Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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DON GUNDERSON-Guard, aggres- sive player, especially on defense. Saw considerable varsity action. D I C K SWANSON-Center, reserve who saw plenty of action, standout on defense. JIM BROWER--Forward, the Trojans' leading scorer, hit for 26 points against Sac City in the Sectional Tourney. GEORGE HUMMEL-Guard, second year of varsity experience, outstand- ing on defense, had best night against Alta. JOHN REX-F o r w a r d, sophomore, plenty of speed and hustle, lead man in the Trojans' fast break department. Howard Hoefling-Guard, dependable reserve, one of the principal reasons for Odebolt's l7 wins out of 22 games. TOM REYNOLDS--Guard, offensive quarterback, scrappy, always turned in aggressive jobs. ELDON OLDNETTLE-C e n I- e r, El- don's first year of basketball, came through in fine fashion to make the first five. page forty-seven

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Boys' Basketball-Coach Glenn Forsythe. BACK ROW-Coach Forsythe, Dick Swanson, George Hummel, Kenneth Fertig, Jim Brower, Eldon Oldnettle, Tom Reynolds Ronald Rex, Don Gunderson, Manager-Stanley Vernia. FRONT ROW-Jerry Reynolds, Gordon Friday, Bill Teaquist, Joe Kipp, Howard Hoefling, John Rex, Vern Ogden, LaVern BOYS' BASKETBALL Haradon. BOYS' BASKETBALL SCORES ODEBOLT OPPONENT 45 Lytton 27 45 Wall Lake l6 43 Arthur 4l 3l Danbury 39 5l Lake View 30 49 Auburn 30 42 Nemaha 34 38 Battle Creek 35 50 Arthur 40 45 Sulphur Springs 20 38 Sac City 52 43 Holstein 37 Sac County Tourney 50 Auburn 35 33 Lytton 35 53 Wall Lake 24 50 Alta 5l 57 Early 36 56 Galva 37 67 Schaller 36 7l Wall Lake 24 Sectional Tourney 44 Lake View 35 38 Sac City 39 The Odebolt Trojans turned in one of the best seasons since Coach Glenn Forsythe has been head of the athletic department. Odebolt had a total of 22 wins against 5 loses. This was one of the most out- standing records in Northwest Iowa. The Trojans started out with three consecutive wins over Lytton, Wall Lake, and Arthur before they hit the powerful Danbury five to whom they lost, 39-3l. Odebolt broke into the fifty point scoring bracket when they trounced Lake View 5l-30. After breezing page forty-six through Auburn, Nemaha, Battle Creek, Arthur, and Sulphur Springs, the Trojan five clashed with the Sac City lndians, one of the toughest teams on the Tro- jans' schedule. The Indians defeated Odebolt 52-38. The boys had a heart-breaker in the Sac County Tourn- ey. After defeating Auburn 50-35 in the first round the Trojans suffered an extremely cold night and lost to Lytton 35-33. Odebolt had, in the first game of the season, defeated Lytton 45-27. Odebolt played one of its best games of the sea- son against the powerful Alta five. Alta favored by several points over the Trojans but defeated them by only a one point margin 5l-50. The rest of the regu- larly scheduled games were easy. The Trojans built up their highest score against Wall Lake, 7l-24. The sectional tourney proved to be the most excit- ing game of the season. ln the first round Odebolt handed Lake View a 44-35 defeat. The Trojans were then slated to meet, for the second time, the Sac City Indians. The Odebolt five lost this game, yet the hearts of every fan there wanted the under-dog team, who were putting up such a fight and out-playing the high- ly favcred Indians, to pull through with a victory. The result: Sac City 39, Odebolt 38 fOvertime.7 Odebolt, led by the offensive work of Jim Brower who averaged l5.9 per game, scored a total of lO39 points against their opponents 752. Sophomore John Rex pulled through to be one of the most valuable players on the squad with an average of 8.4 points per game. With Rex were George Hummel and shifty Tom Reynolds, both of whom did work which was always a valuable asset to the team. The cool work of ace Jim Brower inspired the Trojans in every game. Eldon Oldnettle, first year man, and Dick Swanson shared the center. Howard Hoefling, Vern Ogden, Don Gunderson, Kenny Fertig, and Ronald Rex proved their ability in both first and second team games. Congratulations to Coach Glenn Forsythe and the squad of i949-l95O.

