Tecumseh High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Tecumseh, NE)

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SPORT Ml GHLIGHTS Tecumseh'3 1943 season in football was an outstanding one in many years. Due to injuries and the overwhelming strength of Deatrice this was the only game lost. Here is a brief summary of each game: Cur first game was when Tecumseh rapped Fdlls City in a one-sided score of 12-0. The scoring was done in the final period after three quarters of see-saw fighting. The first score was tallied when Good threw a 35 yd. pass to Pluta— right end—who raced over the two stripes. A few minutes later Tecumseh's quarterback Logsdon intercepted a pass and got down to the Falls City 0 yd. line. From there, Tecumseh fought for another score and on the fourth down Good went over. Tecumseh rounded up eight first d.wns to Falls City's four. Tecumseh's griders tightened their grip on the Southeast Conference as Nebr. City was tromped with a one-sided score of 13-0. One tally showed a score in ;he firfet period after 6 first downs. In the socorid. poriodvgbod -yardage. waS made but three passes were muffled that could have been touchdowns. In the third qurrtcr, Nebr. City still had fire but our pass attack W; do good and another 7 paints were: scordd. I ebr. City weakenea in the last period and we won the game. Practice showed up good this week, but regular tackle Lorain Stutheit received an elbow dislocation, during this game and could not resume to play for a few weeks. Tecumseh was still firing at t eir third game by defeating Peru Prep 26-6. The first score was a pass from Good to Pluta. The next score by dridgmon with a 45 yd. run down the sidelines. The next score resulted from a Mocked punt by Bates, and K vanagh recovering over the double-stripe. The last telly was made by Pope cutting off tackle and running 55 yds. and scoring standing. Two of the extra points were good. Undefeated Ta le Rock .‘ ound Tecumseh too powerful but managed to tally a total of 7 points against our team. Kent the barrel formed Table o6k fullbpcV onv.ld rot be 'stopped from first downs. Our scores were brought fer-h by Pope, Good, Pluta, ar.d Logsdon. The f’ne.l score was 26-7.

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for our Ind- Be-trice term caused orly initial setbacks ians. Statistics of game rre os 1' : To rs: Beatrice 0 1C 6 0 — 20 Tecusnseh 0 0 0 7 — 7 Our defense w's o several injuries from previous games. Al ter our defeat ; t Beatrice we were mad and 1 think the final score of the next g me showed it. You might say a genuine skunking of 40-') over College View. Scores v er made by Pope, Good, Logsdo’ ■ ridgjnon, and Pluto. Then came a grmo ot the season that no ore will ever forget—Auburn. Each squr.: member remembered the effects of lest year. The final score :• s 2G-0. Scores were odoeef by Good, Pope, and Jr Into.. Although hard, feelings wore carried over from, the year before, a good clean gome was played and nobody .was. hurt. . Then came the final go me of the season which had to be won by Tecumsoh or something dreadful would happen. This was Pawnee City. A game that meant the Southe-st Conference. The game was won only by a slight margin of G-0. ho team in the conference scored on the mighty chi is. The score was made by Bridgmon in the first period. ,-s of the South ■east V,' Conl'e L ronce Pet. Tecnmseh 4 0 1.000 Frl Is City 3 1 .7 SO K ■ -. City C 4 .600 Auburn 1 3 .250 F rr.o ■ C i ty 0 4 .000 as follows: Eikht seniors •• : :? ' ico lor the last time for good old Tecumseh High • •v.-neo g me. They rr3: Guards • 'e'-b- B-.le Snr 'ley Tackle j . ut- oit. hc .'.c th '.illiams Ends- On r • .; Tony Aorner Center— Fullback o Honorary Co-cay r - r . -ate.; by the squad. They are Dale Saraaley ana b o Goad.

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 Tri'.SR-CLASS TRACK LT1ET The Juniors r away with the Interclass Track Meet with a total of 75 po. . s. The Seniors were second; Sophomores, third; and the Freshman brought up the tail end. High point man was Pluta with 18 points who was closely followed by Pope and Russell with ]6 points. Winners of the events were: High Hurdles. • • . Falverstadt Shot Put. . . . Pluta Nile Run. . . . Pope 100 Yd, Dash. • • . Pluta, Russell (tie) Low Hurdles . • • . Lauo Discus. . . . . Pluta 880 Yd. Run . • « . Popo 440 Yd. Dash. • • . Pope 22.0 Yd. Dash. • • . Russell High Jump . . . Aitken Pole Vault. . . Aitken, Yoder (tie) Broad Jump. . • • . Kcrner In the first track meet of 1044 that Tecumseh participated in; the locals grabbed second place with a total of 24 points. Nebraska City copped first place with 53-j-f points. The boys showed good form for the amount of practice they have been able to got because of adverse wcathor. Stutheit was the only Indian able to cop a first place which came in tho shot put. Popo annexed sec one1 plac. in the mile; third, in tho half mile and bro.v jit, . Other points were made by Russell with £•; Piute, Halvorstadt, 1; Bates, 1; Yoder, 1; J. Aitkon, 1; a: ' n r,