Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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GENE LOWELL O JOHN REX Semor Forward leadung scorer wnth the hugh average of l94 polnts per game All County fnrst team All State Hon orable Mentuon John was key man nn the fast break and made many of hrs points on the now almost famous runmng lump shot from the slde VERN OGDEN Jumor Forward cool headed left hander Most conslstent on the floor Per fected a dazzling druve an shot from port side on the fast break All County second team GENE GUNDERSON Jumor Center one of the outstanding rebounders ln Northwest Iowa Exceptlonally fast for has size he was largely responsuble for gettung that qunck break under way All County furst team All State Honorable Mentvon LOWELL BROWER Junlor Center Guard A fune team player a good snot well pouseu and along wutn Gunderson made our double post offense one of the strongest nn Northwest Iowa All County second team DALE RICHARDSON Sophomore Guard Dale was the playmaker on offense and play :ng alone out front gave hum many chances to develop hrs back pedalung footwork and to demonstrate has scrappy defensive abulnty JOHN JERRY RONNIE DALE DO BILL TEAQUIST Semor Forward Guard Competltnon was keen nn Bulls department and he had several Tex played all three posltuons at one tnme or another and was good an all Bull has a habit of donng well what ever he attempts JOE KIPP Semor Forward Joe created a fune competltuve splrnt not only un hlmself but also among has teammates He specialized In tne jump shot and demonstrated almost per fect form Joe s abulnty was vltal to the suc cess of the Trojans ln the season of 52 mnghty mute was a great help an ball control and ball hawknng tactucs Developed a terrlfnc jump shot Back agaun for another year Sammy should prove unvaluable JERRY REYNOLDS Semor Center Jerry con centrated on offensnve work under the basket Had a soft turn and push shot that was ac curate Made It tough for all opponents yet was a fnne splrlted player DON HOEFLING Jumor Guard Sknp was dependable and ambltlous Has footwork rm proved greatly and he along wuth Ogden Brower Rlchardson Gunderson Salmonson Lange and others should make a strong well balanced team for 53 VERN BILL PAGE FORTY TH REE J E N Y - l ' - 7 RONNIE SALMONSON Junior, Forward-The

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Back Row Roger Barkley Manager Myron Dreessen Manager John Muller Duck Lunden Ronald Salmonson Danny Hansen Robert Hart Dean Ruchardson Coach McLaughlun Front Row Jerry Reynolds John Rex Lowell Brower Bull Teaquust Don Hoeflung Dale Ruchardson Dale Lange Wally Duffy Joe Kupp Vern Ogden Gene Gunderson Odebolt Hugh Opponents Lytton Wall Lake Arthur Danbury Lake Vuew Auburn Nemaha Correctuonvulle A ta Battle Creek Schleswug Holsteun Wall Lake Schaller Lake Vuew Galva Schal ler lda Grove Paulluna Cherokee l 52 77 ac County Tournament tSectuonal Tournament Dustruct Tournament In hus second year as coach at OHS Russ Mc Laughlun showed hus coochung abulnty by turnung out one of the best teams Odebclt has had un a long tume The Trouans won 9 games bef re meetung defeat The Tropans were very defunutely off theur game when Alta took a 52 47 wun on theur floor A few games before thus Odeoblt had taken a thruller from Lake Vuew whuch proved to be one of the best games of the season The Trouans funushed theur schedule plus takung the sectuonal and goung to the funals of the dustruct before agaun los ung The second and last defeat un a total of I2 games was to Cherokee un the dustruct funals Cherokee later went to the furst round of the state tournament The nught they played Cherokee the Trouans looked the best PAGE FORTY TWO of the year The McLaughlun men umproved greatly un t e last three games Between the furst and last defeat e Troyans took the Sac County Tournament by knock un off Lake Vuew by one pount at Sac Cuty They took t e Sac County Conference by beatung Schaller and wuth a wun cver Galva un the last scheduled game of the sea son Odebolt also became the Mapl Valley Conf rence wunner lt was un the Schaller game that Odebolt was decked out un the new purple warm ups Along wuth theur struped pants the Trouans became