Spring Green High School - Emerald Yearbook (Spring Green, WI)

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FIRST ROW: R. Steckelberg, R. Haas, J. Richardson, M. McGinley, K. Beck,W. Paulsen, D. Richards, C. Richardson, O. Stoltz. SECOND ROW: D. Kulik, T. Doyle, T. Paulsen, J. Robson, E. Thornton, R. Kraemer, D. McGinley, L. Lamp- man. THIRD ROW: D. Ferguson, J. Lins, G. Hetzel, G. Davies, F. Tobias, D. Kraemer, I. Snyder, J. Bindl, J. Fargen. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Nielsen, R. Kra- emer, D. Feiner, C. Baljo, J. Longseth, K. Haas, Mr. Peters, READY-SET-HUT 1 - HUT 2 - HUT 3 ! Playing under the name of Shamrocks for the last year, the green and white of Spring Green High School had a most successful year. Under the direction of head football coach, Mr. Peters, and his assistant, Mr. Nielsen, the Shamrocks ended the season with an impressive 5 won and 3 loss record. The season opened against the Portage J. V. 's and the local team showed much promise of having a fine year. Mike McGinley scored a late' first quarter touchdown to bring the score to a 7-6 Portage half time lead. The game was won on a third quarter score by Dick Haas. The football season was then off to a good start! The first conference game was against the defending champions, Waunakee. It was a hard fought game until late in the fourth quarter when Waunakee's defense wore the Shamrocks down. The final score was Waunakee 27, Spring Green 0. The following week's game was played against a very improved Mazomanie team. The Shamrocks proved to be too much for Mazo to handle as the Green and White went on to win 14-0, with Mike McGinley and Bill Paulsen scoring. The season's fourth game saw Spring Green playing host to Sauk City. After 7 years, S. G. finally tipped the Cardinals 7-0 with a touchdown pass from quarter- back Dick Haas to left end Dick Kraemer. The Spring Green stingy defense stub- bornly held Sauk all night on a mud and rain soaked field, and intercepted four pas- ses in the fourth quarter. The next game of the season was Spring Green's final Homecoming with the Shamrocks meeting Prairie Du Sac. The Prairie team proved to be too much for the locals to handle this time. Two touchdowns high lighted Spring Green's efforts in a loosing cause, 24-13.

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QUEEN NANCY KING ROGER 1961 HOMECOMING COURT OF HONOR--Mary Haas and Doug Kraemer, Arlene Alt and Francis Tobias, Deniece Carver and John Richardson, Maureen Lins and Charles Richardson. CROWN BEARERS: Diane Schmitz and Brian Doyle. QUEEN: Nancy Wunnicke. KING: Roger Steckelberger.

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BRAINS BEHIND THE BRAWN Coaches Peters and Nielsen In an attempt to staywithin striking distance of Waunakee, Spring Green travel- ed to Verona for their sixth game. Spring Green struck for a 7 to 0 lead in the third quarter with Mike McGinley scoring, and added a fourth quarter score from Dick Haas. Verona was the victim of Spring Green's third shut out of the year, 14-0. The climatic game of the year was played against the Lodi Blue Devils. The first play from scrimmage saw Lodi ramble 63 yards for a touchdown. The Blue Devils added another touchdown in the second quarter, but the extra point failed. The Shamrocks began the second half with a never-say-die attitude. Mike McGin- ley scored Spring Green's first score from the one yard line and the point brought the score to 13-7. Again in the fourth period Dick Haas scored and the all import- ant extra point brought joy to the team and many followers as we won, 14-13. The final game for Spring Green High was played at home against Poynette on a rain soaked field. The fighting Shamrocks couldn't get fired up, and Tim Paulsen gave Spring Green its only hope by picking up a Poynette fumble and going 47 yards for a touchdown. Thus ended the season with the locals being defeated, 7-6. The Spring Green football team finished a respectable third in the 1961 Tri-County football race with a 4 won and 3 loss record. Mike McGinley Dick Haas Bill Paulsen Tim Paulsen Dick Kraemer Dick Haas TOUCHDOWNS 6 3 1 1 1 EXTRA POINTS 9 SHAMROCKS MOST VALUABLE Ken Beck