Millard High School - Millard Yearbook (Fillmore, UT)

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MiIlarcI's Selgaes never failed +o do +I'ieir par'r well while players go+ +l1eir half-lime inslruc- Lizlarcfwooc!-f oor Arfidfd Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard 'lions in dressing rooms. THE GIRLS WHO KEPT OUR SPIRIT HIGH PRE-SEASON GAMES 29--Moroni , , 536 , ,,,, M37--Panquilclfl , , , M48 ,H N40--Payson ., H .H56 ,, 3l--Moroni ,, , , ,,,,,, M49 , .46--Ephraim , , , 44 5 I--Gunnison ,i,. .. ,, ,745 , , ,,,, 44--Spanish Fork , Y, 66 43--Richfield , , ,. ,42 43--SHOW ---'-' Y- - -H49 Here are Joan, LaNiIa, and Theone all dressed up , 43--Norlli Sevier ,,,, ,,a,, 4 8 , ,6l--Tlrillc ,, .. , ., , , 50 42--Tinlic N , , A, ,4O ,4l--American Eorlr I . I 50 LEAGUE GAMES ,38--Beaver ,,,,, W42 52-Della A,,,, , ,N69 4 44--Parowan , 36 54--Millord , . ,,,,, M46 , 39--Beaver I , , 5l , 54-GDGIIG H ,, M, , 57 38--Parowan , 54 54--Millord , , I , ., 49 Ho+ aclion under +I1e baslcel never 'Failed lo keep The blood pressure high. THE TIP-OFF . . . ANOTHER TWO-POINTER . . . THE SECOND HALF Here are a few of our iypical Friday evening scenes 'lhal ihrilled Millard spec+a+ors lhroughoul fhe season. Millard boys are caughl by +I'ie camera man in +l1eir sfruggle wi'l'I'1 'rhe Della Rabbils, one of our besl opponenls. 69

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REGIONAL TOP HONORS . . . Team Members in Groups of Three TERRY BRADFIELD EDDIE BENNETT ROYAL THORNTON DUANE JONES EARL PAXTON HAROLD GENTRY MAX TERRELL WAYNE PETERSON ROSS MARSHALL ROGER ADAMS JOE JACKSON MIKE NIELSON I-lere are The boys who proved To Themselves ThaT They could sTac up wiTh The besT our league had To oTTer, buT who, unTorTunaTeIy, neve showed enough consisTency To make pre-season predicTions oT sporT wriTers come True. This year, as in The pasT Three years, hard Training Tor long TooTbalI seasons crowned wiTh sTaTe championships, leTT again long dark shadows oT aTTer-eTTecTs on our ball Team. The change Tron The oval-ball To The round one was a hard one Tor our boys: anc The polish To handle The laTTer wiTh skill Took aImosT all season beTore iT was saTisTacTorily masTered. IT is, ThereTore, liTTle oT a surprise To bo able To sum up Millard' successes oT The games played Tor keeps as Three vicTories, and a league sTanding oT nexT To lasT. I-Iowever, This accomplishmenT carries iTs owr sparkle when one recalls ThaT one oT The Three vicTories won is a seT back handed To our league's mighTy champions, The Parowan Rams No one else can claim This deed buT our Eagles. IT is Their masTerpiece .Mt anc! oT accomplishment Their highesT TlighT inTo The realm oT Tame. I-Iow ever, all oTher league opponenTs, wiTh The excepTion oT MilTord, clippec our wings, made sure ThaT The Eagles oT TooTball Tame sTayed groundec in baskeTball warTares. WiThouT a vicTory over Delfa, The season appeared raTher empTy buT Then again Those who saw The wesTsiders' sTruggle Tor vicTory, local ly, will admiT ThaT in This conTesT, like The one againsT Beaver, only The Tading minuTes oT playing Time marked The numerical disTincTion be- Tween The vicTor and loser. Our Eagles always Tried The besT They know how, only To see Miss EorTune Turn her smiling approval To our opponenTs, causing many a hearTbreak Tor hard-Trying, individual play- ers, as well as loyal Millard supporTers. This season The main burden oT our hardwood Tloor baTTles were placed upon Roger Adams, LeGrand Kimball, Ross Marshall. Mike Niel- son, Wayne PeTerson, Max Terrell, and Joe Jackson, all seniors. These Three-year-veierans carried our blue-and-whiTe colors inlo baTTIe anc made sure Thrills and spills OT baskeTbaIl conTesTs were a-plenfy. Their eTTorTs To keep Millard's respecTive sTanding in baskeTbaIl circles unf blemished sTand beyond doubT. Seniors, plus Their subsTiTuTions, were always ready To give Their besT, and leTT liTTle doubT To onlookers ThaT whenever They were called To acTion, acTions were produced. Their TighT and love Tor The game marked Them as good sporTsmen who de- veloped Their characTer Through play. Here are Their accomplishmenTs: AN INFORMAL PRE-SEASON SHOT l Thom leTT To righT:- MAX TERRELL, BILLY IVERSON, LeGRAND KIMBALL, MIKE NIELSON, ROSS MARSHALL, JOE JACKSON, and WAYNE PETERSON. 68

