Mendota High School - Atodnem Yearbook (Mendota, IL)

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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

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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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BC HEDUI I- Th 1 St Bede Ottawa Cleneseo Rochelle Prmceton H 1 Rock Falls Stcrlmg IETTER WINNERS Kelth Alth111s Don Mlller W Crua Beardsley Steve Carlson Kent Carn1h1n Bruce Chrlstmann John Pohl Loren Rlch Eugene Sawm Duane Stremlau Dale Truckenbrod Fred Walters Blll Motter Bob M11nson Dave Nance Walt Plller Dlck Cl1n1te Ron I-outs D lbert behrke Fd Hanson Bernard Klem Jlm Mahar BACK ROW I Pohl L Rlch J Mahar W Puller D Nance D Cl1 nlte MIDDLE ROW B Klem L Bunton B Marmlon E Hanson R Weltzel FRONT ROV! B Shlrey D Truckenbrod K Stauth D Stamberger The J1ytees htd 1 re1son1bly successful se1 son Wlth four wlns 1nd four losses At a gl mee the tot 11 score sheets show th 1t the J 1ytees scored 96 pomts to thelr opponents 70 pomts Co1ch W uty lost one of his Oflglfl 11 h illblcks when ln the Rochelle g1me Delbert Gehrke broke hls 1n kle keeping hlm from pl 1y1ng m the last tour g1mes On September 12 the Jlytees met the Brums at St Bede lostng 9 0 Even though they were on the bottom they wtged 1 good battle Thelr de fense looked very good wlth Jrm Mthar Delbert Gehrke and Cralg Be lrdsley SIlI1dlI1Q out The first wxn came to the Jlvtees xgunst the Ottawa Plrates wlth 1 score ot I2 0 Although the Plr 1tes were very tough on defense the alr route seemed to work for the J xytees On a p1ss from Gehrke to Kent Carn1han cnme Mendota s hrst score A S y1rd p1ss from Bruce Chrlstm mn to Crng Beardsley whnch w1s set up by 1 35 y1rd pass from D1le Truckenbrod 1lso to Be lrdslev completed the scormg for the evenmg D1ck C11 mte lntercepted an Ottawa pass and returned ll to the 3 yard lme, but trme ran out September 26 found Mendota's j1.n1or varslty squad bowmg to a strong Geneseo eleven 18 I2 Te9 teen ay by lnlurles and The hfst qu nrter was scoreless ln the closmg mm utes of the second quarter Geneseos h1lfb1ck broke loose md sc 1moered 65 ytrds tor the TD H tlftlme score read Geneseo 6 Mendot1 0 The thlrd qu lrter produced most of the scormg wlth two Geneseo b1cks bre1k1ng loose for 1 46 ytrd TD sDr1nt and tn 88 yard run .llI'I1 M1h1r 1lso hlt paydlrt on 1 ii y 1rd run In the fourth quarter D1le Truckenbrod ran 38 ytrds to cl1m1x 1 70 ytrd touchdown dr1ve tor the loc1ls Bernard Klem was the hero ot the moment wlth two key blocks whlch kept the drtve gomg The Rochelle sophomores were the v1ct1ms of the J zytees on October 3rd All the scormg was done IH the nrst h1lf on Z1 pnr ot CXCllllI'lg long runs ln the hrst quarter Delbert Gehrke broke loose and sc tmoerecl 70 ytrds for the TD ln the second quarter Jlm M 1h1r took ofl on 1 long dns tmce j1unt that covered 60 yards 1nd collected s1x pomts W1lt Plller idded both of the extrt pomts m ikmg the scoreboard re 1d Mendota 14 Rochelle 0 In the followmg home game Mendota's first score came wnth only ten seconds gone ln the sec ond quarter on 21 short pass from Chr1stmann to Beardsley Two mlnutes and 44 seconds later 21 We ci 0 . . 9 ll ' 11 ll ' . IX I4 11 25 ' 0 27 2ll 6 x , f fl 'l 6 - . 34 ' 0 , I3 if - 2 r r 22 Bill Marmion 2 . 2 2 2. 2 ' - 2- 2 .' y '- .' ' ' 2 ' ,. ' 2 1 . , 5 ' . 2 2 2 5 2 2 J ' ' 2 ' 2 Q - 2 ' ' ' ' ' 2 2 ' . ' : . 2 , i. L . . . i 1 . 2 L . . 2 N . . 2 ' ' 2 - . 2 . 2 ' ' 2 2 . ' ' ' 2 ' ' ' ' ' h ' ' 2 ' . ' 2 2 2 2 . ' ' ' 2 . - 2 . 2 ' ' Q 2 ' 2 , ' 2 2 ' . ' - . 2 ' ' 2 '. ' . 2 2 ' . ' - ' ' ' ' ' 5 ' ' 2 ' . ' ' ' ' '. ' 2 . 2 ' V . , 5 ' ' ' ' 2 24 ' 2 2' . 2 . . ' ' I I . B . i . - . . , 2 2. . . . 2 . ' if ' ' . 2 1 2 . ' 2 ' 2 7 ' 5 ' ' 2 2 2 - 5 . -- 2 2 ' 2 2 li ' ' 2 2' , ' 2 2 ,- 2 .' ' ,. 2 ' 2 ' 2 ' 2 ' , 2 2 ' J. ' ' 2 ' ' 2 : ' . Have an Average