Thorp High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Thorp, WI)

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1. Ready to smear 'em. -2. just before the storm.-3. Coming around right end. -4. A hand-off.-5. Last-ditch stand. f6. Over for a TD! - 7. Amalgamaiion of lnausls.-8. Let's go!',-9. Precision-like performance. --10. Ref Wdtfllllllg' for dirty work. -11. Mau in motion.-12. Perfect form. - 13. Like zi blind man in a clark cellar looking for something that isu't there.-14. We must have been ahead here. - 15. Drinking again, eh? - 16. Let's go all the way boys! Page Forty-three

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BASKETBALL Staiwinrgzl Jack McGinnis, Robert Verkeilen, John Harycki, Coach North, Dale Glasshof, Edward Wojtalewicz, Robert ojta ewicz. Seated: Don Ruhisch, Tom Qualle, Jerry Phillips, Duane Phillips, Gerald Soderberg, Dick VVagner. BASKETBALL To offset the loss of three star lettermen, Ray Czech, Jerome Hansen, and Lee Reinlce, Coach Stewart North had to reach down deep into the saclc. Fortunately, he came out with three able replacements - Don Rubisch, Jake Phillips, and Tom Qualle. Hard work and determination carried the Cards to another Cloverbelc championship - a feat which is getting to be a habit. Thorp 56-Loyal 31 - Led by Duane Phillips with 15 points and Don Rubisch with 13, the Cards swamped Loyal in the season's opener. Thorp 70 - Neillsville 35 - Thorp opened the defense of their championship with a tremendous triumph, Rubisch and Qualle leading the way with 23 and 18 points respectively. Thorp 70 - Owen 39-Led by Captain Duane Phillips who swished the nettings for 15 points, Thorp walked all over Owen, amassing 70 points for the second straight time. Thorp 53 - Black River Falls 31 - The Cards challced up number four, Rubisch leading the way with 16 points. Jake Phillips came through with 14 and Duane hit for 9. Thorp 46 - Stanley 24 - Thorp's fifth consecutive victory was another easy affair, the Cards rolling to a 14-3 lead early in the game, and then coasting the rest of the way. Duane Phillips looped in 14 points followed by Rubisch with 10 and Jake Phillips with 8. Thorp 62 - Altoona 50 - Sparlced by Duane Phillips who split the laces for 14 points in the fourth quarter, the Cards rolled up 26 points to beat the Railroaders 62-50. Duane with 17, Tom Qualle with 13, and Rubisch with 11, led the scorers. Thorp 58 - Colfax 57 - Behind 50-42 at the three-quarter mark, Thorp put on a sensational spurt in the last four minutes to edge Colfax 58-57. Captain Duane Phillips again led the way with 23 counters. Thorp 39 - Gwen 34 - The Cards won their eighth straight victory, Qualle and D. Phillips leading the scoring parade with 10 and 9 points respectively. Thorp 48 - Cadott 34 - After trailing 22 to 16 at the half, the Cards roared bclc to outscore Cadott 32 to 12 in the second half. Rubisch scored 15 points while Jake Phillips and Duane Phillips scored 11 and 9 respectively. Thorp 60 - Withee 29 - Withee came to Thorp with an unblemished conference record, but proved to be no match for the Cards who scored points at will. D. Phillips poured in 18 points while Jake Phillips followed with 14. After this tenth straight victor-y Thorp was rated 12th in the State's '1Big Sixteenf, Thorp 58 - Neillsville 25 - The Cards romped to a 34-8 Page Forty-Eve