Mount Clemens High School - Yearbook (Mount Clemens, MI)

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an and I-oliclzing came to see. . In the years to come we will not recall each game, but we will always remember that never once did those guys wearing the red and white jerseys fail to live up to their name The Battling Bathersf' ' In the years ahead, when the time comes for remembering our high school da s, there will alwa s be a moment to re- call the 1955 football squad. Ken Grimes, Co-Captain The freshman football team, under the super- vision of Coach Charles Nemeth, finished the season with a 3-1-1 record. 15 FRESHMAN FOOTBALL Win was the watchwold of the freshmen football team as they romped through the season with a 3-1-1 record. In spite of rugged competition, the boys 'gave it all they had' and finished the season with a very favorable showing. NINTH GRADE SCORES 6-Mount Clemens Lanse Ci- 0 0-Mount Clemens Oakwood fE.l 20 Mount Clemens Grant C.- Mount Clemens Hamtramck- Mount Clemens Hazel Park-

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f Uni siemens Ferndale- 6 Bob Gibson, Co-Captain all and ootball FOOTBALL TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIMIC to those cool, crisp nights of fall. Remem- ber the thrilling football games when ex- citement was king and the shouts of spec- tators filled the air. Coach Shemkgs Bathers led by co- captalns Bob Gi son and Ken Grimes, never failed to give the fans the thrills thev Mr. Lloyd Beekman, coach of the reserve team, takes time out of his busy schedule to pose with his team for a picture. A VARSITY SCORES Mount Clemens Grosse Pointe-34 Mount Clemens Van Dyke-19 Mount Clemens Birmingham-21 Mount Clemens Port Huron-33 Mount Clemens Ferndale-19 Mount Clemens Hazel Park-13 Mount Clemens East Detroit-32 Mount Clemens Owosso-40 JUNIOR VARSITY SCORE? - Mount Clemens Birmingham -' -Mount Clemens Port Huron- . lount Clemens Hazel Park- 0 ,ovnt Clemens East Detroit-26 Idount Clemens Grosse Pointe-12 The 1955-56 varsity Bather Gridiron squad

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x 1. Robert Lockwood, Coach over hilt down dale CROSS COUNTRY Cross-country, a fall competitive run- ning sport is a part of the athletic program of the Eastern Michigan League. Its pop- ularity is increasing in both the United States and England. probably stems frometaoin ETAOSSI li'l'A Originally an over hill, down dale run, Cross-country now has a prescribed distance ftwo miles for high schoolsj and standardized obstacles. It combines speed and endurance to provide an interesting and competitive sport for all boys. Cross-country is in its infancy as an Eastern Michigan League s ort, but it has already gained sufficient followers to war- rant a Regional Meet and an Eastern Mich- igan League meet with plenty of compe- tition within the bounds of Michigan. CROSS COUNTRY SCORES gow score winsj 42-Mount lemens Birmingham-15 20-Mount Clemens Berkle -41 40-Mount Clemens Hazel Pali-15 44 - Mount Clemens Birmingham - 15 19-Mount Clemens Hamtramck-69 E.M.L. Meet Mount Clemens -3rd place State Regional Meet Mount Clemens-6th place CROSS COUNTRY team bottom row: Gary Carter, Robert Glefke, Walter Plavlianich, Ray Simms, Ralph Small, Richard Rollens, Lloyd Simms. middle row: Haro d Wise, John Folson, Bob Gave, Melvin Schmidt, Richard Pernell, Coach Robert Lockwood. top row: Larry Snodgrass, Bryan Chamberlain, Nelles Ford, Dick Mullen, Vern Titus, Gerald Baumgarten, Don Hartman.