Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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Ed BurTon, brq offensive end for The Timers Peeps QOTDCI afTer cafe-h no .3 passqfrorn quarferback Bob Slefak, dur-Tnq Tne'Grand Rap vis Cfesfon qarne. Dick 'Hansen leaps high To knock down a BenTon Harbor pass as The HerqhTs Twqers deTeaTed the Harbor Tigers I9-6 in a SouThwes1- ern Conference game, Joe Chrishe sfruqqhes for more vardgqe in our 27,I2 wTn over CresTon. Joe and Wllhe McC.nrTv each scored Two Touchdowns Tn Th.s game. Ted The Toe Halasinski added The Three exTra poTnTs. Page NineTv-eTg'w+ Tigww iujillcliun -Earle Harrfs, our Hgh? halfbeck, plcks up a nACe galnl In The Tqer Reserves' Thrwhhq T6-T2 vcforv over The Muskegon Reserves, under The TfqhTs aT Phil! os Field. .Q- v . Reserves: Tigers vs, LTTTTe Reds What can yOu say? IT's fhe Tiger Reserves in bahle wETh The Muskegon Reserves. The Two Muskegon bovs brouqhf our ball car- r?er, Osie McCarTv, aTTer a long gain. Thrs Muskegon bah carrier is In 5or a lot of Troubfe as Gary STromp, Ken Weaver, Torn O'NeET, and Chuck Hansen are abouf To sfop him.

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F 1 3 . ,f ..-'55 Q TED HALASINSKI DAVE KRUEGER CLIFF CUMMINGS FRED HILLIARD KEN HOWELL Senior Fullback Senior Halfback Senior End Senior Tackle Junior Fullback All STaTe 3rd Team All-STaTe Ist Team TIGERS 27 9 ,.-gf 5 .sg Team MUSKEGON CATHOLIC CENTRAL I4 The Tigers came ouT vicTorious in The newesT of The rivalries. Ted Halasinski scored The firsT seven poinTs. Catholic Tied iT up. Bob Slezak plunged Tor The nexT T.D. Ted goT his second Touchdown of The evening on a I2-yard run. Vern Hosko, sfand-ouT Tiger back of The evening, rambled Tor I8 yards and a score on The lasT scoring drive. TIGERS 7 GRAND HAVEN 6 WiTh buT Two rninuTes leTT To play, and behind six To zero, The Tigers sewed up The game on a long pass and an exTra poinT. The pass from Bob Slezak To Cliff Cum- mings puT The ball deep in Grand Haven TerriTory. Bob plunged over on a quarTerback sneak. The all imporTanT conversion was made by The Toe Halasinki. TIGERS I9 BENTON HARBOR 6 The Tigers played Their TinesT home game of The season againsT The down-sTaTe Tigers. Joe ChrisTie opened iT up with a 24-yard T.D. run. Ted Halasinki converTed. Willie McCarTy scored behind beaufiful Taking of Bob Slezak and Ted Halasinki. Alter a pass infercepfion by Kennedy Howell, Dick Hansen wenT over Tor The lasT score. TIGERS 27 GRAND RAPIDS CRESTON I2 On The opening kickoff Willie McCarTy ran for a 78- yard Touchdown iaunT. Joe Chrisfie quickly Tollowed iT up wiTh a 35-yard ramble Tor a T.D. Joe scored again aTTer Fred Hilliard recovered a fumble. Willie plunged Tor anoTher T.D. Ted Halasinski compIeTed Three exTra point aT'rempTs. TIGERS 20 MUSKEGON I4 Ted Halasinski, all-sTaTe fullback. came inTo his own againsf The Big Reds as he scored Two Touchdowns and kicked an exTra poinf. He gained ISI yards To show The excellenf blocking his TeammaTes gave him. A 42-yard pass from Bob Slezak To Vern Hosko seT up The cTher T.D. Vern scored laTer on a 2-yard plunge. As The game ended The Tigers were on Muskegcn's 2-yard line. -s. 1 ' V it t 1 If .V ,- , - , , s M . emi 'Fa ' ix , If fi k-, git ,-rf fi . .,,f - Q M,-s-' 'W -:' ,..1,. r - if Af, .I-as '- N,-,.,,, 'E , . . ..-H Bizaiwizflig ' ox I ' - lf- - ' 4, Z T? - k I . wi- 3LEx'i,. 'g ----H ' s j Tkfii' - '?:541,:ff ?:.',wQ:f' af ' 1633 rv- 2: 2 i :3:eT1-f-53225 22.-fr? 551115353 f 75: QT' BOB SLEZAK Senior OuarTerback All STaTe Honorable MenTion RAY COOK JACK SNIDER JERRY CRANE Senior Tackle HAKEN HENDRICKSON DICK VALLIE Senior Guard Senior CenTer All CiTy 2nd Team Senior Tackle Senior Cenfer All STaTe IsT Team All CiTy 2nd Team Page NineTy-seven

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Seaman mb l956 In beaufiful running form. Vern Hosko picks up The longest gain All-sfale Tackle, Fred I-lill'ard, and Joe Chrisfe, Speedl' Tlqef of fhe night Number 40 for Holland I5 abou, fo Q0 down' yhankg nallback, close in on a Holland ball carrer deeo n Holland ferri- To Ina- blocking ol number 54, Eddie McBride. l0 Y- The TIQEVS WOVI 7'6- Ted Halasinski sfarfs on a run of 50 yards againsf Grand Rapids Joe CI-nrisrie, our left halfback is broughf down afier a I4 yard Creston as Ihe Tigers wen? on fo win 27-IZ. Ted also completed gain in our annual batfle wifh MuskeQO'I GT 'fnelf ll5'5WdU5T lDOWl fhree exrra point affempfs. called Hackley Sfadium. Fiye Tigers converge on a Grand Rapids Cresfon ball carrier, Lelf H T d H I ' k' T' p Hb k 4 fy, b H ' 4, +0 rrqhf ,fhev arer Dave Krueger. Dick Vallie, Roger Tirrdall. Ted Musiggoneiaf aa gainlqsefore iaanlslzsf Hscklei Sfziiilillfi. Halasunslu and Kennedy Howell. Ted gained ISI yards in fnis game. . 1 Page Ninefy-nine