Meadows High School - Vespa Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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First row: Jerry Melone, Jim Bacon, Wilbourix Harmon, Dave English, Lawrence Nash to ich Second row: Pat Coleman, John Miller, Norman Collins, Glenn Erie, Bill Beazley, Bud Austin 'Plnrd row: Royce Gish, Bob Morris, Carl Williams, Bill Davis, Neil Lonsinger, gazing The second year of boxing at Ogden Meadows was action-packed and successful as Hornet mitters punched their way to new heights. Ogden Meadows' boxers fought ten matches with Oregon City, Hood River, Longview, Toppenish, Eugene, and Chemawa Indian School. The Hornets were acclaimed for team wins over the strong Oregon City and Hood River High School teams and the powerful Chemawa Indians. Coach Larry Nash tutored local pugilists and coached them dur- ing gym classes and outside of school, as they were unable to train together regularly. Nevertheless, the Ogden Meadows' fighting crew starred as a team. The squad has done very well though they had 'to do a lot of work on their own. This is a tribute to initiative and good individual training, Coach Nash acknowledged. Many Hornet mitters separately entered matches at the Golden Gloves and March of Dimes tournaments in Twin Falls, Idaho, and Portland, Oregon. The records of the Hornets in these matches were excellent. The Ogden Meadows' squad did not have any light heavyweight or heavyweight boxers. The boxers and their weight divisions were: Dick Coleman, Jim Bacon, Buddie Austin, flyweight: Bill Davis, Bill Beasley, bantamweightg Pat Coleman, John Miller, featherweightg Marvin Marczynski, Glen E'rie, Neil Lonsinger, Bob Morris, Dave English, Bruce Matheny, lightweightg Willziourn Harmon, Don Ward, Royce Gish, Dick Trexler, Bob Schumsky, Welterweight, Carl Wil- liams, Herman Kilwein, Jerry Melone, middleweight. 60

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I list row: William Collins, coach 1 Arthur Wolfe, Don Dineen, Ken Abernathy, Darrell Stutes mftn Leon Sheppler, Bud Hamilton. Second row: Clifton I-Iegstad, Boyd Compton, Jarvis Haugen Dem Weilitel, Mike Dineen, Pete Cabiale. The O.M. wrestling crew with Coach William Collins at the helm had an action-packed season scheduling some of the top grappling teams in Oregon and Washington. Thirteen boys received letters as wrestling became a major sport at Ogden Meadows. The wrestlers and their fight weights were: Art Wolfe, 1035 Don- ald Dineen, Ken Abernathy, 1125 Bob Turner, Clifford Hegstad, 1205 Darrell Stutesman, 1275 Leon Sheppler, Bud Hamilton, 1333 Rashie Boling, 138: Jarvis Haugen, Boyd Compton, 1453 Dean Weibel, 155, and Mike Dineen, 165. The O.M. '47-'48 wrestling team had a three win, seven loss season. Coach Collins scheduled strong teams to give the Hornets added ex- perience. With only three letter winners graduating this year, the out- look for future teams is bright, Coach Collins said. Ken Abernathy, Bud Hamilton, and Jarvis Haugen, graduating seniors will be missed next year. In the opening tilt, Meadows lost a close 28-20 decision to the Park- rose Broncs. The Hornets lost a 35-0 match to Canby, the Oregon cham- pions, but in a return match, the margin was narrowed to 25-16. A visit from two Tacoma teams netted a split for the Hornets. Lincoln high defeated them 26-5, but the Hornets came back to edge Stadium high school 15-13. Green and white wrestlers ended the sea- son commendably with two trouncing wins over the Hill Military Cadets. The scores of the two matches were 34-0 and 26-0. 59

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Ogden Meadow's tracksters had an eventful season schedul- ing matches with Hill Military Academy, Longview High School, Centralia High School, and Kelso High School. Other dual and triangle meets were scheduled with Southwest Washington squads. The Hornets also entered the sub-district track meet held in Vancouver. ,- Dave English, Clarence Harris, Wally Haydon, Mike Dineen, Virgil Soule, and Jerry Hamm made up the entire list of return- ing Hornct monogram winners. They fashioned the bulwark for the 440, 880 sprint, relay, shot, and discus events. Z Ogden Meadows initiated their second year of play in the Southwest Washington League. There were six teams complet- ing the baseball schedule. They were the Longview Lumberjacks, the Kelso Highlanders, the Ogden Meadows Hornets, the Camas Papermakers, the Vancouver Trappers, and the new member, the Battle Ground Tigers. Coach Larry Nash was at the wheel as the Hornet baseball crew rolled up an impressable season. Beside ten conference clashes Coach Nash scheduled tilts with Columbia Prep, Con- cordia and other independent teams. The Hornets had twelve returning lettermen to fashion the bulwark of this year's squad. All conference clashes were 7 inning contests and they were followed by 5 inning games for the B teams. 5 . H- Spare 61