Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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3 3 • ■' 3 3 3 3 3 ■ - ; ■ ; 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ' years No. Position experience weight 5 Harry Slack forward 2 160 6 Maurice Williams guard 3 200 7 Bob Taylor guard 4 155 8 Cliff Billings forward 3 165 10 Bob Schrag guard 3 155 11 Bill Sage center 1 170

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FOOTBALL SQUAD The football year of 1946, resembled that of 1945. Winning 3 games and finishing with a tie for second position in the county, the Red Devils played smart ball all season. The 1946 football team consisted largely of 1947 graduates. These eight Seniors, Bob Taylor, Stacy Johnson, Bob Dykes, Maurice Williams, Ray Kay, Glen Knight, Bob Schrag, and Ken Neeley, all with previous experience, made an excellent showing all season. The loss of the seniors will be greatly felt in the games of ’47, but we have a number of underclassmen who have received good training, to take their places. The squad suffered many injuries, some of which crippled our team permanently. Richard Parrish suffered an injured knee, Bob Schrag injured his foot, Bud Buckles picked up a Charlie horse, all in the Marshfield game. Maurice Williams and Ken Neely bashed their heads together in the Myrtle Point fracas which put them out of the scramble. Jim Clark wrenched his back in practice, which put him on the bench for a couple of games. Probably the worst injury of the season was that of Ken Neely, who broke his ankle during practice; this put him in the hospital for four days and out of play for the remainder of the season. Injuries played a big role in the loss of our county championship game with Myrtle Point.

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back: Coach Enoch Jungling John Devereux Bill Sage Bob Taylor Jim Bellmore Bob Kuenzli (mgr.) front: Cliff Billings Bob Schrag Don Pierce Maurice Williams Harry Slack A SQUAD Basketball this year saw a smart coach come into the scene, Coach Noc Jungling. He was graduated from Linfield College in 1946, after finishing his army career. This year saw the return of four lettermen: Bob Schrag. Harry Slack, Maurice Williams, and Bob Taylor. After much rearranging, Noc finally filled out the five positions with Bob Taylor, Bob Schrag, and Maurice Williams, alternating as guards, Harry Slack and Cliff Billings forwards, and Bill Sage center. Other members of the quad, most of which came from the B Squad, were: Don Pierce, Jim Bellmore. John Devereux, Wilbur Reed, Bud Buckles, and Kenneth Cusic. These boys received valuable experience throughout the season and will make our future team. As to the season’s record we cannot do any bragging, but we can say the team was fighting all the time and never let down a second. Four pre-season games were won at the beginning of the year, while in the league race we lost all except the final game of the season with the Reedsport Braves. In this game the Devils, making up for last time, held a 33 to 13 half-time edge over the Braves. This year, as in football, we suffered crippling injuries on the team losing Bob Schrag, who broke his leg in a Myrtle Point game, and Harry Slack who re-injured his bad ankle in another Bobcat game.