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

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This unusual shot of foofball players under The hot sun was taken during fhe first game of fhe season al Sf. Charles. The femperaiure was 80 in the shade, bu+ Lockporf rrampled Si. Charles 26-0 in spiie of the heal. Successlul Grid Season EU' hlfliiilslflila EE2?.'?.S'2L1 'iff 'lie 11ElL'n-1eZTaZ1'2i,nZ,Zfliifl VARSITY FOOTBALL RECORD l954 Teams Oppomemls Loclcporl S+. Charles O 26 Balavia O I3 Belvidere l2 O Morris 6 3l Calholic l-liqh I3 7 lvlarmlon lvlililrary I3 I4 Lemonl 6 24 lolals: Won 5 Losl 2 29

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Yeah Maroon! Yeah Whilel The cheerleaders wiTh new uniTorms and some snappy new cheers, drew The approval oT The Tans. The resulTs were record aTTendances aT ganees and added enThusiasm Trom The cheering secTion. Cn December 4, The girls aTTended a cheerleading clinic aT BloomingTon, and reTurned home wiTh ideas Tor many new cheers. Ivlrs. Rose, as sponsor, organized a pep club This year and helped creaTe more inTeresT in cheering. She and The girls did a swell iobg we're all proud oT Them and oT The impression They gave To oTher schools. Nice going, lcidsl EnThusiasfic cheering and shoufs of encouragemenf from The specfafors and cheerleaders urge The Team To victory. Back row: Pafiy Drake, Jane Murray, Barbara Flelcher, CharloTTe Grant From row: Donna Williamson, Joan Alexander, Doris Vahle, Janice Day-captain. 28

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Back row: Coach Hill, Coach Cisler, J. Dierf, R. Johnson, W, Jensen, A. Gill, T. Haller, G. Rullkiewicz, K. Wilson, T. Cannon C. Jones, W. Tilsy, Manager J. Miller, Second row: Manager W. Keffman, J. Kennedy, G. Smifh, R. Kluska, W. Gulden, W. Johnson, D. Huessner, J F T'k ST D hh E Sh ll J L gh Ma g r F Rodrig F nl' row L Vercellofi G Y g R N T . iT1pa ric,A one, .Eic or . unnin am, G. Derenski, D Hall, J. Orawiec, E ST pl D Kasper J. Cole D Gray. I.. T. I-l. S. FooTball As The Tinal gun sounded aT The Lock- porT-ST. Charles game, which we won 26-O, The Tans began To wonder if This Team would be one oT Those excepTions To The rule ThaT a TooTball squad can'T have a winning season Their TirsT year under a new coach. Their hopes increased as The season progressed and The Team conTinued To be a winning one, in TacT, iT was The besT in guiTe a Tew years aT l..T.l-l.S. Coach Ed Cisler has had a repuTaTion Tor being a Tine TooTball coach, and iT is now easy To see why. WiTh Tom I-laller and Bill Johnson as co-capTains, The PorTers scored a ToTal oT IIS poinTs, while Their opponenTs marlced up only 50. Bill Jensen, leading yard gainer, who piclced up ZI3 yards, was also The leading scorer wiTh six Touchdowns Tor 30 poinTs. Allen STone 30 was successTul on 7 oT I8 conversions. ATTer deTeaTing ST. Charles and BaTa- via, we received our TirsT seTbaclc Trom Belvidere. During The remainder oT The season, we Toolc vicTories over lvlorris, lvlarmion lvliliTary Academy, and l.emonT, losing once more To CaTholic l-ligh. AT The end oT The season, when The Team sTaTisTics were Tallied, The PorTers came ouT on Top in every deparTmenT. Also Tour oT The players were voTed To The JolieT Area All-STar Team. They were: Jerry RuTlciewicz, end-TirsT Team: Tom l-Ialler, baclc-second Team: Bill Jensen, Tull back-special menTiong and Allen STone, Tackle-honorable menTion. l.oclcporT Tans will remember The l954 Team wiTh pride because oT The wonder- Tul season ThaT year.