Milbank High School - Kennel Yearbook (Milbank, SD)

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Milbank 19 Webster 12 Milbank won this Homecoming thriller in last 40 seconds as Butch Jackson picked off a Webster pass and went all the way breaking a 12 12 deadlock. Johnson’s 7 yard run and Raffety’s 41 yard run had given Milbank a 12-0 lead. Jacob’s 75 yard run and 25 yard pass to Bates had tied up the score. Defen- sive play of Jack Price and Bill Rethke was outstanding in the clutch. Milbank 48 Doland 0 All three units got plenty of work in this contest, especially on de- fense. Raffety scored twice on runs of 2 and 30 yards. Jackson scored twice on runs of 3 and 80 yards. Reents and Hedman scored once each on runs of 50 and 10 yards respectively. PAT’s were scored by Hedman, Johnson (2), Raffety, Bruce and Ed Schaffer. “B” Game Results Milbank 27 — Sisseton 7 Milbank 7 — Watertown I. C. Milbank 33 — Sisseton 31 Milbank 21 — Ortonville 7 Milbank 18 — Wrebster 13 Milbank 45 Redfield 0 The Bulldogs broke open a tight game by scoring an unbelievable 5 touchdowns in a wild fourth quar- ter at Redfield. The score was 13-0 at end of third period with the ball in midfield. Don Volkenant scored 3 times in 4th quarter on runs of 45. 45, and 70 yards. Gary Hedman had a 2nd period TD of 1 yard. Butch Jackson scored in 3rd per- iod on 5 yard run and in 4th period on 40 yard run. Bill Rethke had 4th period TD of 30 yards. PAT’s were scored by Jackson, Volkenant and Bruce. Clarence Forman play- ed tremendous on defense. Milbank 41 Groton 7 Milbank ground over a tough Groton Tiger squad at Groton be- fore a Homecoming crowd that in- cluded Gov. Foss. TD’s were scored by Don Volkenant, Gary Hedman. Mick Raffetv. Butch Jackson. John Bruce and Darwin Seim on runs of 55. 22. 15, 10, 2, and 2 yards respec- tively. PAT’s were scored by Hed- man, Jackson. Burns plus a safety. Milbank 40 Sisseton 6 The Bulldogs turned in a real fine performance to down a good Sisseton team. Jackson had 2 TD’s of 8 and 1 yard. Johnson, Seim, Ron Boe and Volkenant scored on plays of 4, 35, 25 and 5 yards res- pectively. PAT’s were scored by Raffety (2), Jackson and Volke- nant Sisseton’s Helgeson scored on 72 yard run. Milbank 55 Clark 14 Bulldogs were not to be denied their undefeated season as they trounced a good Clark team. Gary Hedman, senior QB, elected honor- ary captain earlier in week, res- ponded his team mates selection by scoring twice on runs of 55 and 10 yards and passing for 4 more TD’s on two heaves of 50 to Reents, to Karels (42) and Volkenant (17). Johnson also had a 5 yard scoring play. PAT’s were made by Jackson (2), Volkenant, Johnson, Raffety, Forman and Seim. “B” Football Squad Row 1: L. Johnson, J. Nixon, B. Burns, A. Karels, J. Nel- son, B. Englert, R. W’ibbens. Row 2: M. Swanson, L. Boerger, D. Boerger, A. Buus, R. Modin. T. Skoog, C. Fssington. Row 3: D. Pauli. J. Koch, R. Arnold, R. Spahr, J. Koch, J. Mertens, W. Folk, B. Wilson. Row 4: Coach Modin, V. Pepka, N. Forman, L. Cramer, I). Anderson, I). Hamilton. R. Hoeke. I). Meadows. R. Annett. 7

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“A” FOOTBALL SQUAD I r Row 1: K. Fenner, I). Rehnke, G. Hedman, E. fiance, VV. Rethke, J. Bruce, I). Aesoph, E. Schmidt, F. Holbert, E. Schaffer. Row 2: R Reents. K. Derrick, D. VanVeen, R. Karels, C. Forman, R. Johnson, R. O’Shaughnessy, M. Raffety, I). Montag, D. Jurgens. Row 3: Assistant Coach Engelhard, J. Price, R Boe, R. Camus, J. Lowthian, R. StrobI, M. Jackson, D. Larson, C. Nelson, T. Schlosser, D. Volkenant, R. Burns, D. Seim, Coach R. Greeno. Milbank’s football team made quite a name for itself in going undefeated through a tough nine game schedule. In winning the NEC banner they swept through seven games without defeat. The other two wins, coming at the start of the season, were over Ortonville and Madison teams. Bill Rethke was named to the first All-State eleven man squad and Clarence Forman was named to the third All-State squad. Members receiving honorable mention for All-State were Royce Reents, Gary Hedman, Butch Jackson, Jack Price and Mick Raffety. This team put the finishing touches on some great coaching by Bulldog Coach Rollie Greeno, and helped him capture the South Dakota Coach of the Year Award. Bulldog Football Record - - 9 Wins - 0 Losses Milbank 34 Ortonville 6 Mick Raffety scored 9 yard TD after Ortonville fumbled first play of game. Butch Jackson had 2 TD’s each of 16 yards while Roland Johnson scored from 5 yards out and Royce Reents on a 15 yard pass from Gary Hedman. John Bruce and Hedman each had one PAT while Johnson had 2. Ortonville scored on long pass from Bergland to Green. 6 Milbank 42 Madison, Minn. 18 After leading only 14-12 at half- time, the Bulldogs scored three TD’s in 3 minutes right after half to break the game wide open. Mick Raffety scored 3 TD’s on runs of 4. 18 and 26 yards. Butch Jackson, Darwin Seim, and Gary Hedman scored once each on runs of 3, 25, and 1 yard respectively. Roland Johnson had 3 PAT’s while Hed- man, Don Volkenant and Roger Burns 1 each. Madison’s passing combination of L. Hoffstad to D. Hoffstad worked for two long scores and Clemensen plunged over for the other Dragon TD Milbank 61 Britton 0 The Bulldogs crushed a demor- alized Britton Brave team at Brit- ton in opening of NEC play. John- son scored twice on runs of 8 and 5 yards. Raffety scored twice on runs of 5 and 1 yard. Rollie Karels, John Bruce, Darwin Seim and Dave Jurgens scored once each on runs of 20, 19, 8, and 1 yards respective- ly. PAT’s were scored by Hedman, Jackson (2), Bruce (3), and Vol- kenant.

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CAPACITY CROWD ATTENDS ATHLETIC BANQUET The “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame”—Elmer Layden, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Harry Stuhldreher—were the featured guests at Milhank's athletic banquet. Mil- bank was very lucky to have such famous guests, as they appeared as a complete group in only six places in the U. S. in 1958. Other places besides Milbank were Dallas, Miami, Pittsburg and Annapolis. The four greats made a hig hit with their comments and football stories. CROSS COUNTRY TRACK TEAM Varsity Cross Country Winners 1. David Hermans (11) 2. Jack Barnes (10) 3. Lawrence Webb (12) 4. Dean Webb (11) Kenneth Wellnitz (10) Numeral CrossCountry Winners 1. Len Schliesman (11) 2. Wayne Mors 19) Meets Participated In NE Conference (1st) Milbank Invitational (3rd) State (7th) AAU Got Him!