Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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lst row: Aloian, D. Mendenhall, N. Hopper, B. Welker, F. Melgreen, Manager L. Coons. 2nd row: Coach Larson, G. Svob, P. Watt, J. Gumbel, G. Derrickson, B. Cook, G. Babcock. 3rd row: K. Payne, B. Grove, R. Moore, B. Oaks, A. Preece, T. Zaborac, D. Sepich. 1944 Jima!! Although Canton High,s baseball team Was rained out five times before it got its season started, it made the most of the remaining time. The boys downed four opponents before losing to Galesburg by one run. Not having been discouraged by this one defeat, they Went on to hand Pekin a no-hitter and finished their regular schedule With only one de- feat. They then entered into the District play but were defeated again by Galesburg. Coach Larson lost three of his old timers when the Class of ,44 graduated but most of the boys will be back on the diamond come next season. With the increasing popularity of baseball, Canton really had a team to be proud of this year. The schedule and scores are as follows: Canton '11 ,.....i,,,....,.....,......,..,,......,,..,,,,,,..,,,,,.,,,...,,. Canton 8 ,,,-,, Canton 7 .......,. Canton 9 ,...,.... Canton 7 .,,..,... Canton 9 ........, ,,,,,,, Canton 1 ....,. Canton 10 ....,..,. v.D........,....,,..,,,,,,,,.............................., ,,.,,., DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Canton 4 ......i .,.........,.,.........,.,,....,,.,..,,....,,....,,.. ....... Galesburg 6 ....... ,......,,... lf 19 l Washington 0 Kewanee 1 Kewanee 2 East Peoria 2 Peoria Manual 5 Galesburg 10 Pekin 0 Peoria Woodruff 1 Galesburg 1 1 Peoria Central 9

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1 1st row: Manager D. Dallefeld, V. Zaborac, L. Watson, D. Goldnetz, V. Utzinger, M. Young, D. Smith, D. Sepich, T. Zaborac, M. Bordner, Gumbel. 2nd row: D. Goudy, R. Graham, T. Malone, C. Leek, B. Baugh, G. King, G. Babcock, D. Miller, D. Lefebvre, P. Santos, Coach Metzger. 3rd row: B. Hammond, N. Hopper, B. Bowlin, B. Oaks, R. Morelli, J. Parlier, D. Carson, J. C. Wert- man, G. McNett, G. Linn, J. Woods. 4th row: P. Henseler, F. Melgreen, G. Shryock, E. Simpson, P. Whitt, K. Owings, H. DeGroot, Aloizm. 1 C' 616k Under the able coaching of Mr. Metzger, Canton High School's 1944 track team took the Fulton County championship for the sixth consecutive year. Tom Zaborac set a new record in the 220 yard dash, going the distance in :22.8 f:23.j. Verle Utzinger went over the 220 yard low hurdles in :24.5 for a new record Q:24.6j. Zaborac, Utzinger, Smith, and Goldnetz were double winners for the purple and old gold and with Oaks, Sepich and Vincent Zaborac were consistent throughout the season. Canton defeated East Peoria and Peoria Manual in dual meets and Pekin and Havana in a triangular meet. Peoria Central copped the District Track title with 53 points while Canton took second with 34-M points. Kewanee's 4016 points bested Canton's 34M points in the Illini meet. ' Tom Zaborac finished third in the 220 yard dash at Champaign in the State Track meet. Varsity letter Winners and their events Were: Zaborac, Sepich .,,.,.,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,.,,,,,,,.,,.,. ,.... 1 00 yd. dash Zaborac, Sepich .,....... ................. ,..................... ........ 2 2 0 yd. dash Lefebre ,,,,,,,,..,,.,.., ............,.... 4 40 yd. dash Utzinger, Young ,... ,...,. 1 10 yd. high hurdles Utzinger, Young .... ....... , 220 yd. low hurdles Smith ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,.. , ,,.... 8 80 yd. dash Smith, Santos .... ........ , Mile run Oaks .,...........,. ..... . Shot put Oaks ,,,,,,,,, W ,,,, , , Discus Goldnetz ,,,,, ,.... H igh jump Gumbel ......,..........,.......................... ...... . Broad jump Goldnetz ,,,,.,,,.,,,,..,--,-,.-..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, P ole vault Watson, Bordner, Sepich, Zaborac ...... ........ ....... R e lay team 5181

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C. Warwick, D. Goldnetz 1944 emzis Because of the lack of material and the poor condition of the tennis courts, Canton High,s tennis team had a very short season. The year,s squad consisted only of the two remaining letter men, Dean Goldnetz and Chuck Warwick. In the Illini Conference meet, Warwick nab- bed second place in the singles with Goldnetz placing fourth. Pekin and Galesburg were the other schools represented in the meet. The following week, Coach Johnson entered his two-man team in the District at Macomb. Warwick got second in the District which qualified him for the State meet. He was defeated in the first round at State. Coach Johnson did all that could be done under the circumstances. However, unless more interest is taken, tennis will be dead as far as Canton High is concerned. i 20 l