Le Roy High School - Melting Pot Yearbook (Le Roy, IL)

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eighteen FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... LeRoy ....... VARSITY 0 Cerro Gordo ....... ..... 2 1 0 Atwood ............ ..... 3 2 0 Monticello ........ ..... 3 4 0 Watseka ....... ..... 2 5 0 Arcola .............. ..... 3 9 0 Gibson City ....... ..... 3 4 7 Rantoul ...........,.. ..... 4 7 0 Farmer City ..... ..... 1 2 6 El Paso .......... ..... 3 Em RESERVES 6 Gibson City ....... ..... 3 9 14 Lexington .... ..... 4 3 12 Rantoul ...... ..... 2 1 12 Chenoa .......... ..... 1 2 6 Farmer City ..... ..... 0 PLAYERS' POSITIONS VARSITY Q-Richard Hillard H-Howard Wirt H-Milo LeFever F-Jerry Hill E-Gene Bruning' E-Jay Simmons G-John Thompson G-Wallace Beeler T-Dwayne Bailey T-Warren Wood C-Robert Northcutt RESERVES Q-Phil Weber G-Bill Wheeler H-Ray O'Neal G-Leslie Corry H-Robert Flanagan G-Ewing Smith F-Phil Moss G-Dick Oliver E-Kenny Robbins T- E-Tom Holmes T- E-Gene Hart T- E-T-Donald Taylor C- Norrin Foster Lee Wilkerson Kenneth Trotter Jerry Henson

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BLQOD, SWEAT, AND are all reminders of the football season. With eleven lettermen returning, the prospects were brighter this year than during any of the past few years. We all thought we could win a few games this year, but injuries plagued the team so much that they never seemed to get going. Even though losing every game, LeRoy had many loyal followers to let them know that the school and community were behind them. It was a dark and dreary season for the boys, so probably the less said about it the better, but there are a few highlights we would like to mention. CERRO GORDO-A 40-yard run by Lyle Whitehouse was the only threat we made against this hard running outfit. ATWOOD-A few passes from Hillard to Bruning looked good but were of no avail without blocking and tackling. MONTICELLO-A pretty good game with much improvement shown in tackling but the score didn't show it. WATSEKA- Boys played a good first half holding their foes to seven points but our opponents got away the third period. This was an extravagant game for we lost two of the better players-Kenny Robbins suffering a broken arm and Dwayne Red Bailey, a broken foot. These two were added to the injured list which already consisted of Ewing Smith, who had a broken foot, and Captain Hillard, with a cut eye. ARCOLA--We scored two heart- breaking touchdowns, only to have them both called back for offside pen- alties. Captain Hillard ran the first one and passed to Simmons for the other. GIBSON CITY-Rainy weather and a muddy fieldg that was the story in a nutshell. We could make no yardage on the ground so Hillard took to the air for passes to Simmons, Bruning, and Wheeler who gained some yardage but not enough. RANTOUL-Scored our first touchdown of the year against one of the better teams in this part of the state. The touch- down climaxed a 30-yard drive in which Hill and Hillard carried the ball through the center line. Hillard took the ball over the goal only to fumble, but Ray O'Neal recovered in the end zone. FARMER CITY-Don Morrisey of Farmer City was the hero of this game. He blocked a punt and recovered it in the end zone for a T. D. and later in the same quarter recovered a fum- ble in the end zone for another T. D. The two teams fought on even terms throughout the remainder of thegame with LeRoy playing its best game of the year. EL PASO-It looked mighty hopeful for a few minutes when we took the lead 6-0 in the first quarter. Hillard passed to Simmons, who lateraled to Wirt, and he in turn made a sensational 75-yard run for the touchdown. Our boys' hopes were soon dashed in the second quarter, and so ended the season. Let's see you junior and sophomore fellas do some- thing about this record. V Seventeen

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Row 1-D. Taylor. N. Foster, K. Troiier, B. Wheeler. L. Corry. J. Henson, E. Smiih. K. Robbins. T Holmes. Row 2-Manager D. Nichols. L. Wilkerson. G. Hart, Coach Bahan, P. Weber, R. 0'Neal, P. Moss. R Flanagan, D. Oliver. The Reserves showed steady improvement while playing through its five-game schedule. Opening the season on September 20 against the GIBSON CITY Reserves, the LeRoy eleven took a bad drubbing at the hands of a much larger, faster team. From our view point, the bright spots of the contest were the sharp tackling by Kenny Robbins and the power running of Gene Rafferty, the only backfield man who could make any consistent gains against the Gibson line. Still reeling from the first defeat, the home boys engaged LEXING- TON on the home field on September 27 to absorb another shellacking. Not only did the visitors score freely and often, but we failed to produce a single point. This was truly the low point of the season. We journeyed to RANTOUL on October 4 bolstered by Junior half- backs O'Neal and Flanagan but minus fullback Rafferty. Playing a good brand of football, the LeRoy club battled back from an early seven-point deficit to lose by the very respectable score 21-12. O'Neal scored both LeRoy touchdowns on runs. On October 17, after about a two-week rest and lots of practice, we engaged the CHENOA Reserves on the home field. It was a hard fought contest and ended in a 12-12 tie. Much improvement was noted especially in the line play. Phil Moss ran well at fullback and consistently reeled off yardage against the Chenoa line. The season was capped on October 24, when FARMER CITY visited LeRoy. After battling on even terms for three and a half quarters, the thrill of the season came when Bill Wheeler took a pass from Gene Stills on a sideline sleeper play and raced 95 yards to a touchdown and a sweet 6-0 victory for a fitting ending to the season. nineteen