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BACK ROW-Stanley Vernia, Manager, Leonard Zeigmann, Jim Hess, Kenneth Fertig, Charles Krusenstjerna, Cletus Wingert, Donald Gunderson, Jack Nuetzman, Jerry Reynolds, Eldon Oldnettle, Jim Brower, Donald Dreessen, Coach Forsythe. SECOND ROW-Donald Sorensen, Royce Hannel, Howard Hoefling, Bill Teaquist, Lavern Haradon, Gordon Friday, Dick Taylor, Tom Reynolds, Danny Hansen, Sidney Huff. FIRST ROW-Howard Einspahr, Walter Duffy, John Rex, Sidney Nelson, Joe Kipp, Donald Gunderson, Jack Gunderson Dcn Klus, Dean Nelson, Myron Dreessen. The Odebolt thinclads raced away for the second year in a row without being defeat- ed. They haven't been topped in two years in Class B competition. On April 30, Coach Forsythe took four boys to the state indoor meet at lowa City. Considering the short time for condition- ing they did well. Reynolds took second in the low hurdles and a strong fourth in the open 440 yard dash. The Sioux City Relays, held on the cold- est day of the year, was the first scheduled meet. Odebolt entered the mile medley, which finished second, and the 440 yard relay, that finished fourth. No team total was taken at this meet. Probably the biggest meet Odebolt en- tered, as far as number, was the Holstein Re- lays. At this meet Odebolt became the first team to win the title two years in a row. Ode- bolt had 32 points with Albert City far back receiving 22 points. The Pocahontas Relays fell on a music contest day so we could not participate, but we went to the Alta Relays the following week and gathered 56 points for top honors with Alta second with 40 points. Three records were set, Tom Reynolds skimmed the 220 yard low hurdles in 24.9 seconds to better Husman's record of Alta, Charles Kruser step- ped off a 220 yard dash in 24.3 and Kenneth Fertig beat the 880 yard run record held by Bob Hansen another Odebolt Ace of last year. Fertig's time was 2:l4,3 seconds. Undoubtedly the biggest meet as far as the Odebolt fans are concerned was the page forty-eight Maple Valley Meet held at Holstein. Odebolt had no trouble raking in lO2Vz points to Hol- stein's 66 points. Kruser romped home ahead of the field with a 23 second 220 dash to es- tablish a new record. Reynolds again came in first in his pet, the low hurdles, in 23.7 to put a new time in the books. Reynolds also won the high hurdles and broadjump. The Estherville meet was no easy one for the Odebolt boys, with Albert City a mere 8 points behind them. The only record for the day was that of the mile relay's time of 3 minutes 46 seconds. ln entering the district at Holstein all times were put down as new records because it was the first meet of its kind held there. Odebolt received 93 points for team honors. First and second place winners qualified for the state meet held at Ames on May 27. Qualifiers from Odebolt are: Reynolds, in high and low hurdles and the broadjump, Krusen- stjerna, in the 220 yard dash, Don Sorensen, in the l00 yard dash, Kenny Fertig, in the 880 yard run, Hummel, to throw the football and the discus. The Two Mile Relay came up with the surprise of the day with a time of 8 minutes 43 seconds to qualify for the state. Turner, Wingert, Nelson, and Fertig are the runners in this relay. The 440 and 880 yard relays placed first and second respectively. The Mile Relay consisting of Krusenstjerna, Hoefling, Hansen, and Reynolds raced the distance in a good time of 3:43. Other point getters are John Rex, Don Gunderson, Dick Swanson, Wally Duffy, and our high jumper Eldon Oldnettle.