John R Mott High School - Mir Or Yearbook (Postville, IA)

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I FIRST ROW: L. Meyer, D. Meyer, Turner, Brainard, Medberry, D. Harris, G. Livingood. SECOND ROW: R. Muchow, Plaht, L. Christofferson, Palmer, Suckow, C. Schultz, N. Peterson, Gericke. THIRD ROW: Coach Blackman, E. Severn, Hanson, Hughes, J. Martins, B. Douglass, C. Peake, C. Hath. W goofgaff The lack of experienced players handicapped this year's team. Gene Medberry rated a place on the first all conference team and Cloy Schultz made the second team. Medberry placed honor- able mention on the all-state team, also. Postville started the football season out by los- ing to Sumner in a close contest. The Pirates led the first three quarters with the Aces intercepting a pass to win the game lZ-7 in the last few minutes of play. At West Union, the Pirates battled fiercely only to bow, 20-6. Journeying to New Hampton without the aid of a regular back, Luther Suckow, the Pirates suf- fered a l4-0 beating. The game was played in a downpour of rain. i Contesting with 3 backs out of action the Pi- rates played host to Maynard and were taken for a 25-0 defeat with Maynard using aerial passes for most gains. The Pirates were trounced by Waukon 24-6 at the homecoming game. The visitors scored twice in the first period, but the Pirates retaliated with a touchdown in the second. The scoring in the last half by Waukon, who tallied two more times. Defending their conference lead, the Elkader Warriors defeated Postville on their home field, 38-0. The game, however, was much more evenly matched than the score indicated. The Pirates took their first victory by downing a scrappy Fayette eleven, 9 to 6. Medberry tackled a' Fayette man behind their goal, giving Postville. two points. The Peacocks intercepted a Postville pass and ran some sixty yards for a score. In the final periodthe Pirates crossed the goal, and also made the extra point. Playing for the first timethis new team, the Pirates lost the Cresco game in a fight, Z0-0. Postville 7 .... ............................... S umner 12 Postville 6. ....... - .................... West Union - 19 Postville 0 ...... -- ......... New Hampton I4 Postville. 0 ........ ........... ......,.. M a ynard 25 Postville 6. ....... ..--.. ................ Waukon 24 Postville 0 ........ -- ...,.. Elkader 38 Postville 9 ........ ......... F ayette Q 6 Postville 0-.. ............................... Cresco 20

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FIRST ROW: E. Severn, L. Meyer, G. Livingood, D. Marston, B. Palmer. 'SECOND ROW: D. Meyer, Koenig, C. Schultz, Coach Blackman. ' asfiefkiff The Pirates started the season out with two victories. Lansing fell first in a closely contested battle, 25 to 21. Next came a powerful Sumner club. The Aces started out in the lead, but Post- ville soon caught them and retained the lead to win, 29 to 19. Still sharing conference No.: 1 spot, the Pirates went to Monona where they suffered their first setback, the final count being 30 to 15. After Christmas vacation, the Pirates journeyed to West Union. The game was a see-saw affair, but in the second half' our boys found themselves and controlled the remainder of the game. The Pirates received their first defeat in the conference at Waukon, in an overtime, the final score being 29-28. Battling for their conference lead, Elkader came to Postville to nose out the Pirates, 22 to 17. Paying a visit to the Peacocks, the Pirates lost a close game to the Fayette five by a score of 17 to 16. After the Activities Ban- quet, the Waukon Indians again bumped the Pi- rates, this time for a score of 28 to 23. ln the County Tournament the Pirates easily knocked Waterville off, 68-12, to gain a place in the FIRST ROW: K. Peake, Malone, B. Martins, Douglass, Hills. SECOND ROW: D. Meyer, R. Christofferson, Gunderson, Tim- merman, B. Livingood, J. Koevnig. semi-finals. Then they played Lansing and suf- fered a 46 to 39 defeat. Going into the last stretch of the season, the Pirates knocked Maynard from the first place by a score of 23-19. Monona paid a visit to us and won the heated contest by a score of 24-21. The West Union Bombers came to Postville only to suffer another defeat, 38 to 34. lt was a much more even game than the first. McGregor came next, only to be beaten again by the home team. lt was a close game all the way. For the last game of the year, we journeyed to Elkader, only to receive a 50-28 defeat. .ln fin- ishing the season with the Sectional Tournament, the Pirates won their first game with Monona, 27- 18. ln the finals they lost 27-24 to Waukon. f The Upper Iowa Conference also had a league or IIBII season season. The season, only losing twice. They took the County Tournament in very fine style. teams this year. Our boys finished the second in this league, after a very good Junior High Boys had a very successful FlRST ROW: C. Peake, Brainard, Hath, R. Anderson, Malone, Gericke. SECOND ROW: C. Schultz, L. Christofferson, Han- son, B. Martins, Douglass, A. Schultz. l 1