Osage High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Osage, IA)

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3 1 42 45 TOP ROW Roger Pryor Bill Michels Chuck Ruehlow ,lack Eiel Boyd VanVoorhis Chuck Murray Dale Ketelsen Butch McCoy Carl Bowman and Gary Klemesnid FIRST ROW ,lim Moody Gary Cameron Marlow Angell Russell Hein I I Craig Champion Tom Cannon Duane Gemaelich Bob Gunder- son Kent Markham and Gerald Monagh TOP ROW Russell Hartwxg Gerald Anderson ,lim Moody Chuck Ruehlow ,lack Eiel Neil Martin Ronald Hagen Gary Cameron Gerald Monaghan Jerome ,Iorgemsen Gary Flack and Coach joe Doyle SECOND ROW Wesley Doak Pat Mitchell Larry Warrington Terry Hartwig Delmar Ryan The Osage Green Devils closed the 1953 football season with but one victory to their credit, this being at Decorah by a score of 12-10. West Union and Osage tied in the first game of the season 6-6. Defeating Osage were Cedar Falls, Oelwein, Waverly, New Hampton, Cresco, and Charles City. ,al-Q Wayne Ryan Melvin Wilde Clifford Powers Paul Nalg Cary Lievrouw and Don Schweiger FIRST ROW Harold Comlsky Robert Hein ,lim Seeher Harold Thompson and Clarence Thompson Head Coach Dale Mead and Assistant Coach LeRoy Alitz lose nine seniors from this year's squad. The frosh- soph team, coached by Joe Doyle, won five games, lost three, and tied one to complete a good season's record. l 1.1 '- ' T , fl tx 65'

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TOP ROW Van Voorhls Ruehlow Angell McCoy Markham Ketelsen FIRST ROW Klemesrud, Pryor Leeman Otteson Comlsky Although thxs years varslty season record was 10 wins and 9 losses ll by no means re flects the true efforts and accompllshments of thls year S wresthng squad Also the reserve P record of elght wlns seven losses and one draw Wxth seven senlors leavlng thxs year, these reserves w11l get a lot of experience next year The graduatmg senlors are Ro er Pryor, Bob FHbflClUB, and Dean Johnson, 1 at 120 lbs Gary Klemesrud at 127 lbs Marlow Angell at 145 lbs Dale Ketelsen at 133 lbs and Craxg Champlon, heavywelght Ten returnmg lettermen w11l form the nucleus of next year s squad They are Orlo Otteson 95 lbs B111 Leeman 112 lbs Harold Comxsky 103 lbs ,hm Moody 133 lbs Kent Markham and Butch McCoy 138 lbs Russell Hem 145 lbs , 165 lbs , and Boyd VanVoorh1s heavywex t FIVC OHS wrestlers quallfxed for the state tournament thls year They were Orlo Otteson B111 Leeman, Gary Klemesrud, Dale Ketelsen and Chuck Ruehlow Gary Klemesrud was the only one to capture the state crown, wlth Orlo Otteson recelvlng thlrd place Coach LeRoy A11tz IS glven much credit for the fine Osage team whlch placed second ln both th conference and dxstrlct meets TOP ROW Penney T Hartwlg Mmod VanVoorh1s Markham D Johnson FIRST ROW Champion, R Hem Warnngton l'?Thompson B. Hem Fabncxus team showed notable accom lishments with a Gary Cameron 154 lbs., and Charles Ruehlow