Gregory High School - Gorilla Yearbook (Gregory, SD)

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In the traditional Armistice game, the Gorillas slithered and slid through a sea of snow and slush before their home crowd to defeat the Winner Warriors 30-0. The Gregory Gorillas and the Burke Bull- dogs met on November 14 to decide the Rosebud Football Championship. The game was played at Gregory on a field that had turned into a quagmire as the result of another thaw. To hear a player say he went forward one step and slipped back two was nothing uncommon. The game ended in a tie and ordinarily both teams would have claimed the cham- pionship but in a meeting before the game, it was decided the Dickenson rating system should be used in case of a tie. So according to that System, the Gorillas alone were Rosebud Conference Football Champions. At the end of the season, fifteen players were awarded letters. They included: Scotty Whitley, Don lflickman. Stanley Johnson, Art Hrunz, Jim Kucera, Frank Kucera, lion Dunn, Floyd Winkler, liuther llappen, Sam Happen, Hen Godager, Verlyn Springer, .lim Hlayka and Jerry Jones. Roy Hasche, foot- ball manager. was also lettered. Art Brunz and Scotty Whitley were chosen as Co- Captains. Verlyn Springer ci set SGW -Lyn If up 01-I., Jerry Jones, Verlyn Springer, Scotty Whitley

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First row: Verlyn Springer, Marvin Knittel, Dean Johnson, Art Brunz, Lute Dappen, Joe Pusl, Jerry Jones. Second row: Don Eickman, Scotty Whitley, Lawrence Berens, James Kuccra, Sam Dappen, Doyle Robertson, Don Robertson, Art Christensen. Third row: Coach Pniak, Joe Studenberg, Ben Godager, Stan Johnson, Jim Hlavka, Don Dunn, Frank Kucera and Assistant Coach Olson. I - . Q'-1 ' E I at f. Gregory Gorillas opened their 1947 Foot- ball Season with twelve lettermen. After three weeks of practice, the Gorillas met Ainsworth on the latter's lighted field on September 19. After a hard fought battle, the score stood at 20-6 in favor of Ainsworth. The Gorillas next game was on Spencer's field September 26 and was an easy one. The Gorillas took an early lead when Frank Kucera caught a pass from quarterback Whitley and ran 40 yards for the first Gorilla touchdown. The Gorillas drew heavily on their second team in the last quarter. Final score 20-0. The Gorillas don't talk much about the third game of the season. They were badly outclassed when they met Pierre on the home field on October 3. Score 26-0 in favor of Pierre. The game with Wagner on the Wagner lighted sand burr patch was a honey. Both 1 ' 1 teams played their best but they were too evenly matched for either team to score. Final tally 0-0. Platte was met on the home field October 17. The Gorillas pushed the Panthers all over the field but couldn't keep the ball long enough to cross Platte's goal line. The Pantherfs offensive consisted of very ac- curate passes which accounted for one tally. This was a game in which conversion points counted. Highlight of the game was Springer's run back for 6 Points. Platte won by a score of 14-13. The Gregory Gorillas rode the Golome Cowboys to an easy victory in the next game on October 24. Score 39-6. The Red Eleven engaged in battle with the Springview Indians on October 31 on Springview's field and came out one point behind the Indians. The tally was 13-12.

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