Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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LOIS ROHLF Senior Captain of defensive court, Lois continually gave a commendable performance. Her re- bcund i n g, excellent I:all handling, guard! ing ability, and team svirit makes her ir- replaceable next year. JOYCE THIELKE DOROTHY BENGFORD Senior Senior Most improved player Captain in offensive on the team. Took court for second time. over post guard po- She displayed good sition like a veteran. shooting. lots of speed One coach said best and basketball know post guard we playe.i how. She will be mis-A against all season. sed next year. RUTH TREMAN Senior Guard. An aggressive player. She put forth all she had to do her best to win. Ruth could always be de- pended upon to get the job done. JANET OGDEN Junior Held the steadying hand in the offensive court. With her fak- ing, passing ability and shooting accura:y she displayed champ- ionship form in every game in which she participated. SHIRLEY ALBRECHT, Sophomore Guard. A bear-cat on defense. Shirley made the difference in many contests. She could always be depended upon to bring that ball to the line. JEAN STOCK, Freshman Forward. Started the year at guard but we found it necessary to move her T7 the forward court to have a well bal- anced scoring attack. She displayed na- tural ability at nivot with an assortment of back shots. The experience this year should prove invaluable in following years. NANCY SCOTT, Freshman Guard, forward. Nancy is a quick ag- gressive guard, a steady ball player. Against Arthur, Nancy had a blanket around High-Scoring Teghtmeyer. She has also proven she can play forward. PAGE FORTY-SEVEN

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Back Row: CLeft to rightl Coach Wallace Hamann, Janice Turin, Donna Linden, DeLoris Cowlham, Joanne Hummel, Marlene Winter, Shirley Einspahr, Assistant Coach Cathmar Shaw. Front Row: Nancy Scott, Dorothy Bengford, Joyce Thielke, Jean Stock, Lois Rohlf, Janet Ogden, Shirley Albrecht, Ruth Tremon. Managers: lnot shown! Barbara Vernia, Marlene Albrecht. EllllS' Hlilllll-illl This year saw another good season for the Trojanettes, A large per cent of the squad was made up of freshmen, but they proved to be not so green as the season progressed. A new batch of suits came on to the floor for the first game. They are Chartreuse with purple trim, but were called everything from green to gold by refs who obviously weren't up on the latest color fashions. These suits proved to be pretty flashy, especially when they got on the same floor with Holstein's pink. The Trojanettes, along with the Trojans, had a large following this season. Their games proved of interest to fans and parents alike. Having advanced to the final round of the sectional tournament at Schleswig, they were spurred on by a lot of Odebolt fans standing around the edge of the floor watching as they were taken out of the running by Charter Oak. Four seniors are leaving the squad this year. These girls will be missed both on offense and de- fense. But the team and fans can look forward ta a good season next year, which, they hope, will make it number three in a series of the best girls' basketball seasons here for quite a few years. PAGE FORTY-SIX

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Back Row: Cleft to right? Myron Dreessen, Manager, John Rex, Dick Swanson, Gene Gunder- son, Jim Brower, Kenneth Fertig, Lowell Brower, Coach Russell McLaughlin, Front Row: Robert Hart, Manager, Donald Hoefling, Joe Kipp, Bill Teaquist, Vern Ogden, Dale Richardson, Wally Duffy, Richard Bernhardt. HWS' llllEllflllllll The l95l Odebolt Trojans basketball team was the hottest scoring outfit for miles around. In breezing through a regular schedule of sixteen games, the boys racked up a total of 943 points for a 59 point scoring average per game. They won l5 out of I6 games in season play and 4 out of 5 in tournaments. The maplers of '51 copped the County Conference Tournament trophy, the Sectional trophy, and shared top honors with Lake View in the County Conference race. Games highlighted during the season were those with Alta, Early, Schaller, Sac City, and Manning. Fifteen teams, with the exception of Lake View, fell easy prey to the always hustling Trojan team, before Early caught them looking far ahead at the state series of tournaments. Surprisingly, only four days before the Early upset, fans witnessed a blistering shooting affair between Odebolt and Alta, with both teams running and shooting at a terrific pace. The half ended 46-30, and the Trojans won No. l4 with a final score of 67-60. Members of the Odebolt squad were, at one time during the season, honored by being placed as the l lth best team in the northwest section of lowa,, topped only by such powerful teams as Sioux City Central, Manning, Sioux Center, Ames, and Storm Lake. Against Schaller the high scoring Trojan machine pushed through a record number of buckets and piled up 84 points for the night. This is the highest number of points ever to be scored by a high school team in the Odebolt gym, a record that will be hard to beat. ln the sectional tourney, Odebolt was matched with Sac City in the finals. The Trojans avenged the one- point defeat by the Indians in the sectional last year, by taking their scalp this year 55-47, in what has been described as the sweetest Trojan victory of the Year. In district tournament play, Odebolt was paired with Manning, thus far undefeated and the No. l team of Northwest lowa. The story might have been different if they had drawn a weaker foe, but, as it was, when the final buzzer sounded, the O. H. S. team bowed out of the district series and the basketball picture of l95l. On the whole, Odebolt can be proud of its accomplish- ments during the basketball season. PAGE FORTY EIGHT