Oakwood High School - Acorn Yearbook (Fithian, IL)

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FRANK CHARLES Junior-- Halfack 1 year Varsity DICK ARNOLD Senior -- Guard 1 year Varsity ED DERAY Sophomore - - Halfback 1 year Varsity JIM ROHRER Sophomore-- Blockback 1 year Varsity JULIAN STONE Junior -- Guard 2 year Varsity Letterman RUSS STEPHENS Junior-- Guard 1 year Varsity DAVE WILLIAMS Sophomore -- Wingback 1 year Varsity Letterman LARRY DUNN Junior -- Guard 1 year Varsity Letterman JACK SEYMORE Junior-- Center 2 year Varsity Letterman DICK DENHART Junior-- Spinner 2 year Varsity Letterman DON WYNN Senior -- End 1 year Varsity Letterman GERALD BARNES Senior-- End 1 year Varsity Letterman GERALD HALL Senior -- Tackle 2 year Varsity Letterman DAVE PERRY Senior -- Tackle 2 year Varsity Letterman •STEVE KOONTZ Senior -- Tailback 3 year Varsity Letterman RON WOLFE Senior -- Guard 2 year Varsity Letterman WALT GRIMES Senior-- End 2 year Varsity Letterman STEVE GRITTEN Senior -- Tackle 2 year Varsity Letterman JIM BENSYL Senior — Center 1 year Varsity Letterman LARRY MARTOGLIO Senior— Tackle 2 year Varsity Letterman DON ALBERT Senior-- End 1 year Varsity Letterman JIM FOLEY Senior -- Tackle 2 year Varsity Letterman •LARRY GRIMES Senior— Blockback 2 year Varsity Letterman •CLIFF OLIVER Senior-- Wingback 3 year Varsity Letterman •CO-CAPTAINS Cliff Oliver, one of the Co-captains, was elected by the other players as The Most Valuable Player! 7

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Larry Martoglio Dick Arnold Russ Stephens Jack Seymour Dick Denhart Frank Charles Jim Rohrer Julian Stone

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Oakwood, under the coaching of Mr. Hobick and Mr. Luzenske, finished the season with a fine record. They started the season by defeating Westville 27-7. The team displayed an excellent playing ability when they defeated Paxton 24-0 with Oliver and Williams making the touchdowns. Gibson City came next being defeated by the Comets with a score of 26-2. Koontz, Oliver, and Williams scored the winning touchdowns. Then Denhart, Oliver, and Koontz scored the touchdowns that gave us a 25-13 win over Georgetown. Suspense hit everyone when we were to play the toughest team in the conference. Koontz scored a touchdown on a short pass, and Christensen of Rantoul stepped out of the end zone which gave us two more points. Rantoul scored their winning touchdowns in the last minute of play after a pass interference was called against Oakwood. The final score was 9-13. We had a joyful homecoming when we defeated Hoopeston 20-6 with Oliver, Charles, and Denhart scoring the touchdowns. The last game of the season was with Watseka; Oliver and Koontz making the score 13-6. The 1958 football team was considered the best Oakwood has had since 1949. They won six games and lost one. OAKWOOD OPPONENT Paxton 6 6 Gibson City . . . 0 12 Rantoul 24 35 Hoopeston . . . , 14 19 Watseka 32 Rossville 8 .... 23 Jamacia 23 6 8