Spearfish High School - Spartan Yearbook (Spearfish, SD)

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y V • Hr . -- ' BACK HOVi ' : Kenneth Carlson, Von Dahl, Ed Sprigler, Ronald Matson, Robert Frasier, Larry Bell, Darrell Warchiando, Les Turgeon, John Mottson. MIDDLE ROW: Gerald Hebert, Michael Harrington, Danny Gurwell, George Dahl, Roger King, Stanley Ainsworth, Terry Ford, Lowell Bell, Buddy Hood, Doug Dittus, Ralph Lushbough, Coach Neil Hart, Kermeth Martin. FRONT ROW: Jim Thompson, Dennis Blake, Roger Gregson, Charles Burris, Bill Dormer, Bobby .Anderson, Terry Linander, Mike Abraham, Jim Whitlock, Richard Larson. Seventh and Eighth Grade Football Team Has Full Season Cited as a very outstanding ball club by Coach Neil Hart, the seventh and eighth grade team completed the 1956 football season with a record of three wins and three losses. The little Spartans defeated Belle Fourche, lost to Sturgis, and split victories in each of their two-game series with Lead and Deadvraod. SHS Gridders in Action

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1 - i i r. L i i •M e r A.t % ' B ' ! , sr ' J t W BIP ' M t 1 .. m m e 1 » ' i W 3 r ■ . : i m e us n mm . w m J ' s jjgg- ' i w » ■ ' w ,( k i r I ■ M V s The Lettermen ' s Club, which consists of 26 members this year, is composed of athletes who have earned one or more letters in A sports. This honorary organization is sponsored by the SHS coaches. Shown above ore: BACK ROW: LeRoy Draine, Jim Anderson, Jim Matson, Gerald Mclnerney, Jerry Ainsworth, Charles Matson, John Kinyon, Richard Dodd, Larry Roberts. SECOND ROW: Carroll Hurd, Joe Termes, Roger Bell, Tom Campbell, Bob Butterfield, Richard White, Lorry Nelson. FIRST ROW: Ed Baker, Wes Orr, Mike Butterfield, Gary Miller, Ken Ander- son, Jerry Trier, John Matson, Bill Brown. NOT PICTURED: Jerry Rygg, Morris Mikkelsen, Jay Betts. SHS Tracksters This year the SHS track squad participated in the Pierre Legion Relays, Black Hills Relays, Chadron Relays, Northern Hills Meet, Regional Track Meet, and the State Track Meet. Shown above are: BACK ROW: Carl Deranleau, James Matson , Charles Matson , John Kinyon , John Lund, Leonard Walter, Joe Termes , Mike Butterfield . FRONT ROW: Dave McClure, Jerry Trier , Jerry Rygg , John Ed Matson , Dennis Steensgaard, Dick Termes, Jerry Elling- son, Douglas Erickson. NOT PICTURED: Tom Matthews . Coaches Gene Smith and Herman Boner are shown at left and right respectively. DENOTES LETTERMEN. —6-

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BACK ROW: Coach Smith, Gerald Mclnerney, Jim Matson, Jim Anderson, Tom Campbell, John Kinyon, Jerry Ains- worth. Coach Denker. MIDDLE ROW: Coach Hart, Bill Brown, Tom Matthews, LeRoy Draine, Charles Matson, Dick White, Ed Baker, Coach Boner. FRONT ROW: Jay Betts, John Matson, Carroll Hurd, Morris Mikkelsen, Jerry Trier, Wes Orr. NOT PICTURED: Roger Bell, Mike Butterfield, Spartan Gridders Fourth in B H Conference A record of four wins and four losses gave the Spartans fourth in Black Hills Conference football standings. Two seniors, John Kinyon and Roger Bell, gained honorable mention for the All-State football squad com- piled by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader sports staff. 1956 SCHEDULE Gillette Lead SHS 12 6 Opponent 7 21 Sturgis Hot Springs Deadwood 6 8 42 7 Custer Belle Fourche 48 26 Provo 34 12 Senior Jerry Ainsworth Bill Brown Roger Bell Mike Butterfield Tom Campbell