Ossian High School - Oracle Yearbook (Ossian, IN)

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I ' - -4113 vv Q:-.v J' First row Dafforn, McAfee, Fries, Patten, James. Second row: Melching, Student Manage-rg Earl, Hilsmier Weisenauer, Biberstine. Third row: Dennis, Hendricks, Melton, Stevens, Roussey, Pasko Benson, Coach Andes. TRACK Led by Ed Weisenauer, who won three blue ribbons and broke two records, Ossian came within two and one half points of taking the 1956 County Track Title. Weisen- auer set records in the 220 yard dash in 23 seconds and the low hurdles in 23.4 seconds. Rock Creek won the last event, the mile relay, and Ossian came in second to provide the win- ning margin. 'fr' rf 'iv Another blue ribbon for Weisenauer A winning heave by Earl.

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V Sports are considered an essential in our school. By participating in games with other schools we learn fair play and also we become acquainted with other students. Fri? W4 1 l l l My ,X .IJ in C T - i :ff Q 'Q , 5. i -r 'R' 4 J' ' 1 - A' 131 ' Q 29

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Ossian's baseball team got back into form this year by winning the c o u n t y championship. They lost only one game but that was to an out-of- county school. Good pitching by Van Meter and McAfee proved to be a very good asset to the Mb. i ,.- i .. - P' , ' club. SCORES OF GAMES: First row: Hilsmier, Henry, Melton, Long, Student Managerg Quaclcenbush. Second row: Baum- gardner, VanMeter, Blair, Shutt, McAfee, Archbold. Third row: Hunter, Arnold, Fries, L. Patten, Coach Wright, B. Patten, Mahnensmith, Crane, Melching, Student Manager. il l l VARSITY BASEBALL Another home run for Baumgardner. Ossian .....................,.. 4 jackson .... Ossian ,,,,4,r ,,,,. 6 Union ..,... Ossian ,.,.... ..... 6 Liberty ..,. Ossian ....,., ........ 1 9 Chester .,.. Oggian ,,,,,,. ,,,,,,,, 1 4 Rock Creek Osgian ,A,,,,, ,,,,. 1 Lancaster .. Ossian ,,,,,,, ,.,.. 7 Berne ........ Ossian ,A,,r,, ,,,,,,,, 1 4 Petroleum Henry performing catching duties. 3l