Ogallala High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Ogallala, NE)

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Front row loft to rlRht—-Edwin Hopken. George Thorp », Floyd Applegate, l.ylc Rook. Don Shively. Raymond Dlttmar. Hack row loft lo right- Asrlatant Couch AOntn I'.rochl. Italic Allen, «lien Zlcffiilingon. Wayne Antrim. Joy Knnckatodt, Wayne Cline. Coach Franci» Wilcox. © © © BASKETBALL With only three let termen back, the Indians started the season right by trouncing the Suther- land Reds, 3 lo 6. Next the Indians Journeyed to North Platte, returning with long faces after a defeat of 20 to 32. Not being able to rally sufficient- ly, the Indians lost to .lulesburg 23 to 30, a llltlo later. The Grant boys were shoved aside to the tune of 21 to 9. This gave the Indians better spirit and wo saw Lodgepolo on ihe small end of the score the following week. We again saw victory at the ex- pense of the Kimball team, the score being 30 to 21. Atter 4 hard fighting quarters, the Oshkosh hoys slipped In a baskot during the last minute of play, and beat the Indians 33 to 34. Most of the boys found the hoop in the Imperial game and rang up 51 points to their opponent's 19. A strong Paxton team turned the local boys back 41 to IS. The Indians again received a defeat, this time from the Chappell team. The score wax 12 to 37. The Indians picked up their stride again and beat Sutherland 47 to 14. Paxton again boat us on our home floor »1 to 17. Imperial was again turned back by our boys to the tune of 40 to 21. The Ogallala Indians Jumped astride their ponies and declared war against Alliance only to be defeated 26 to 15. The lust game of the season was a good one for the Indians, as they beat Grant 31 to 16. The Indians climbed to third pluce In the Dis- trict South Platte Valley Tournament, only to Ik? defeated in their first game at the District Tourna- ment at Ix xington. The Indians won S out of their 15 games, ring- ing up 412 points to their opponents' 367 points. The Nubbins won 7 out of their 12 games, ringing up 219 iKtints to their opponents' 1S5 points. After giving four years of excellent basketball to O. H. S., Babe Allen was chosen honorary captain. The Indians will only lose one varsity player this year, so the coming year should seo the Indians at the top of the list of hoop tossers.” Twenty-Four

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 Vernon Flcshman. John Francll. Milford Francll, Harold Jensen, Joy Knackstedt, Dale Payne, Wayne Antrim, Ernie Schulz. Lyle Hook. Don Shively. Bob Sheldon, Dean Potter. The Indians again gained a victory by heat- ing the Kimball eleven. Economos, Hook, and Allen made the yardage, with Allen making a 6« and a 30 yard run. and Economos a 25 yard run. Dun woody and Jensen played a fine game in the line. The Indians massacred Lodgepole with a 25 0 victory. Ogallala defeated their oldest rival. Grant, by a wide margin. For fourteen years Grant had beaten the Indians, but the local eleven, backed by splendid school spirit, out-played the Grant boys in all respects this season. A heavier and more experienced Gothenburg team won from the Indians, although the boys were in there, fighting all the time. Economos made a 30 yard run and Allen a 50 yard run. the latter scoring. Thanksgiving Day found the Indians on the small side of the tally, with Oshkosh winning 34-0. Ogallala made the most yardage at line plays and end runs. Speed and skill out-welghs brawn in modern foot-ball, and next year will find Ogallala with speed, skill, and experience which should put It -up with tlie top-ranking schools of this part of the state. 1938 SCI I EDI LE 0 Ogallala .................... Julesburg 0 0 Ogallala ........................ Sidney 7 t; Ogallala ...................... Chappell 13 13 Ogallala ...................... Imperial 0 54 Ogallala .................... Sutherland 14 IS Ogallala ....................... Kimball 0 24 Ogallala ..................... Lodgepole 0 37. Ogallala ......................... Grant 0 fi Ogallala .................... Gothenburg 47 0 Ogallala ....................... Oshkosh 24 140 Ogullulu ...................... Opponents 115 tl I - s

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Hack ro”' l«-ft 1« rl ht—Coach Francis Wilcox. livnn Brogan. K l Sehlmllcr. Boh Sheldon, rrnnn Klo hman. Juek KconoincM . Kil Hopken Floyd Applagnir. l.yh Kook l»on Shlvolv, l»nlo ('hlngrcn, Sindon Traln r. Front row loft to right—Thoitmx Kildare. Kenneth Krvln. Milford Krajo ki, Kinumid Klein, Warren Felt, Oscar i’liilllps. John Frnncll, Glen Gelsc-rt. ® © © TRACK The 1930 track season opened the third week in March and the 30 aspirants were greeted by u cold north wind for the first two weeks of practice. Only five lettermen returned from last year’s squad —Lyle Kook. Ed Hopken, Ed Schindler. Don Shively and Vernon Fleshman. The first meet was a triangular meet held at Oshkosh, April 7. Those schools participating were Ogallala, Chappell, and Oshkosh. The day was cold and windy and the distances, heights, and times were not so good. Kook won the high jump, pole vault and discus; placed second in the lmiud Jump, and shot put, and third in the javelin. Schindler won both the mile and the 880 yard run. Other boys who earned- points were Shively. Fleshman. Ilopkcn and Kildare. The )mints totaled as follows: Oshkosh 69, Ogallala 49. and Clmppell 20. The Indian tracksters then journeyed to Im- perial on April 14. to attend the annual meet. Other schools hiking part were Grant. Wauneta, Imperial, and Holyoke, Colorado. Rook was high point man with 18 points. Ogallala won the meet with 88% points. Holyoke was second with 34. Fleshman won both dashes, running the 100 in 10.5. Schindler won the mile in 5.06 and Hopken placed in both hurdle runs. Shively grabbed a third in the 440 yard dash. Rook won the pole vault and high jumn. placed second In the shot and broad jump, and third in the discus. The boys will enter the Sidney Invitational Meet, April 20, Kearney Invitational. April 28. Conference Meet. May 5, and the State Meet. May 12. Nine Ogallala tracksters journeyed to Sidney. April 20. to defend their 1938 championship. Al- though they failed to win the meet, the boys did well, garnering 25% points to place second to Oshkosh with 37. Rook was high point man of the meet with 14 points. He won the shot put with a heave of 40 3%”. tied for first in the high Jump and pole vault, and placed second in the broad jump. Flesh- man placed second in the loo yd. dash. Shively ran a nice race to place fourth in the 440 yd. dash. Kd Schindler continued his winning and led the milers home in 5.09. Twenty-Five