School - Campus Cadence Yearbook (Blue Springs, MO)

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nina ff 5 'J ' ' McGuire XB111 Dwyer, Tackle Co-Captain Lyle Welle C0'CePtain Vernon I Herbert Kissline' End FB, Letterea 4 years. HB Letterea 2 years. Letterea 2 years- Le tered 2 years. Hbvp ' j . We em ff Eugene Scarborough Guard' Lettered 1 year. Tackle, Lettered 2 years. Milo Zook End Letterea i year Jack Bogk, Center Lettered 1 year. Ray Jones, Guard . Lettered 2 years. Bobby Neely, FB Lettered 2 years. Bud Paxton, Guard lettered 1 Year. Lettered 1 year. Bruce Curfman, Center Howard Richards, Lettered-1 gvear. Lettered 1 year. Kenion Brown, tackle QB .Toe Niemeyer, Tackle Bob Merrieena me Wilbur Para, Tackle Lettered 1 year. Lettered 1 year' Lettered 1 year. 28

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H fav T P I p vm H 1 FOOTBALL--1945 The 1945 football season started when practice was called Sept. 7, with fifty six boys reporting for practice. Coach Bishop cut the squad down to three teams. We had seven returning' lettermen. They were walls, Kissling, Jones, Dwyer, Scarborough, McGuire, and Journagan. A The season started with the Wildcats defeating North Kansas City'l2 to O. The touch- downs were made by walls and Bilquist. The starting lineup was, LE-Kissling, LT-Scar- borough, LG-Jones, C-Curfman, RG4Wig1e5w0rth, RT-Dwyer, RE-Zook, QB-Wells, HB-McGuire, HB- Journagan, FB-Bilquist. The next game was played with Grain Valley and the Wildcats held Grain Valley scorless to the score of 26 to O. Each of the four backfield men got a touchdown. l We next played Pleasant Hill on our own field and the game ended with the score 6 to 6. The touchdown was made by Kissling after catching a pass in the enzone., In the next game the Wildcats met their first defeat on,a muddy field at Harrison- ville. The score was 7 to O. Next the'Wildcats handed Buckner a decisive victory holding the Buckner Redskins with out 3 touchdgwnt The Score was 25 tg 0, 'Wells counted for 2 touchdowns and Uournagan got the other two. The Wildcats next met the undefeated Lee's Summit Tigers and with McGuire catching a pass and outrunning the whole Leefs Summit team, getting the only touchdown scored on the Tigers this season. T H Gur next opponet was Ruhl Hartman and the Wildcats was defeated for the third time of the season. Our team was greatly weakened with the loss of our quarter back, Bud Wells, For our last game of the season the Wildcats went to Raytown but were greatly handi- capped with the loss of Bud wells and Roy Journagan. we think Howard Richards should be complimented on the way he called the game as substitute quarter back. The Wildcats were defeated 27 to O. V T The following men received letters in football: wells, McGuire, Paxton,Dwyer, Jones, Scarborough, Bilquist, Journagan, Zook, Kissling, Wiglesworth, Curfman, Bogk, Morrison, Brown, Richards, Neeley, Neimeyer, Pare. Bud walls and Vernon McGuire were elected Co-Cap- tains for the football season. ' u 2?

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.v. ll ! I ' f Kittens carry off Three Trophies The Blue Springs Wildkittens started the season with much spirit and enthusiasm. When practice had been underway a few days the team began to look very promising. Maud Morris, Mary Beth Kirby, and Mary Lou Pressly made up the starting line-up for the forwards. I For the guards, Peggy J. Brownfield, Louise Todt, and Patty Jo Portwood. Those capable reser- ves were: Shirley Morris, Katherine White, Norma Lee Nichols, Patricia Putthoff,June Will- iams, Polly Lewis, and Larietta Moore. fHenrietta was the Kittens first opponents. The Kittens walked away with a decisive victory, 58-9. The Kittens entered the Greenwood tournament in late November. Their first game in the tourney was with Pleasant Hill. The game was a close one with Blue Springs winning by one point. The Wildkittens were eliminated from the tourney by the loss of their next game to Buckner. The second tournament the Kittens entered proved to be more successful for them. The first game of the tourney was a close one with P. Hill winning by the narrow margin of one point. The next game the Kittens walked away with a victory from Greenwood, winning the Consolation Trophy. The Blue Springs Invitational Tournament was a huge success with the Kittens carrying away the second place trophy. The team defeated Raytown for their first victory. In the next game the Kittens defeated the hard fighting Ruskin team by one point. An extra 50 seconds had to be played to decide the victor. In the finals the Wildkittens were defeat- ,ed by Grain Valley, 37-24 The girls team ended their season by taking the Consolation ttrophy at the Midwest Conference Tournament at Ruskin. The girls drew a bye in this tournament, automatically winning their first game. sonville. In the finals wood. For the third time During the course of selected for the all star The first game the Kittens played they were defeated by Harri- of the consolation the Kittens were again victorious over Green this season the Kittens carried away a trophy. the year Maud Morris, Peggy Brownfield, and Patty Portwood were teams. At the end of the season Maud Morris and Mary Beth Kirby were elected honorary capt- ains. 0 29