the classuest lookung outfut on any Iowa floor As an unducotu n of the fughtung spurut that the Odebclt Trouans showed they came from a half tume I0 pount defurut agaunst red hot Schaller un the second round of the Sac County tourney to beat tnem by 4 pounts There never was such a changed ball club as to the ftrst half Another example of the fught the Trouans sh wed was un the game wuth Cherokee when Odebolt had a lO l lead before Cherokee knew what had happened Through many practuces drullung and Dlaun hard work the Tropans of 5l 52 looked great all season ong The leadung scorere for the local boys was John Rex senuor forward who hut from all over the floor for a total of 376 pounts and a game average of I8 8 pounts Vern Ogden was second hugh un total scorung wuth 227 pounts but Gene Gunderson who mussed a game because of suckness was second hugh per game scorer wuth IO 95 He had a total of 2l7 pounts Verns percentage was lO 81 Fourth hugh scorer was Lowell Brower He hut for l55 total prunts or a per game average of 7 75 Scrappy Dale Ruchards n was fufth wuth 65 pounts or a 3 25 game average and Strong reserve Bull Teaquust was number 6 wuth 61 pounts and o 3 O5 per game average The rest of the boys who made up the travelung squad were Ronald Salrnonson Joe Kupp Jerry Reynolds Don Hoeflung Dean Ruchardson and Dale Lange Wuth thus group of l2 fune ball players Coach Mc Laughlun and the Odebolt Trouans came through wuth flyung colors un the basketball season of 5l 52 60 23 h . ' 48 28 th ' . - 63 25 . Q . . . - 63 3l h ' , ' 38 . 34 , . - 60 28 3 e 48 27 ' . ' 65 ' ' 36 ' - - ' 47 l 52 ' ' ' ' 76 34 ' ' . 43 , 31 . . .C . I . , . 43 ' 28 ' , ' -72 4l ' ' - ' -44 40 ' -47 ' 46 ' - 6l Early 55 Odebolt's in the second half of that game as compared 62 52 ' - A 5l 36 ' ' ' ' E56 30 ' V A n A '60 ' 47 - I , , '45 54 I , ' l 8 Q ' A -5 , , Q

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Back Row Don Hoeflnng Norman Bengford Don Nuetzman Danny Hansen Joe Knpp Jerry Reynolds LaDon Hoeflnng Bob Marteuns Jam Gunderson Paul Bengford Bully Kosperson Second Row Gordon Haefner Ronme Salmonson Mlke Dreessen Joe Wlngert Pat Sorensen Robert Hart Duck Lrngren Kerth McDonough Gary Koehler Bully Wolfe Gary Hogue Front Row Darrell Brown Gene Gunderson Dale Rnchardson Bernard Bengford John Muller Vernon Olberdung Dean Ruchardson Vern Ogden Dock Lnnden Absentees John Rex Dale Lunman Russ Paulson Beautaful sprang weather gave the Tro lan thmclads a fast start unto the l952 track season The good weather along wnth an un creasung :nterest an track throughout the state made thus season an especially attract we one Odebolt was well represented nn the State lndoor Meet at lowa Cnty and nn the Drake Relays at Des Mounes For one of the few tumes un hlstory Odebolt competed with schools havmg more than one hundred fnfty students nn hugh school Class A schools Top pount getters for the team were Dan ny Hansen and Vern Ogden Danny concen trated on the century and the quarter mule the state nn the latter at Carroll l5l 43 Vern specnallzed In the 220 yard dash and the broad pump Joe Kupp Pat Sorensen and Ron me Salmonson rounded out the sprmters and were able to brung nn the 440 and 880 yard relays consnstently for top pomts Don Hoef lung Gary Koehler Make Dreessen and Ron me Salmonson mode up a strong mule relay PAGE FORTY FOUR team John Rex had some of the low hurdles records un sight at the begmnung of the sea son but was forced to the outsude by o throat unfectuon Newcomers Vern Olberdlng Jo seph Wnngert LaDan Hoeflnng Bob Martelns and Paul Bengford show great promuse for teams to come A strong bud was made to capture the thurd Maple Valley tltle ln one year we had already won the football and the basketball tutles but the effort fell short by 8V2 pounts With almost every boy competung un the maxnmum number of events Odebolt grabbed seven flrsts to four for Hol stem but lack of depth ln the fueld events weakened the Trogans posutuon Holsteln 00' Odebolt Knngsley Movulle Danbury V2 Battle Creek Arthur 5 . . . , ------,---------- I A ' . ' , , - ................. 92 - . . ----------------- . . , ----------------- ' ' . - ................ 34 .h I I l 1 ' -------------