Lockport Township High School - Lock Yearbook (Lockport, IL)

Page 29 text:

aaadfa-Saph 7eam Coach Roger's crew ol 40 prospecrive varsiiy looiball players achieved a Three won-lour loss record during lhe I953 season. Alrhough on paper Jrhe record didn'+ seem good, The boys loughlr hard clean baiiles againsl rough opposiiion. This was a green Jream as lar as ex- perience was concerned, bui as lor fighr -Jrhey were filled wiih Jrhe spirii oi cham- pions which showed iisell Jrhroughoui Jrhe season. Qur lirsi losses were inllicred by S+. Charles I2-O and Balavia lf?-6. Then came viciories over Morris I2-6 and Wil- rninglon Junior Varsily 20-7. Our lasi iwo losses were io Reavis I2-O and Joliei Calholic High I3-6. Our learn closed Jrhe season by again whipping Wilmingion Junior Varsiiy 33-I2. Don Kranz was selecied honorary cap- iain by ihe squad ai ihe end ol The year. Fresh-Soph foofball menfors, Frank Rogers and Edward Hill, discuss sfrafagem and plays for fhe games. H is on Frosh-Soph reams ihaf ihe fundamenfals and basic learning are acquired for fufure varsify compeiifion. In 'these duiies, fhese fwo men performed very ably. Back row: Mgr. J. Sfephenson, R. Lubiclz, C. Jones, W. Fifzpafriclc, C. Boyd, K. Wilson, G. Denicll, B. Nelson, L. LeGrand, R. Clayfon, W. Norfh. Second row: Coach Rogers, S. Pla+ko, W. Jurgel, J. Ferguson, R. Adamson, H. Ayers, J. Banisrer, J. Cleveland, D. Morrison, J. Whi+e, S. Williams, Coach Hill. Third row: B. Walker, P. Torkelson, H. Schmidf, T. Cleveland, R. Norfon, H. Schmidi, R. Kramer, C-3. Young, F. Rodriguez., D. Kranz, W. Gulden. Froni row: C. Tye, J. Williams, J. Anderson, B. Grosslxlaus, J. Cole, M. Driclr, E. Timm, G. Derensli, G. Claussen, D. Kiss.

Page 28 text:

Slarling lhe i953 loolball sea son, Coach Les Lindberg and his assislanl, l'lerberl VanDeven, along wilh lhe 38 hardy loolball players loolced lorward lo a good year. ll records are subslanlial prool. lhe expeclalion came lrue. Dur- ing lhe season lhe leam compiled a live won and lwo loss record-which was bel- ler lhan any previous leam lrom Loclc- porl in lhe pasl 6 years. We scored l32 poinls during lhe sea- son lo 7l scored by our opponenls. Lead- ing scorer was Jerry Rullciewicz wilh 24 poinls on lour louchdowns. Lockporl ex- lra poinl lciclcers were good lor I6 oul ol I9 lries. Allan The Toe Slone gol I5 oul ol l8. The leam slarled oul winning ils lirsl lour games. Then we losl lwo in a row, bul won our lasl game. We swepl lo vic- lories over Sl. Charles, Balavia, Bradley, Malling lhe lackle on an enemy runner in lhe Bradle lo make sure lhe polenlial drive is slapped is a ' and lvlorris. Then we losl lo Reavis and Joliel Calholic-some ol lhe besl learns in lhe slale. Then came our viclory over Lemonl-as lhe season's linale. Among lhe many lhings lhal helped our leam allain lhe record lhal il did were lhe improved allilude ol lhe school body and lhe largesl allendances a Loclq- porl leam had seen in many a year. Com- munily enlhusiasm ran high. Everyone played well on a leam over- laden wilh crippling iniuries and all de- serve praise. Belore lhe lasl game, David Salbego and Carl Jonson were chosen honorary co-caplains by lhe leam. The mosl valu- able player was Carl Johnson chosen by lhe squad al lhe end ol lhe season. Nexl year's co-caplains were also chosen. They will be Tommy l'laller and Bill Johnson. s an unidenliliecl Loclr orl Porler. Comin from lhe side Y 9 P 9 R lph Hill l44l. Frank Ogren l92l and Carl Johnson T951 are seen com- ing from lhe righl lo add lhe finishing louches. Loclrporl won lhe game by a score of I6-0.

Page 30 text:

nexT issue. ANN BROZOVIC, arT IRENE BENCK, co-ediTor MR. GAHALA, sponsor WALTER BOYCE, co-ediTor ROBERT CLEARY, news e ior Wfanq Weak an Une 7ima, Under The able supervision oT John Gahala, new sponsor oT The Times, 2l senior iournalisTs wiTh The help oT some oT The underclassmen worked To puT ouT a newspaper ThaT would be worThwhile and oT inTeresT To The sTudenTs. The work oT geTTing ouT The paper is divided beTween The ediTorial and busi- ness sTaTTs. The ediTorial sTaTT does all oT The wriTing and arT work oT The paper. The business sTaTT handles The Tinances oT The Times. The co-ediTors are responsible Tor geT- Ting The maferial TogeTher, prooTreading iT, and geTTing iT To The prinTer. When The prinTer reTurns The galley prooT, The co-ediTors prooTread and arrange The ma- Terial aTTracTively on a dummy sheeT. The dummy, when seT up exacTly righT, is re- Turned To The prinTer Tor The Tinal prinT- ing. The news ediTors inTerview The vari- ous members oT The TaculTy and The sTu- denT body and give The readers an inTer- 26 esTing accounT oT school acTiviTies. The humor and gossip columnisTs relaTe some oT The humorous Things said and done in classes and Try To keep everyone in- Tormed abouT whaT is happening. The exchange column is made up oT inTeresT- ing and humorous arTicles Taken Trom oTher school newspapers. The sporTs wriT- ers reporT on games and keep everyone up-To-daTe on C-5.A.A. acTiviTies. The LockporT-Herald reporTers wriTe a very inTeresTing and inTormaTive weekly col- umn Tor our l.ockporT weekly paper Tell- ing oT The happenings oT The pasT week and giving a preview oT Things To come. AdverTising and circulaTion are The work oT The business sTaTT. Ads are soli- ciTed Trom local merchanTs To help Ti- nance The Times. The papers are sold in homerooms by sTaTT members. usually on The TirsT Tuesday oT The monTh. Seven issues were puT ouT This year wiTh many arTicles To inTeresT all. The Times ediiorial sfaff plans arTicles Tor The df LORETTA WOZNIAK, news ediTo BETTI KELM, news ediTor