Milbank High School - Kennel Yearbook (Milbank, SD)

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THE MHS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN RESULTS OF GAMES: Varsity YARDAGE STATISTICS: Opponent MHS Ball Carrier Attempts Total Yardage Average Ortonville 0 13 Bill Wilson 103 670 6.5 Madison 19 6 Rich Raffety 102 387 3.8 Sisseton 20 13 Britton 6 13 Joel Johns .... 46 313 6.8 Webster 13 14 Jon VanderVelden 9 117 12.0 Doland 0 25 Redfield 13 13 Frank Pepka ... 42 113 2.7 Clear Lake 6 50 Dave Tassler 29 102 3.5 Rich Jurgens 8 44 5.5 Total 77 147 Gary Hedman 5 32 6.4 Jim Kockx 10 32 3.2 B Squad Larry Johns 1 3 3.0 Opponent MHS Jerry Menze 1 2 2.0 Webster 0 2 Royce Reents 1 3 3.0 Sisseton 14 7 — — Webster 7 0 Totals 359 1818 5.1 Sisseton 0 6 Ortonville 19 7 A FOOTBALL First Row: J. Johns , B. Wilson , L. Crowl , D. Jurgens , R. Rents , N. Anderson . Second Row: J. Hance , T. Jurgens , J. Kockx , R. Karels , J. VanderVelden , C. Selchert . Third Row: C. Hedman , L. Johns , D. Tassler , D. Raffety , F. Pepka . Fourth Row: D. Kasuske , D. Aesoph , J. Schloscer , E. Flanery , J. Christenson . Three stars ( ) indicate major award winners. Major award winners not pictured are Jerry Menze, Byron Wendland, and Rich Ekern. Larry Johns was elected honorary captain of the 1956 footbal Iteam by the varsity award winners. 23

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SELF-SATISFYING REWARDS OF PRODUCING FINE MUSIC. CORNET TRIO HI FI'S C. Hendrick, G. Dailey, R. Wilde. 1st row: Ross J Trapp, A. Siewert, L. Flathers, S. Davenport, B. Treis, J. Lowthian. 2nd row: J. Randall, M. Berquist, B. Larson, S. Meadows, G. Dailey, C. Hendrick, R. Wilde, M. Burges, M. Campbell. SUPERIOR SOLOISTS C. Van Veen, M. Burges, J. Randall, L. Swanson, S. Berkner. TWIRLERS B. Larson, P. Weekley, A. Siewert, M. Campbell M. Burges Milbank band soloists and ensemble members garnered ten superiors, eleven excellents, and six grand concert re- commendations at the annual Solo and Ensemble contest held in Watertown on February 13. At the Tri-City Festival on April 13 in Watertown the band received a su- perior rating for an outstanding musi- cal performance. This year five MHS band members at- tended the annual All-State Band, held in Deadwood, South Dakota, on March 29-30. Region III tryouts for the band were held on January 5 in Brookings. The Band was directed by Raymond Dvorak, University of Wisconsin band director, and was composed of 164 South Dakota high school musicians. ALL-STATE BAND M. Burges, J. Randall, C. Hendrick, A. Siewert, M. Campbell, Mr. Sorensen 22

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TRULY A 'GENERATING PLANT.' REGARDLESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SCORING Player TD's PAT's Total Rich Raffety 7 0 42 Bill Wilson 5 3 33 Joel Johns 5 2 32 Frank Pepka 1 2 8 Dave Tassler 1 2 8 Jon VanderVelden 1 1 Safety 8 Gary Hedman 1 1 7 Rich Jurgens 1 0 6 Jim Kockx 0 1 1 Ed Flanery 0 1 1 Jerry Menze 0 1 1 TOTALS 22 13 147 FINAL STANDINGS OF THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE IN FOOTBALL: Team WON LOST TIED PERCENT- AGE Sisseton 4 1 0 .800 Redfield 5 1 1 .786 Webster 5 2 0 .714 Milbank 3 1 1 .700 Britton 2 3 1 .417 Clark 1 4 1 .250 Groton 1 5 0 .166 Doland 1 5 0 .166 B FOOTBALL First Row: D. Sannes , D. Kasuske , C. Korstjens , R. Bray , J. Price , R. O'Shaughnesoy , C. Forman , D. Van Veen . Second Row: J. Bruce , K. Derrick , R. Wilde , D. Nelson , M. Jackson , M. Raffety , A. Gesswcin . Third Row: C. Nelson, B. Wilson, B. Dockter, G. Korstjens, E. Boerger, R. Burns , D. Larson , D. Aesoph. Fourth Row: Mr. Modin—Assistant Coach, R. Hild, D. Anderson, Mark Ahles. Three stars ( ) indicate major award winners; two stars ( ) indicate minor award winners; one star ( ) indicates numeral award winners. Other award winners were David Nelson ( ) and Tom Schlosser ( ). Bob Dockter received the manager award. 24