Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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Student Manager for the football team, Mike Hesselgrave Coaches Clyde 59.1166 lv-1f51tY Basketball? Ralph 101111 The following Friday the men from Speed- way ran up against Warren Central and walked off the field with a 7-7 tie under their belt. The Plugs finished the last three games in a blaze of glory, winning all three, and holding the opponents scoreless in two of these con- tests, while scoring 69 points themselves. The three defeated opponents were Beech Grove, 13-0, Plainfield, 21-18, and Pike Township, 35-O. These three Wins brought the season record up to a respectable 4-2-2. The ,55-'56 Plugs, led by Senior Co-Captains Bill Healey and Fred Scott, are to be congratulated on a well-played, win- ning season. Coach Johnson sends his boys through practice maneuvers before the regular season begins.

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First Row: Bill Chriswell, Bill Hackett, Clark Johnson, Robert Johnson, Skip Johnson, Kent McCoy, Dan Lupear liecond gow: Bud Souder, Chuck Hayman, Stanley Eppen, Jim McClamrock, George Poor, Tim Ross, Tom Slater, orrest upe Third Row: Bob Scott, VVally VVilhoite, Steve VVhitmer, Bob Cox, Mike Beck, Bill Sweet, jim McMahon, Ed Skeet- ers, Jim Sprinkles, Max johnson SPEEDWAY'S Reserve Football Yell Leaders Marcia Edwards, judy Standiford, Nancy Beaman, and Marcia Keever. SpeedWay's 'Fighting Elevenl' compiled a season record of 4 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties. Coach Johnsons men got off to a shaky start by taking a 32-13 defeat at the hands of Dan- ville,s WVarriors, but they came bouncing right back the next week and gained a 32-7 verdict over Decatur Central,s Hawks. In their third game of the season the Plugs led throughout the game, but with 59 seconds to go, undefeated Brownsburg pulled over for the T. D. to secure a 20-20 tie. Friday, September 30, things went bad for the Fighting Elevenv and they took a 26-0 shellacking from undefeated Lawrence Central. 12

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BASKETBALL BOUX CES Joe Cork, Chuck Stout, Bill Healey, Ron Hunt, Kenny Smith, Perry Cantwell, Jerry Schultz, Jim YVood, Fred Scott, Don Boles, Bob Templin, kneeling: Coach Clyde Sallee Varsity Basketball Coach Clyde Sallee 1 1 Coach Sa1lee's Sparkplugs for '55 and '56 started the season off in grand style by downing the Franklin Flashes by a score of 68-53. In their next outing they downed the Bulldogs from Brownsburg 74-55. They ran their string to three and then four by downing Plainfield and Pike Twp. 53-44 and 71-60, respectively. On the night of December 9 the men from Speedway tasted their first defeat, it came at the hands of Mooresville 66-61. In their last game before the Christmas vacation they downed the Danville Warriors 61-58. Speedway celebrated New Yearls with a championship at the PlainHeld Holiday Tourney. They won the afternoon game from Clayton by a score of 70-53. They came back after the intermission and copped the championship game over the the host team, Plainfield, by the scanty margin of one point, 50-49. In their first game of the new year they stretched their record to 8 and 1 with a 75-51 victory over a scrappy Beech Grove team. On Ianuary 7 the boys traveled to the new Center Grove gym where they were handed their second loss, 73-67. They bounced back the next Friday and won a one point decision over Warren Central, 61-60.