Rockport High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockport, IN)

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Football Hrstor and Record Th prospectrse telm for the 1950 football season appeared before Coach Dunker August ll to get rherr equrpment The first practrce was scheduled the followrng Wondax mornrng It 7 00 for the underclassmen term and 9 00 for the frrst team Trme was short and the frrst game near therefore an afternoon practrce was nec essary The second team was drrlled from 1 00 to 3 00 and the frrst t 1m took oxer at 3 00 ani practrced untrl 5 00 We had just enough trme to go home eat and complarn about our aches and parns Jefore we m t agarn t 7 00 p m for skull practrce Skull practrce rs essentrrl for a football team It rs here that plays are learned and drscussed The workouts were hard and our muscles were soft after nearly 1 years rest After about zr week praetree was pure drudgers but w realrzed rts mportance The field wrs usuallx sery hot and we certarnly felt the heat under 1 heau footbrll unrform As Coaek Dunker says No one lrkes praetrce therefore dont thrnk about rt but 1rsualrze the future games Now that rt rs all oxer we realrae thrt 1 prre tree held w 15 a good place to make frrends l' eryone was xrllrng to help everyone else 1nd we were all workrng toward the 511111, goal Superror sraed Indrans wrth 1 eouple of good breaks held Rockport the hrst quarter In he second quarter McCoy went o1er for a score rm Jones ldded two more pornts wrth a drop krck ln tre last qurrter Lrllpop scored after VlcCoy ran tw enty yards on a fourth down The Indrans won 42 14 not makrng one costly mrs take and out werghrng our lrne greatls Rockport pulled a 25 6 trrumph out of a mud soaked freld wrth fullback Sam VlcCJox seor rng two touchdowns along wrth Brll Irllpops two seores rm ones had to run for hrs extra pornt Rrchland was defeated leavrng Rock port wrth 1 500 aserage one wrn out of two Rockport s second srctory was 54 6 os er the Chrrsney Wrldcats Lrllpop and McCoy had Hue touchdowns between them Brll Boultrnghouse Enlow and Jolly added 1 touchdown each There were thrrty three men who saw aetron rn the trlt whrch gate the Sophomores and Freshmen 1 chance to score rn the last quarter The Zebras bottled up Oakland Crty s of fensrse so trghtlx that one first down rn the thrrd quarter w I9 the only major sardage made Lrllpop crme through wrth three touchdowns Blythe grabbed a Hnal pass tallyrng up a 24 0 score The strff lrne of defense made up of Brll Boultrnghouse and joe Young at ends Pat Wm ehell rnd Grl Lynch at guards and Roger Wetzel rt eenter repertedly stopped the Acorn s attempt at seorrng 79 28 Blythe prled up two touchdowns as oe Young and Sam 'VICCO1 came through wrth a touchdown ereh B11 the and Young along wrth Lrllpop VleCoy and Boultrnghouse were rnjured rn the rough serrp The Zebra wrrhorses trlmpled the Cannelton Bulldogs I9 12 VleCo1 broke through for two touchdowns and Lrllpop went over for one A prss from ones to Young made the extra pornt The Tell Crtv Marksmen scored a 29 6 uc tors over Rockport Lrllpop scored rn the last quarter The Zebras downed Dale 44 10 rn the last game of the season VlcCos came through wrth three touchdowns followed bs Blythe wrth two Boultrnghouse 1nd Lrllpop went oxer for two more . ,s . ' , , , . , J ' X V . . . ,- t . , . . , . A ' ' ' V' V y v A . ,, . - v 1 . X V v V s ' ,L V . . Y 1 ' - , z e. ' : . ' . . . . ' Y N Y Y ' I . ' X , ' , , K. . , . V .. ,. A - ,, . f e . a : . . - ,, ,, . . x . x .A - V Q V . , ' , , v , . A i VL l ' I V- K D ' . . 'x Y' Y 4 L - , x F- . K , -A , , - 7 , , . . 1 .lv C . , ' . , A V ' 'X I I f x V , . , . vi V l Yl l V 1 , rr , ' . . , Y. .. l Q 3 x , - , Rockport lost a tough game to Mt. Vernon Y V - . ' , J A ' V- - n - . , , . 7 1 e' 1 ' I . , ' ' r r - '- 1 V - -, . , . , ' , , . . 1 A . 1 , V '., ', ,, ., ., ', ' ,- - w - - - . . .1 y A 1' K 1 1 r v - wr' ' s s 1 v -r -r fr ' ,, 5 ' R u ' t X t e 4 n l 1 . r l l. 5 I Q 4 , -1 1 I . . , K. , . A I s I x w nf - ' r ' . r J' - s 1 ' V' , I I ' - r - ' . l- 1 - ' - - . . A , , , - f l , , .k,L - s 1 1 - ' V , ,' - . V V 7 V l - 2 ' f' - . A - R r - , ' s , ' ,, , , Page frfly-three

