Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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and the Open House and Has Been Wlll Be Games? The B team cheerleaders, Carole Robertson, Joyce Romrnger head and Erleen Plummer put rn many hours of after school practrce Therr experlence usually enables them to become varsrty cheerleaders later Elwood s E Men represent for the most part the broadest shoulders rn hrgh school These are the boys Qmeny who have earned letters by parucrpatrng rn an athleuc sport These are the boys who tram sweat and struggle to grve Elwood a name rn the sports freld and who play therr hearts out not only because they are tryrng to achrewe thrs fame but also because they love the game 0 - 0 - . -- 5 . y . 011. r f. H - - - 1 Q . - , , . 29

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What Would We Do Without Those Thrlllmg Pep Sessions, PEP COMMITTEE FIRST ROW Joyce Morris Joyce Rominger, Sheila I-Ievron, Jeanine Lightfoot Sharon Hasecuster and Sherry Beasley SECOND ROW Joe Bilby B111 Mosbaugh Jerry McCoy, and Coach Mc Nulty Pep is virtually the backbone of a school School dents together despite their difficulties and disagree ments The Pep Committee s duty is to keep this pep ahve This spark of life backs the EHS athletes student body peppy and enthusiastic however Happy Panther fans clap their hands over the Komeback Kids at a pep session an .hu O O O O J 1 . y . . . . , 1 ' : 1 2 ' spirit gives a school its character and holds the stu- It has proved a difficult job to keep the entire Z ' 'x ' - 28

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Longest Wlnnlng Season Streak ln Madison 1958 PANTHER VARSITY lst ROW, Don Graham, Dave Rlchards, Chuck Phen1s, Phll Morgan, Merle Hartm Danny Fuller, Dave Small, Jack Headley Jlmmy Gross, Jlmmy Lowder, Bob Dowhng, Butch M1tche1l, D1ck Spltzmesser, Eddle Stage 2nd ROW Asst Coach Rod Shaw, Darrell Murray Eddle Jones, Terry Small, Ronme Runyan Bob Dellmger, Jerry Prlest, John Waymrre, Tom Peters Rlchard Floyd Dav1d Haas, John Graham Coach Frank Bykowskl 3rd ROW, Ranny Slmmons, Jon Kmg, Jerry Robrson Steve Leathers, Charles Blank enshrp, Pat Wolf, Paul Durm, Delbert Downlng, Davld Thrawl, Phll Alexander, Mlke Adams Over powered but not out fought full of f1ght and aflame wrth deslre and determrnatlon flghung for every yard on the grrdrron these were Just a few of the phrases whrch the press used to descrlbe the 1958 Panthers Although the team was unable to gam W111k1e Hrgh s 13th consecutrve wrn Illllg season, the spmt of the team was that of a champron Elwood was a team that fought harder when the breaks went agamst them The ftnal season record was 3 wrns and 7 losses As the Panther Band struck up Orange Bowl, the Panther team took the fteld agarnst Western on Labor Day Elwood struck early and often as the Red and Blue wave rolled up a 34 7 vtctory for Elwood s srxth stratght football wln That stung was broken tn the next game however as the Panthers were un able to score agarnst West Lafayette The Red Devtls captured a 20 O wrn In the next game, E1wood's chances of wrnnrng an hrstorrc thtrd consecutrve CIC tttle took a nose drve as the defendrng champs were upendecl by Trpton, 13 6 Thts was also Elwood's flrst I-lomecomrng loss . Q . . fs at 5 ,z:.x 'ff .. , .Q H, , : g, I . , . , Y I I Y o , - , , , . ' I I -