Central City High School - Bison Yearbook (Central City, NE)

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24 Injuries Mar Record lAs Regulars Forced to Sidelines In a season marred by a series of injur- NIcConnell and Gene Boyd, while the only ies forcing a large number of regulars to other returning letterman will be 340nm: the sidelines in many of the games, the Smith, sophomore tackle. Bob Ayres and Central City high school football team Jerry Davis also lettered but are not at- won three games against a total of five ' ending school now. losses. CoachGeorge Laytonls team, which Coach Layton proved to be an expert was fifth in the antral Six conference, at remaking his lineups, change being was noted for its fine spirit despite the necessitated by the continual string of in- number of losses. juries. Despite this series of injuries, his Bob Jones, NIalcolm Phares, and lDel- team lost only one agiame by a margin of bert Pavelka were honored on the all-con- more than one touchdown. ference grid team while Gilbert Gorgen, The seventeen lettermsn elected Nlal- another senior, was given an honorable colm leres, guard, and Gilbert Gorgen, mention rating on the Nebraska State end, as the 1942 honorary football captains. Journalls all-statet listings. A number of laeltt-srmen, including fPotter Amaioritv of the line graduates this and Fr 2, gained all-opponent teams thro- year while five backs Will return next fall. uih-out Central Nebrgska. The speed and Seniors who lettered are Bob Jones, Del- durability of NIzrtin Almquist, speedy lit- bert Pavelka, 'Nlartin Almquist, NIalcolm tlc Jiuard, was also noteworthy. Phares. Gilbert Gorgen. Lloyd VVyant, Bob The loss of these linemen who graduate Hinz, ,Bob Dean, Paul Reeves. and Sam will be deeply felt next year. The injury Hammons. Berks mturnimz will be Fran- of Bob Hinz, senior center, early in the ,cis Collagen, Ed Potter, Bill Free, Jim season ended on of the greatest prep foot- Hinz . N Potter . Boyd . - McConnell ,

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Back row, left to right: Richard XVagner, Mary Herd, Paul Stuart, Marilyn Tester, Jo Ann Cul- bertson, Roselia McMahon. First row: Robert Sinseli Ralph Brannan, Lois Henk, Members not piztul'ed: Barbara VVC-lf, Betty Dunder, Perry Goethe, Philip Bolling, Yvonne Nitv zel, Terise Nine. Juniors Present iiNew Fires, Practicing diligently for many hours every day, juniors presented their class play iiNew Fires by Charles Quinby Burdctte, April 21, only four weeks after rehearsals began. Paul Stuart took the lead in 'his characterization of Stephen Santry, an author, who undertakes to convert his family to the more fundamental values of life. In a cast of fifteen, ten were juniors. Camera Came Close -and Clicked Since North WVard school days, Bob JOnes, LVIalcolm Phares, Don- ald XVright, and Jean Beckwith have gone to school together. That friendly grin can belong to none other than Supt. F. L Sievers. Oh, come now, Lorraine Scott, there isnit a mouse in this camera. , ' . XVith pant legs rolled up, Bob Sinsel, Joanne Farrell and Ralph Brannan are having a swell time; You caift dodge this camera- man, Jack Strasburg! Bachelors of C. C. H. S. are Bill Kerr and Tom Nelson. Dorothy Douthit doesnE have to -work at Lockheed to show Paul Reeves whois boss. Eugenia. Sampson is one- of-the prominent members of the fresh- man class.

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ball careers in some time. Jim McConnell junior back, played outstanding football as did Francis Cohagan, sophomore, who came into the starting lineup because of other's injuries. Two other sophomores Ed Potter, regular sophomore back, and Gene Boyd, substitute back, also lettered. Resume of games Central City, 6; St. Paul 8. In their opening game the Bison, after leading at the half, lost a fast tilt to a strong St. Paul eleven. Bob Jones scored on a pass. Central City, 7; Broken BOW, 6. Although the Bison won, a great loss was suffered as Bob Hinz, 260 pound cent- er, injured a knee, ending his prep foot- ball career. Central City, 13; Stromsburg, 12. The Bison, with Potter leading the way, outscored Stromsburg as Jones took a pass for the winning extra point. Central City, 7; Schuyler, 13. With three starters injured early in the game. the 'Bison couldnit overcome a first- half lead. lPotter scored the touchdown and extra point. v Central City, 0; Aurora, 6. Aurora, the Central Six conference champs, had a hard time defeating the Bis- on in a strong defensive tilt. A last-second touchdown drive by the Bison was stOpped by the clock. Oohagan Pavelka. 25 Central City, 14; Seward, 20. With thirty seconds remaining in the game, a pass by Seward gave the; Bison a- nother set-back. Davis and Potter scored as the score Was 14-2111 at the final period. Central City, 0; David City, 44. The Bison had seven men injured as they took their worst defeat of the year from David City. Among those benched was Bob Jones, star end, who seriously fractured a finger. Central City, 33; Fullerton, 0. With Coach Layton substiting freely, the Bison won easily With Almquist, Mc- Connell and Potter scoring over their long-time rivals. iVIcConnell alone scored 18 points in the last game of the season. Immediately below: Malcolm and Gib Gorgen. Below, bottom row: Bill Free. Martin Almquist, Phams