Rushville High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Rushville, NE)

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Rushvllle ls Top Scorer Fleeher, Reeves Lead AIUOHQ 11 Man Gflddefs Class C State Backfleld 635011 Total Rushvllle Relams Beaver Clty s Kelser, Red Cloud s Phlfer Complete Versatile Backfleld The World Herald All State Class C Team Is 410 Pomts lst Place Berth Omaha Holy Name 3d lll Stale assc With 338 CLASS Broken Bow By Gregg lVlcBrrcle Mlffden Ulgnrld ll rald Irn In laurlsu gglrevltlame 5 s Federal Wrrurlties ul ml 5 Gothenburg Rushvllle led the Nebraska high C1-A55 C school scotm parade in football Clllllllf' 1911 Coach llwvold Wldlllll horns racked up 410 points in eight gums onc of thc best point pcr game performances ir 11 man Rushvlll Oakland Cambridge Oshkosh Grant s Long 1 l1lSlOl V Wavne Plainview David Cltv Bayard St Bonaventure PIGSKIN ROUNDUP West Point Ba tl k St Cecelia Benkelm n Gibbon By PHIL GOTTSCHALK Illusions: We want to dedicate this column Rushvllle Rushwue Has F0urafBhi,J'1S5e,s'l?I3' UEZHJSXJZ 'ill itching the 1951 Longhorns Humlllateg A11 Con Shlhillloafih JZf5,,T?Zl'1, me The Rushlllle Longhorns placedilcation of th diff b 6 EYEHCG 9 four men on dthe All gmoenfegeggs een two teams as Coaoh Lewell H hfstteaman oneon sc fH S ltd a team Chosen Tuesday mght bytoweellrvs Igalylggprrlnlgls llrarllelltl the conference coaches The powerful Rushvllle horns lived up to expectation day night when they :mu scrappy but outmanned Cl' Ha team 57 0 Pepper Ml SHOW POWER for the inexperienced Card The Rushulle Longhorns dis While the Lonhorns were rolling 409 points to 33 for their 8 opp ents they were also rolling up most rmpressne statistical re rd we have ever known Lets uk at the season s totals gain rushing of 524 yards but nevertheless stemmed the tnplayed amazxng power Saturdaypy had total losses rushing of the fn-st half night rn defeating Pine Ridge! yards This gave the eight op Coach Pepper Martins 11.69 0 on the local football field nents a total of 160 yards net on horns top club IH the Star Herald shvrlle scored twice m the ground or an average of 20 ratmgs smce the start of the sea quarter twice rn the second rds a game thats 5 yards a son smashed Crawford 600 last er and three times in hott' week in sewmg up the Nortk e,ence PASSES STEAL Boasting seven straight vlctl Rushvllle has one of the fine fensrve records in the state mg averaged over 400 yard. The Longhorns took to the air Thursday night to score three touchdowns a d Reeves irated after hree of the opponents actually led up with a net loss rushing y were Hemlngford 2 Craw 1 17 and Ha-y Springs 12 The rushing gum for vhe others 5 Pine Ridge 43 Chadron 50 don 56 Chadron Prep 29 and entme 84 'he eight opponents dld better Longhorns P VALE TINE IS ough the an lanes completing out of the 113 passes they rew for 615 yards Here is the lssmg yardage of the o nents Arg Chqmpom. CLASSEDM 91 sr 0 Chadron Prep 107 Heming rd 23 Valentine 71 Crawford 18 HIEJSHVISELE :Illia Th Rushvllle Longhorns com 'd Hay Sprmgs 177 :Exten TEAR! SINCE pletely dominated Friday night SNOW this ls 3 Ver? fespecfabe game with a good Valentme team fenswe P835 record Hllflwmg on bor the first time since 194613 it 350 Rushxrlle has an undefeat west Nebraska champronsllgonghorns 'emmgford 53 0 L0 lshvllle Longhorns defeat ' Hemmmgford Bobcats AM rsday night minus the T of most of the starting ter the first Quarter 36 00mPletlons out of 113 att empts 43171 for 615 