Clarenceville High School - Trojan Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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'hack '7ea.m fLeft to raghtj Rowl Patrlck Loomls Rlchard Wood Kenneth Jacobson Melvan Koch Patrlck Kllleen Paul Vandenburg, wlllldm Myers John Ferris Row II James Glbbs Joseph Mitchell Edward LaGrant Nelson Todd Gene Garbln Richard Robenault Gerald Vader Glen Kelly Nathan Farrar Row Ill Charles McDonald Lawrence Westburg Bruce Morene Robert Barnes Donald Douglas, Rlchard Moyer, Coach wIlllCm Horne This as only the fourth year that our scl'ool has had track and already It IS a bug sport Last year we flnlshed flfth In the league meet wlth only a few boys placing In the races We started thus season having our flrst meet with Farmington We have never beaten them ln track untll thas year We won by the score of 61 to 44 tokmg 9 first places That was a bug lump for the Trolans for they were the fnrst team to defeat Farmington In track Our next meet was with lnkster Roosevelt We also won that meet by takmg 'll out of I3 flrst places The score was 9l to I7 wnth Paul Vandenberg hugh polntman wnth 'MH pomts Then came our first meet wuth a league school Milford here They beat us for our first loss of the season The score was 74M to 34M Then came the bug meet our league meet W flmshed fifth In the league last year But this year we wanted to be un the top three so we worked at It Our team fmnshed thlrd In the meet but we were proud of our team because we set three new league records lj Hugh Hurdles Paul Vandenberg tame was 'I7 2 Q2 Low Hurdles Wllllam Myers tame was 22 6 Q31 Medley Relay team conslstmg of Nelson Todd Donald Douglas Wnlllam Myers Ralph Gault time 2 48 8, We got 7 Furst place medals and I0 Ribbons We had two more meets and won them both wuth great honors Thus year we had three boys go to State more than any other year The hugh pomt man for the season was Paul Vandenberg with 47M points The co captuans for thus year are Drck wood and Paul Vandenberg We owe all our success to our coach Mcurlce Prottengerler And we believe our new coach Wulluam Horne wnll do as well un the future l : . .'. ' I . I . . I .. I .. 3 'I l 1 1 I ll- I r 1 ' 3 I 1 I 1 . . A .. . . . . . . . . .. . '. . . .. , , . . . . . . - . I. . . . .. . . I. . . 0 . . I .e.. .. . . . .. .. ,. I I ll l I 1' , ,' .. I.. I ,.,.. . . . . . . I I , , . .. - . .. . I.. ., . .

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04044 Gawzbuf Kneelung Dave Reed manager Standing fleft to rlght Robert Hayes Joe Mltchell Duane Roy John Ferns Mr Horne Kenneth Jacobson captaln Richard Moyer Louls Dorrls The Clarenceville Hugh School Cross Country team, coached by Wllllam Horne began nts 'l953 season on Sept l8 with a practlce meet at home against Redford Umon, who emerged the winner On Sept 22 a triangular practice meet was held at Bentley agalnst Plymouth and Bentley rn which Clarenceville placed second On the 25th Clarencevnlle lost a home meet to Milford On Oct 2 the Trolan Hmeclads voslted Keego Harbor and were defeated by the score of 25 to 37 On October 9th Clarenceville defeated Avondale by the score of 21 to 37 and on the l4th the Trogans were defeated by Farmington fvve schools partucupatung Howell won the meet and Clarencevllle placed third Leland Wilcox, outstandmg Clarencevllle runner, placed second In doing so he won a medal and set two school records for the two mule run The prevoous records had been set In 1952 by Donald Knapp Wllcox s tnme of l0 33 set a new Invltatlonal record and also a new school record On October 24th an Invltatlonal Cross Country Run was held at Al bron College Fourteen schools partlclpated and Clarencevllle placed tenth On the 27th Clarenceville won a practlce meet against Detroit Lutheran On October 3lst the Regionals were held at Birmingham, Clarenceville placed eighth out of the frfteen Class B schools thatl artlclpated Leland Wilcox placed seventh and won a medal Letter wlnners for the 1953 season rnclude Louls Dons, John Ferris, Ken Jacobson captain, Joe Mitchell, Duck Moyer, Davld Reid manager, Duane Roy, and Leland Wilcox Joe Mitchell and Duane Roy will serve as co captalns for the l954 season l ' ' J 1 ' 2 1 ' 1 - ' 1 The Second Annual C.H.S. Invitational Cross-Country Run was held at Clarenceville on October 20th with

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B 'Uafuuf fLeft to rlghfl Coach Orloske, Duane Roy James Swarthout, Glenn Reed Robert Grose Patrlck Killeen, James Mernans Rlchard Robenaulf Robert Snell Melvln Koch, Thomas Ruhla Wllllam Myers James Galloway Richard Wood Paul Vanclenberg, Manager Robert Whlffleld BASK ETBALL SCHEDULE ecember January February South Lyons Keego Harbor Farmington Brlghton Northvl Ile Milford Clarkston Holly Keego Harbor Brighton Norfhvllle Milford Clarkston Holly TOURNAMENT PLAY Redford UNION They 50 I 'D 4 39 I1 63 1 I5 ' 70 1 18 ' 40 8 ' 57 'I2 South Lyons 45 I9 ' 78 22 74 ' 26 46 29 57 5 ' 53 9 ' 63 f 17 ' 69 1 19 45 26 53