Tahlequah High School - Tiger Yearbook (Tahlequah, OK)

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Tennis 1' in K Y it t ' K X 97 si . ,. gf Z! jk ,,,-,-s .-fi, ,., T , 1'1'1 V ki? . JA 1 K 1 . .1 fA'.kt TX x if 1 ' ' ' ' m, a - :vii , 1 Left to right: Elbert Mutzig, David Kisner, Jim Chastain, Ted Towry, Mac Mclntosh, Dan Young, Darry Carlstone, Bob Priest Steve Foreman, Bill Nichols, Coach. Tahlequah Tigers Tennis 5 consecutive winners of Oklahoma A Si M Tennis Tournament Kenneth Phillips and Arnold Dotson serving double duty as football and baseball mana- gers. 1949-1955 Basketball managers Steven Smith and Elbert Mutzig.

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State Finalist Squad 5'- krysi W ,sk -Ol' M .V J Ma . X Av J' ,E , ,S-:ff .QQV Q First Row: Don Ogle, Russell Glory, Gilbert Osbum, Owen Norwood, Veramin Davis, Bill Ruble, Webster Robbins, Gene Crager, Winford Butts. Second Row: Arnold Dotson, Bob Shewbart, Aldon Hodge, Lowell Townsend, Freland Cook, Billy Joe McNac, Frank Smith, Jack Keys, William Dry, Dale Connors, Kenneth Phillips. Coach Francis Ford's baseball team of 1954-55 was not expected to win over four or five games but they proved these expectations wrong by having a ll-4 record. Not seeming to be satisfied with this record they bestowed three trophies on Tahlequah Senior High, CNOAA Conference Champs, Regional Champs and Runner up in the NSC Tourneyl, and became the second team in our history to compete in the state semi-finals. Starting seniors of the l9 man squad that year were third base, Dale Connors, left field, William Dry, first base, Lowell Townsend and shortstop, Gilbert Osburn. Other senior squad members were Freland Cook, Don Ogle, Bob Shewbart and Aldon Hodge. Gilbert Osburn, hard-hitting shortstop, was more or less dubbed the 'Babe Ruth' of the Tiger team by knocking seven homeruns for the season. Three of these were hit out of four times at bat on home ground in a state play off game against McAlester. Lowell Townsend, mighty first baseman, walked off with the highest batting average of .500, it was one of the highest in the state. Lowell was also named Outstanding Player of l955 by his team- mates and named on the All-State Baseball Team.

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udy Knight, Jane Yarborough, Yvonne Davidson- Tiger Cheerleaders A 5 -3 45 ' c JN 1 i Jennie Givens lrene Leggett Maedean Shoemaker Nakita Cooper Valerie Vann First Row: Judy Carlile, Clara Childress, Louise Mathews, Judy Knight, Yvonne David- son, Jane Ann Yarborough. Second Row: Elsie James, Carolyn Box, Jane Ritchey, Nakifa Cooper, Valerie Vann, Marva Starr, Mary Sue Box, Sharon Kisner, Linda Burrows. Third Raw: Maedean Shoemaker, Pat Glenn, Carol Foreman, Faye Stewart, Treasa Mc- Dowell, Kathleen Danielson, Mary Jane Howell. Fourth Row: Kay Thompson, Marie Bryant, Clara Tye, Martha Southern, Janice Barrett, Doris Crager, Gail Burk. Fifth Row: Irma Yeager, Norma Hahn, Clarene Watkins, Edith Moore, Beatrice Johnson, Ella Mae Carlile. -Sixth Row: Beverly George, Lucille Foshee, Mary Sue McKenzie, Vera Sowder, Julia Thorne.Seventh Row: Joan Vann, Renata Labus, Mary Lou Thorp, Paula Tarkington, Anna Lee Kirk, Frances Hudlin, Carol Cashaw. Eighth Row: Jo Ellen Ballew, Carol Smith, Otemah Davis, Linda Robbins, Nadine Dodd, Alfoye Thompson, Suelene Watkins Norma McCollum, Betty Carroll.