Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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Spnfuii pafzacfe G3'3 zz: Our victories in the various fields of sports this year are largely X, due to the efforts of our coaches. Coach Ralph Johnson very cap- ' ably taught the football squad the fundamentals of the forma- tion to finish the season with four wins against three losses. Mr. .if johnson also coached the varsity basketball team in a very success- ? ful season with Clyde Sallee as his able assistant . . . Mr. Sallee, 3 a war veteran, taught at .Xlexandria High School before coming 5 to Speedway . . . The track team was assured of a successful g season by the return from the Navy of Charles Nay. Coach Nay Ay formerly coached at Central High School near Madison, Indiana. .9 The -lunior High and Intramural basketball teams were indeed X , fortunate to have Mr. Sallee and Mr. Nay as their sponsors. Our cheer leaders, jane Vtfagle, liatie Heaton. 10-Anne Hasey, and Norma Sauer, led our yells at the football and basketball games this year to inspire our athletes to their many victories. Long hours of practice and much brain work made our yell-leaders outstanding at the three tourneys in which our basketball team participated. Credit must go to the Speedway athletes for carrying out the orders of the coaches in our three sports. Our athletes were honored in many ways this year, the first of which was the football banquet at Kernels Lake. Later came the F.l3.I,..'X.'s Athletes' Dance. :Xt this dance many awards were presented. jim Crumley earned the Lions Club Improvement in Football award and the Basketball Improvement award was presented to Bob Kuykendall. Bob Cassaday gained the distinction of being the first Sparkplug to win both the Foul-shooting' Trophy and the coveted Blase award. All of the football. basketball, and track athletes were honored at a banquet on April 12 at Cumberland, Indiana. -lane XYagle and Mr. Sallee Mr. johnson Mr. Nay ,lo-.Xnne liasey and Katie Heaton Norma Sauer

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Band Our present band director has directed the Speedway Band for the past eight years. He has had the helpful assistance of the student director and student manager. Selected members of the high school band traveled to Decatur Central. February 19. to participate in a hand clinic. There were participants from six different schools. The entire hand journeyed to Greencastle, indiana. .Xpril 27, for the District Band and Orchestra contest. lt has previously been held at Danville, indiana. Mr, Northcott has organized three hand ensembles, which give variety to the programs. They are a clarinet quartet, saxophone quartet. and a brass quartet. The patrons of the school, a large number oi business firms, and other citizens of Speedway, have worked with untiring' effort to assist in pur- chasing new uniforms. The hand gave several concerts during the year and have well earned their new outfits. Choir Th High School Choir under the direction of Miss Shull participated in a considerable number of programs this year in the community and else- where. They have sung' for P.T.A. meetings, the Y.XY.C..'X Variety Hour, the Monument Circle Christmas P1'O4Q'l'Zllll, the Lutheran Church, the Christian Church, Ifast Park Methodist Church, Terre Haute State Solo Contest, Local Music Contest. Coinnninity February Concert. Pike Township. and the .Xll-Speedway Concert in May. It is governed hy a council, elected by the members, who control the wardrobe and social activities. l.ike alleother youth choirs they want to sing popular music, but they find the other type wears the longest, Interpretation is studied and discussed with the students. It is necessary at all times for them to be learning' new music, as performing before the public never ceases. They are always active participants in the Indiana State Choral Festival .'Xssociation. z1ws.,11.s. H asm snag. BAND OFFICERS Student Directors jim Kelley Bob Hanen Director ,,,,,,, Mr. Northcott Student Mgr. Dick Musgrave CHOIR OFFICERS HITS: W Charles Sutphin l'res. jack Fulton 503. ,.., Donna Etter Trcas. Shirley Gaddis Librarians ,, .-'Xnnabelle Dicker- N4 son, ,lane XVagle liircctor ,,,, Miss Shull

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Front Row: B. Kuykendall, B. Hanen, VV. Arnold, Kelley, J. lYilson. Back Row: D. Belcher, R. Flock. B. Logue, P. Brumley, lf. Tsarefif, B. Roherts. 7wck Speedway's 1946 track and field hopes were boosted hy the return of hoth Coach Charles Nay and seven lettermen. Their experience was a deciding factor in the results of this year's meet. The letter winners from last year are: dashes, Richard Becher and Gene Tsareif: distance, jerry VVilson, Russell Flock, and Roh Kuykendall: hurdles. Boh Logue, and pole vault, lloh Hanen. Other boys expected to aid the thinly-clads this year were Charles Sutphin, Gene lYarren, Bill Roherts, Phil lirumley, and Duane Belcher. The Brown and Gold half-mile relay team, composed of Sutphin, Logue, Tsareff, and Bech- er, is reputed to he hetter than it was last year. This relay team ran the distance last year in 1 :-l2.2. The Sparkplugs engaged in only four meets this year. Their dual meet opponents were Dan- ville and Mooresville. A triangular meet was held with Franklin Twp. and the Deaf School. The Mid-State Conference track meet was held on .-Xpril 24 at the VVashington High School track. The thinlies' Hrst opponent in the l9-15 season was Mooresville. The Sparkplugs copped seven Hrst places to score a decisive 63-46 victory over the Pioneers. Speedway's runners won seven tirsts in the next meet, but Danville's Vllarriors gathered enough second and third place honors to edge out the Sparkplugs, 56 to 53. A poor fourth place tie with Brownshurg was all that the thinly-clads could earn as Lawrence Central's Bears walked away with the Mid-State Conference track title for the fourth consecutive year. Roh Huher sparked the Plugs with Gene Tsareff, Dick llecher. Boh Kuykendall. Jerry lVilson, and lioh Logue all scoring points. No records were broken, which was partly due to the poor weather conditions under which the meet was run. The last meet of the season was with the Deaf Schools Silent Hoosiers. The Hoosiers scored a stunning 70 2f5 to 381!3 victory over our run- ners. Boh Huher led the tracksters in scoring with SOM points and was elected the honorary captain for 1945.