Goodrich High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Fond Du Lac, WI)

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g VARSITY BASKETBALL Back row: Leo Giese, Dan Dettman, Bill Koenen. Jim Berne, Jim Burdett, Paul Bredlau, Mike Mies, Dick Damm, Jim Kalk. Front row: Gary Bloedorn, Dick Richter, Chuck Bloedorn, Tony Meade, Steve McConahey, Tom Smith. If spirit and determination were sufficient to win ball games, Fondy would have been a winner all the way. Coach Fritz Lautenschlager's relatively inexperienced aggregation, although consisting of lettermen Steve McConahey, Churck Bloedorn, Tony Meade, Iirn Kalk, Dan Dettmann, and Bill Koenen, were predicted to hold up the rest of the league this '61 - '62 season. The Goodrich team, however, tumed out to be the real surprise team of the year, compiling a 7 - 7 record in the Conference and a 10 - 10 over all record. In fact, the scrappy Cardinals were in the running for the championship until the final two weeks of Conference play. In blasting Kaukauna 61 - 36 in the opener, the Fondy Cardinals gave some notice of its potential: however, a red hot Neenah five put the picture somewhere back in perspective by downing our Cards 73 - 58. And then, to make propects actually look gloomy, our cross-town rivals, the Springers, hexed us to the tune of 58 - 52. lim Kalk's fine marksmanship all but won this one for us. The tall terrors from Appleton, who had an impressive pre-conference record, hosted I-'ondy in the opening Conference game. A fast Terror finish all but dissipated an eleven point lead, but the final score, 71 - 69, headed the Cards in the right direction. With Meade, Bloedom, and McConahey firing the big guns against Green Bay East and North, 69 - 59 and 73 - 54, respectively, our fighting Cards held an undisputed 3-0 lead in the Conference. After a non-Conference loss to an extremely rugged Madison West Club at Madison during the Christmas recess, 70 - 62, a combination of bad luck and strong opposition dropped the Cards in three successive outings. 62 - 51, in a sub-standard game in the new spgcigug Manitowoc gym, 71-70, qgqingt West in qn overtime in which ihe lead ChUI1g6d hands fOlll'ie61'l iimes, and, 75 - 66, to Sheboygan South in a fast encounter which saw a good second half Fondy drive and a twenty-two point splurge by Meade go to no avail. In a great team effort, Coach Fritz Lautenschlager's five jolted the Oshkosh Indians, 49 - 45, to fin- ish the first round of Conference play with a respectable 4 - 3 record. The second round action began with a notable victory over Appleton, 78 - 68. This win marked the first time in twenty years that the Cards had beaten a Terror harcourt team twice in the same season. In addition, Tony Meade, with thirty-three points, tied the single game scoring record. After wheezing past Green Bay East, 49 - 47, without Mike Mies. sidelined because of illness. the Fondy Five was frigid against the North Raiders and took a 62 -40 thumping, Going into the final stretch with a 6- 4 record and still a chcmce t0 finish high in the standings, everything depended on how we stacked up against the four remaining tough opponents. In G real Spine-tingler we bested the Manitowoc Ships, 67- 62, with Bloedom and Meade combining for forty-nine points. Against West. with McConahey standing out, a sparkling rally tell short and we succumbed 60-57. South, after trailing for thirty minutes of playing time, took the lead and edged us 81-76. And in the finale, despite McConahey's fine showing, the Indians reduced our Conference record to 7-7 by pinning as to the wall B0 - 61. In state toumament play we got off with flying colors by taming both Chilton and New Holstein by scores of 65-56 and 59-54 to win the Sub-Regional at Chilton. In the Regional at Sheboygan . South, pesky South caught us way off form and by the score of 66 - 46 -- dropped us from further contention. In reward for their stupendous achievements this year, three players gf T' 'f' - J - were singled out. Tony Meade, the team's most valuable player, was unan- i A 5 imously elected to the All-Conference First Team by Valley sportswriters. K - ' in Q! L W g- Y One of the best players to come out of this area in years, Tony led the ' ' it N, m y league in scoring with 292 points, better than 21 per game. In the same poll ,.. ., ' Q Chuck Bloedom and Steve McConahey were given honorable mention. In a i f f poll of coaches conducted by the local newspaper, Tony was again honored A. A , gy ' fi .., by being named unanimously to the first team while Chuck and Steve were ' 1 given berths on the second team. Tony was also selected on the All-State :K ' Team. Chuck Bloedom and Steve McConahey were also honored by their teammates by being selected as 1961-'62 CaCaptains. Lautenschlager Hanson

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J. v. BASKETBALL Top row: Coach Fred Hanson, Doug Sosinske, John Wachs, Ken Burdett, Jim McCready, Stan DeRusha, Dean Dablow, Bob Freiburg. Manager Frank Cerny. Front row: John Cochran, Jim Westphal, John Stacy, John Hoffman, Dick Pitzner, Fred Petri. Although Coach Fred Hanson's Iayvees had difficulty establishing a creditable won-loss record a number of sophs showed promise and will be heard from. Standing out for the Iayvees were such boys as Dean Dablow, Iim McCready, Doug Sosinske and Dick Pitzner.