Sheldon High School - Orab Yearbook (Sheldon, IA)

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Fursl' Row Edwun Brower Bob Heuluger LeRoy Van MeeTeren Bull De Krall John Teeslnk Rodger May field Bob PoTTer Second Row Muke Daule Bob Brady Jack Chase Jum Teeslunk KenneTh Wo bers Henry Kroese Davud Coles Thurd Row Lowell Roskam Jum PoHer Duck Tronnes Lynn Roskam George Hubbard John Kruger LesTer Cooper Tom BrughT VARSITY The Orabs opened The promusung 46 season SepT I3 wuTh a dusappounTung I8O deTeaT aT The hands oT a Speedy Rock Rapuds powerhouse Sheldon aIThough ouT weughed and Iackung un experuence showed a loT of spuruT spuruT ThaT was To blossom Tor'Th laTer and make Them The besT TooTbaIl squad seen here un a number oT years A surprusungly new beTTer Than ever Sheldon TooTball Team Traveled To Sanborn SepT 20 To brung back an un hoped Tor vucTory Coach Olsen shuTTed Blunk Van IvIeeTeren from has lune posuTuon To re enforce The lughT backTIeld and Blunk wasTed no Tume wuTh reconversuon He crossed To pay durT The second quarTer To sTarT The pounT parade rollung As uT rolled uT gaThered momenTum and when The TTnaI horn blew The score sTood 27 6 The SpuruT Lake Induans donned The'ur war paunT and headed Tor Sheldon The 27Th un hopes oT quellung The Orab Homecomung spuruT Sheldon on The oTher hand had TasTed sweeT vucTory and was deTermuned To TurTher Theur claum To Tame To sTrengThen Theur chances Bull De Krauu Truple ThreaT back Tueld man had recovered Trom hus leT unuury and was as good as new AIThough The score 7 6 was uncomTorTabIy close The Team deserved and won Theur fTrsT conference qame The Orabs Traveled To Cherokee OCT 4 To Tace The undeTeaTable Conference Champs The game was pla ed on loose TurT slowunq down boTh back TTelds and spou mg Sheldon s chances oT a successTul pass oT Tense In spuTe oT The score whuch read Cherokee I3 Sheldon O Sheldon Tans werenT Too downhearTed as Thus was The F OOTBALL The buggesT hearl' breaker of The season came OcT IB when The Orabs lourneyed easT To meeT Theur age old ruvals The Speencer Tugers Sheldon drew TursT blood when Tronnes sped around end on a decepTuv reverse To Travel unTouched To pay durT Spencer counTer aTTacked To score I3 pounTs and Thunks looked mughTy dark Tor Sheldon In The closung mmunuTes oT The game Coles sTellar end speared a Touchdown pass from DeKrauu To end The scorung Sheldon s eTTorT To converT was blocked and The Tugers won I3 To I2 AnoTher one pounT Thruller was wuTnesseed on The EsTher vulle gruduron a week laTer wuTh The opponenTs geTTung The shorT end oT The deal Thus Tume Sheldons local Touchdown Twuns Doc Blanchard DeKrauu and Glen Davus Van MeeTeren each reeled oTT a Touchdown and an exTra pounT The score anoTher Comte-rence vucTory Tor The locals was I4 I3 and uncudenTly our TrsT wun agaunsT EsThervulle un many a year The Orabs played Theur IasT non conference game wuTh a powerful Hawarden eleven Nov I The openung play oT The game senT Schwuesow TleeT Hawarden back 50 yards over open Tleld To score From Then on The vusuTors had Thungs much Theur own way and only a sTub born Sheldon defense kepT The score close A Hawarden Tumble un Theur own end zone neTTed us a saTeTy and The score I3 2 ArmusTuce day Tound The Orabs playung Theur ancuenT Toes The Subley Generals The TTeId was luTeraIly one kung suzed mud pud dle The whole game was an exchange of lowesT score The Induans were held To all season Orange CuTy played hosT To The Orabs OcT I4 receuvung a merculess drubbung Trom Theur Sheldon cousuns The Orabs vasTly superuor un The aur and on The ground sTarTed a scorung spree early un The TlrsT uarTer ThaT was somewhaT remunuscenT oT T e Sanborn game Olsen savung hus TirsT sTrung played every man on The bench The TTnal score read 25 O punTs beTween De Krauu and Boyd wuTh Bull geTTung The besT of The deal as usual Each Team saT back and wauTed Tor The breaks Subleys somehow dudnT show up whule Sheldon puT Theurs To good use The Tlnal score was someThung ThaT every Orab TooTball Team dreams of Sheldon 2l Subley 0 WalTer Olsen Coach TM I , - - a I , , s T 4 ' I, I I 1 rf 1 Q . . .. , - I I . .. ' . ' ' ' 5 ' u u I I if ,-5 n - ' u u n ' 1 u . u . u u u u u . . . , . . I - . u . I - . I . . . . . . I . Q u u -' . . , . . . . . T u I . u I I I . u - - uu - In - u - . . . - - . . . u - lu f nn Il . -' I' u u u ' . . ul u - u u ' u ' . I I . . I I . u ' ' 1 . . l . . . I I I I u . . . 0 ' 4 , Y! I I - .. . . . I I u I - - - r . u . I , . . . . , I I I I . . 64 I - u T . b . u ' . . . p CL - u ,' I

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sc' 3,- Ca fx 4, f ak, 4. pcm . K ' '- f K W7 ,Q o--'Q . 5 1 fy g- , N T X ,.--- X f,...-4, 1' i x..,' Aihlehcs Afhlefncs durmg +he 46 47 season The foofball feam wufh 5 wnns ouf of a 9 game schedule was dehnufely fhe besf squad seen on fhe gruduron here for many years Vlcforues were also sprlnkled generously over fhe baskefball feams record which was I77 placing fhem un second place nn fhe Lakes Conference They also broughf home fwo champnonshups wnnnlng fhe Counfy Tournamenf and 'rhe Secfvonal Bull De Kraan and Blink Van Meeferen were probably fhe oufsfandung sfars seen fhns year They bofh were back Feld men on fhe grndrron and consusfenf pomf wmners m baskefball Theur honors nn Lakes Conference compehhon were very excephonal bofh wnnmng posnhons on fhe fursf All Conference baskefball feam and on fhe second feam backheld John Kruger and Make Dauly were also rafed posuhons on 'rhe All Conference second feam un Foofball whule John Teeslnnlc and Bob Poffer re cenved Honorable Menhon sf T tru, kk C c, g. V g , f W V X X , VICTORIES bursf for-fh wifh fhe brilliancy of fhe Afomic bomb over Sheldon Cheerleaders Mary Cuddy Pal' Murphy Bob McVncker Kennefh Schnesder

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0 Do s gj T9 rs fflrfw Reserve Foofball As an former years a Reeserve 'foofball feam was formed from boys who dad nor make The varslry squad Through rhas sysrem every boy IS guven a chance 'ro ar hcupafe an foorball and learn rhe fundamenrals ance pruncaples of Jrhe game wh1ch make Them be'r+er prepared for The nexr year s varsnry squad 5? Clarence Marhn Coach . . . ' ' ' P 2 I, R