Colon High School - Magi Yearbook (Colon, MI)

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1st Row: John Truckey, Larry Belote, Richard Bower, Roger Phelps, Gerald Truckey, John Boyd, Jack Barton, Manager. Pnd Row: Edward Westendorf, William Barker, Richard Hagelgans, Thomas Penrod, George Mayer, Raymond Saxman. 3rd Row: Mr. Lawrence Starr, Assistant Coach; Robert Roach, Robert Weaver, Gerald Oldenburg, Ronald Wing, Howard Decker, Phillip Eberhard, Mr. Harold Lakin, Coach. Insert: Ronald v arc! The Colon High School Baseball team of 1956 was the brightest spot in athletics for the year. The team was composed of boys who, for the two previous years, had played very good ball, but had been forced to share the championship both years. It was evident from the start of the season that they had had enough of this sharing. It was the championship or bust this year since the team was composed of mostly seniors. The team showed this undaunted will to win by posting a perfect season of 9 wins and no losses. The team was paced by such mainstays as Roger Phelps and Ron Ward, the two pitchers who shared the mound duties; Jerry Truckey who worked behind the plate and was outstanding at bat; John Boyd and Dick Bower who were mainstays in the field and supplied timely power at the plate. Others Included such fine lowerclass-men as Roy Johnson, John Truckey, Larry Belote, and Raymond Saxman. There was also a fine group of Freshmen who showed definite signs of developing into very good ballplayers. Harold Lakin was the coach and Lawrence Starr was the assistent coach. Colon 11 Burr Oak 0 Colon 1U ■frUnion City 0 Colon 25 White Pigeon 2 Colon 12 Mendon 0 Colon 2 •frUnion City 1 Colon 5 Constant ine 0 Colon 8 Schoolcraft U Colon 8 Marcellus 3 Colon 9 Centervi1le 6 •H-Non-League Games 28

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1st Row: Larry French, Jack Truckey, Carl Lucas, Robert Roach, James Farrand, Phillip (Jerry) Eberhard, Douglas Adams, Captain, Thomas Penrod, Raymond Saxman, Freddie Decker, Larry Miller. 2nd Row: Assistant Coach, Mr. Robert Glazier, George Mayer, Thomas Fisher, David Hildebrand, William Barker, Martin Bordner, James Lee, Richard Dennison, Charles Van Deventer, Robert Weaver, Thomas Webb, Coach, Mr. James Devine. 3rd Row: Jerry Truckey, Manager, James Trine, Craig Freeland, Ronald Wing, Howard Decker, Gerald Diekman, Gerald Oldenburg, Thomas Loudenslager, William James, Assistant Manager. Absent: Roy Johnson Our football squad started out with a new coach, James Devine, anc rough opposition. James Devine brought some new tactics with him and it took a while for the boys to catch on. We lost three straight games before we could work the kink out. The boys worked hard and with the ccach cracking down, they began to pick up after the third defeat. Our team had a few greenhorns that came along slow at first, but they picked up after hard drilling. Our Magi season ended with a I4. win, i; loss record. The future aspects of the team look very good for next year. We have almost the whole team coming back with only the loss of two boys. The top three scorers were John Truckey with 37 points, Larry French with 36 points, and Larry Miller with 26 points. The squads total yardage gained by rushino was 2,226. Yards gained by passing were We scored 166 points against our op- ponents, who scored 105 against us. Nineteen out of I4.3 passes were completed for an average per cent of ljl;. 30 Colon 0 Union City 27 7 Ma re e11 u s 26 6 Constantine 20 0 Mendon 7 30 Schoolcraft 0 39 Burr Oak 6 39 White Pigeon 6 Centervilie 111