Sheboygan Falls High School - Pangissin Yearbook (Sheboygan Falls, WI)

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TRACK The 1945 track season is built around the five returning veterans and several new prospects. The team which won the conference meet last year has great possibilities of repeating this year. Three of the members who are back were first place winners in the conference meet last year. They are Don Schroeder, high jump: Claude Taubel, hurdlerg and Roger Ott, dash man and weights. Roger Ott, last year, broke the conference dis- cus record, while Don Schroeder broke the schools high jump mark, Thus far several meets have been scheduled beside the conference meet which is held in May. The local team has been the league champs for the past several years. F CLUB The F Club, from the local high school, consists of twenty-two members. The name given the club comes from the letter in the word Falls. In order to be- come a member of this organization a person is to play forty minutes in either foot- or basketball, and a first place in a big meet in track. If one fails to garner forty points in one sport, he may add two together to meet the fifty points. The chairman cf this organization, is Mr. Lester Vanderpan, athletic director. The officers, who were elected by the club members, are as follows: President: Roger Ott Vice-President: Donald Schroeder Secretary-Treasurer: Roger Retzlaff Seated: K. Russell, K. Mulder, C. Riemer, G. Kalk, C. Huibregtse. R. Ott, R Retzlaff, D. Schroeder, T. ZumMallen, R. Blust, W. Le1Vlahieu. Standing: Mr. Vanderpan, D. Retzlaff, R. Koene, R. Scheibl, K. Rauschert, C. Taubel W. Scroggins, D. Leighton, W. Rhines, J. Hildebrand, B. Nesemann J. Trowbridge.

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1944-45 BASKETBALL SEASON The Purgold cagers from Falls Hzgh completed its basketball season of sixteen games with six wins and e.evtn .i.sses. In cf,nI'crence play they ended up in sixth place. ln the Purgclds preconference games they beat Waldo twice by scores of 42-12 and 40-21 respectively. In ine other game they lost In Central second team of Shebtg-'gan by a score of 22-16. To open conference play the local cagers barely edged rut Elkhart Lake by the score of 20-19. The main gun in the attack proved to be Schroeder. highest scorer of the team. with ten points. In the second game the Falls live lost to Chilton 25-22. and again Don Schroeder was high with nine points. The third game of the year saw the local five trounce their rival enemy Kohler by the score of 32-11. High point men were Schroeder and Blust with twelve and nine points respectively. The fifth game. the Purgolds were pitted against ti strong Valders five and they came out on the short end of the score. losing 33-15. High for Falls were Blust arid R. Retzlaff with four points apiece. Against Plymouth in their sixth game. the Purgnlds again lost 37-26 with Schroeder being high with fifteen points. At New Holstein the Falls tive lost an overtime battle 23-25 in the seventh game of the season. Leading the attack were Schroeder and Scroggins with nine points each. Against Kiel. the local five won their second game by beating them out 27-18. High scorer was Bob Blust with ten points. The second round of play found Falls winning 26-14 over winless Elkhart Lake. High for Falls was Blust with sixteen points. The ninth game Falls lost to Chilton by a score of 26-16. Leading the Purgolds was Blust wit-h six points. At Kohler the local five lost their sixth game by the score of 31-28. Once again Schroeder paced the at- tack with thirteen points, being followed by Blust with seven. Meeting Valders for the second time, the Purgolds lost a close game 24-20 for their seventh loss in confer- ence play. High man for Falls was Schroeder with twelve points. In the last game of the season in conference play. the local cagers lost to second place Plymouth, by the score of 33-19. Leading scorer was Dick Leighton with seven points followed by Schroeder with six. This end- ed conference play with a record of four wins and eight losses. In the last game of the season the Purgolds went down in defeat at the hands of Central 31-24 in an ex- hibition game. VI-Iigh point man was Schroeder with eight points, Roger Retzlaff F McCabe, L. Wiersma, D. Leighton. K. Rauschert, K. Mulder, B. Nesemann C. Taubel, D. Schroeder, B. Scroggins. R. Blust. C. Riemer, R. Ott. D. Retzlaff, Vanderpan. Not on Picture: R. Retzlaff. C. Huibregtse, J. Trowbridge, A. Visser, R. Scheibl.

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Cl-IEER LEADERS L to Right: Alyce Klein. G. Peterson. IVI. Eggebeeri. R. Keippel. D. Noi'gau1'd M. Rasmussen. SCHOOL SONG We are for Falls High, Purple and Gold these are colors Royal and Old. They lead us on to victory, they help us, they cheer us, they stand for loyalty. Oh Cheer, cheer for good old Falls high this is our school and this is our cry, We will work with heart and soul and Falls High will reach its goal.