Lake Benton High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Lake Benton, MN)

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Homecoming Homecoming reached its highest point when Carol Truckenmiller and David Koster were crowned king and queen. The coronation is held proceeded by a snake dance, and bonfire but due to the weather a pepfest was held in the gym. The height of student participation was reached as the classes took over contributing floats and selecting queen candidates. The king candidates were selected from the Letterman's Club. The pa ade and snake dance were held on Friday with the Senior class win- ning first prize on their float. And the final climax of homecoming was the dance held in the gym with the Letterman's Club as hosts and decorations by the cheerleaders. Carol and David reigned over the festivity. Coach, team, pep, steam----and what pep these four girls have. It the bas- ketball and football games these four girls were out cheering our team to vic- tory even if they suffered from hoarse throats, sprained ankles and bruises. Our four 'A' team cheerleaders are Marlys Rochel, Joyce Determan, Carol Truckenmiller and Mavis Klitkze. All the girls that wanted to go out for cheerleading tried our in groups in front of the student body. Each group gave two cheers and each girl gave one individually. They were than voted on by the student body and the top four se- lected were 'I' team cheerleaders. Cheerleaders

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ff 2 Q H nz' s2 L ' ...-img. WWe're From Benton and Couldn't Be Prouder.' Yes, we are extremely proud of our Bobcats. And why shouldn't we he? The District Nine 6-man foot- ball championship trophy for 19Sh adorns our trophy case alone with the championship trophies of the past three years also. In addition, the Bobcats have a twenty-nine name win string--the largest in the state at the present time. The team accomplished these records throuvh teamwork-- teamwork on the part of the players, teamwork on the part of the coach, and teamwork on the part of every athletic-minded person of our community. Lake Benton battled Cottonwood for the championship title on the Minneota field on November 3. Robert McCaffrey, a four-year man of football made the All-State selection. Honorable mention was given to Dave Evans, Jerry Kuhn, and Byrl Koster. The Bobcats have been piloted by Mr. Hall during the last two seasons. The l95h record is listed. Lake Benton Okabena 6 Lake Benton M1 Tyler 8 Lake Benton Hendricks O Lake Benton 31 Ivanhoe 19 Lake Benton Ruthton 31 Lake Benton 12 Minneota 6 Lake Benton Marietta 6 La 'l AA H A 'A Football As visitors to our school pass through our halls and fix their gaze on our trophy case, they will see trophies accumulated by the football teams of the last fou years for their winning the District Nine 6- lan championships. The one shown here is for 195h. Recorded is the contest score and opponent for these games. 1951 Lake Benton 6 Hilroy 0 1952 Lake Benton hh Hilroy 30 1953 Lake Benton 63 Cottonwood 31 195h Lake Benton hl Cottonwood 20

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A Basketball The basketball squad under the able direction of H . Hall assisted by Mr. Schmidtke began this year's season as 'just another teamm. Little did we realize that out of this group of boys who lived with a basketball virtually everday would emerge a championship team. Nevertheless when the District 9 tournament was played, Lake Benton captm-ed its first tournament title since 19h3. Not only did the teen win this trophy, but in addition, it gave the school a 'clean sweep' of athletic championships and trophies--the only time in the history of athletic competion has any school been victorious in capturing all athletic titles was this year by the Bobcats. Both the 'A' and 'B' squad work together in practice. Through team co-op- eration and conscientious drilling, the squad gained team balance. Perhaps this one asset was the most contributive to the squads' impressive records. Perhaps quite a number of us are not aware that there is a trophy awarded the 'B' team competitors as well as an award for 'A' team competition. Let us not over- look the efforts of the 'B' team as they too have a trophy for the Camden Conference championship. Some years ago funds were allotted for a trophy case. This year the case has been completed and now is stationed on second floor where the memorials to the Bobcats of 19511-55 can be reveiwed. B Basketball