Fredericktown High School - Mirror Yearbook (Fredericktown, OH)

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BASKETBALL SEASON FIRST ROW: Stanley Gregg, jack Fearn, Donald Jagger, Robert Gregg. and Ralph Huff. SECOND ROW: Robert Beal, Edwin Hardman, Ronald Van Houten, Lloyd Hull, Gene Rust and Mr. McKinley. Despite the fact of a slow start against a fast moving Mt. Gilead quint, Coach McKinley's hard fighting five came through with flying colors, to become the league and tourney champs. Perfect team work and good will between the team and coach were two of the main factors responsible for such a brilliant season. The big five fBob Gregg, Jack Fearn, Don Jagger, Stub Gregg, and Ralph Huffj had the advantage and showed precision-like pass work and divided The Scarlet and Gray five not only supplied the Gregg tallying 158 points, but the high single in a single game. of being team mates for three years scoring honors throughout the season. high point man for the county, Stub scorer, Bob Gregg, scoring 27 points The best passing team since '32 is one of the many' compliments bestowed upon in the books our 1941 quint has been the only this team. As far as can be traced team in the history of our school to have been undefeated by any county team in one season. The three highlight games of the season, from the spectators' standpoint, were the two Butler games and the Howard tourney combat. From the Butler game here, the Freddies emerged the victors by one point after leading in all stages of the game, but when they challenged the Orange and Black on Butler's hardwood, it was a nip and tuck game all the way, the Richland Countians were the victors in the last twenty seconds of play. The climax was reached when the Freddies, weakened from an epidemic of the Hu, battled a determined Howard team in the final tourney meet to furnish a game that was all thrills to the many sport fans. Although the Freddies were headed at nearly all times before the intermission, they rallied during the second half to become the Knox County Tournament Champions of 1941 by one point. The next week the Freddies met Pickaway' Township on the Otterbein Hoor at Westerville to be defeated by a 43 to 39 score, And so what do you say? Hats off to a team and coach who have made their school proud of them and have set a new record for the oncoming teams to challenge. 26 v

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Our first county league game saw Stub Gregg spark a last-minute rally to break a scoreless tie with Centerburg with only one minute left in the game. Gregg plunged for the only touchdown. Centerburg was really tough. Fredericktown and Utica played to a deadlock in our next game. Frederick again tied becaused of the bad luck that dogged the team all year, Bob Beal was lost to the team the rest of the season because of an appendicitis operation. Loudenville handed the Fredericktown Red Birds the first defeat of the season 9-0. The winners were big, fast, and very aggressive. We played our next contest at Butler and won 13-0. Stan Gregg paced the Freddies with two touchdowns. Our entire line played an outstanding game, in this contest. We went to Granville next and were victorious 13-7 . Gregg and Jagger led the scoring with a touchdown apiece. Frederick repulsed two Granville scoring threats in the half to win. Ah! the final game of the year that brings up our bitter rival Danville. Our boys were defeated 20-0 'to lose the County Championship. Frederick again played a good game, but when breaks were made Lady Luck frowned at Frederick and broke into laughter at Danville. It seemed that way at least. Gene Rust was seriously injured in this game, 25

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Y The Fredericlitown Hi Reserve Champs finished the 1941 season with 13 wins out of 14 games. The team won 11 straight games in the county and the loss of the season was to Butler tby' a close score of 19-17 which they avenged later in the season with a 26-17 victory. The team was led by Dalton Braddock, Bob Giiiord, and Henry Warner with Braddock leading the scoring parade with 87 points and Gifford and Warner tied for the second with 52 points. The team started the season fast by' rolling over Mt. Gilead, Dan- ville, Centerburg, Howard, Amity, and Bladensburg without much diffi- culty. Then they played Butler on one of their off nights and lost, but started rolling again and finished the season with only one loss against their record. The team was very proud to have two of their members, Dalton Braddock and Bob Gifford taken on the varsity squad at the end of the season where they made for themselves glory. The team was composed of freshmen, sophomores and juniors with no seniors on the squad. This team will carry next yearls burden which they can do very well. Boys, we will be looking for a good team, next year. This season was hard-luck season for the Fredericktown Junior Hi team. They lost to Gambier in the county tournament by' only two points and lost to the Mt. Vernon Junior Hi also by a close score. The team Was lead by Harold Burgholder, Ed Weller, and Don Herndon, with Weller and Burgholder leading the scoring. The team was composed of 9 eighth graders and 2 seventh graders. The team was hindered by' not having time to practice and lack of height. The Knox County Junior Hi tournament was held in Fred- ericktown with the iinals being played in Gambier where Gambier won the county tournament. RESERVE BASKETBALL TEAM JUNIOR HI BASKETBALL TEAM FIRST ROW: J Lal? , R b L Giffo d, Dalton FIR T Braddock, Robert Caa'?1i3, Henefrwafneeff Doyiersfaddock. weilef wllfjflllfi cfiifiifgdarisauroiifiileidi-irHl?iig10nMCKee Edwin and Harold Bechtel. SECOND ROW: Charles Gregg. Eal Herndon, M v'n SECOND ROW R T h Shaffer, .man Steele, Oliver Cline. can Baker, Russen VTQILL- Braddock, Mr Melcmieify Eldlgg spegrfigis Ccgiglailligr 2523 er and Mr. McKinley. Ca,-1 Wells- 27