Metz High School - Mohawk Yearbook (Metz, IN)

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Left to right: Larry Musser, Donald Hantz, Gene Hoyer, Billy Pierce, Gordon Cleckner, Lloyd Sowles, Ronald Hantz, Jack Heller, Raymond Oliver, Bruce Burns, Mr. Boling fCoachJ. Cheerleaders: Joan Lechleidner, Helen Green. I-IIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL The baseball team got off to a good start this year by beating Fremont in the opening game. As the season came to a close there was only a four way tiefor 3rd and 4th place in the County, between Scott C., Salem Center, Flint, and Metz. Metz played Scott for the third place and Flint played Salem for fourth place. Then as the tourney ended Metz was playing Flint in the final game of the tourney. Flint was the winner of the 1952-53 baseball Championship. Metz was the r unner -up. The scores of the Games were as follows: Metz 8 Fremont 2 Scott Center 2 Orland l Flint 4 Salem Center ' 3 Hamilton 23 P. Lake Playoff for third place Metz Scott Center County Tourney Metz 2 Fremont Metz l Flint Name S. Griffiths D. Fisher R. Stultz M. Cleckner L. Burns H. Buell I. Stultz L. Snyder W. Gilbert D. Wisner G. Morrison J. Campbell W. Hantz B. Willibey Position Batting Average O. F 407 1 B, 290 O. F 250 C, 242 S.S. 242 O. F 205 3 B. 161 p. 142 2 B, 13 5 p. 13 3 O. F 105 O. F 000 O. F 000 O. F 000

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52' i fr-' W :sas ' 1' ji,--1 Standing Qleft to rightl-Howard Buell, Gene Craft, Leonard Burns, Billy Willibey, Richard Petty, Leon Snyder, Paul Green, Mahlon Cleckner, John Campbell, Avon Caldwell, Coach Boling. Bottom-Stanley Gilbert, Lloyd Gearhart, managers. wifi -' Q ef .- AEN Top row-lleft to right!-Louie Fraley, Roger Stultz, Wendell Gilbert, Howard Buell, Richard Fisher, Ronnie Stultz, Sam Griffiths, Gene Craft. Middle row-Don Wisner, Leon Snyder, Glenn Morrison, Wendell Hantz, Mahlon Cleckner, Leonard Burns, John Campbell, Billy Willibey. Bottom row-Stanley Gilbert, Manager, Coach Boling, Lloyd Gearhart, Manager.

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FIRST TEAM BASKETBALL As we started our journey through the basketball season this year we came up against P. Lake as our first challenger. In our first game we were beaten 57 to 54. As our journey proceeded we played Hamilton and were beaten 56 to 44 While still recovering from the whipping Hamilton had given us, Scott Center stepped in and opened the wound deeper by beating us 72 to 38. With our wound well on the way to recovery we went up against the unbeaten Salem Cardinals only to have the wound reopened by taking a defeat of 55 to 32. We crossed the State line to try our luck. In Ohio we came up against the Edon Bombers and here we had the toughest game of the year. It was a fight to the finish with the Bombers beating us 53 to 45. We came home to face the Orland Tigers. We fought and fought but we just couldn't get out of the reach of the Tiger's paws and were crushed by the score of 69 to 50. Mr. Boling poured pearls of wis- dom into the boys' ears when we came up against the Mongo Dragons. The pearl of wisdom paid off as we beat Mongo 77 to 46. After winning our first victory our wound was completely healed and no team could even reopen it after we hadwon such a great victory. Much of our dislike the Fremont Eagles gave ua a severe lashing of 66 to 50. After so many beatings, we were able to accept defeat. We then entered the County Tourney to meet head on with the Scott Center Bulldogs. The Bulldogs nipped us and sent us howling back home. The rest of our games we played this year were not to successful but we did our best. All our game scores were in the forties and fifties, but the other teams just seemed to overpower us. Anyway, Sportsmanship plays the most important part in a ballgamef SECOND TEAM BASKETBALL The second team started off with a bang by beating P. Lake 59 to 22. Our next gamewas with Hamilton. We beat them 43 to 42. Next we came up against the Scott Center Bulldogs and here we beat them 58 to 17. By this time we were beginning to feel proudof ourselves and as thegames went on we won our games without a'ny trouble. We played Salem and didn't have any trouble beating them by a score of 41 to 34. Then we came up against the Edon Bombers and here we had quite a time beating, but we finally came out on top by a score of 36 to 35. It was a rough and tough game from beginning to end. Next came the game with Mongo and here we didn't have to work to win. We beat them 61 to l9.Then we came up against the unbeaten Fremont Eagles It was here the Eagles meet defeat. We entered the County Tourney and came out on top as the County Champions. We are looking forward to taking another championship within the next comming years. XSVQL Q3 1 4 lj Q 1 ji? ea f J f, I,