Cambridge High School - Trojan Yearbook (Cambridge, NE)

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Back Row: Ronnie Fidler, Harold Summers, Ross Newcomb, Denzel Thompson, Bob Newcomb, Stanley Meininger, Don Summers, Dick Trant, Vaughn Stevens, Bob Payton. Front row: Paul Johnson, Joe Hougnon, Max Tomlin Dick Coba, Bob Mc- Kinney, “Shorty,” Dwyane Walters. “Pete” Peterson, Charles Cotton, Bob Colvert. NOVEMBER 17—BEAVER CITY Another surprise game. This time in reverse. Full of confidence, the Trojans learned what over-confidence can do to a team. This time we were on the short end again, 7 to 0. The boys layed it to the fact that all were trying to “kill somebody” instead of working as a team. NOVEMBER 24—TRENTON Cambridge was on the ball and in the mud, taking Trenton for a 19 to 0 clean- ing. Hitting hard in the first play of the game, it was the Trojans’ game throughout. NOVEMBER 30—McCOOK We wound up the season with the worst defeat of the year. It also was not quite as bad a game as the score would seem to indicate. Although the final score was 40 to 0, at the half-time it was only 13 to 0. The Bisons were full of over-confidence the first half, and the boys lit into them from the first. However, Coach Terry gave his boys a working over at the half, and they came back in the form they were seen to display all during the year. —27—

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FOOTBALL The Spirit of Football came to Cambridge early this year with the boys’ checking out suits even before school started. Twenty-two boys checked out suits, and it looked like a pretty successful season. However, too many first-string men were lost from the year before, and the team as a whole was a little too green. The schedule was as follows: SEPTEMBER 22—ORLEANS Cambridge came out on top in this game, which was a very slow-moving one. The day was very hot, the fans were impatient, the boys were sweating and swearing. SEPTEMBER 29—CULBERTSON This game really brought out what was in the Trojans. Although the score was 0 to 0, it was undoubtedly one of the outstanding games of the year for the Trojans. OCTOBER 6—CURTIS The score of this game was 33 to 6. However, as in some of the other games of this season, this was a better game than the score would seem to indicate. The Tro- jans fought a good, though losing, battle. OCTOBER 13—COZAD This was another scoreless tie for the Trojans. It was a slow-moving game without much action. OCTOBER 27—GOTHENBERG The Gothenberg game was the same old story with the Gothenberg boys coming out on top of a 19 to 0 score. The first half was close, with the Trojans holding their own. NOVEMBER 3----ARAPAHOE This was the best game the Trojans played during the whole year. Some of the boys remember a swell Pheasant Dinner that took place the night before the game. Maybe it was that that sparked the 25 to 0 victory over Arapahoe. Who knows? NOVEMBER 10—HOLDREGE This was the surprise game of the year. The Trojans went to Holdrege expecting somewhat of a drastic defeat. They brought back the short end of a 13 to 6 score, and an account of a very exciting game. On a touchdown march from one end of the field to the other, the Trojans came within yards of scoring a second time. (The Holdrege fans suspected crooked refereeing.) —26—

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BASKETBALL The opening of the 1945 basketball season found only four lettermen and about fifteen other players with little or no experience out for practice. The squad was coached by Ed Dyas. Cambridge played fifteen scheduled and three tournament games. The Trojans came through the season with five wins and 13 losses. Seasonal scoring went to Bob Newcomb with a total of 174 tallies. The other regulars scored as follows: Summers—83, Peterson—58, and McKinney—22. The Trojans opened the season by taking a bad defeat from the Lebanon five. The team lacked much needed experience and practice. Cambridge 24; Lebanon 51. With Newcomb and Meininger collecting 12 and 11 points respectively, the Trojans downed the Culbertson Bears in their last game before Christmas vacation. Cambridge—28; Culbertson—22. With Newcomb and Meininger outstanding on offense and good defensive plays by Peterson, McKinney and Summers, the Trojans took another win. Cambridge—25; Holbrook—16. Playing without two regulars, Meininger and Peterson, the Trojans gave a good showing against the Curtis Aggies, but came out on the losing end of the score. Summers and Newcomb led the scoring. This was the first conference game. Corn- bridge—25; Curtis—27. Again with the regulars out. Cambridge made a poor showing against a strong Red Willow quintet. Newcomb led scoring with 9 points. Cambridge—15; Red Wil- low—54. Playing good basketball until the last quarter, the Trojans were downed by a considerable margin. Meininger showed the way offensively with 8 points. Cam- bridge—24; Beaver City—40. In their second conference game the determined Trojans took a victory over the Gothenberg Swedes in an excellent game. Newcomb and Summers contributed 13 and 12 respectively to give the Trojans their offensive attack. Cambridge—28; Gothenburg—22. In a return game with Culbertson the Trojans were downed 33 to 22. Peterson and Newcomb led the scoring with 8 points each. Cambridge—22; Culbertson—33. Playing against a strong McCook quintet, Cambridge took a beating. Summers was the Trojan’s main offensive threat with 9 points. Cambridge—21; McCook—36. In another conference game the Trojans came out on the losing end against Lex- ington. Newcomb was high point man for the Trojans with 7 points. Cambridge—16; Lexington 35. Cambridge lost out in the first Southwest Tournament game when they fell be- fore Kearney. The Trojans played a hard game most of the way. Summers made 10 points as Trojan high point man. Cambridge—21; Kearney—33. —28—