Hartford High School - Green and White Yearbook (Hartford, MI)

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X s ,X 'Q-wx. 4 . unior Varsity Cheerleaders A Left to right: Lauretta Daisy, Georgia Cooper, Lynne Poulter, Joan Empson. llaslcetba ll The Crowd, its noiseg The team, its boysg A certain buzzerg The crowd is quiet. Two refs on the floor To keep order in store. A whistle-a jump! A dribble, a shot! A Whistle-all suddenly comes to a stop. A point toward a player trying a slap. So the refs Called a foul for the little tap. The CroWd's in an uproar, The noise is too great. The refs holler for quiet, But it turns into a riot. This is in a Game of Basketball. The ball's a'bouncing. The team's getting a good trouncing. A shot no goodg Rebound no good. A grab for the ballg It hits the Wall. This is in a Game of Basketball. The coach in the corner, Talking to his lads. Come on, gang, let's gog You're running too slow. The people are screaming We Want a score! ! t'Push 'em out the Window, Kick 'em out the door! Come on team! We gotta Score ! Score! Score! This is in a Game of Basketball A rally, We're scoring, The game's no longer boring. The people are screamingg They Want some more. A score! We're ahead. By-golly! The other teamis dead. All the Way to the final gun, The teams just run, run, run. This is in a Game of Basketball. - Ronnie Pleyei

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01 in in V A, J-sf ootball Front row fleft to rightlz Managers Jim Rademacher and John Obrig, Frank Leonard, Bob Everett, Roland Hays, Vern Jensen, Jim Leonard, Ronnie Pleyer, Frank Balsis, Gerry Krepp, Jerry Kirsch, Joe Cheshire. Second row fleft to rightlz Assistant Coach Roger Hallgren, Ronald Groth, Jeff Bowen, Sherman McClain, Cecil Wismer, John Munjoy, Ralph Patterson, Dick Bur- nette, Tom Hope, Joe Walton, Don Squires, Manager Doug Grosse. Hartford's Indians compiled a record of 3 wins and 5 losses to tie records of 1952 and 1954. Under the new choaching of Robert Bada, the Indians developed a strong competitive spirit. The Indians put out the most effort in the Berrien Springs game by holding them to 202 yards gained and 11 first downs. Although losing this game 8 to 0, the Indians outgained the Shamrocks on the ground, having 280 yards gained and 14 first downs. Three men placed on the Little Eight All- Conference team. They were Dean Huddleston Ralph Patterson and Frank Balsis, all seniors. Roland Hays, a junior, made honorable men- tion. Six seniors, all lettermen, could be found in 1 Third row fleft to rightlz Coach Robert Bada, Lee Weeden, David Wessendorf, Jerry Root, Kenny Russell, Tom Norden, Richard Wise, Dean Huddleston, Jim Bolin, Bruce Dowd, Arlan Wendzel. Fourth row lleft to rightlz Doug Meachum, Bob Amun- dsen, Bill Weeden, Bill Roper, David Bigelow, Wayne Carter, Jim Squires, Wayne Wehlau, Bill Lowrey, Bud Hitchcock, Dick Murphy, Jim Engle. the lineup at almost any time: Dean Huddles- ton, Kenny Russell, Jerry Kirsch, Frank Bal- sis, Ralph Patterson and Cecil Wismer, The team suffered a great loss when quarterback Ron Pleyer received a broken collarbone in the second game of the season. The 1956 individual scoring went as follows: Frank Balsis 19, Jerry Kirsch 18, Bob Everett 12, Jerry Krepp 6, Joe Walton 6, Kenny Russell 2, Ralph Patterson 1, and Dean Huddleston 1. Hartford had a total of 65 points to their opponents' 106. Opp. Us Opp. Us Paw Paw .. 32 0 Cassopolis . .. 28 0 St. Joseph Cath. . 6 19 Coloma .. . 6 23 Berrien Springs 8 0 Decatur ..., . ..... 13 6 St. Johns .................... 13 7 Watervliet ....... ,. 0 13 SSN

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1 I I, 64 ,J-if asleetbal Standing Cleft to righthz Manager John Obrig, Coach Roger Hallgren, Ron Pleyer, Don Smith, Jerry Kirsch, Dave Lightner, Vern Jensen, Sherman McLain, Gerry Krepp, Ken Russell, Manager Charles Broadhurst. By winning five games and losing ten, the Indians improved the previous season's record by one victory. The team was never out of a game that they lost until the last few minutes, which shows aggressiveness. Throughout the season a greatly deterring factor was the number of fouls called. Hart- ford had 343 fouls to their opponents, 298, and Hartford made 245 points on free throws while the opponent teams were making 339. This was a crippling margin in many games. With more accuracy, several games could have been pul- led out of the loss column. Individual scoring seemed to indicate more of a team effort than last season, with Ken Russell's 200 points leading the tribe's list. Ralph Patterson was next with l63, and the rest, in order, were: Jim Leonard-102, Jerry Kirsch-99, Ron Pleyer-94, Jerry Gelock--73, Kneeling fleft to rightl: Roland Hays, Frank Balsis, Ralph Patterson, Jerry Gelock, Jim Leonard, Cecil Wismer. Roland Hays-53, Gerry Krepp-49, Vern Jen- sen-l0, Dave Lightner and Frank Balsis-9, Don Smith-8, and Cecil Wismer-2. Co-captains for the season were Ken Rus-- sell and Jerry Kirsch. In conference honors, Ken Russell received honorable mention. All of the departing seniors would like to Wish Mr. Hallgren and his teams of next year a completely successful season. Hart. Opp. Hart. Opp. Berrien Springs Berrien Springs .... 64 75 Bangor .......,... ........ W atervliet ...... ......,..,,.. 6 3 47 Cassopolis ...., .. Cassopolis ..... 63 47 Coloma ..,...,... Coloma ., 62 48 Decatur ...,..... ..,..,,. D ecatur 50 46 St. Joseph ....... St. Joseph . 54 68 Watervliet ..,.. . St. John ,,.,. ., , . 56 72 St. John ........ Bangor . .,., 53 63