Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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a 5 A i Refill . .Q Banning Jewett Josh Karsting Reidy Poffenberger 'I'hc llc-zirczll grirlstcrs 1'vlur11orl liumc to play XXI- wzitclic-ll our tn-:im full lu thc' lizmlls ul' tha- l.c-xiiiglrm AlilllllClllCll xviilluul thc sciwicc 11 fzist :mtl clcccptivc' yllliziiicc c-ls-wil llll Il siiuw- of News :incl Nliiglit, who wcrcmil with injuries. cmm-1'c-cl griclirmi thc next wt-clit-ml on ilu- lzil- l.cx look :ulvziiitxigv of thu fill llllSCl10S :mil timlq lc1 s ficlll. The llullclogs miiipi-il In :1 Sl-ll llc- :1 I0-7 triuinllli. lfllllllllfli 'lim llzmscii lmzissc-cl vision :mtl went on to lic winners iii thc XX't'hlt'l'll to llrinlq for thc t':1t's only tzllly. Klziyllc1'1'y, llrllf of thc llig 'lien Liuiifviwiicc iillllllllllllllflllill, wlm v:ii'i'ic-ml thc lozul fm' licziriicy in thu zllisciivc' rlllllll llclwilui' plziycsl :1 finc gxum- flu-fmisivclj, of Xliiglit, plum- liiclccml thc' extra point. with his cmisistcnl h:u'cl tziclxlcs. The fmvlluwiiig week was thc licziriicy lliglfs Hui' tczim met thc Blctilolx llismis llllll mis lnniicmiiiiiig grunt- with the Scotlslmluff eleven. clcfczitcrl hy Z1 goml passing IlllIlk'li 25-rl, llzilf- 'llhv lllliffsilwii were thc largest our squzul met hawk Xllight cut lmclc on :ui offflziclxlc- play :xml lllll'lllQ thc' entire sc-zlsmi. :'Xlll1m1g'l1 wc wow out sprintf-cl 29 yzlrcls to pay flirt for thc i':il's only in-iglim-fl nm-zirly l4 pmimls pci' man, our tcnm lzilly. lql'L1lllll2lCli was mitstznilliiig ull :lt-fm-ilsv stmul up xxx-ll :mel finislic-fl strong 2lg2llllSl thc- :ls hc L'OllllllllUll5lf' iiiln-Iwi-lltwl prism-s. liiini-ll muvli lliggm-r ulwpuiu-ills. lqCIlI'llCj'.S mlcfciisiw llnlm llzmiiing IllIlyL'll his lx-sl gziim- uf lhv scxisinl. play was lcrl luy l'1vffci1lwc1'gc'1' :mil lNij'lCl' Nc-lsmi liuml lmluclfing :mil Inclfliiig, whivli xxcrv lust in up front :incl Shin-lrls, Nl:1ylmc1'i'y :mil lql'lllIllJIlCli 1n'cx'iu11s gzuiics. was CYllll'llt'k'll ln' thc lit-:limits in thc' sc-cmirl:1i'y. un thc' cwlrl sliuxx'-vm'v1'cml Klclkmlt grillirllii, 1951 Varsity Football Squad-Row 1: Kyler Nelson, Ken Adams, Mike Van Horne, Tom Shields. George Wright, Dick Mayberry, Bob Josh, Larry Poffenberger and Mike Yanney. Row 21 Bob Shields, student manager: Fred Iburg, Dean Carmen, Stan Tatum, Randy Krumback, Jim Reidy, Dale Karsting, Jim Hansen, Angus Cameron and Wayne Wolford. Row 3: Coach Joe Greeno, Francis Moes, Tom Detwiler, Dave Brink, Dick Triplett, Tom Daniels, Allen Daggett, Bob Banning and Assistant Coach Dick Gilley.

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f ! Tatum Van Horne Brink Krumback Daggett Hansen lburg Wright , Our team matle the first trip of the season to Hastings anfl won the statistics hut lost the game 20-13. lt was a nip anal tuck hall game all the way with the lieareats trailing one point. l3-14, with 23 seeontls remaining in the game. XXI- saw, for the first time, our team work as a unit, anal hack Dick Xlayherry antl entls liavitl Brink antl .Klan llaggett turnetl in hril- liant games. Returning to the Kearney gridiron, we watehetl our team stop lloltlrege, 12-O, in a Southwest L'onferenee game, the lieareat win of the season. 'l'atum's pass interception anrl eight-yarcl return to the Duster's Z9 set up the first touehclown. l'ower-tlriring XYright then seoretl from the four-yartl stripe. Late in the fouth quarter, Tatum went over for the final tally. lYright's running and the tlefensive play of linehaeker Tom Shielfls antl guard lliek 'l'riplett paeetl out team. The varsity football team poses for a pic- ture in the bus just before leaving for Gothen- burg. .-..--- Junior halfback, Dick Mayberry, heads for paydirt after shaking a Lexington opponent. The light hut ruggerl Kearney Kats worriecl ancl heckletl much heavier tlrantl lslancl through forty-eight minutes of sloppy play on a water- loggecl gridiron, hut clroppetl a 7-tl tleeision for our fourth game of the season. Hn a fieltl that fensivelv l.lll'Ull llIllll thonffh tlisaster eaufrlit np . 25 ' A Pu with tackle l',l'1lllCl5 Kloes in the final quarter Nloes was a standout on both offense and cle- fense, hut was lost for the season with a lmroken leg. ,lirink also was lost early in the game with a leg injury, shattering the t'at's passing attack. Both teams were mumlclecl over from top to bottom. ancl iclentifieation of players he- eame cliffieult. Shieltls :tml liantly lirnmhaelt were among the tlefensive leatlers as lYright's running' sparked the L'at's offense. Page was a tluagmire, our team performetl well tle-

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T ' I tt Mayberry Cameron Moes Wolford Shields , rlp e 1 ' H imc wool: lzllc-1' our hnttcrecl but still game siluzul ll'1l.YClCll to Gotlienburg. XYg'VV2ltCll0ll :is the Cuts went foxdefezit 427-13. XYrigl1t, itup scorer for the Cuts, mncle both Lzfllys. A pass fruin jim llizuiseu to quarterback Mike Van lluriie 'cmuplctcd tliefixtra' point. 1 X, A A i l With the ,football season oyer, we discovered tlizit our team had several meinbers who re- cciwil l'CClJQllitiOll-Cillbtilifl Tom Shields was clmsen on iilllllC1lhlll'g :Q 'ull-oppmiciit team :md was also 1'ccugiiizvml'l1y fi0YCl'il0l' Yzil i,L'iCl'Si'lil. Scwrzil other liczirczxts wen- licmorccl on myiliicnl squzuls. XYQ wish good luck to the 1952-53 KL'1ll'll0j' lligli fuullmll squad. 1951 Reserve Football Squad-Row 12 Alan Morris, Harold Eckhoff, Don Lizer, Bob Thompson, Glenn Slatter, Eddie Saldivar, Boyd Deets and Ron Nelson. Row 2: Loren Thompson, Ronnie Bickford, Bobbie Steele, Gale Shields, Merle Kealy, Bob Peters, Gene Harvey, Steve Lowe, Jay Hackett, Bill Surface, Dan Leibee, Pat Elliott, Clark Matt- son, John Martin and Jim Crowley. .- 4 1' 7 A W . Q H' X in .K Sw 1 1. 9 l y i ' I l , B 9' xf -X, ' x .VK X ix .AA 'ew It's a pass complete, as Dick Mayberry catches the slippery pigskin in the Grand Island tussle.