Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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,NEW gClwclziugiu.. Coach lewis and Coach Rollins check in Vic Larsons player permit and physical before he is given a suit. Clwclunguut Sam Murdock. equipment manager, checks equipment out to Ray Motter for practice later in the day scoring for the Trojans, Truckenbrod scoring on an end run from the 9 yard line with Larry Davis carrying for the extra point, Hessenberger tallied on a run from the Mapleleaf 20 after Jerry Red Elliott intercepted the ball on Geneseo's 35. The next game was played on a Friday night at Rochelle. Fumbles were costly to both teams, but especially so for the Trojans in the final quarter. It was Rochelle's homecoming, and the Hubs put up a great scrap to finally win 27-14. The big guns for Rochelle were Hetzel, Sund, Weatherbee and Harms. Hessenberger, Virgil, Truckenbrod, Dinges and Potter did some fine running for the Trojans, but not without the help of Mendota's line which looked exceptionally sharp in opening holes in the Hub's defense. The scoreboard read Mendota 14, Princeton 0, as the boys in the purple and gold played a very fine defensive game. Don Rich, Trojan co- captain and the outstanding lineman of the eve- ning broke up play after play with the help of his teammates. The Trojans looked good on offense too, although Princeton's nine-man line was no easy mark for the hard runing backs. The game started out with the Trojans' having a little trouble with fumbles, but this was counter- balanced by Russell Dinges's intercepting of a pass from Princeton's quaterback, George Rich- ards, and scooting over for a touchdown. Jerry Virgil pulled a quarterback sneak for the extra point. In the second quarter Buck Hessen- berger broke through to the Tigers' two-man defensive backfield and hustled over for the touchdown. Jerry Virgil again powered over for the extra point. ln the last segment of play Coach Lewis came out with a free substitution plan that cleared the bench. On the next encounter, which was Mendota's Homecoming, the Trojans met with someone whom they would like to forget, namely Leon Mavity, Red Devil halfback who scored all of Hall's touchdowns. At the first of the game it looked as though Spring Valley was about to ruin their winning streak. Jerry Virgil drove over for the first TD after a 69 yard drive by the team with only four minutes and fifty-five sec- onds gone. Russ Dinges picked up the extra point. However, the tide seemed to turn against the Trojans as the Red Devils racked up 39 points. To show that the Trojans' spirit was still unbeaten, with less than a minute and a half to play Larry Davis cleared himself a 45 yard path and ran over for the touchdown with Russ Dinges carrying for the conversion. This made the final score read: Hall 39, Mendota 14. In the last conference game Mendota was downed by Rock Falls 26-7. This was due largely to the Rockets, red-hot backs, Louie Ramirez and Dave Gall, who found holes in the Mendota line and picked up yardage, and the fact that three Mendota punts were blocked and recovered by Rock Falls. With the Rockets having a 13-0 lead in the second quarter, Larry Davis romped 50 yards to the Rock Falls 19 and continued to

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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

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display his talents with a diving catch of Virgil's pass on the l yard line, afterwards carrying for the TD. A quarterback sneak by Virgil for the PAT put the Trojans back in the game. 13-7. However, even with some good runs by Weh- meyer, Butch Tentler and Potter in the latter periods, the Trojans could not increase this score. The MHS Trojans ended the grid season in fine fashion at Sterling by defeating the Warriors 19-0. Mendota was paced by the brilliant running of Butch Tentler and Jerry Hessenberger and the pass combination of Jerry Virgil to Jim Brad- shaw. Mendota's tallies were by Tom Trucken- brod on a 7 yard run, a 19 yard sprint by Hes- senberger, and a recovered fumble by Bill Taylor. Trojan lineman, in the Warrior end zone. When time ran out, the Mendota eleven was on the Warrior 15 yard line after Larry Davis deflected a pass enabling Dick Saylor to intercept for the Trojans at midfield. NORTH CENTRAL Southwest W L Hall ,,,, . . 5 0 Rock Falls .. . ,,,,,, ,,,,,, . . 4 l Rochelle . ,,,, . .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.., 3 2 Mendota r,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.. . 2 3 Princeton t,,, . fplayed tiel .. 0 4 Geneseo ,,,,,t.., tplayed tiel H 0 4 Northeast W L Streator . .. ,,,,,,, ,,,, . .. 5 0 Dixon , , 3 2 Ottawa .. 3 2 DeKalb ,,,,, 2 3 Kewanee .. I 4 Sterling .. 0 5 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 -13 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 v 6- 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 83 84 85 86 .lletten wimww Barney Nashold Rich Harmon Steve Stein Twig Johnson Raymond Motter Jerry Elliott Tom Potter Oscar Countryman Larry Davis Ken Hampson Jerry Virgil Bob Merritt Doug Schammel Kent Truckenbrod Earl Sheridan Don Rich Charles Frey Terry Corrigan Russell Dinger. Tom Truckenhrcd Jack Thorne Tom Dickey Jim Bradshaw Jerry Hessenberger Jim Owens Robert Glaser Jack Hartford Bob Moss Den Campbell Bill Taylor Louie Kerns Alvin Near Bill Leiser Doug Gallagher Vic Larsen Lynn Tentler Gerald Sondgeroth Richard Saylor Bud Miller Jim O'Neill Larry Kennedy Kenneth Betz James Willard Tom Munson Richard Becket Joe Wehmeyer Rich Wells Mick Donahue Allan Mitchell Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Sr Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr Jr. Sr Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr Sr Sr Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr Sr Jr Jr. Sr Jr. Sr Minor Minor Minor Minor Chevron Chevron Chevron Major Chevron Minor Major Minor Major Chevron Minor Chevron Major Minor Chevron Major Minor Chevron Chevron Chevron Minor Minor Minor Minor Chevron Minor Minor Chevron Minor Minor Chevron Major Chevron Major Minor Major Minor Minor Minor Major Major Major Minor Major Dean Rogers-injured during practice and had to drop out Co-captains Larry Davis and Don Rich lead the Trojans onto the field for the Homecoming game with the Hall Red Devils. 4 D bw