Cresco High School - Spartan Yearbook (Cresco, IA)

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un V 1- v- V-G-1-ir-r-W rv' X . Y . ' Bob Bockoven , . 4.. f e C enter l .. i . W ' ' Charles Buhr XXV A ii! l l Tackle f . A T L1 5 ' W Don Hall , 5 , 1 . y - Beck file rs . Wo. ' ' ' 1 2 elf? e G .f ,. -mx, . 5 , gg ies fl A? ,T V 0 eeee 4 fb? kk... if arg 'w'.f 1. ,. -ff.. . , , .W wwf, ,W pp 'V J, 'W I E ,, . The Spartans opened the season with a resounding 37-0 triump over the Rice- , . 4, .:,, if A ville Wildcats, Bob Ratcliff led the Cresco attack as he scored 3 times, Don V., XNA: ADQE: 1 ' ' Hall, Lee Sill, and Dave Weinkauf added the other tallies, Dick Peldo, and Dave Dally sparked the Spartans in the line. '4 f 1 il'ldi' e, The Spartans played the Osage Greenies into the ground statistically, but emer- ,, '- -- 7' ged with a narrow 14-13 triumph, Gene Meyer's two conversions proved the , n j fj,,: Zp, margin of victory. The Spartans rolled up 200 yards to Osage's 66, Lee Sill K and Bob Ratcliff scored the TD's for Cresco as Kurdelmeier, Hall and Peldo T i fggz held the fort on defense, 'sa FWD fi Him ...lil , - - Tumbles beset the Spartans as they went after their second conference victory X against Cedar Falls, The Tigers, combining the running of Bud Nichols, and -D: a tremendous passing attack, triumphed 27-0. ' '- a w . One of the big victories of the year was the 13-6 verdict over Waverly on the V 1 Go-Hawks' field, It took a spectacular second half rally to pull it out of the fire, but the Spartans proved equal to the task as they limited Waverly to but gi 1'7 yards after the intermission, Gary Kurdelmeier was outstanding on both offense and defense, The running of Ratcliff, and Weinkauf was also a feature H, Lf to behold. i L v qsveets l ,, r fxx .,5, . T A A 1 ,. r:Qf ' V S' Gene Meyer l - T 1 Q -'-- r EHCI V 'X . , .1 -eft 3 1 it A iilt 1 Dick Peldo .2 i 4 Guard A S: f T' ff Brad Schwieger SQ - f ' Q X it Center :E 5 , 1, ,rf K' -mfr 1 lsr. H Riva, A ,- H , . - ' .Q-.: f We I i . f is I A 'Q 14f'1g's:,.rf- -P 1, -leaf .fsfesf-iid , .L.....1,.1.aa4....a...g, A 1 , 11, 4m4.-.-...L-we --

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'DDI I WQKQN' FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Bob Helrning, Gene Frank, Lowell Sovereign, Bradley Schwieger, Bob Bockoven, David Daly, Charles Buhr, Gene Meyer, SECOND ROW: Robert Ratcliff, Don Hall, Gary Kurdelmeier, Dave Weinkauf, Lee Sill, THIRD ROW: Bob Klingle, Don Nierling, Bill Gooder, Bob Davis, Gregory Farnsworth, Wayne Dotzenrod, Roger Larson, Dick Savage, Lawrence Slifka. FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Gene Meyer, Charles Buhr, Robert Ratcliff, Lee Sill, Don Hall, Dave Weinkauf, Bob Helming, Dave Daly, Gary Kurdelmeier, Gene Frank, Roger Larson, SECOND ROW: Bob Bockoven, Wayne Dotzenrod, Bradley Schwieger, Bob Klingle, Don Nierling, Gregory Farnsworth, Bill Gooder, Lowell Sovereign, Lawrence Slifka, Bob Davis, Dick Savage, THIRD ROW: Francis Lybbert, Bob Bork, Gayland Peter, Lloyd Frank, Jerry Eckerman, Ronnie Roberts, Jerry Erdahl, Don Frank, Robert Slilka, Rodney Taylor, Wayne Larson, Hugh Tenney. FOURTH ROW: Arnold Trouten, Richard Reinhart, Leo Praska, Dave Munson, Bob Bainbridge, Gary Groteboer, Don Burgess, Tom Chandler, Rodney Hebrink, Don Nebel, Allan Peterson, Walter Brewer, manager. FIFTH ROW: Chris Flanagan fcoachj, Charles Neubauer, Jim Slifka, Pat Taylor, Jack Trouten, Jim Hosek, Allen Saltow, Jim Gunhus, Bob Frank, David Morgan, John Chandler, Pat McLean fcoachj, Gordon Matson fcoachj,