Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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be L Steve Lowe Dick Mayberry Guy Lam tk R w 1 student Manager Steve Smner 2 student Manager Alan Moms Cla' Row an and Jay V t Football Squad 0 1 d Tom Detwiler D ett Dean Carm om 125521 gan Lube: Boidlgmigtsn llNiIlblri?d'viiwJ?hr?llliart1n SRa2idg'eK1g:linl,'zef:2CrSABZIlJ Thsglpson, Ron Brickford Paul Ililiatkilfll Nlgwirna Dgoiiiihaloe Crlban Bob Fl'3manwBd2d Xssilstant Coach Keith Cottrell ac H n Loren Thompson John orro J ewett, J lm 8559 lslanders final points ln the last quarter Kearney recovered .1 fumble and on the next play ,lim Hansen scampered 51 yards for the Bearcat score Mayberry converted Coach Joe Cribari, Student Manager Alan Morris and Assistant Coach Keith Cottrell hold a session before the afternoon practice. Page 20 At Lexington on October 10 the Minutemen defeated the slow starting Bearcats 23 14 ln the first canto Jim Hansen was dropped for a safety attempting to punt from his own end zone Dick Dorwort led the Lexington crew as he sprinted 56 yards before bein hauled down on the next play he scored 4 pass from St John to Hall accounted for another Lex tally Just before the half ended the Bearcats demonstrated a passln game that covered 65 yards within a minute and ended in a touchdown Mayberry made good the extra point r The Minutemen scored first ln the second half by a pass from Hall to Phillipi. Dean Carman re- turned a punt to the Lex 20 and scored a few plays later. Mayberry converted to end the scoring 2?-14. With exceptional spirit the Bearcats traveled to Scottsbluff to tangle with the number two team in the state. The Kearney crew struck like lightning in the first quarter when a well-executed play with Krumlmack carrying scored from 44 yards out. lm- mediately following the kick-off, Gene Lacy broke off tackle and scampered 43 yards to knot the count. After the kick-off the Bearcats were forced to punt, and Scottsbluff started a drive that ended when Comstock scored. A fumble set up Scottsbluffs

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Jim Crowley Bill Surface Fred Harvey Tom Detwiler Tom Tye Steve Lowe pass and returned it to the Hastings six yard stripe. On the next play ,lay scored. but the play was nulli- fied by a penalty. After Hastings squelched this drive they took over the ball and drove 94 yards to score. The spirited Bearcats started another drive that ended when Hastings intercepted a pass on their own 17 yard line. Kearney's team still showed signs of greeness by their many fumbles. Traveling to Holdrege on September 26. the Bearcats copped their initial victory over the then undefeated Dusters, 20-13. Dean Carman exhibited spectacular running to lead the Bearcat offense. ln the second quarter, Carman scored Kearney's first touchdown of the season by racing 88 yards behind a wall of blockers on a punt return to score. Dick Mayberry converted. After the touchdown. Holdrege started to pass. and Krumback snagged one to run 36 yards to paydirt. Mayberry again converted. Shortly after Kearney's score. the Bearcats started to pass and 0'Connel intercepted an aerial and countered to bring the scoring to ll-6 in the Bear- cats' favor. ln the fourth period Carman swiped a pass and tallied his second touclidown of the eve- nina. Seconds before the game ended. ,lim Peterson C scored to make it 20-13. Allen Daggett Loren Thompson Jay Hackett Boyd Deets Gordan Morrow Bob Thompson An opening kick-off fumble on Kearneyis l2- yard stripe paved the way to a 20-7 Grand Island victory over the Bearcats on October 4. After re- covering the fumble, it took only two attempts be- fore Bon lloggy crashed the line for 6 yards and 6 points. Mangelson converted. Following an exchange of punts. the lslanders' gigantic line started opening up holes, and Dean Hatfield racked up another touchdown. As the second half opened. the Cats looked good when Jay Hackett returned the kick-off 39 yards behind vicious blocking. The run was overshadowed by a 15-yard penalty the next play. After receiving a punt Grand lsland started a drive which ended when Terry Trueblood scored the AhemZ Look at those physiques! Dean Car- man, Bill Brown, .lay Hackett, Clark Mattson, .lim Hansen, Loren Thompson, Jim Crowley and Jim Jones suit up for scrimmage. . -.O

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third touchdown after the intermission. and Michols capitalized by hitting paydirt from the 10-yard stripe. The scoring of the game ended when Ted Westerfelt caught a pass and rambled to the Kearney end zone. The real-hot Alliance Bulldogs boiled over the Kearney eleven 33-0 on October 2-1. The Bulldogs won the toss and chose to receiveg shortly there- after the Bulldogs countered. Alliance kicked ofl to the Bearcats and recovered to tally on the next series of downs. Kearney's only mild threat was a drive that started after intermission lrut fizzled in Bulldog territory. After the final shot sounded for the McCook- Kearney game. the Bisons were on top 27-19. 0'Donnel. 205 pound fullback. scored on the sec- ond play from scrimmage by racing 65 yards through the Bearcat defense to put the Bison ahead 7-U. Kearney struck back to lead 13-7 at halftime. ln the second half. the Bisons caught fire with a 20-point barrage to overcome Kearney's lead and win the game. Kearney's scores came when Dick Mayberry tallied from the two, and later Carman ended a 51-yard Kearney drive by crashing over from the one-yard line. Mayberry scored again in the third period to account for the Bearcats' final points. ln the final game of the season the Bearcats lost to G0tlleIlbl.lI' 14-0. Dave Jones. Swede quarter- back, cleverly mixed up plays and scored after an 84 yard drive from four yards out. ln the third quarter a screen pass from Ward to lones covered 63 yards. and Jones also scored the extra point to account for all of his team's points. As in years past. our win-loss record was un- impressivei but the team toiled very hard against tremendous manpower odds. The Bearcat schedule was one of the toughest in the state. Becognition of the outstanding players on the Blue and Gold team was rather slim. Dick May- berry was chosen by the players and coaches of our opponents as a back on the We-'t Big Ten second team. Jay Hackett valiantly eludes several would-be Duster tacklers during Kearney's victory over Holdrege 4, ff... Reserve Football Squad-Row 1: Dick Demos, Wayne Dobberstein, Dick Anstme, Jerry Meyer, Tom Prather and Bob Fox. Row 2: Coach George Brown, Glen Slatter, Bill Beavers, Jim Lee, Chuck Lindholm and Kenneth Worley. 4 7W- t fi 1 ,ml K