Highland High School - Iris Yearbook (Highland, IL)

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1' 1 In September twenty-five boys answered Coach Davis's call for football. There were nine who were experienced, and it looked as though we would be able to play our regular schedule. But, as the season got under way, a few boys dropped out, and at the end of the season there were only twenty-one left. Due to the weight and size of our team we were handi- capped and had to play teams our size and weight. The squad was composed of four seniors, five juniors, three sophomores, and nine fresh- men. The fact that a larger number of fresh- men turns out every year not only promises a strong team in the future but that football is taking hold in our school and community. The usual starting line was Clayton, center, Grue- nenfelder and Beichel, guards: Malan and Von Rohr, tackles: Schott and Siegrist, ends. The backfleld was composed of Lory, quarterback, Lebegue and Wehrle, halves, and Alldridge, fullback. The reserves were L. Koch, Dubach, Knebel, Haldi, J. Bauman, Klaus, J. Steiner, Brockmeier, B. Baumann, and Schmiedeke. M. Siegrist, a senior, is a tall, lanky end. He can run and pull down passes. He proved to be a good tackler and blocker since he had one year's experience. The other end, Schott, had also been through one year of playing and proved to be a good blocker and tackler. Von Rohr, a newcomer to the team, played tackle. He is a hard fighter and will be a greater help to the team in the future. The other tackle, Malan, with a little more experience will be a good tackler and blocker. The guards were FOOTBALL Gruenenfelder and Beichel. Beichel has had three years' experience in football and is classed as the hardest hitting man on the line. Gruen- enfelder, the other guard, had two years' ex- perience and is a good blocker and will be a great help to the team in the future. Clayton, at center, and Alldridge, fullback, were the nucleus of the team since they were the only four-year men on the otherwise inexperienced team. The backfield, composed of Lebegue, Wehrle, Alldridge, and Lory, proved to be fast, but they were handicapped because of size and weight. Lory, a newcomer to the team, did most of the ball handling. Captain Alldridge could run and was a good passer and punter. We were sorry to lose him at the end of the first semester. Wehrle and Lebegue had seen one year of playing before and were excellent blockers and tacklers. Highland opened its seventh season of football by playing Collinsville's B team on October 2 in Collinsville's new football bowl. The teams were of equal weight and size, and we came out on top with a 13-0 victory. On October 23 we played a return game with the same team on our field, and we won again by a score of 33 to 13. We played our last game with Dupo on October 30. We played their first team, and they out-classed us in every way in weight and size. After a terrific battle the game ended in Dupo's favor, 19 to 31' The fact that we Won two games out of three shows that we can win games if we try.

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B Q I ASKETBALL Coach Davis inaugurated the official 1937-38 basketball season early in November by issuing a call for recruits to that great sport. Of the thirty-five men who responded at the start of the season, the following were selected for the first ten: Lory, Thiems, M. Silegrlst, Alldridge, Heb- rank, Supplger, Buehlmann, E. Lebegue, Brockmeier, and Knebel. 1 Dwight Lory, a senior, was the captain of the team this year. He was the high point man and was the target for the best guard on each team we played. We will miss Dwight next year. Roger Thlems did a wonderful job of holding down the guard position considering he played only two years. At times Milton Slegrist brought plenty of grief to our opponents. Like Lory and Thiems, he is a senior and will be missed next year. Dick Hebrank H11 d the regular center's shoes well after Alldridge left us at the end of the first semester. Ger ld Suppiger will go places lf he continues to improve as he has so far. We shall have Gerald another year. With two more years to go Kenneth Buehlmann should be a good ball player before h N is out of school. Earl Lebegue's basketball career was cut short by a hip injury early in the sea on, but we will expect big things from him next year. Robert Brockmeier improved a great deal tx is year and will be an asset to next year's team. Harold Knebel should also help out a great deal with his weight and playing ability in 1938-39. Kenneth Sudhoff, Jam es Baumann, and Fred Siegrist have three more years to get ln shape. We can use them as soon as they do. , A Highland won only one-third of its games this year. We participatled in one tournament this year but lost to a much stronger team, Wood river, with a score of 35-20. In the annual city games between Highland High School and St. Paul High School, our boys came out the victors of both games. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT PLACE OPP. H. H. S. Nov. 4 Marine Highland Nov. 12 Dupo Highland Nov. 24 Pocahontas Povahontas Nov. 26 St. Paul Highland Dec, 3 Belleville Belleville Dec, 10 Bethalto Highland Dec. 17 'Greenville Highland Dec. 23 Dupo DUD0 Jan. 7 Witt Highland Jan. 14 Livingston Livingston Jan. 21 Carlyle Highland Jan, 28 Pocahontas Highland Feb, 4 Trenton Trenton Feb. 11 Lebanon Highland Feb, 15 Greenville Greenville Feb. 25 Mulberry Highland PLAYER Pos1T1oN F. G. Fl T- TOTAL Brockmeier 4 11 Knebel 1 Supfplger 7 20 Alldrldge 24' 43 M. Siegrlst 15 33 Buehlmann 4 10 Thiems 9 24 E. Lebegue 4 15 Hebrank 15 36 H2 2