Primghar High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Primghar, IA)

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However, the material appeared at the practice sessions and Coach Larsen moulded one of the finest teams that has appeared at Prim ghar for a decade It had a very succe sful season, excluding one game the loss to the powerful Sanborn eleven Seven 97 points against the opponents' 45 opposit1on was held scoreless Some of the high lights were time in seven years, the nlght game storm, and Pierce's freak touchdown Although Prlmghar placed first one place was allotted to it on the w1ns were recorded wlth a total of Durlng the first four games the The defeat of Cleghorn for the flrst at Orange C1ty durlng a heavy snow agalnst Paullina on ATm1StiC6 Day in the Sioux Valley Conference, only conference team Dwayne Babcock was selected as guard on the first team, while Harold Arenz, Roy Kennedy, Dale Nelson, and Eldon Plerce were chosen for positlons on the second team Primghar may well be proud of this team considerlng its lack of ex S K E T B A Those out for basket ball this year were Harold Arenz, Eldon Pierce, Glenn Schoening, John Brilman John Waggener, LeRoy Menke, Robert Brown, Roy Kennedy, Marvln Lecher, James Anderson, Robert Pierce, Rodney Leemkuil, W1lbur Mattice, Dale Nelson, Orville Schoening, Rodney Hughes, Carl Schaefer, Delbert Nelson, Ross Irvine, and Lloyd Long The basket ball season this year may be cons1dered one of the best in respect to the scheduled games, althclgh the tournaments turned out opposite to that predicted Nine wins and six losses were recorded dur ing the season and one victory and three losses at the tournaments Prlmghar had an experienced team this year consisting of six seniors, five Juniors, and two sophomores After the season was started it looked as if Primghar would sweep all competition aside but as it turned out the team was left without a cup to recognize its abil1ties The Sioux Valley Conference tltle was practically in its grasp after winning five stralght games without a defeat, but Sutherland came along, caught the team off guard, and away went the trophy to Alta who had six V1CtOT18S and one defeat WLeftyW Pierce contributed l74 polnts and 'Bus' Lecher, 126 toward the aggregate total of 445 as against the opponents' 415 Lecher and Pierce also had the best averages on free shots, making respectlvely 34 69 attempts and 28 of 58 tries During the last quarter of the year injuries and sickness removed Arenz, Lecher, and Pierce from important games. -21 perience, and exceptional number of injuries, and the rugged opposition. B A L L ' of

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fn' F O O T B A L L Regulars Positions Subs Rodney Hughes Rlght End Harlan Brendle Rodney Leemkuil Right Tackle Weston Anderson Dwayne Babcock Rlght Guard Floyd Chambers Craig Lampman Center Alllson DeGooyer Perry Henline Left Guard Wllbur Mattice Dale Nelson Left Tackle LeRoy Jones Glenn Schoening Left End -Orvllle Schoenlng Harold Arenz Right Halfback John Brllman Eldon Pierce Left Halfback Robert Plerce Jack Seivert Quarterback Lloyd Sheley Others who went out for football were Carl Schaefer, Robert Glenn Chambers, Roy Hammerand Charles Selvert henry Thys, and Lloyd Long Brown, Schedule and Scores They September October October October October October November November Cleghorn at Prlmghar SIOUX Rapids at S1OUX Rapids Hartley at Primghar Orange C1ty at Orange City Sutherland at Sutherland Sanborn at Primghar Ocheyedan at Ocheyedan Paulllna at Paullina Since nine players of the eleven on the f1TSt squad graduated from the 1936 team, prospects were not very brlght for this ye r's season 20 fl' Q I , ' . - A A i 7 Q Roy Kennedy ---------- Fullback ---------- Delbert Nelson F12 17 ----- ' --------- 6 - - - O 1 ----- ' ' ----- 13 - - - O 8 ----- --------- 21 - - - O 15 ----- ' ------ 6 - - - O 22 ----- , ------- B1 - - - 7 29 ----- . --------- O - - - 31 5 ----- -------- 13 - - - 7 ll ----- ' --------- 7 - - - O

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fYY December December December December January January January January January February February February February March January February February February S K E T B A 1937 1938 Season Schedule Archer at Primghar Sioux Center at Sioux Center Alton at Primghar L Mars at L Mars Alta at Primghar Sanborn at Sanborn Hartley at Hartley Cleghorn at Primghar Gaza at Gaza Sioux Rapids at Prlmghar Gaza at Primghar Sanborn at Primghar Paulllna at Primghar Sutherland at Primghar Tournaments Sioux Rapids at Primghar Sioux Valley Conference Hartley at Sheldon County Tournament Sutherland at Paullina Sectional Tournament Peterson at Paullina Sectional fsemi final? 22 Th X 1 B A L L 1 E2 6 3 ----- ---------- 38 - - - 13 10 ----- ----- 26 - - - 33 17 ----- ---------- 23 - - - 19 20 ----- ----------- 18 - - - 34 7 ----- ----------- 23 - - - 14 11 ----- ---------- 20 - - - 35 14 ----- ---------- 47 - - - 17 18 ----- --------- 18 - - - 17 27 ----- ------------- 24 - - - 10 February 1 ----- Paullina at Paullina --------- 20 - - - 16 4 ----- ' ---- - - - 12 - - - 11 8 ----- ----------- 26 - - - 29 15 ----- --------- 21 - - - 23 18 ----- ' --------- 20 - - - 19 1 ----- -------- 25 - - - 29 20 ----- ' ------- 13 - - - 15 ll ---- - ---------- 18 - - - 21 23 ----- -------- 29 - - - 25 25 ----- --------- 22 - - - 35