Deckerville High School - Eagle Star Yearbook (Deckerville, MI)

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Walker D. DeLong B. DeLong Kenny Ogger Parrott Browning Decker Smith Theobald Flamer DECKERVILLE - 2 UBLY - 6 XJbly mad© Its touchdown In th© second quarter In the third quarter Ray McConnachie tackled Ubly's quarterback for a safety, which made the score 6-2. The fourth quarter was scoreless DECKERVILLE - 0 YALE - 34 Deckerville took its worst beating of the year from Yale, but Yale will not forget that game too easily because of the casualties suffered Yale began scoring in the first quarter with two touchdowns. Two more were made in the third and one in the final quarter Yale made 13 first downs to Deckerville s 3 DECKERVILLE - 12 MARLETTE - 8 Deckerville edged out Marlette in the biggest Mid-Thumb upset this year. Every score was set up by a recovered fumble or an Intercepted pass. In the first period Dick Theobald caught a fumble and went to Marlette s 40, where Morauski and Hillman marched down field with Walker taking it across. In the second period Marlette made a 2 point safety from a fumble by Bud Merriman. The second half the tide turned and Marlette made a touchdown with the extra point bouncing off the goal post In the final quarter Wayne Duncan inter- cepted a pass, and Morauski zigzagged 55 yards to score the final touchdown. DECKERVILIE - 0 CROSWELL - 19 This game is well remembered, for the field was muddy, and it was snowing hard Croswell got the jump on Deckerville, after a scoreless first quarter, and made one touchdown in each succeeding period Rlckett Morauski Hillman Duncan O'Mara Morrison Merriman Lichter Forrester McConnachie Gough

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FOOTBALL While this year’s season on the gridiron was an Improvement over that of the past. It was a not-too-prosperous one for the Deckervllle Eagles, who ended the season In fourth place. Most of the team was Inexperienced and there were many days of hard practice before the coach felt that the team was ready to play against an opponent. The Eagles fought hard and managed to win 3 of the 7 games. Four of the games were played at home, and the only night games were at Yale and Croswell. The weather proved a good ally except for the game at Croswell which was played In a snowstorm on a muddy field EECKERVILLB - 7 N, BRANCH - 0 The Eagles defeated North Branch 7-0 In a surprise opener The game was close until the second half, when Ward Hillman ran 53 yards for a touchdown, with Jack Gough kicking the extra point The ball was on the ground most of the way, but one pass thrown and completed for 15 yards. North Branch threatened In the last quarter, but the Eagles kept them from scoring. DECKERVILIiS - 21 UBLY - 0 The first half was a scoreless game, but In the third quarter Deckervllle began rolling. Tom Walker made the first touchdown followed by another made by Frank O'Mara, with Gough kicking the extra points. Ubly started to get rolling In the last quarter, but lost the ball to the Eagles. Bud Merrlman went across for the third touchdown, with Gough scoring the extra point. The final score-- 21—0 EECKERVILLB - 0 SANDCJSKY - 19 Sandusky was forced to play one of Its hardest games against the Eagles In a somewhat surprising game for the highly-rated Sandusklans. The second quarter was exciting, when Sandusky Intercepted a pass and went for the first touchdown. This was shortly followed by another. In the third quarter their third touobdown was made after Laeder set up the play for Van Nest. The last quarter was scoreless and uneventful Row 1: Llchtar, Walker, Kenny, Decker, Ogger, Hillman, Morrison, Mills. Row 2: Coach Krawczak, W. Merrlman, Gough, Wiamer, Parrott, Browning, Forrester, Landsburg, 0 Mara. Rear 3: Theobald, IfcCoxmachle, Trepkoakl, D. DeLong, Johnston, Morauskl, Duncan. Row 4: R. Merrlman-Manager, B. DeLong, Rlckett, Policy, DeGuvara, aiith, Wadsworth, Brabant, Pearson- Manager.

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 Row Is Merriman-Mgr., Rlckett, Walker, Theobald, Hillman, Fockler, Coach Krawczak. Row 2: Gough, Forrester, Duncan, Pattullo, Morauski. Not In picture: Frank 0' i DECKER VILLE 22 SANDUSKY 44 DECKERVILLE 36 SANDUSKY 51 DECKER VILLE 44 HARBOR BEACH 57 DECKERVILLE 56 PECK 40 DECKERVILLE 46 CARSONVILLE 13 DECKERVILLE 31 NORTH BRANCH 28 DECKERVILLE 41 NORTH BRANCH 17 DECKERVILLE 38 CROSWELL 51 ♦ DECKERVILLE 36 CROSWELL 28 DECKERVILLE 41 MARLETTE 59 DECKERVILLE 35 MARLETTE 66 DECKERVILLE 36 PECK 42 DECKERVILLE 66 CARSONVILLE 28 DECKERVILLE 41 mom CITY 29 DECKS? VILLE 21 YALE 29 DECKERVILLE 21 YALE 64 The basketball team got off to a comparatively slow start, but steadily im- proved. There were only two experienced first team players from the preceding year, Don Forrester and Wayne Duncan. We also had a new coach, and the players had to get used to him and his method of playing basketball. The team reached its highest peak just before the Christmas vacation, when they beat Croswell by a score of 36 to 28. Afterwards, the boys seemed to have lost all of their spirit. They bowed to Marlette oy a score of 66 to 35. The team beat Carson- ville, but then bowed to Yale and Sandusky. The boys practiced often and hard, and fought for every game win or lose. Wayne Duncan, Don Forrester, Roger Pattullo, Jack Gough, and Dan Morauski made the first string and held them through the complete season. Don Forrester was the high scorer for the season with 144 points, an average of 9 points per game. Wayne Duncan followed with 126 points. Jack Gough with 110 points, Roger Pattullo with 101 points, and Dan Morauski with 90 points. Frank 0 Mara, Tom Walker, Max Fockler, Dick Theobald, Keith Smith, Norman Rickett. and Ward Hillman filled in the rest of the first team. These boys made stiff competition for the first five, and they had to work to keep their positions. Keith Smith finished the last half of the season on the Junior Varsity, but was promoted to the first team just before the tournament along with Dale Pearson. Bud Merriman and Bill Lichter served as managers.