Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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The next game was belueved to be one un whuch the Trojans would really have to swow theur stuff A year ago Odebolt beat Ogden by a pass un the last seconds of play and un a heavy raun Thus season ut wasn t that hard but ut was the toughest game to date ln the second quarter the Trojans eploded three quuck touchdowns and went on to score twree more before tne game ended Leecls was next on t e schedule Thus was one of tne most talked about games un t'ue communuty Could Odebolt beat the Lan cers from Leeds who had gone l4 games wutnout a defeat? The Trojans great passung team scored a touchdown early un the game The extra pount was made good by Pat Sor jans suffered defeat un the second quarter when Bull Teaquust was taken out of the game wuth a broken leg In tne second half Dale Ruchardson suffered a shoulder unjury And so ut was the Lancers proved too much for the Trojans who fell un defeat but not dusgracefully Before the next game whuch was wuth Manulla Vern Ogden sluppery half back came down wutn pneumonua and Lowell Brow er startung end receuved an unjury un prac tuce The game at Manulla was a sad story for the Trojans Wuth four furst strung men out of the Iune up Odebolt went unto the game before a fured up Homecomung crowd to come out wuth the second loss of the sea son and more battered up than before Ma nulla took that game 39 O The next week was to be Odebolts l-lomecomung when they would play theur ru vals from Sac Cnty Thus would be massacre no doubt Another week of practuce found t em on the fueld wuth Janet Ogden Home cornung queen crowned before the game be gan lnspured playung caused an upset and wwat an upset' The Trojans showed to tne huge crowd spark never before seen un them Vfuth tie lune goung through to open up holes and the backfueld men fundung the holes Ode bolt was un the game all the way Score l9 I9 lt was a very satusfyung and successful l-lomecomung game The next two games turned out to be a rest for t e Trojans Odebolt swamped Wall Lake 40 O and took the Maple Valley Con them a record of 5 wuns 2 losses and l tue Several days after the close of the season the team met un the locker room wuth Coach McLaughlun to choose two senuor boys as Cap tauns of the Sl Trojans Jerry Reynolds vet eran tackle and John Rex numble quarter back were elected unanumously The annual football banquet was held Dec 3 un the dunung room of the Methodust Church Coach Gaer of Drake was the prun cu9al speaker Gufts were presented by tne boys to Coach McLaughlun and also to Wally Hamann who had done a good job all season un scoutung games played by our adversarues before we met them Wuth the presentatuon of awards and a fulm of the Drake football team un actuon the Trojans and the coaches called ut a season but ut us a season that wull not be easuly forgotten PAGE THIRTY FIVE , . . . . . . . , ll . I - ' ' I . D j . . I ' ll ' ' I u I . , . . , . . ensen, freshman back. The courageous Tro- ference by whizzing past Holstein, which gave , . ' l . I . ' ' ' - . I T . . I I , . I I I . I 1 1 ' ' - . . ' ' ' I ' ' 1 I ,Q .

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Back Row Coach McLaughI1n Roger Barkley Joe Kupp John M1ller Gene Gunderson Bob Martelns Pat Sorensen Norman Bengford Don Nuetzman Don Hoefllng Duck Londen John Krusenstjerna Front Row B1IlTeaqu1st Dale Lnnman Danny Hansen Don Gunderson Dale R1chardson John Rex Bernard Bengford Jum Meyer Vern Ogden Jerry Reynolds Lowell Brower lllllllllll SEASON S RECORD e They K1ngsley Mov1Ile Ogden Leeds Man 1 I la Wall Lake HoIste1n In the hot hot days of August two weeks before school started some 22 boys showed up to start pract1ce on the Odebolt Trojan football squad of l95l The boys caoch agam was Russ McLaughl1n a gradu ate of Drake U You can bet one thmg that was that after one or two days of practuce there were plenty of stnff t1red boys an Odebolt As tnme went on ut became qu1te ev1 dent what spot each boy was to play and how PAGE TH I RTY FOUR much he would be play1ng 1t lt was d1scover ed before the f1rst game that Wally Duffy speedy Trojan half back would not be able to play because of an old aulment After a llttle over a month of tra1n1ng the Trojans went INTO the1r fnrst game at Kmgsley on Sept 2 It was easy to see that early that the Rex to Teaqu1st pass cambma tnon was great That game showed the Trojan followers that the 5l team was good on of fense as well as defense Tw1ce 1n that game the Trojans had to make desperate stands 1n Slde Odebolts own flV6 yard I1ne Although the Trojans were unable to make much yard age on runs 1n thus game they more than made up for 1t wuth passes The McLaughl1n men came out on the long end of that score as they d1d nn four more The second encounter was w1th Mov1Ile Aga1n 1n th1s game the Rex to Teaquust pass was work1ng The fellows nn the l1ne d1d the1r share 1n block1ng up holes and throwmg Mo vnlle s backs for some bug losses So aga1n the Trojans won W . D ' 27 ' 0 ' . U 33 ' 7 38 I9 . ' . . . ' ' 7 20 - , j 0 ' 39 I ' 'A - I9 soc cafy 19 ' , - 40 0 , - - 32 l 6 . ' 1 . . D - 196 110 ' A ' - I

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ODEBOLT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROSTER 95 John Rex Daniel Hansen Pat Sorensen Roger Barkley John Miller Dale Richardson Bernard Bengford Joe Kipp Norman Bengford Bob Marteins Don Hoefling Jim Meyer Richard Linden Don Nuetzman Don Gunderson John Krusenstjerna Dale Linman William Teaquist Lowell Brower Merlin Lingren Vern Ogden Jerry Reynolds Gene Gunderson 4 4 reg! 4 , b - 1 li: G f L x 'ir Q PAGE THIRTY-SIX L ........ ' 3' 4. oqh 15.