Lutheran High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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Luther Luther Luther I uther Luther L uther Luther Luther Luther Luther Luther GIRLS BASKETBALL Sheldahl Slater Boxholm Alumni Boone Jordan Napier P1lot Mound Slater O gden Jordan Luther I uther Luther Luther Luther Luther I uther Luther Luther Luther Luther P11ot Mound 30 Granger Napier jordan Boone Nap1er Slater 25 Ccountyb 24 fcountyl 56 Kcountyl 17 Csec D 50 lsec D Noodward 45 Ksec 7 Napier Boxholm 13 C2nd teaml Boxholm 34 Tuther 23 Broadlawn sNurses 36 The Luther g1rls' basketball team engoyed a very successful season winnmg twelve out of twenty two games The glrls won the conferenc tltle by de featlng each of the other member schools twlce wlthout suffering a setback For the1r achievements The other trophy was awarded to th1s team for wmning second place in the county tournament Although two games they won 11'l the county tournament were very close the glrls made a good showmg In the f1na1 game the Luther girls held the-1r own durlng the early part of the game but in the second half it became appar ent that we would have to be satisfied w1th second place In the Sect1onal tournament at Woodward L uther was successful 1n Wlflfllng their first round game with Napier In the second round of the S9Ct1On8l the glrls were defeated by Slater the team that went on to win the tournament In the consolation game the g1rls were beaten by a strong Woodward team Ruth Brundage was the high scorer of the season w1th 300 points Helen Hedblom was second w1th 227 points Other forwards who saw conslderable action were Jane Morrow Margaret Knox and Mary Herrstrom The guards positions were well filled by Z1ta McCoy Eloise Kenney Frances Whalen Iune Redmond Helen Henderson and Leota Johnson Although next year s team will be without the outstand1ng serv1ces of Z1ta McCoy in the backcourt the season s prosp cts are bright as Z1ta w1ll be the only member lost through graduanon Charlotte Doud accompanied the team as the1r manager and Mrs Nelson was the chaperon Luther Luther Luther Luther Sheldahl Slater Madrid 4 Napier Luther BASEBALL Luther Luther L uther 1 uther Boone Madrid Napier Lanyon 1 lSec J Boxholm 11 CSec7 SPRING BASEBALL 1945 The 4 0 shutout of Boone and the two victories at the expense of Mad dr1d hlghlighted the 1945 spring baseball season The team was successful m registering 7 victorles against 2 defeats m all encounters 37 38 46 ' A 17 40 , 44 53 38 19 , 33 ,. 27 35 27 43 70 36 35 16 29 ' 5 42 20 12 .' 36 ' 27 22 I . 20 49 I 42 34 32 Z0 10 36 27 50 D their efforts the conference champs received a beautiful trophy as a token of D v , , , . . 3 O 4 0 4 0 10 4 9 8 17 0 - 7 . 2 ' .

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Members of the squad and the positions they held were as follows Ray Eppert 2B Denneth Pies 1B Vernon Soderstrum SS Sherwood Myers C Bob Blomgren 3B Dean Nutt Bill W1secup and Dick Morros outfleld Ray Lee and Lyle Hurley were the regular starting p1tchers When the going got too tough they received rehef from Don Seaton Dean Nutt Vernon Soderstrum Sherwood Myers, and Lester Gates Other squad members who saw considerable actlon were hm Zenor Don Seaton, Dean Sigmund and Lester Gates FALL BASEBALL Although graduation in May 1945 took several regulars and the navy got Bill Wisecup 1n the summer of 1945 a green but w1ll1ng team made a good rec ord during the fall baseball season losing only three games Nl' le wmmng srx Probably the highlight of the season was the fact that Luthe r went t n lmals the sect1onal tournament at Slater only to lose to Sla er whom they had n et ou ly defeated Dick Morrow had the highest batt1ng averag or the ason Ml 1 366 Don Seaton came second and Sherwood Myers th1rd Fx a o -'1 Zenor Hicks and Gates home runs Myers 2 The regular lineup for the season consisted or D1 k Mom w SS Bch Blomgren 1B Don Seaton CF Sherwood Myers C Daul McCoy 2B Clyde Hlcks B Lester Gates LF Ilrn Zenor RF Ray I ee and I yle Hurley P Other team xnemb ers who played cons1derably were Dean Sigmund, Norman Lee Wayne Emckson and Bill Gildea The following games made up the fall schedule Luther L uther Luther Luther Aprzl 2 Aprll 9 Apr1l 12 April 16 Aprll 19 Luther Luther Luther Luther Napier 11 Napier 16 Slater 4 jordan 5 Granger 6 Luther 12 jordan 13 Kelly 6 CSec J 11 Granger O CSec I O Slater 8 CSec D The followlng made up the spring 1946 schedule Sheldahl there Aprll 23 Jordan there Boone here Apr1l 26 Napler here Madrld there April '30 Madrld here Jordan here M 3 Boone there Napler there May 4 Sectwnal Tournament What men like 1n women Looks 5 Looks 9 Looks Brams 6 Flattery Looks 7 Looks Money 8 Responsiveness Mrs Nelson ' l you love me W en m old and decrepl ?' Mr Nelson ' Yes I do Dick M.: Sir, your daughter is going to marry me. f Mr. Whalen: Well, what did you expect hanging around our house every night? Forger: A man who made a name for himself. S I Z S Z 1 9 ' O . , ' r 1 1 . . V , , . I , , l I , 0 1 Q I l Q , , .1 - . 2 ' .ot'ef'-.l of ' L va 'Q '1 ' L , - . ..'.L ' AAL 1 A LJ ' f e 'E se . 'tl . . ' , ' ess hits accogz- led for during the season were doubles--Myers 2, Morrow, Sentcng triples--lvlctioy 2, 9 9 I ' ' . . g . 'c oo 5 9 3 S -' 'A J K' 1 ' S .L 3 A -r ' 9 ' ' L ' 1 ! 1 1 I 11 ' 5 5 Q 16 10 , : ..-.. ..-- lf 1 . 22 ' . 31 4 4. , . : ' Wil h 1' 't ' , s n 0 Q , I