Mount Pleasant High School - Derrick Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, MI)

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Spu t? 7e H 7Vt t 7t 7?t M t6 For Coach Fred Goodell ' s thinclads the ' 55 season was very profita ble. Starting with a win in the big in- door meet they went on to win all their dual meets and sweep the conference and regional. Led by Dave Myers, state 220 champion, and hurdler Jerry Wiley, they captured fourth place at the state meet. Besides the team ' s fine overall showing they ac- counted for the breaking of four school records. Myers broke the 440 record, tied the century mark, and ran anchor on the record-breaking 880 relay team. Jerry Wiley also cracked the low hurdle record. {3 J» g { J ■ ■ - - - v V '

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1 ictony ?V A Stoned Scf 4(i Dick Wood ' s noonhour basketball team raced through the regular season and post season tournament undefeated, except for two exhibition losses to the faculty, on their way to the noon- hour championship. An all-star team picked from the remaining five teams in the league edged Wood ' s squad 24- 22 in the All-Star game which attracted wide student interest. Wood ' s team placed two men on the All-Noon Hour basketball team: Bill Epple and Dick Wood. Other players making the honor squad were Dan Buckley, Phil Chipman and Paul Heyden- burg. The six-team league was made up of Mayberry ' s team, Chipman ' s team, Stahl ' s team, Mc- Farlane ' s team, Randolph ' s team, and the champs, Wood ' s team. Squads this year had only the name of their team captains for titles. Varsity cagers Bud Foltz and Butch Thorpe refereed all noon hour contests. Attendance at most noon hour games was low as spectators watched from the balcony overlooking the gym. Coaches pictured with some of their recently won trophies are, from left to right; Bobb Ward- rop, athletic director, basketball and golf; Bill Figg, head football, freshman basketball, and reserve baseball; Al Drath, football and assistant track; David Gover, tennis; Cal Miller, cross country, and Fred Goodell, reserve football and track. Missing when the picture was taken was Lornie Kerr, football, reserve basketball, and baseball. 57

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The ' 55 tennis team was more deserving than its record of six wins and five losses showed. Behind the coaching of Dave Gover, the Oilers won the conference championship for the first time. They had champs in both the singles — Chuck Scribner — and doubles — Mike Sweeney and Roger Frayre. In the regional the racketmen wound up second behind a powerful East Lansing group. Sweeney and Scribner were regional doubles champs and went to the state semi-finals. This fine showing enabled the team to tie for an overall fourth at state. Graduation saw Coach Gover ' s top three leave. Oiler golfers stroked their way through the ' 55 season with the best record of any MPHS golf team, winning nine of ten dual meets against one loss to strong A Midland. Led by Tom Horton with an 80 and and Gene McAlester with 78, they took runners-up honors in the regional meet May 14 at the local club. A long-hitting sophomore, Mac claimed medalist honors. The following Saturday at Kalamazoo, Coach Bobb Wardrop ' s shotmakers stumbled to a disappointing tenth in the state championship. They did hold to- gether to win the conference meet at Manistee. Scores soared as the golfers battled the tremendous wind off Lake Michigan. During the season two rounds of 76 by McAlester and Horton set new school records. C ■vmt