Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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SCHEDULE We 7 St. Bede 0 Ottawa I3 Geneseo l-1 Rochelle I4 Princeton 7 Rock Falls 14 Hall 19 Sterling Russcll Dinges snags a pass by his finger- tips in the game with Geneseo. Tom Truck- enbrod runs inter- ference. They I9 12 , 0 27 0 26 39 0 TOP ROW: J. Elliott, T. Dickey. J. Owens, R. Saylor. R. Dinges: 4TH ROW Coach Joe Rollins, N. Miller, B. Taylor, K. Truckenbrod, B. Merritt: CENTER ROW: T. Munson, J. Bradshaw, V. Larson: ZND ROW: D. Rich. T. Potter J Hessenberger. L. Davis. T. Truckenbrodg BOTTOM ROW: R. Schmidt. J. Thorne B. Moss, E. Sheridan, D. Gallagher lull ' The T ' ln Our Spiril' On Saturday, August 23rd, the varsity football squad received their physicals and preliminary information at 8:30 a.m. On Monday, August 25th. 53 boys received their equipment at 9:00 a.m. and were ready to go that afternoon. Due to the slowness in preparing the new locker rooms. the boys had to dress on the stage at Northbrook for nearly the entire season. There are other incidents which only the boys themselves will remember-mixed up clothes and showers that were built for a few, under six foot, gradeschool students. Despite these difficulties, the team practiced hard among them- selves with the first team playing the second eleven and the third playing the fourth. The only difficulty for the coach this year was keeping the teams apart for they were all closely matched, and they all had the spirit to hght. Coach Lewis and Coach Joe Rollins hope that with the experience the juniors have gained and with the spirited sophomores coming up that they will have a more successful season next year. We hope they will. Though we haven't mentioned everyone on the team in this limited space, we know that it just isn't the starting eleven that make a team: but it is the substitutes and the depth on the bench that make a real strong team. This isn't the best year Mendota has ever had, but we are sure the boys played good clean football games and also that they learned sportsmanship which will follow them always. Mendota, usually resting easily in the upper berths of the southwest division of the NClC. found itself in the fourth place position this year. This was due largely to the opponents' fast running backs such as Mavity, Apple, Ramirez and Hetzel and also to some inopportune fumbles. Plc ax 12? Good Material

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lf . X . . t - - l r 7 Q84 .,.-. 1 ' TOP ROW: I.. Tentler. B. Leiser. J. Wehmeyer, A. Mitchell, L. Kerns: 4TH ROW: D. Scham- mel. D. Campbell. W. Johnson. L. Ambler. O. Countryman. Coach Ted Lewis: CENTER ROW: B. Glaser, S. Stein. J. O'Neill. B. Nashold. L. Kennedy. A. Near: ZND ROW: J. Virgil. G. Sondgeroth. R. Wells. R. Becket. C. Frey. J. Hartford. T. Corrigan: BOTTOM ROW: K. Hampson. R. Motter. K. Betz, J. Willard, R. Harmon: ABSENT: D. Rogers. M. Donahue but ihe Lacking of fhe LiH'le Somel'hing and Fumbles Kepl' Us from Winning More The Trojans, although favorites in the first game with St. Bede, were upset 19-7 by the Bruins who had a heavier line. The score at the half was: St. Bede 6, Mendota 0, with the Bruin's touchdown being scored by Bill Egan on a IO yard run. In the third quarter Kinczewshi charged over the center of the Trojan line from the 3 for St. Bede's second score. On a pitchout from Virgil, Davis threw a 25 yard pass to Bradshaw which was good for 40 yards and Mendota's first T.D. Tom Potter carried for the conversion making the score I3-7 for St. Bede. On an intercepted pass Egan ran 50 yards for the Bruin's third T.D. making the final score 19-7. ln the first home game of the season Mendota was host to the Ottawa Pirates. who were the victors with a score of I2-0. The two touchdowns were made in the first half. One was made by R. C. Johnson on an end run and the other by Jerry Chevalier on a short pass. The highlight of the game came with Jerry Virgil's taking of a punt from Clapper on the Mendota 4 and with good protection and fancy footwork running 96 yards for a supposed touch- down. lt was. however. called back to the Trojan 32 where he had stepped out of bounds. The Trojans were held scoreless in the remainder of the game due to intercepted passes and penalties. On September 26 the Trojans raked the Geneseo Maple Leafs I3-0. The Trojans looked like a different team than the one that had lost to St. Bede and Ottawa. blocking and tackling like professionals. The Mendotans domi- nated the Maple Leafs throughout the game, looking considerably stronger on defense than in the two previous ones. They were fine on offense too. pass- ing with much success. Tom Truckenbrod and Jerry Hessenberger did the Larry Davis charges around right end for a nice gain before being stopped by Geneseo's Chuck Ger- nant