Huntington North High School - Modulus Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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Coach Ivan Wilhelm Coach I an Wilhelm participates in many activities both in and out of school. Besides teaching plnsical education and drivers train- ing, he coaches our Vikings. Coming from H.H.S. in 1947, he graduated from Tulane Uni- versity in 1952. He spent one year coaching at Bellevue, Ohio, and two years at Peru, Indiana, before coming to Huntington, where he is now in his second vear as head mentor. Very calm, optimistic, and pleasant-mannered, he is one of the best-loved teachers at Huntington High School. Basketball boys help maintam Hoosier Hysteria ' ' Varsity Basketball The 1956-1957 Viking basketball squad, al- though turning in a 5 won 15 lost season rec- ord. a ' enged their mid-season losing streak and wound up the season in high gear bv bring- ing to HHS the coveted sectional crown. It seemed that every opponent was up for the Huntington game, and in manv games the Norse had to face shooting averages up to 45?. They were determined, though, to improve; and Coach Wilhelm worked different team com- binations in order to get the right five by sec- tional time. The red and black jumped to a roaring start by easily downing the Columbia Citv Eagles. They ne.xt ventured to Warsaw, where Hunt- ington fans saw their team barely beaten in a game that was close until the final gun. The following week the Vikes squeaked through another close one, beating Peru in an overtime. The Norse next extended their record to three wins and one defeat bv readilv topping Alex- andria by se ' en points. The red and black then faced a fast Fort Wayne South Side quintet which outran the visiting Norse. One consola- tion, however, is that this same Fort Wavne team rolled onward to the state semi-final tour- nament. In the next three games Huntington wound up on the short end of the scores. The Norse seeminglv ran out of steam in the latter part of the games and were defeated b ' Wa- bash, Hartford City, and Bluffton. In the last game of 1956, the victorious Vikings rolled over Muncie Burris. In the first session of the Hunt- ington Holidav Tournament, the home team once again failed to beat Wabash. The Apaches scalped the Vikes while Fort ' ayne North Side defeated Peru. Wabash won over Fort ' avne for the Tournament crown, and Huntington put Peru in the cellar for a much needed victory. 91

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A oi3 ?— Managers Phil Young and John Bechstein are under the uniforms. Side— Coach ' ilhams surveys the situation. BoffoHi— Assistant Coaches Wllhehn, Naab, and Seely are resting now.

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First Row: Bill Mitchell, Jack Weller, Jim Myers, Dick Mitchell, Jim Stringfellow. Second Row: Dick Chalfant, Jim yeber, Jerry Cowin, Tom Sands, Larry Handwork. Third Row: Rollo Williams, Jerry Hastings, Charles Johnson, Scott Hosier. S f e— ' hat a figure Bottom— Too many hands in the stew! 92