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

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Intramurals and cross-country give more boys a chance at sports All B-PC boys are given a chance tc participate in sports through the eighth period intramural program in charge -ot Mr. Camp- bell. Regardless ot the weather, there is al- ways some sport in progress. Good weather otters the boys a chance to brush up on their baseball and football, while the gymna- sium becomes their playground tor the winter sports ot ping-pong, wrestling, volleyball, bowling, and basketball. Over sixty boys took advantage ot this extracurricular activity clur- ing the year and found the time well spent. Cross-country, a newly added tall sport, conditions team members tor long distance running. Taking part in several competitive meets this past year, the cross-country team built up enough interest that the sport pro- mises to become an established one at B-PC tor all our tleet-looted cindermen. John Bradshaw and Gaylord Ackerson lock up for an intramural wrestling match. CROSS COUNTRY- FIRST ROW: Howard Johnston, Guy Wilson, Gene Hoffman, Jim Nicholas, Buddy lewis. SECOND ROW: Leland Thurman, Jack Pershing, Coach John Campbell, Dean Coupes David Skean. ' all JO 3 g by st viii ,Q it . -', fr ' Y . x ix it l 5.

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l l BASEBALL TEAM-FIRST ROW: Jim McCone, Jerry Zuspann, Dan Combites, Ace Rogers, Jim Nicholas. SECOND ROW: larry Combites, Ronnie Calhoun, Marshall Buchen, Gary Formhals, Larry Mead, Jerry Norris, Jim Evans. THIRD ROW: Gary Kane, Larry Hood, Roger Smith, John Bradshaw, Tom McGrew, Lyman Avery, Ronnie Zuck, Coach George Trotter. 1956 diamond heroes end season with 5-3 record Jerry Zuspann and Ronnie Zuck kid each other lo relieve the tension prior to a big game. line In spite of rainy Weather and mud- dy baseball fields, our Spartan slug- gers under Coach George Trotter racked up a very successful season, winning five of the eight games they played. The Spartans got off to a fly- ing start by beating Astoria in the first game but were forced to yield to Industry their second game before coming back to win an easy victory fro m Abingdon. Meeting Industry again in the first round of the Olympic Conference Tournament, the Spartans came out on top to advance to the semi-finals, where they lost out by one run to the Lewistown Indians. In their second gam e with Abingdon, the Spartans were forced to bow, but then went on a winning streak to win over Valley and Industry in the last two games of the regular conference sea- son. Although the Spartans had hoped, because of their season's successful record, to win the District T-ournament, they were beaten in the first round by Glasford.

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Spartan track team wins 1956 county and conference titles For the sec-ond consecutive year the B-PC trackmen walked off with both the Olympic Conference and the Mc- Donough County Championships. The Spartan cindermen also went unde- feated in dual meets and placed third in the district meet at Macomb. Galen Renwick, lim Miller, Marshall Buchen, and lerry Zuspann represented the team at the state meet. Renwick won his heat in the state meet at Cham- paign in 2101.9 but failed to place in dash and 880 yard run and ran an- chor on the record-breaking mile re- lay. Others running in the relay were Ierry Zuspann, Gene Hoffman, and Ray Pensinger. In the county meet Iim Miller set a new high hurdles record. Other standouts for the Spartans were: Ray Pensinger, sprints, Gene Hoffman, 440 and 2205 Tom McGrew, high jump and hurdles, Rollie Westlake, sprintsg Terry Murphy, high jumpg Gary Form- hals, shot-putg Wayne King, shot-put, the finals. ln the conference meet Ren- lim HUQhbCI11kS, pole VGUU: Guy Wil- wick set new records in the 440 yard son, mile, lim Sperry, half mile. FIRST ROW: Gene McGrew, Jerry Zuspann, Ray Pensinger, Jim Hughhanks, Roger Smith, Rollie West- lake, Guy Wilson, Locie Pensinger, SECOND ROW: John Williams, Larry Bell, Larry McCoy, David Runyan, John Wilson, Ronnie Calhoun, Kurt Evans, Benny Hilton, Larry Hopper, Harrison Hendee. THIRD ROW: Jim Sperry, Terry Murphy, Wayne King, Jim Miller, Tom McGrew, Marshall Buchen, Gene Hoffman, Galen Renwick, Gary Formhals, Coach Swanson. Spartans lead again .... Buchen displays winning shot-put form . . . . Renwick's warm-up pays off .... Miller clears high hurdle by six inches .... Westlake eyes MiIIer's successful grasp of relay baton .... Olympic tracksters study score sheet .... Chockley practices shot-put .... Olympic spectators share confident hopes.