Bushnell Prairie City High School - Beta Pi Sigma Yearbook (Bushnell, IL)

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'mah B-PC opened the up-and-down 1956 season, losing to a fine Western high team, 31-O. More disappointing than the game was the loss for the season of Co-Captain Tom McGrew, who developed rheumatic fever the day before the game. After the first defeat, the Spartans bounced back against Valley, 18-0, with Hugh Walters leading the attack. The following week the B-PC offense scored three touchdowns, only to see the Cuba Cardinals score four and win, 27-20, in the last minute of play. Next the Spartans travelled to lndustry for a conference game and whipped their hosts, 33-12. Iim Hughbanlcs ran 81 yards for the final score and longest run of the year. Continuing their winning ways at VIT, our boys stung the Hornets, 32-0, to spoil their homecoming. Iim Sperry scored twice for the Spartans. I Continued on the following pagej Cheerleaders P at Melvin, Nancy Dim- mitt, Mary Lou Jar- vis, Gloria Dimmitt, and linda Strode strike one of their customary cheering poses. Wayne Tiny King Lonnie Chick Havens Dwight Smitty Smith Gaylord Torpedo Ackerson

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' ' FIRST ROW: Ronnie Filbert, Bernard McCance, Pat Elting, Dale Cleve- land, Bert Lowe, Bud Mead, Lyle Head, Manager James Rule. SECOND , , ROW: Practice Teacher Bruce Samoore, John Wilson, John Bradshaw, Lonnie Havens, Wayne King, Ace Rogers, Gaylord Ackerson, Dwight Smith, Howard Baumgardner, Practice Teacher John Ferris. THIRD ROW: Assistant Coach Dean Hill, Jan Hensley, Jim Hughbanlzs, Jim Sperry, Hugh Walters, Jim McCone, Ronnie Zuck, Jerry Zuspann, Locie Pensinger, Coach Jim Swanson. FOURTH ROW: Gene McGrew, Dale Curfman, Norman Gibboney, Don Kreps, Bill Trout, Marvin Chockley, Steve Pad- dock, John Williams. ar Q . -' ' V7 ev t y il' a 'W S P E 5 if ,,.,. in we re fl- Q 1 9' K' f 40 'ew if John Bradshaw Ace Rogers Jan Hensley Hugh Hugo Walters Co-Captain Co-Captain Most Valuable Player

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Jon Hensley 1271, Ace Rogers l671, and Coach Swan- son are jubilant after Jim Hughbank's 81-yard touch- down run at Industry. Quarterback Hugh Walters breaks loose for a long gain in the game against Macomb. lniuries and illness mar fContinued from preceding pagel The following week B-PC played Lewis- town for the conference title and were soundly trouncecl by the mighty Indians, 34-O. In the final conference game the Spartans sunk the Pirates of Astoria, 26- 6, with Ierry Zuspann scoring three times. The team lost the final two non-confer- ence games, bowing to Macomb, 14-6, and Abingdon, 31-13, lan Hensley was se- lected the most valuable player and was the offense standout for B-PC. Co-Captains Iohn Bradshaw and Ace Rogers were the defensive leaders. THE 1956 RECORD WE OPPONENTS THEY U Western 31 18 Valley 0 20 Cuba 27 33 lndustry 12 32 V.I.T. U U Lewistown 34 26 Astoria 6 6 Macomb 14 13 Abingdon 31 3 was .lim Sperry Jerry Zus Zuspann