Sturgis Brown High School - Mato Paha Yearbook (Sturgis, SD)

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F O O T B A L L Bob Vernon Eddie Lodge dn d Center Guard r ddo'd ?iDoug1as Beckham Guard Jack Petrich Earl Schmidt Half-back End Coach R. J. Lanto George Denker Tackle Tackle End Archie Snoddy Vic Ellefson elf-M Wir-f My J X 1 4 xv 5 9 J ' . ,1 Frank Soelzer QuarteT'baCk 1 A Robert Karrells Fu11,baCk Lavere Woodle Half-back

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F O O T B A L L III. Andy Mallory, Norman King, Wilbur Voorhees, Quentin Wheaton, Kenneth Madison, Theodore Eyle, Earl Martin, Bill Mance, R. Lanto, coach. II. LeeRoy Snoddy, Claire Grams, Douglas Beckham, Bob Vernon, Robert Karrells, Eddie Lodge, LeRoy Hardy, Glen Hansen. I. Archie Snoddy, Lavere Woodle, Earl Schmidt, Frank Soelzer, Victor Ellefson, Jack Petrich, George Denker. Ci'tyg.QggQ26 SCOOPSTSQOCOOOIS Lead.llOlllOll54 SCOOPSTSIIIOOIO Newell...........O Scoopers.......O Hot Springs...6 Scoopers......6 Spearfish.......25 Scoopers.......O Deadwood.....14 Scoopers......6 Belle Fourche.....O Scoopers....l4 With only four lettermen back and the rest of the men having little or no experience, prospects did not look too good for the Scoopers at the beginning of this year's football season. However, by taking these four lettermen, Petrich, Woodle, Soelzer, and Snoddy, and picking the rest from a small reserve, Coach Rudolph Lanto built up a small but fast eleven. Although defeated early in the season by the Cobblers, the Sturgis team displayed a fighting spirit which was never lacking throughout the season. Continuing to progress, they ended a highly successful season by conquering the Belle Fourche Broncs, 14-O. This victory gave the Scoopers a record of one game to the good, two tied, and three lost, setting them up in fourth place in the conference standings with Hot Springs, Belle Fourche, and Newell. Petrich, halfback, was named on the All Conference team of the Hills, while Soelzer, fullback, and Ellefson, end, received honorable mention. At a banquet given by the city com ercial club, Coach Lanto named eleven lettermen, seven of whom will graduate this year.

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B A S K E T B A L L Closing the 1957-58 basketball season with a run over Vale, the Scoopers found seven victories and eleven defeats chalked up against them. Their two conference runs were both over the Deadwood Bears, while the other victories were over non-conference teams including Newell once, Vale twice, and Piedmont twice. At the District Tournament in Spearfish February twenty-sixth, the Scoopers were successful in defeating Whitewood in their first encounter but were defeat ed by Deadwood in the second round of play. Belle Fourche...... Piedmont ........... Newell ........ ... Hot Springs ........ Belle Fourche ...... -V-a1elllO0lIll0Olll' Spearfish.... ... Lead....... ... Piedmont... ... Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Deadwood... Rapid City. Newell ..... Lead ....... Spearfish.. Rapid City. Hot Springs Deadwood... Vale .... .. Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis Sturgis At the end of the season, Coach Lanto picked the following lettermen: Petrich, Woodle, Soelzer, Hendrickson, Vernon, and Lodge. Jack Petrich was high point man for the season with a total of l5l points on an average of 9.75 points a game. He also rated an honorable mention on the All-Conference Team. Frank Soelzer made the highest free throw average of the year with a score of 451.