Filer High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Filer, ID)

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Standing Curt Wilkins Bill Blass Barry Flenniken, Eddie johnson. Kneeling: Howard Mills, Lx trctt Andrews Dale Jasper Warren Hart, Fred Hainline, Dave Lancaster, Gary Bean. ASSISTANT COACH They say that dynamite comes in small packages and that is the best description we can give for Mack,' F lenniken's little handiman, Gene Hull. After attending three colleges and completing four years in the service, Gene is back in school again, this time as a teacher. Gene's uhustlingv teams are among the best. He pro- duced a winning football team with hardly enough boys to make even one team. He also built one of the hottest junior varsity teams in the Big Seven Gon- ference. of the finest His ever cheerful person 1l1ty has helped m my tunes when the morale was low it We here give him credit for being one 2 ' ' 2 ' A C 1

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Three things go to make up a successful team: The material, the school spirit, and the coach. Although the coach is mentioned last he is by no means the least import- ant of the three. Rather, he is fully as important as any of them, because the best of material without good coaching cannot do as well as average or poor material with good coaching, and the spirit manifested by- the team is but a reflection of the spirit shown by the coach. Coach Mack,' Flenniken has been at Filer High only one year, but already everyone has come to respect his ability and leadership. The football season ended with the Filer Wildcats at the top of the Big Seven Conference. fs1-1 Y MACK F LEN N IKEN, COACH Although the VVildcat hoopsters did not win all their games, the fact that the team kept its fighting spirit throughout the season shows that Coach Mack,' knows his business and that we can hope for a splendid team next season. F lenniken played football under Bo McMillin at Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana in 1924 and also under him at Geneva College for three years. While he was at Geneva, they defeated Harvard and Boston College. He received honorable mention as fullback on the Associated Press All-American team in 1927. He graduated from Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. He played pro- fessional football in 1930-31 with the Chicago Cardinals and the New York Giants. He was head coach at Arlington Heights High School, Fort Worth, Texas, eight years before entering the service. He served Eve years in the Army Air Force. Everyone has expressed extreme satisfaction over the way Mack has handled the athletic department during the past year and expects great things from him in seasons to come.

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gooflaf - ll - Much preparation went into the next weekis Work for the Jerome Tigers who held Hrst place in the standings. This was to be F iler's real test, and the Wildcats showed their stuff that night on October 8 by playing probably their best game of the season and winning a decisive 25-0 victory. The Wildcats took a week off and then on October 23 they traveled to Ely, Nevada to mark up their fifth straight victory over a strong White Pine team by a score of 13-0. The FILER GIANT KILLERS moved to Preston the next Week to add still another victory to their list by downing the Preston boys 14-12. The VVildcats gave their loyal followers a real scare Novem- ber 5, but brought home a 15-13 victory over the Burley Bobcats and a Big Seven Championship. 5 i . The Filer Wildcats with their new coach took to the field for the Hrst time on August 20, to prepare for their opening game with the Buhl Indians September 10. The Wildcats fell before a strong Buhl team, 19-6 in its opener. On the next Friday, September 17, the Wildcats came back strong and rolled over Rupert, 39-16. Gooding was next on the list and Filer never blinked an eye as they marched to a 39-13 victory over the Senators. October 1 proved to be an unlucky day for the Oakley Hornets as the Wildcats showed no mercy in their 31-6 triumph. -z w