Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Rocks Climax Season with Three Victories; Recipients of Many Honors

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Equipment Manager Harry Peterson, and Back Field Coach Art Whalen. ROW 4: Line Coach Rocco Carbone. Student Managers Kent Weaver. Paul Carlton, Dave Burgess, and John Wetzel. Glen Holland. Jim Irving, Terry Petersen. Dave Mercer. Bob Hannes. Wilbur Wilson. Ray Nacin. Henry Thomas. Joe Carden. Lee Ehlers. and Student Managers Bob DeVrieze. Wesley Sedrel. and Jim Ziel. Absent when the picture was taken were Assistant Coach Don Clark, Gary Hahdiey. Steve Lowther. Grant Roti. and Student Manager Dick Genes. An East Moline Panther hits a ' Rock ' wall in the personages of Dennis Fulk. John Hass, and Fred Mississippi Valley Conference While not losing in their first two starts, it took the Rocks three games to break into the win column. After this rather slow begin¬ ning, the gridders climaxed their season by defeating four of their five final opponents and emerging with a 5-2-2 record, good for a second place tie in the MVC. The Rocks invaded and defeated Moline, 13-6, on Bill Bailey ' s thirteen points, after being tied in their first two games. Playing one of their best games, the team handed Davenport their third conference defeat, but only after the Islanders were edged by Alleman, 12-7. Bouncing back from their, 20-6, Homecom¬ ing defeat, the Rocks blanked East Moline, 13-0, for the Quad-City championship and con¬ tinued victorious, winning their last two en¬ gagements.

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Fred Litvin . . . Played offensive end. His hard blocking and good tackling earned respect from his opponents. Because of his excep¬ tional blocking, he received the team ' s Best Blocking Award. His absence, plus the ab¬ sence of the entire starting line, will be felt by the Rocks of 1959. John Hass . . . Played offensive and defensive tackle. John ' s rugged tackling and breaking through the opponent ' s line earned the team ' s Most Valuable Player award for him. He was also elected honorary co-captain of the 1958 squad. In addition to these team honors, he was selected as a first team all-state tackle, a first team all-conference, and all-metroplitan guard to climax his final year in prep football. Alan Olson . . . Played offensive guard and defensive linebacker. He was the lightest man o n the forward wall. Alan had the distinction of being the only lineman, other than the ends, to break into the scoring column. In the final game of the season, he picked up a Jay-Hawk fumble and raced over the goal line. Gary Herman . . . Played offensive center. He was the heaviest man of the starting squad and filled the vacancy left in the middle of the line through last year ' s graduation losses. His excellent blocking enabled many plays to go through the center of the line for needed yards. Bob Miers . . . Played offensive guard and defensive linebacker. Being on the light side did not bother Bob, as he effectively removed opponents from the paths of the ball carriers. Bob was the best pull-out blocker on the team, that is, to leave his position on the line to lead interference for the backfield. Glen Suter . . . Played offensive and defensive tackle. He ably filled the gaping hole in the line left by the graduation of the best defen¬ sive man of last year, Bob Caudill. His hard work and diligence made him one of the best straight-ahead blockers on the team. Bruce Granger . . . Played offensive and defen¬ sive end. He was described as saying the least and doing the most. His ambition and desire, coupled with his ability to tackle, made him an excellent defensive man. He played one of his best games at East Moline, where he blocked a Panther punt deep in their terri¬ tory and set up a scoring opportunity for the Rocks. Gl«n Suter Senior, tackle Bruce Granger Senior, end 27