Davenport High School - Gorilla Yearbook (Davenport, WA)

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Top row: fleft to rightl Craig Lightner, Louis Brooks, Bill McCaffery, James Bodgley, Eugene Knowles, Gerald Kirkwood, George Scharff, Glen Hawley, John Fleisher, Edwin Carpenter, Third row: James Scheibner, Darrell Smith, Edwin Huffman, Henry Nicholls, Ronald Webber, Roy Riddle, Bill Johnson, Bob Buchanan, Miles Johnson, Second row: Kenneth Buck, John Haynes, Dick Guhlke, Virgil Johnson, Gordon Turner, Allen Logsclon, Russell Pankey, David Johnson, First row: Duane Horwege, Bill Fisher, Bill Paul, Elwood Hume, Richard Zellmer, Ermit Holderby, Keith Morgon. FOOTBALL Opening o season as a darkhorse because of the inexperience of its players, the '46 team, with a short practice period of two weeks, placed as runner-ups against Wilbur in Lincoln County Fair's merry-go-round. Davenport defeated Reardon in the first quarter, Wilbur, Odessa in the second, Odessa, Reardon in the third, and Wilbur edged out Davenport by a long-run touchdown in the final period. Traveling to Lind for the opening of the bi-county slate Davenport, bewildered by the surprising strength of the Bulldogs, failed to stop the five touchdown march of the opposition. The Gorillos' only tally came in the final minutes of play when D.H.S. capitalized on a recovered fumble in Lind territory, after a few plays Hank Nicholls smashed over. The gun went off with the score, Lind 33-Davenport 6. On a bright September day Davenport had her first real taste of victory by easily rolling over Harrington i2 to O. The Big Red line completely stopped Harrington's offense, The mere two touchdowns did not do iustice to the superiority of the Gorilla team.

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M by if . First row lleft to rightll: Naida Hurdstrom, Ellen Harms, Elaine Harms, Theresa Scharll, Barbara Reinhold, Marianne Oertel, Beverly Hansen. Second row: John Fleisher, Warren Smith, Kenneth Buck, Marilee Maclin, Rita Furgeson, Annie Schwindt, Leonard Huss, Gary Henderson. Third row: Fraser Haislip, Bob Buchanan, Darrell Smith, Duane Horwege, Russell Pankey, Bill Fisher, James Badgley, Ted Zier, Mr. Danekas. TENNIS Since the tennis courts have been re-surfaced, the old game has really come to life at Davenport. Young and old, all seem to enioy it. Mr. Danekas is the coach of the new tennis teams, which, in spite ot the lack ot experienced players, have made a good showing for themselves. There are six to eight dual meets and the North side play-offs. It any members win in the North side play-offs, they go to the county meet. Because ot the good courts, new and great interest is now being shown at D. H. S. Students and townspeople alike are expressing their appreciation tor having such a good place to play,

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FOOTBALL lContinued1 i The second trip to Adams County met with disaster iust as did the first, although this time Davenport players were fighting and winning in spirit, but in vain. In the first half Davenport completely dominated the play and drove to inches of paydirt but was held. The second half Ritzville, with breaks, managed to squeeze through two touchdowns on the rain-soaked field to win the heart-breaker, I4-O. s Until five minutes before the final gun, it looked as though history would repeat the previous disaster at Colville in the only night game for the Gorillas. With a safety, resulting from a bad pass from center earlier in the game, Colville's lead grew greater in size as every precious moment of play passed until D.l-l.S.'s great fullback, Roaring Rip Riddle, with his ten teammates doing everything in their power to open his way, smashed the length of the field to score. Ron Webber split the uprights with his dropkick. A few plays later Riddle scored again for the Big Red Team to make the final score i3 to 2. A very confident and cocky Odessa team was easy prey for Therrell's Big Red Team, as everybody from fullbacks and quarterbacks to ends and tackles made the scoring column. With the hard charging Gorillas' line blocking an Odessa kick in the end zone for safety, the scoring spree iust got a start. Riddle, showing his swival ability, danced some sixty yards through the Orange and Black's territory for a score, and Ron Webber converted the point. Then quarterback Mike Johnson plowed over for the second, and Riddle flipped a pass to end, Bill Fisher, who galloped the remaining distance to the goal. Finally, Dick Zellmer, a tackle, recovered a free ball in the Odessa end zone for the fourth score, leaving the total sum up to Davenport, 27-O, An outclassed Reardan team scared Davenport by holding them to a O deadlock until in the final quarter when Ron Webber came through with a touchdown and -conversion to win the close game and near upset, 7 to O. lt seemed as though Wilbur's desire for victory was greater than Davenport's in the final clash, as they marched to a 32 to 6 victory. Fisher caught a pass for Davenport's only tally, which was in the second period. The outstanding play was a Wilbur runback of the kick-off after Davenport's only tally. i946 Bi-County Football: Win Loss Ties Percent Lind ,,,,,, ,,,,, 6 O O i .OOO Ritzville ....... ..,.. 4 I l .800 Wilbur ,,.,, ..... 3 I 2 .750 Davenport ,,,,,, ,,,,, 3 3 1 O .500 Odessa ..... ...... 2 3 I .400 Reardon ...... .,.... I 5 O .167 Harrington ..... ...... O 6 O .OOO