Spearfish High School - Spartan Yearbook (Spearfish, SD)

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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

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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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' i-. BACK ROW: Edsel Olsen, Leonard Walter, Sherry Schaub, Charles Matson, Melvln Shuck, John Lund, Dennis Steens- goord. MIDDLE ROW: Coach Neil Hart, Pat Goodwin, Monty Newman, Harlan Lahti, Wayne Jeffery, Clarence Riqgs, Leslie Tenke, Coach Gene Smith. FRONT ROW: Robert Peterson, Richard Meyer, Fred Sipe, Jerry Ellingson, Donald Ainsworth, Harlan Draine. B Squad Despite a winless season, a small and inexperienced Spartan B squad showed ability and desire to become a winning team. The team, composed of freshmen and sopho- mores, was coached by Gene Smith and Neil Hart, Coaches and Managers Shown at right is head football coach Herman Boner, conferring with assistant coaches Roger Denker, Gene Smith, and Neil Hart, while student managers Dennis Bekken and Jack Betts look on. .h0mi ' Lettermen LeRoy Draine John Kinyon Carroll Hurd Jerry Trier Richard White $ ♦f»f