Manatee High School - Cane Echo Yearbook (Bradenton, FL)

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SEASON'S SCORES WE CHAMBERLATN ..,..39 PLANT .......A ...TS cLEARwATER ...45 NORTHEAST ...AT BOCA CIEGA T.... ...2o HlLLSBoRouoH 6 ST. PETERSBURG ...Ts Ill V MIAMI TECH ..., .H26 JEFFERSON ..T, . , .41 SARASOTA .. ...39 Co-Captains George Henderson lLeftl and George Wallace discussing 19 MANATEE HIGH HURRICANES VVESTER C0 FERE CE C0-CH MPS The Western Conference, rated as one of the toughest loops in the state, consists of Class AA teams from Tampa, St. Petersburg, Bradenton, and Sarasota. Plant and Hillsborough as well as our own Hurri- canes were among the top ten teams of the state. Since the conference was formed in 1953, Manatee has held second place in l954, first in l955, and tied for Hrst in 1956. strategy with Head Coach Wheeler Leeth. 6 THEY O 12 7 O O 6 13 O l2 O

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3412 SPDRTS Here's to MACOHI School dearest and best Ever we'll praise thee North, South, East and West-rah, rch, rah! Hail her glorious colors red, white, and blue Onward to victory, we're all for you.

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SEASON N BRIEF Manatee County football fans saw one of the finest teams MCHS has ever fielded during the i956 season. At one time, the Canes were rated the number two team in the state. Opening our season with a 39-O victory over Chamberlain, we proceeded to tame the Plant Panthers in a l3-l2 thriller. Gaining momentum, we beat the Clearwater Tornados and the Northeast Vik- ings by scores of 45-7 and 4l-O. We deadlocked Hillsborough, the team rated to win the Western Conference, 6-6. Our invasion of St. Petersburg resulted in another tie, this one l3-l3. Undaunted, the Canes returned to their own field beating Miami Tech 26-O in the tirst meeting of these two teams. Homecoming fans watched us down Jefferson High School 4l-O. Closing our season, was our traditional Sarasota game. We sank the Sarasota Sailors 39'O. Final standing showed Manatee tied with Hillsborough for the fourth Western Crown. This is the first tie in the short history of the conference. Snappy, precision drills of the Drill Team added color to each game, Season's repertoire included the Mexican Hat Dance, the Charleston, a gun drill a nd a flag routine. Rousing marches provided by the 82 piece Hurricane Band kept fans humming long after the season's whistles were blown. '7 ., 4 tw? 1 , .- as Q? , u 4 ug' First Row: Harold Floyd, Jim Bassit, Joey Wingate Dan Zoller Bert Ackles Blake Logue, Larry Walker. Second Raw. Francis Graham, Davis Ramsey, Buddy Jones, Newton Youngblood, Larry Nickel, Burdette Parent, Dennis Sauve. Third Row: Bobby Rushmore, Tommy Mclfachern, Larry Strasser, Johnny Helmlinger, Charles Harper, Roy Jackson, David Barton, Bill Howard, Bill Aldredge. 81 Assistant Coaches Don Linton and Cecil Ingram. SIMM