Fisher High School - Echo Yearbook (Fisher, IL)

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Football Tw enty three boys reported for football on August 31 to Coach Swartout Among these the returnmg lettermen were Gale Exchelbergex Galen Horsch Ronme Wllson Date Gossard Darrell Cox Mlke Kelly Fred KBISCI and Floyd Slzer Flsher had another xery successful season by wmmng all thelr games and becom mg Ill1n1 Valley Champs for the thlrd straxght year The squad as a whole dlsplayed ood team work Coach Swartout dld a fme Job of coachmg as the record tells The fust game was played vuth Sldell on Fxsher s gudlron with Flsher comlng out on top by a 32 7 score Ronme W1lson was hlgh man wxth tvso touchdowns Next vsas our arch rxval Mahomet on thelr fleld Again Flsher came out on top 40 13 Gale Elchelberger and Dave Gossard led the scormg wlth two touchdowns and one pomt after touchdown each After a two week layoff the team traveled to Um Hlgh They expected a tough game because thls was the team that txed them the year before, but Flsher took com mand of the game and walloped the Buckeyes 34 0 Galen Horsch led the scormg mth a touchdown and a pomt after touchdown Flshers next game was played at home agamst the St Joe Indlans After a hald fought game Fisher came out on top wlth a score of 33 26 Ronme Wrlson led the scormg wlth three touchdowns The next game was played at Longvlew agamst ABL wlth Flsher startmg thmgs off rlght by scormg on the opemng play of the game Coach Swaltout cleared the bench ln this game to let everyone play Ten of the players scored at least one pomt as Flsher routed the Trojans 55 13 Galen Horsch led the scorlng wxth two touchdowns and two extra polnts The fmal game of the season was agamst Homer Thus game was to declde WhlCh team would become champlons of the 1ll1n1 Valley Conference Homer scored flrst on a 35 yard run by the quarterback After that Flsher took command of the game and went on to rout Homer 45 12 Gale Elchelberger played a vely good game as he scored five touchdowns and passed for two othels Thus was the fmal game for the followmg elght Semors Fred Kalser Galen Horsch Roscoe Specht, Floyd Slzer Nllke Kelly, Ronme Wllson, Darrell Cox and Rlchard Bernett Wxth boys l1ke Gale Exchelberger Clyde Ingold Darrell Wxlson, Dave Gossard and Pete Jackson Fxsher should do a very good Job next year We, the students of Fisher Hlgh School wxsh to congratulate Coach Swaltout, the team and manager on bemg Illxm Valley Champs of 1953 ELLEN -'ff 1 3 1 1 1 v 1 9 1 1 'Q ' . V . . . - nl . . . . 5 . . . I V V. . . , '. . . . . - . . . . Y . ' ' Q y - . , . . ,. - 1 1 , . , , . 9 1 , , . , . 1 1 -

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