Tama High School - Iuka Yearbook (Tama, IA)

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Back row, left to right: Coach Rickert, Vernon Neumann, Iames Norton, Bill Robeson, Iunior Piotter, Keith Wilcox, Emory Wagoner, Eddie Hill, Ervin Hanus, Paul Maiden, Allen Hill, Merl Pagel, Robert Sadler, Raymond Lathrop, Bob Coleman. Second row: Herbert Youngbear, Vernon Paqel, 'Bob O'Connor, Rex Coleman, Ben Morgan, Merle Kensinger, George Luther, Richard Papake, Iohn Nelson, Dick Burnes, Tom Malin. First row: Clyde Wanatee, Darrell Rebik, Cliff Maiden, Julius Lauderdale, Jim Mochal, Bob Nelson, Bud Zhome, Alan Iones, Rex Weitzell. Qrwfball I aspired at an early age to be one of those fellows who wear those gold sweaters with a big black T on it-so I went out for football. At the beginning of the year there were only three of those gold sweaters and T's -there were more, however, at the end of the season. Me? Well, no-but then we couldn't have had the good team we did if they didn't have scrubs like me on whom to practice! In spite of the fact that he had only three lettermen and a squad of inexperienced players, Coach Paul Rickert gave Tama High a winning football team. Our first game was definitely only a warm-up, as we lost to Grundy Center 25-0-but we learned a great deal! Records clearly show this as we won second place in the South Half of the Iowa Cedar League. In the first Conference game Tama played Belle Plaine to a 6-to-6 tie and in the next game defeated Brooklyn 12 to 0. Then came Montezuma, the Conference Champions, who we held to a scoreless tie, in one of the best games of the season. We then rolled over Marengo and Traer 6 to 0 and 19 to 2, re- spectively. In the classic game of the season against our old rivals, Toledo, we defeated them 13 to 0 to win second place in the Conference. This year the squad loses the nucleus of the line. lime Mochal, captain and center: Iulius Lauderdale and Bob Spike Nelson, guards, who will be lost by graduation. FOOTBALL Tama U .....,. ........................ ........ G r undy Center 25 Tama 6 ....... ........., B elle Plaine 6 Tama 12 ...... .....,.., B rooklyn 0 Tama U ,..... ....... M ontezuma 0 Tama 6 ,.l... ......... M arengo 0 Tama 19 ...... ........ T raer 2 Tama 13 ...... ......... T oledo 0

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Back row, left to right: Coach Rickert, Rex Coleman, George Luther, Dick Burnes, Milo Buffalo, Herbert Youngbear, Dick Corns, Bill Robeson, Royce Sturtz. Second row: Tom Malin, Bud Zhorne, Merle Kensinqer, Vernon Pagel, Darrell Rebik. Front row: Ronald Anderson, Ben Morgan, Bob O'Connor, Iohn Nelson, Richard Papake. Kaskctball Before I knew it, the football season had ended, and basketball practice was under way-with no lettermen back, and the squads made up of more or less inexperienced players. I though that maybe- maybe I would have a chance-so I lined up with rest of the fellows and shot a few baskets for Coach Paul Rickert. Ididn't think I did well at all, but I was chosen-at least to come to practice! I kinda wondered about that later, but I am tall, and it is good practice for a guard to have some one tall to practice on. But I didn't care if I were only a member of the second--second team: I enjoyed every second of it! Even if the scores don't show that we had a championship team as far as trophies are concerned, we still had a good team. We played good, clean ball all year long. For the records our team won four and lost six games in conference play: Dysart beat us in the county tournament in the first round 30 to 20: and for the sectional tournament Traer made a basket in the last second-and I mean last second!-and won the game 24-22. And yet ours was a successful season-please count down six scores, then down thirteen-don't you agree we had a good team? BASKETBALL Tama 28 ,,..,.. ,,.... D insdale Tama .,..,. ,,,,,,,,,,, M arengo Tama 23 ,,,,. .,....i, G arwin Tama ,,,,,,,,, Montezuma Tama 29 7,,,77 ,i,,.,, M ontezumcx Tama ,. ,,,,, ,,,,,,, D ysart Tama 20 ..,,.., ,,,,,,Y,, B elle Plaine Tama Belle Plaine Tflmd 13 ,,..,,A .,....,, S t. Mary's Tama ..,,.. ,,,,,,,,,,, B rooklyn Tuma 18 77V,., Y77..77.. T oledo Tama ..,.,,i, Toledo Tuma 26 ..... ........ B rooklyn Tama ,,,,,,, Traer