Filer High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Filer, ID)

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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

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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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1948 g.1.i-111 Football Season li- FILER SCOREBOARD Filer Filer Filer Filer Filer Filer Filer Filer Filer Filer 111- ffffff 14 15 Buhl ........ 19 Rupert .... 16 13 6 We' re proud of 6 39 39 Gooding.. 31 Oakley .... 25 0 I jerome .,.. 13 Ely .,,,,,,,., 0 ll Preston . 12 you: teorn' Burley ,,,, 13 25 Kimberly .. 0 7 Boise ...... 18 The last two games were evenly divided with the Wildcats downing Kimberly 25-0, and losing to the Boise Braves 7-18. The Wildcats lose Bill Blass, Cary Bean, Elmer Lampe, Warren Hart, Fred Hainline, Dale jasper, Dave Lancaster, Marvin Ulrich, Howard Mills, Curtis Wilkins, Barry Flenniken, Eddie johnson, Everett Andrews, and Wesley Anderson this year. Returning lettermen are Eddie Allison, Cary Allison