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

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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 '

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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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BEARS' WIN IX AND DROP EIGHT FOR FOURTH IN 60N ERENZYE A BASKETBALL SQUAD: lst row, left to right--Donnie James, Larry Iviitchell, Don Gross, Jim Young, Woody Williamson, Vince Gravelle. Znd row--Melvyn Meverden, Tom Gorder, Chuck Crotty, Ray Jones, Marlin Janas, Bob Sjomeling, Coach Glenn Burgess. The Deadwood Bears finished their 1955-56 basketball season with 13 victories against 14 defeats as they dropped back into class B for the first time in two years. The Bears record does not give an accurate description of the Bears style of play throughout the season as they lost seven of these games by less then six points. The Bears lost many of their games early in the season but caxne back strong in the second half of the season and clinched fourth place in the Black Hills Conference with six wins and eight losses. The Bears advanced to the regional tournarnent at Martin by defeating Newell in the District 32. charnpionship 95-59. 44