Fulton High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Fulton, KY)

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Swimming Battle Creek again established itself as the High School Swimming capitol of Mich iqan, as the result of this years successful season in swimming. The paddlers captured their sixteenth league title in seventeen years, defeating the rest of the teams with almost no competition and scoring more points than the rest of the schools together The state title wasn't won quite so easily. but the compet1t1ve spurt of the team couldn't be stopped, even after injuries had threatened to halt their t1tle hopes Therefore another jewel was added to Battle Creek's swimming crown. Twenty-eight Varsity letters were awarded at the end of the season Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Battle Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek Creek RESULTS OF SWIMMING MEETS Iackson ,.. 23 Michigan State Frosh. .70 East Grand Rapids . , H43 Saginaw Arthur Hill ......6l Ann Arbor ,. . . M62 Kalamazoo . , . ......,35 Saginaw Arthur Hill .. N55 South Bend .. .. H70 Kalamazoo ,. , .. . ,62 East Grand Rapids .. .. 27 Michigan State Prosh 61 Iackson , ., . . . .90 5-A Meet .. .. .H30 Michigan State Frosh . 39 State Meet . . ., FIRST ROW tlett to rightl: R. Edwards, I. Lockwood. R. Vester, R. Davis, T. Harter R Wheeler D Barley D Des mond, T. Goretzka, D. Thorne, D. Bigley, R. Boston, S. Shelton, L. Iudd. SECOND ROW Cleft to rightl: G. Degregory, B. Simmons, C. Boston, D. Royal, K. Aldrich F Shouldrce H Smith B Keagle, L. Watson. I. Oesch, B. Walters, C. Kolb, G. Verity, H. Ross, E. Cowell, Coach Mowerson THIRD ROW lleit to rightl: P. Iarvis, D. Earl, I. Anderson, D. Peters, E. Blcmkenberg, H Blankenberg B Thorson B Heydon. F. Zinn, I. Brunson. T. Roseberry. E. Barnes, D. Wright, D. Gray, C. Finney I Campbell I Wilkinson D. Wagner, I. Thompsett, I. Glysaw. T. Ford, B. Darkey, Mgr.

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Track Central's thinclads, defending 5-A champs enter the 1947 sea- son, determined to capture their fifth successive 5-A title. Their first meet will be a triangular affair with Kalamazoo State High, and Hastings, participants with our own thinclads on April 16. Their real test will be the River Rouge Relays on April 19th: 700 athletes are entered. Fourteen lettermen are expected back for track this year including four juniors and ten seniors. The track team is especially strong in the middle distances this spring with Tom Goretzka, Bud Heydon, and Bob Darkey back in the mile. Don Royal, Ralph Selby, and Capt. Bernie Gilmore in the quater mile. Other award winners back are Harold Mull, Iohn Perry, Mendell Vaughns, and Bob Wheeler in the Sprints Owen Anderson and Harold Coss are back in the field events as are Capt. Norman Amos and George Markham in the shot put 1 FIRST ROW: A. Davis, Mgr.: D. Hall, T. Goretzka, G. Verity, R. Moon, S. Ryason, Mgr SECOND ROW: B. Heydon, S. Bush, D. Wilkins, D. Royal, B. Gilmore, Capt.: N. Amos Capt G Markham I Perry D. Vincent, R. Selby. O. Anderson, H. Coss. THIRD ROW: B. Fitch, C. Stevens, L. Thompson, R. Ware, D. Hickey, F. Zinn, B. Barnhart B Kitchen R McGloclm C. Dinsmore, F. Shouldzce, D. Lyons, M. Vaughns, B. Mowerson, Coach. FOURTH ROW: L. Waters, B. Elliot, I. Prior, V. Hartsen, W. Antuck, H. Smith, S. Fredenberg I Miller K Darkey B Thorson, H. Mull, F. Watkins.

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FRONT ROW Kleft to rightlz B. Keagle, G. Markham. BACK ROW: O. Anderson, President: I. Feeney, Vice-President. B.A.A. Board The B.A.A. Board is the governing body of all boys' athletics in the high school. The members of the board are elected by votes of the boys. They decide on such mat- ters as to who will win a letter, what type of letters, or the size of the letter. Other matters such as girls wearing a boys' letter sweater or how many strips they can wear on their sweaters also come under the control of this board.