Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Probably the most outstanding illustration of Broad Ripple ' s Banner Year achievements is the avalanche of success earned by those boys who bore the title Ripple Rockets. To these boys went the task of representing their school on the gridiron, the basketball court, the baseball di- amond, and on the oval. And the result was the most successful year in athletics in our history. Students, teachers and friends of Ripple, as well as sports-minded people everywhere will remember for a long time the ability, determination and fine sportsman- ship which our teams used to win. HATS OFF TO THE ROCKETS! thsLWiqhh}, (RocMa. . . . 50

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Owl (RipplsL hidmsjfL ROW 1 — Student Mgr. Tom Carter, Bud Teague, George Fisher, Bob Kniptash, Ed Brown, Phil Neff, Jack Pursel, Sam Newlund, Jack Millis, Leland Pennington, Tom Walker, Student Mgr. Mac Milholland. ROW 2 — Tom Berry Bob Myers. Don Hanna, Tom Gray, Gene Wuelfing, Stocky Cornelius, Ralph Chapman, Bob Bastian, George Emmelman, Chuck Scott, Virgil Wire, Bob Cummings. ROW 3 — Coach Ed Diederich, Bill Flack, Pern Cornelius, Bob Minniear, Joe Jones, John Kellum, Tom Stroop, Bob Berre, Bob MacDaniel, Bob Davis, Coach Milton Hiatt. Completing one of the most successful seasons in Ripple history, the 1945 Orange and Black gridmen gained a tie for second place in the city standings, and rolled up a record of six vic- tories, one tie and one loss. Weight, speed, power, and experience were the assets Coach Ed Diederich and his pigskin toters possessed as they started down the long hard road of an eight game schedule. Eleven returning lettermen, most of them having seen action for the past two years, formed the gears for the ' 44 machine. Trailing 6 to 0, the Rockets came back to win the season ' s opener against Seymour 26 to 6. Pern Cornelius, junior fullback, paced the attack with two touch- downs. Phil Neff and Bill Hill also scored six-pointers. Sheridan fell next before the Orange and Black, 33 to 0. Again Cornelius was best with 19 points. Don Hanna broke loose on the record play of the game for 65 yards and pay dirt. Victim number three was Howe, also by the score of 33 to 0. Bob Minniear and Ed Brown marked up 12 points each to pace the Rockets. Scoring twice in the final period, Ripple earned a 1 9 to 1 9 tie with New Castle ' s Trojans. Hanna was good for 1 3 of these points. 52