Tahoma High School - Ki Ah Yu Yearbook (Maple Valley, WA)

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fyootball cMufhltifliti . . . Top row, left to right: Bud Gesell, fullback; Bob Zielinski, reserve guard; Jack LeGrande, right halfback; Chuck Barbero, quarterback; Less Collecchi, left halfback. Bottom row: left to right, Don Neal, right end; Virgil Markus, right tackle; Dick Kleparek, right guard; LaVerne Gay, center; Ralph Niemeyer, left guard; Bud Dubigk. left tackle; Ken Collins, left end. fyaothall Suttunaruf, . . . At the start of the “47” season, Tahoma’s football outlook was very bright, what with several promising players coming up from last years second squad to help out the 12 returning lettermen. The lettermen were as follows: Jack LeGrande, Less Collecchi, Chuck Barbero, Fred Habenicht, Bill Bowman, Bud Dubigk, Dick Kleparek, LaVerne Gay, Don Neal, Bud Plischke, Virgil Markus, and Robert Zielinski. The coaching staff was also bolstered with the arrival of Mr. Heilsberg, the new assistant coach. In their first conference game of the year, the Bears met the everpowerful Mt. Si eleven. The game was a hard fought battle for both teams with Mt. Si on the winning end of a 25-0 score. Next for Tahoma were their everlasting enemies, the Meridian Blackhawks. The game was played at the Kent High School Field. This game was filled with thrills and excitement, and when the final whistle blew, the Bears were ahead 7 to 6. Tahoma’s next game was with the Bothell eleven. Bothell, who were defending champions lived true to form and soundly trounced the Bears 25-0. For their fourth conference game, Tahoma journeyed to Issaquah to tangle with the Issaquah Indians. The Indians, sporting one of the fastest teams in the league edged the Bears, 21-13, with the brilliant running of the Issaquah backfield highlighting the game. Vashon’s Pirates, one of the top teams in the conference standings, were the home team for Tahoma’s next game. The game, which was played in a very heavy rain, produced many costly fumbles on the part of Tahoma, and when the game wras over the score read 19 for Vashon and 0 for Tahoma. In their last game of the year, Tahoma met Tolt, in a game played at the Issaquah Memorial Field. Both teams put everything they had into the game and produced a real show' for the spectators. When the game was over Tolt sported a 13 to 7 win over Tahoma and that was the end of the Football season for the year. — SQUAD MEMBERS 1st row: left to right; Herbert Reed, Bob Doyer, Mickey Ek. Bud Gesell, Dick Kleparek, Harold Dougan, Bud Plischke, LaVerne Gay. 2nd row: left to right: Quentin Hyatt, manager; Chuck Barbero. Bob Zielinski, Jim Sweeney, Bob Hale, Don Crosson, Less Collecch , Ralph Niemeyer, Dale Sandhei. 3rd row: left to right: Mr. Harold Heilsbe:g, coach; Chester Spurgeon. Jack LeGrande. Virgil Markus, Ralph Matthews, Bud Dubigk, Ken Collins, Don Neal, Mr. Paul Kimball, coach. KI-AH-YU 29

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o (ZabJzeUxall . Don Neal Chuck Barbero Forward Guard Ken Collins Center tf-isut 1earn Second leam 1st row, left to right: Fred Habenicht, Bob Hale, Mickey Ek. Don Crosson, Bob Zeilinski, Jim Sweeney. 2nd row, left to right: Mr. Paul Kimball (coach), Richard Grady. Dave Maxwell. Jack LeGrande. Ken Collins, Don Neal, Chuck Barbero. 1st row, left to right: Harold Dougan, Clark Twedt, Bud Gesell, John Litras, Quentin Hyatt. 2nd row: Mr. Charles McNair (coach), jDale Sandhei, Phillip Martinez. Bud Plischke. Herbert Wilke. The highlights of the 1947-48 basketball season which featured 16 conference games began when the Bears played the I.akeside Lions in a home game, defeating them for the first time in three years with the score of 25 to 23. This game was the beginning of a series of eight straight conference wins. With the winning of the Lakeside game and the return of four lettermen, the Bears had a very bright outlook for the 47-48 reason. The second game was played at TaHoMa, the Bears playing host to the Vashon Pirates. The Bears won, making it their second win. On Dec. 19th TaHoMa made its first trip away from home when they journeyed to Issaquah to defeat the Indians 34 to 25. With a long rest during Christmas vacation the Bears came back, rested up and ready to take another win when they defeated the Meridian Blackhawks. It Was a very close scoring game in the first half, the score being 12 to 0. The Bears came back in the Becond half to take the game by a wide margin. The next game was one of the hardest fought battles of the season when the Bears played the Foster Bulldogs, winning the game 29 to 27. Prior to this game both teams were tied for first place. After defeating Foster, TaHoMa took over undisputed first place, having lost no games. TaHoMa then played n return game with the Issaquah Indians, defeating them a second time by the score of 48 to 37. The Bears played another game that name week with the Lakeside Lions. With the loss of the Foster game the Bears were discouraged and could not get their old fire back. They were defeated by the Lions making it their second loss. The Lakeside game was the second of a series of Asses for the Bears, losing their next game to Mt. Si., the only undefeated class A school. The Bears came within five points of winning but could not get the required five points ns the game ended. TahoMa met two more defeats before they managed to take their eighth win. Playing in two away from home games the Bears were defeated first by Overlake, and A school; and the following week by Vashon, a B school. The Tolt Demons then came to TaHoMa to be swamped by the Bears with the score 54 to 28. The Meridian Blackhawks returned the Bears’ compliment by defeating them i a game at Meridian. The last game of the season was played at TaHoMa. The Bears losing to the Bothell Cougars 49 to 43. 30 TaHoMa, ’48