Rankin Township High School - Mirror Yearbook (Rankin, IL)

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TRACK HIGHLIGHTS OF '52 The 1952 track season turned out a big success as Rankin placed in several track meets and won three trophies during the season Rankin placed frrst m the Vermilron County Class B Track Meet held at George town Event winners were Uvhley Chnstensen, 3rd QShot Puty Schaeffer lst and Trimble 4th fl-hgh Jumpj tre between Erghner and Starr for th1rd place QDiscusJ Sloan lst 1Broad lumpy Starr, 3rd The tracksters received the mrle relay trophy at the North Vermrlron Track Meet as Ed Frichtl Karl Leach Earl Chnstensen and Wendell Starr won fust in the event The Frosh Sophomore team were victors and wmners of the frrst place rn the Frosh Sophomore North Vermrlron County Meet at Potomac The letter winners for the season Carl Schaeffer Wendell Starr Charles Tumble Allen Watson Earl Christensen, Martin Clementz Terry Sloan and Ed Fnchtl In recent years track has come to the front rn R. T H S sports and agarn thrs year we are expecting a good turnout Baseball Squad Front Starr Krng Frnley Leach Hendricks Sloan Abbott Mathrs Back Snyder Manager Hofbauer, Irvin, Hubbell Coach colteaux, Clementz, Prper Hasler, Terrel, Iohnson, Manager I 1 I Q , . . . . . . I n 1 I 5 Q 1 1 Q ' o : I I I I p n r o n Q - Q as Lg ,Qui X yi.. .gf-iif K K W A M 3 5 5 1 . ' ' Q in 5 ,Ek fa Z 9 n I I l J 1 c I 1 F I 9 .

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COUNTY CLASS B TRACK CHAMPIONS Starr Leach Tumble Sloan Schaeffer Coach Colteaux Chustensen Exghner Clementz Watson Zmck Zfroplzzcs I I 8 9 l l 5 I 'lu1,,,M. . . Q .,.-,7, I

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Kaskcfball Squad P ff if 5 ' J I Z 14 ...pig Q Front Hofbauer Hasler Bushue P1per Hunt Mrddle Starr H111 Hendrrcks Sloan Abbott E1ghner Back Johnson Chrrstensen Custer Hubbell Coach Colteaux Cle mentz Kmg Matlus Snyder BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS The 1952 53 basketball season has been a very rnteresnng one as the Rangers have won 12 out of 23 thrrllmg games aga1nst our nerghbonng towns The Rangers started off fme as they won the f1rst f1ve games by defeatrng Crescent C1ty Hennxng Catlm Potomac and Brsmarck Then followed a SCIISS of unfortunate cucumstances whrch marred the record We lost Karl Leach and Arme Wrlken and Ted E1ghner was out for seven weeks wrth appendrcms Durmg thrs trme the team lost nrne games wh1le w1nn1ng one However the boys were workmg hard all the t1me and won s1x of then last erght games for a thrrllrng frrush The toughres to lose were Westvrlle Saybrook and Hennrng all one pomters and East Lynn a two pornter The brrght spots were wms over Rossvrlle Armstrong and Sheldon all dec1s1ve vrctones Returnmg lettermen from the last year s team were Harold Hendncks Jack Abbott Bay Starr Terry Sloan and Ted E1ghner