El Paso High School - Cometeer Yearbook (El Paso, IL)

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Jmul- TAp, Jim Cordts Guard - - - - Senior Roger Crump End Junior Bill Dehority Halfback - - - Junior Captain Don Garrels End ------ Senior Denny Geiselman Fullback - - Sophomore Walter Herncjar Fullback - - - - Senior Larry Kline Quarterback - - Junior Dick Mayne Guard - - - Sophomore Tom Morris Tackle - - - - Senior Carl Radebaugh Tackle - - - Freshman John Stimpert Guard - - - - Senior Don Tate Halfback - - - - Senior Not Pictured Richard Cackling Center - - - - Junior They Had Their Sober Moments Too! TWENTY-SEVEN

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J ooJJjjaIL Coach Komlanc says, “We did a lot better than we had expected to do at the beginning of the season with the handicap of just one regular player back from the preceding year. The team played very respectable football throughout the season.” At the start of the season the Comets had a record showing steady improvement. The first game of the season, with Gridley, was a tough one for the Comets as well as the Gridley team when the Comets lost by a narrow margin of 7-0. The next game was a battling contest with Metamora that climaxed in a scoreless tie. The following two games with Cornell and Flanagan were very decisive victories for the Comets. It looked like the El Paso Comets were well on their way for the Mid-State Title, when their hopes were shattered by a 21-0 defeat from Lexington. The remaining five games were very discouraging for the once mighty Comets when they failed to score another victory. SCORES EP Opp. Gridley - - 0 7 Metamora - - 0 0 Flanagan - - 42 12 Cornell - - - 39 7 Lexington - 0 21 Chenoa - - - 0 7 Fairbury - - 7 27 Eureka - - - 6 18 Minonk 14 19 ★ ★ ★ Top Row: Coach Komlanc, J. Cordts, D. Mayne, B. Dehority, D. Geiselman, L. Kline, Captain D. Garrels, J. Stimpert, R. Crump, T. Morris, D. Tate, Coach Mitchell. Middle Row: R. Cackling, J. Crump, R. Stimpert, D. Crump, C. Radebaugh, L. Stine, D. Kline, D. Sturm, G. Wessel, W. Herncjar. Bottom Row: J. Williams, E. Panther, J. Brown, J. Shuman, R. Vandegraft, M. Raymer, W. Fogle. TWENTY-SIX

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VARSITY SCORES EP Opp. Metamora - - 45 48 Fairbury - - 45 68 Gridley - - - 42 58 Cornell - - - 60 43 Chenoa - - - 36 46 Minonk - - - 51 56 Eureka - - - 56 46 Gridley - - - 43 54 Cornell - - - 60 52 Flanagan - - -48 46 Benson - 55 69 Washburn - - 66 48 Minonk - - - 30 48 Benson - 24 63 Fairbury - - - 44 45 Metamora - - 42 47 Lexington - - 45 70 Minonk - - - 47 57 Eureka - - - 53 34 Roanoke - - - 41 49 Flanagan - - 60 47 Chenoa - - - 62 75 Lexington - - 61 85 Normal - - - 34 73 fiadJudbalL The El Paso Comets opened the 1951 basketball season against Metamora, tough non-conference competition. The Redbirds, having an advantage over the Comets in height, ended the game a very close 48-45 on top. El Paso then went on to take a mild upset over Cornell 60-43. Cornell was never in the game as El Paso displayed mid-season form by accurate shooting and agressive rebounding. For the next two starts El Paso had somewhat of a let-down losing both, the second of which being with Minonk Mohawks and ending after a very hard fought battle with a score of 56-51 in their favor. The following game was an easy win over Eureka 56-46. El Paso then racked up the second win of the season over Cornell to prove their superiority over the Indians and followed up with a last minute win over Flanagan 48-46. In the first round of the Woodford County Meet, Washburn bowed to El Paso 66-48; however, it was a different El Paso that went to Metamora to play Benson in the final for third place. After being handed a loss by Minonk in the semi-final 30-48, the Comets Coach Komlanc and Varsity Squad: L. Kline, D. Kline, D. Sturm, L. Baity, B. Dehority, D. Tate, R. Crump, C. Knoll, R. Stimpert, D. Crump, J. Cleary. TWENTY-EIGHT