yards or an average of 77 yards a game yards a quarter What were the Longhorns doing as they rolled up the 409 points' In eight 48 minute games there are 384 minutes so the Longhorns dld considerably better than a pomt a minute' But this ls only the obvious lets take a good look at those statistics which tell The Longhorns ended the 1951the real SWB' ay season by decisively defeatrng the Rushvllle was not known as a Hay Sprmgs Hawks 55 21 Monday passing team but they did man aftemoon at Hay Sprmgs age to complete 41 out of 95 for 0 e, 818 yards Thats 437 Here are l the yards passing made by Rush vile against Pine Ridge 6 out of 12 63 yards Chadron 1 out of 9 5 yards Gordon 3 out of 10 88 yards Preps 9 out of 16 for yards, Hemmgford 7 out of 13 149 yards Valentine 1 out of 10 9 yards Crawford 7 out of 13 137 yards and lHay Sprmgs 8 of 12 for 189 yards But now comes the best part of a the net yards rushing' This shows the crundhmg ground att ack that made 1951 a memorable ytar The NET GAIN RUSHING against Pine Ridge 364 yards Ch 'idron 555 yards Ur Gordon 206 yards Preps 295 yards Hemlngford 278 yards Valentine 309 yards, Crawford 200 yards and Hay Sprmgs 317 yards Add these up and you get 2524 yards ground out the hard way on the ground' To this add the 818 yards passing and you get a grand total offense that netted 3342 yards As we see it there are three or or or 7 or or for out clubs ln order of their rmportance tll good coaching 121 experienced players 131 welglht Rushvllle was fortunate nhls year in having all three plus speed and of course the most important factor of all tha burning deslre to win' Is it any wonder that Rushvllle fans are proud of their team' In our fmal column next week we will rhave some interesting facts about the scorers and the ball carriers The seasons record for the fear less forecast was 79 right and 21 wrong for a 790 average Our pre season predictions September 6 of the confeernce standings were thls way Rushvllle Gordon Crawford Chadron Prep Chadron Hemmgford Hay Springs Here is the w-ay tlhey dld wind Rushvllle Gordon Chadron Hay Springs Chadron Prep Crawford Hemlngford LO GHORNS BEAT GORDO ' 0 0 . . - .l I I S o 7 n , 1 , . . 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WEN luulle Duane McLain Don Dillon Blayne Begum Bull Albee Frank Reeves LeRoy Trensvold Floyd Lincoln Leland Watson Bill Jansen Jim Chamberlain Second Row Coach Pep Martin Gerald Van Busklrk Don Lincoln Eu gene Nyffler, Charles Merrill, Max Wrdtfeldt, Ed Ahold, Jerry Schoettger, Frank Reed, Jerry Begum. Thzrd Row. Bob Beckerbauer Marvin Trennepohl, James Kearns, Joe Jack son, Ronald Lehman, Ed Bolek, Dale Noble, Norman Han nah. Charles Colwell- F zrst Row Fourth Row . Melvm Bolek, Charles Kuchera. Don Squires, Ralph Kilcoin, Richard Bolek, Dennis Carr, Forrest Strong, Melvin Lulow. The Rushvnlle Longhorns, 1952 Conference Champions, were considered one of the best Class C teams in the state. They rambled through their eight- game schedule undefeated Gordon was the only team to come within 35 points of them. Followmg are the results of the games in the Rushvnlle Longhorn's suc cessful season, Pine Ridge .... Chadron High ....,..... ...... 6 9- 0 ..., 57- 0 Gordon .. M .... . ..,.....,...,..., 19-12 Chadron Preps ......,,...,... 52- 0 I-Iemmingford Valentine ...........,................ Crawford .......,,...........,......... Hay Springs ...,.,.. ...,........... 53- 0 35- 0 60- 0 65-21

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