Sabetha High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Sabetha, KS)

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fOOTBflLL IfTTfRUHIl ARTHUR ART BELL, senior and three-sport athlete, holds six letters,two in each snort. Art was on the medley team that finished sec- ond at the ’50 Ottawa relays. He was added to the casualty list of the football squad toward the end of the season when he had a tooth knocked out. ROBERT BRUNNER, 165 pound senior, joined the football squad his junior year and let- tered his senior year, playing the tackle po- sition. RONALD RONNIE CARPENTER, senior and co- captain of the 1950 football squad, lettered in all three sports. He holds three letters each in football and basketball, and two in track. Ronnie was on the relay team that set a new mile record at the '50 Ottawa relays. ALVIN GATES,has lettered two years in foot- ball. He was a running back on offense and a linebacker on defense. Alvin is a trackman where he runs the open half-mile. He placed third in the Big Six track meet in '50. KEITH HAXTON, although not a regular, has persistence and a fighting spirit. He dis- played a will to win whenever he was playing, and also a competitive spirit. This letter in football is Keith's first. He has gone out for track and basketball three years. LYLE LANCASTER, filled the tough but ungla- morous role of guard in the'50 football line. This, 150 pound senior is a two-year letterman in football. Lyle lettered his sophomore and junior years in track. He ran the mile where he placed fourth in the Big Six relays last year. JOHN ROSS, « senior tackle, was elected co- captain by his teammates. John has been a member of the squad four years and a regular his junior and senior years. He is a faith- ful on the basketball and track squads, too. NORMAN STEINER, oenior and 140 pound foot- ball back, has been on the football squad two years and on tne track squad three years. He lettered in football this year. LEE WHITE, a 172 pound senior, is a two- sport athlete. He boasts two letters both in football, playing an end position. He plays forward on the basketball team. JAY BUCHHOLZ, a 155 pound guard, is a jun- ior, lettering his first time this year. Jay Joined the football squad his sophomore year, but he has been a track man since his fresh- man year. Jay is a strong, husky lad who is sure to make himself felt in next yeai sfoot- ball frays. MAX DALSING, 160 pound guard, earned his first letter in football this year. He could usually be depended upon to open or fill a hole, whicnever was necessary. Max partici- pates in all three sports. This charging lineman ought to be one of the top players come the '51 season. MARION RED EMERT is a one-year letterman in football and has one year left to play. He also is a member of the basketball squad and runs the 100-yard dash on the track team. ROY RALSTON, a 168 pound junior and a two- year letterman, was an alert center and a charging line backer on defense. Roy was a memace to any ball carrier. He is bound to be a key man next year. In basketball, Roy is one of the hardest fighting men on the team and ready to give all he has to win the game. He is an outstanding trackster as well. ALBERT ROBERTS, 147 pounds in weight, let- tered in football his junior year. He was a very alert and deft quarterback. His quick thinking and ability to handle the ball m.de it possible for him and the other ball car- riers to make large gains. Albert called the plays and then had to pass the ball off to the right man. This probably is the most skilled part to play in football. He is also outstanding in basketball and will be a good man in track. VANCE WENGER, a 178 pound tackle was one of the biggest threats in Sabetha's forward walL A junior, he has two letters in football and has played varsity basketball and track. In 1951 Vance will be one of the main wheels in the Blue Jays line. JACK BAKER, a 150 pound sophomore, has two letters in football. He played an end posi- tion. Jack is not a one-sport athlete. He took third place in the mile relay at the Big Six track meet last year, and plays basket- ball as well. KEITH BROOKS, a second year letterman in football, was considered one of the best sophomore backs in the Conference. Keith is small, only 138 pounds, but he makes up for that many times in his shifty running. Toward the close of the season, Keith's name was added to the ever-growing casualty list with a broken collarbone. With two years to go he ought to be a topnotch player. ANTHONY TONY HEPTTG is one of the four sophomore lettermen. He earned his first let- ter this year in football, playing at center. He is a member of the B-team in basketball JIM MOCK a 150 pound sophomore, is a three- sport athlete. He earned his first letter in football this year. LYNN KELLENBERGER, 149 pound freshman, is a hard driving back. Lynn was the only fresh- man to letter. Lynn was switched to an end position toward the end of the season. Lynn's next three years promise to be good ones. Gary Tyler has been the Jays hardluck man as pre-season prac- tice knocked him out of the 1950 and 1951 seasons. In '50 he had a fractured finger and in '51 a broken right arm. He was play- ing at the fullback position.