New Athens High School - Vespa Yearbook (New Athens, IL)

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To these girls belong one of the high honors and privileges in school — that of being a varsity cheerleader. Sondra Becker. Carol Stange. Carol Leinecke, and Frances Emge have proven worthy of this honor by their display of school spirit and sportsmanship, which has helped to maintain a winning team. Go Fight Win Barbara Cole, Sandra Kraus and Ruth Ann Muench will always have the honor of being the first B Team cheerleaders of NACHS. T he experiment was very successful because of their spirit anti eagerness to cheer the team to victory. Wow! what a shot! The victory smiles of coach and team after winning the Kaskaskia Tournament. Tenseness and excitement are experienced in the shower room before game time by the team as a whole. The trophy won bv the Yellow lackets in the New Baden Invitational Tournament is being accented from Cheerleader Carol Leinecke bv Jim Woods and the rest of the team.

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The Big Wheels of Basketball in New Athens High School — Coach Ed Thies, John Main, Fred Keck, Don Wilson, Dole kaskia and New Baden Invitational Tournaments. The squad was defeated, in a close game, by Steeleville in the final game of the District Tournament, ending the 1955-56 season. The Yellow Jackets provided Solid’s the Word Meyer, Jim Woods, Clint Keck, Donald Spalt, Jack Behnken and Assistant Coach Joseph Pieron. a thrilling season for their numerous, cheering fans. 1 he leading scorer for the year was Jim Woods with 516 points followed by Clint Keck with a record of 422 points. Don Willie” Wilsons onthusiom was a desirable asset to the team. Jack Jackie” Behnken was known as the squad's safety-man. Donald Sid Spalt always entered the game with fight and scrimage. John Johnny Main, with speed and drive, was the team’s best ball handler.

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The up and coming Varsity Jackets! Larry Stahl, Louis Emge, Jim Kneeling i is Richard Forhan. Giving the fans a look at the Newman, Eugene Napier, Coach Ed Thies, Assistant Coach Joseph Jackets, these players take the floor before the A’ team Pieron, Cletus Miller, David Roth, Marvin Kaiser, Larry Phillips. except in tournaments. GAME WE THEY Lebanon 67 53 Waterloo 51 53 New Baden 51 48 Freeburg 55 70 Waterloo 47 49 Fight New Baden 65 62 New Baden 79 61 O’Fallon 51 84 Red Bud 66 43 Rebound Bed Bud Valmeyer 60 83 39 73 O’Fallon Columbia 64 68 67 56 Drive Dupo 27 41 Mascoutah 60 71 Mascoutah 45 47 Valmeyer 73 52 Lebanon 59 45 Dupo 45 86 Columbia 71 52 Lebanon 65 54 Bed Bud 53 44 Freeburg 46 40 Waterloo 45 43 Marissa 71 62 Aviston 56 49 Steelevillc 44 54 To get more fun out of noon hours and Jo encourage good sportmanship and more sports participation, Coach Ed Thies and Mrs. Dorothy Oclrich formed girls’ volleyball teams and boys’ basketball teams. Teams were made up of boys who did not participate in varsity basketball; all girls were allowed to play. During December and January, the boys’ and girls’ teams alternated the use of the gym.