Friend High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Friend, NE)

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Rogers Bob Svehla Leonard Wallace Harold Wattles Ivan Weber Basketball Season Trailways Conference Tournament: Friend 46 Fairmont Friend 34 Western District Class C Tournament: Friend 48 Concordia Friend 57 Fairmont Friend 41 Waco -251 HAROLD RASPLICHA Student Mgr.

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COACH HABERMAN Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend Friend ..24L Dwight Virgil Nelsen Paul Horner Keith Clouse I s.-5 Paul Bulwan Record of 1948-49 Seward 39 Crete 37 Beaver Crossing 33 Milford 27 St. Cecilia 24 Geneva 25 Westem 26 College View 29 Sutton 28 Fairmont 21 Exeter 15 Dorchester 61 Wilber 36 Beaver Crossing 36 Wyrnore 18 Hilclreth 39

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FOOTBALL WRITE-UP Thxs years football season started out wrth a bang when slxteen eager asprrants reported to Coach Haberman at the beglnnmg of the school year The boys were out to recapture the Tratlway Conference Champxonshlp but mrghty Exeter upset the Fr1end Bulldogs and gamed the conference trophy The team made a good record for Fr1end I-hgh by w1nn1ng 6 games and losmg only 2 The success of the team was due to the f1ne play1ng of the team and the able leadershtp of Coach Haberman Fr1end lost to Shelby and Exeter Shelby however was not 1n the conference so the Bulldogs lost only one con ference game and took second place xn the conference Seven semors V1rg1l Nelsen Dean Cunnmgham Leonard Wallace Bob Rogers B111 Klnsel Duane Shunk and Vern lansky w1ll be mlssed on next year s squad Out of the seven seniors Doc Wallace was chosen as end for the ftrst team of the allfonference ratmg Norman Fre man a Iunxor was chosen as half back on the all-conference team Followmg IS a ratmg of the schools 1n the conference Exeter placed f1rst w1th Fr1end at second spot W1lber and Mllford t1ed for thxrd and fourth and Western took flflh Beaver Cross1ng was 1n the slxth spot and Farrmont was seventh HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON The f1rst game of the season found Fr1end travelmg to Fatrmont and return mg home w1th a 34 7 vlctory over the Tigers Coach Haberman cleared the bench 1n thls f1rst game One week later and before a large home crowd the Bulldogs topped the On October l the W1lber Wolvermes came to Fr1end only to retum home Wlth a loss The Bulldog sextet scored 20 pomts to the Wolver1nes 6 Thls IS the thlrd straxght year that Fr1end has defeated W1lber On October 8 Coach Haberman s team met defeat by the Exeter Eagles by the score of 18 to l2 Thls was eastly the outstandmg game of the year and was won by Exeter m the last three m1nutes of the game Exeter went on unde eated On October 15 Fr1end traveled to Beaver Cross1ng an old r1val and scored 21 pomts to Beaver s 6 Norman Freeman and Paul Bulwan were mlured shghtly durlng tlns game The only mght game of the season was played on October 27 when the Bulldogs accompanted by a large crowd of home town fans Journey to Shelby Because of three myured players Kmsel Nelsen and Freeman the Fr1end team Wa hand1cap, ed VV e returned home defeated 38 6 On November ll Fr1end went to Western for therr last game of the 1948 season The score ended 34 l8 rn favor of Fr1end The Bulldogs lost the ball only once when one of the opponents mtercepted a pass and faxled only tw1ce to make a f1rst down Norman Freeman play1ng wlth what was found later to be a broken leg scored a touchdown for the Fr1end team All rn all th1s was a very successful season Fr1end has lost only two games out of I6 played 1n the last two years Coach Haberman should be commended for h1s fme leadershrp and the boys congratulated for thexr fme team play 26 : A , , l . ' I ll ll I I . G , . , L l , I I , , Milford Eagles l3-6. This was a hard fought game. n I 1 I I I n , . I . . 1 . ' I I I I I I I - I . s ' 'f . , ' - , .