Deadwood High School - Bear Log Yearbook (Deadwood, SD)

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BEARS' TIE HEAD 0 6'llMAX SEASON A FOOTBALL SQUAD: Seated, left to right--Melvyn Meverden, Leo Hibray, VincentGravelle, Tom Gorder, Donnie James, Woody Williamson, Larry Mitchell, Jim Young, Donnie Gross, Gale Fox, David Curtis, Jim Buckmaster, Willie Steinlicht, Standing--Coach Ferguson, Jerry Perrett, John Wescott, Marvin Lee, Jerry Pontius, Chuck Crotty, Ray Jones, Marlin Janas, .Tack Sears, Bob Sjomeling, Dale Hansen, Coach Burgess. Inexpe rience marked the Deadwood Bears at the beginning of this years season but the Bears kept improving under the able leadership of Coach Ferguson and Coach Burgess. The Bears finished the season with two wins, three losses and two ties. The Bears opened the season by falling to the Gillette Camels 19-6 at Gillette, Wyoming. The team then traveled to Hot Springs and took on the Bison in their first conference game. The Bears made fewer mistakes against Hot Springs but still fell. The score was 14-0. Deadwood next met the Belle Fourche Broncs at Spearfish and evened up their conference record to one win and one loss. The score of this game was Z0-19. Next week, homecoming, the Bears met a much heavier Spearfish team and the two teams played to a 13-13 tie. This garne along with the Lead game were probably the two most outstanding games played by the Bears this year. The Bears seemed to let dovm against Sturgis and cou1dn't seem to get their offense started until the last quarter. Deadwood fell to Sturgis 14-6. Deadwood again traveled to the Southern Hills, this tirne to take on Custer in the Bears fifth con- ference game. The Bears won the game 13-12 even though they had two touchdowns called back. The Deadwood Bears climaxed the 1955-56 football season by tying Lead 7-7. The Bears went into the game against the conference champs as underdogs, but the fighting spirit of the Deadwood boys stopped the Diggers powerful ground attack. All in all the season was a successful one and a lot of the success of the Deadwood Bears in the 1955-56 season is due to the fine coaching of Coach Ferguson and Coach Burgess. 42

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BEAR 106 REVIEWS FOOTBAU, BA5'KETBAllg PRESENTS TRACK Cl-IEDIIIE 1955- A TEAM FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1955-'56 A TEAM BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Opp one nt We They Gillette 6 19 Opponent We Hot Springs 0 14 Cathedral 40 Belle Fourche 20 19 Kadoka 52 Spearfish 13 13 Hot Springs 61 Sturgis 6 14 Sturgis 65 Custer 13 12 Custer 67 Lead 7 7 Lead 67 Spearfish 61 Belle Fourche 38 Rapid City 60 Provo 65 Rapid City 47 Sturgis Tournaments Lead 63 Custer 55 Vale 62 1955- B TEAM FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Pierre 44 Opponent We They Lusk, Wyo. Tournaments Belle Fourche 12 14 Sunrise 53 Sturgis 7 0 Pine Ridge 43 Spearfish 12 32 Sturgis 41 Lead 6 0 Belle Fourche 29 Sturgis 13 25 Custer 44 Spearfish 58 Lead 58 Hot Springs 63 Sturgis 70 B District Tournaments Buffalo 79 Vale 76 Newell 95 1956 DEADWOOD HIGH TRACK SCHEDULE April 6 April 14 April 21 April 27 May 2 May 12 May 14 Chadron Track and Field Meet West River Track and Field Meet ftentativei Black Hills Relays Northern Hills Meet Conference Meet Regional Junior High Chadron, Nebr. Rapid City Spearfi sh Spea rf ish Hot Springs Hot Springs Le ad 41 1955-'56 B TEAM BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Opponent We Cathedral 15 Nisland 40 Hot Springs 38 Rapid City 21 Belle Fourche 32 Spearfish 32 Lead 40 Sturgis 42 Lead 36 Spearfish 46 Belle Fourche 44 Sturgis 39 They 28 53 49 37 59 76 40 44 72 60 55 68 58 33 70 30 44 45 49 56 56 65 69 52 37 56 59 They 23 60 51 53 42 55 40 59 43 71 59 38

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D.l-l.S. STRONG' MEN LOOK PRETTY D CLUB: Front row, left to right--Melvyn Meverden, Ivianager, Bob Sjomeling, Ray Jones, Jack Sears, Dale Hansen, Woody Williamson, Donnie James. Back row--Tom Gorder, Don Gross, Marvin Lee, Marlin Janas, Charles Crotty, .Tim Young, Jerry Perrett, Larry Mit- chell. I 1 , Y P '