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YOUNGSTERS WHO WERE NEVER READY TO GIVE IN . . . LU' 0l'l'l0I Q gCL5L0f82l 5 True To TradiTions seT by former sophomores, This year's gang oT cIassmaTes oT '56 broughT again hope and ioy To Coach Williams, as They demonsTraTed Tor him Their unknown baskeTbaII TaIenTs. Again one and all Ieague member schools, as well as man ouTsiders, were deTeaTed, as These young Eagles perTormed wiTh remarkable success. LiTTIe doubT did They ifeave ThaT They mighT be, as Time rolls on, more Than qualified To Till The shoes of Their predecessors. Give us addiTionaI experience under Tire, show us how To polish oTT our rough edges, and we'II be ready To do our besT Tor M. H. S., is Their plea: and who knows wheTher or noT They couIdn'T be righT. This much is sure, aT IeasT a handful of enThusiasTic under year's seniors a run Tor sTarTing posiTions. MosT oT Them, iT buT everyone will be anxiously waiTing Tor The momenT when mores have heighT, a sharp-shooTing eye Tor The hoop, and a maTer. WhaT more could a coach ask Tor, To sTarT ouT wiTh? CriTicaI observers Trom sidelines agree ThaT quaIiTy building maTeriaI is on hand. All oT Them hope ThaT iT will prove useful, ThaT The sophomores' march Toward recogniTion will noT sTop wiTh This season .... Here are The resuITs ThaT are responsible Tor These opinions: Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard PRE-SEASON GAMES classmen will be ready, comes TaII, To give nexT is True, will be numbered among bench warmers, he, as subsTiTuTe, can reveal his abiIiTies. Sopho- willingness To play Their hearTs ouT Tor Their alma ,,,.,.,..,,,45--American Fork REACHING FOR THE STARS ,,,,,.,,.57--TinTic .........5O--NorTh Sevier ,,,s,.,,,'32--Ephraim ., , Y, N44-Gunnison A ,, ,W39-Moroni ,, ,,4I--TinTic ,36--Moroni Y, 48--Ephraim LEAGUE GAMES WN29-Parowan . WW46-MiITord . .........64--DeITa ,,,,,....3I--Beaver ghggm-29-.Milford These are The main five of our under classmen: WW,-38-..Del+a Rober+ Palmer, Harold Verhaaren, Eddie BenneTT. ,Mm-47iBeaVe, Gary Sfevens, and Larry Olpin. ........,,..,.,,,..,..48--Parowan ADDITIONAL SOPHOMORE FORCES THREE GIRLS THAT NEVER LET THEIR CLASS DOWN These damsels, Jerry Johnson, Gloria U'I'Iey, Reed Wade, Larry Wade, Errol Deardon, Billy George, , , , Fred Davis, GranT Wood, Barry Brunson, Glade Nixon. and Molhe Johnson' keP+ Iihmgs ahve when sophomores had The floor.