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Hardwood H1 L1tes The Rockport qumtet had 1 better than usual season record mth 1 S00 average bv wmmng 9 games and droppmg the same A final PAC standlng of 375 xx as re1ched after battlmg some of the toughest teams around Heres the hrghlxghts of each hardwood con tests The Zebras were really determnned to dedrcate the new gym n 1 classy fashron Thxs thev drd bw completely up settmg Rxchland 41 to 40 The score vsas 39 to 40 vu h the Red Deuls on top and 3 seconds to play x hen lxttle ohnm Smlth drxbbled the length of the floor mto the kes hole for the wmnmg push shot Rockport s next guest was the Troy Trojans Nexther team was up to par but the Zebras man aged to take the decxsnon 53 to 47 The Zebras couldn t be stopped and gave one of thexr best performances of the year Sparked by Gordon who accndently blew hot wrth 21 talhes they drove the Oakland Cnty Acorns home defeated 68 to 50 The qulntet then moved out of thelr stamp mg grounds to journey to Cannelton old trme rxvals The Zebras couldn t set up a good defense whnch automatlcally gave the Bulldogs the ad vantage The first defeat came 42 to 46 The New Harmony Rappxtes handed the Zebras a slnght edge defeat of S3 to S7 Again there was no defense and only Gordon and Vogel could find he range Each wound up wrth 19 markers Englmsh fell before the Zebras stronghand 45 to 39 The squad stnll nn a slump just drd manage to force a vxctory over the Englxsh Red Devnl bs making a last 3 mmute rally 'vit Veraon then scurrxed our to the R H S gym for a um The game turned out to be a knock down drag out contest but the Zebras couldn t hang on The result S2 to 46 The bnggest flop of the year came when Chrns ney surprxsed Rockport 31 to 33 on the oppon ent s floor I-rench Luck caught the qumtet sleeprng and crow ded then out of the wmner s booth 32 to 36 The tnde finally turned agam and Rockport sparked by Vogel wnth 28 pomts trounced the daylxghts out of Dale 73 to 47 In an over txme the Zebras turned back sorry bunch of Ls nnvnlle Lmdxes 47 to 46 Ah sweet revenge' Remembermg thenr de feat earlier the Yebras steered bs Brll Boultmg house drove to a l pomt vlctory over Cannelton nn an over tame Fmal score 44 to 43 For the hrst tnme of play at Owensboros Frances fell S4 to 44 Suffermg from the hangover of the St Fran ces game the mght before the Zebras were over powered by a strong Petersburg team 48 to 55 On a snowy february 8 evemng xt looked as though the Zebras mught have been on the way to another loss Then Boultmghouse got warmed up and settled the nssue Hrs 17 pomts and Vo gels 11 beat 'Mater Den 44 to 39 Boonvxlle wrth a couple of hot rods mowed the R I-I S crew down for the bxggest loss margm of the year The Pxoneers reallv poured nt on wxth a score of 38 to S9 The B Ball mentors were nabbed by a fast shootmg team of Holland Dutchmen The Dutchmen led at the hrst stop 15 to l The Zebras then battled an even game but could never regaln the 14 pomts whnch beat them 36 to SO A surprxse awanted the vxsntmg Tell Cnty 'Vlarksmen The Swnss Crty fellows ran mto a hard Hghtmg Zebra crew and for a whlle rt looked lxke m upset The Zebras came wnthm 3 pomts twxce but couldn t hold the pace and the Vlarksmen won 41 to 49 Pug: my mf . . I I. K u v 1 . . . , - - , G u 0 I o n ' . . ' ' ' I ' . A ' - v . 2 I ' I -1 v v ' ' 1 ' -- V V - ' U ' ' - r if l ' ' ' v ft v. , . I l ' V ., ' J , ' . ' , . , I' ' ' - . V- 1 . ' - D - D ' , ' - Sport Center, the Zebras held their own. St. 1 ' - , . , ' 5 . . , , . 7 . , , . . , r . n n 1 Y r ' . ' L . ' ' I . , s Q , Q y . . .5 ' D ' f ru . . . r . A D 'x . . . , ' ' ' ' 1 ,' . . . . . , - - ' s , K- . , . , .