Thorp High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Thorp, WI)

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BASKETBALL Qualle became unconscious and hit for 23 points to lead the offense. But the star of this game was Rubisch who played the best game of his career in grabbing every rebound in sight. Thorp 71 - Black River Falls 50 -- Thorp racked up vic- tory number 17 by routing Black River Falls as Rubisch poured in 17 points. ' Thorp 60 - Loyal 31 - Rubisch scored 18 and led Thorp to an easy win over Loyal. The Cards held Loyal to- a mere 7 points in the second half. Thorp 53 - Cadott 48 - In the sub-regional tourney at Eau Claire, Cadott surprised the Cards and almost knocked the latter out of the rurming, scoring 17 points in the final period to come up from a 48-31 deficit to 50-48. Then Rubisch iced the game with 3 points. Rubisch led the scorers with 21 follow- ed by D. Phillips with 12. Thorp 47 - Chippewa Falls 48 - The Cards battled des- perately, but with Rubisch unable to play the whole game because of illness, they were edged out by one point. Rubisch scored 11, D. Phillips 10, Qualle 9, and Soderberg 8. Thorp 46 - Colfax 48 - Playing without Rubisch, the Cards still gave Colfax a whale of a battle in the Consolation Game. 'Glasshof and Soderberg led the scorers with 10 points a iece. P The Cards finished the season with the grand record of 19 wins and only 4 defeats. Congratulations to Coach North and his team! CLOVERBELT STANDINGS Team Won Lost Pct. Thorp Yfrrfr ,,,,,, 8 0 1.000 Qwen ,,M,giV- ,-,,7c 5 3 .625 Withee ,,,. ...,,, 4 4 .500 Stanley ..,.,.,, --V--- 3 5 -375 Neillsville .... . ----- 0 8 -000 Pa ge Forty-

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BASKETBALL lead in the first half, giving the subs a chance to play the second half. Diclc Wagner led the scorers with 13 points. Qualle and Rubisch scored ll apiece. Thorp 78 - Cadott 41 - Rolling up 45 points in the second half, the Cards reached the 70-or-better-marlc for th-e third time. Leading scorers were: Rubisch 19, Glasshof 165 Qualle 15, Jake Phillips 13. Thorp 48 - Altoona 58 - The trip to Altoona in quest of victory number 13 proved disastrous as the Cards lost to- the Railroaders 58-48. Control of the boards gave Altoona an even break in the season's series. Rubisch, Glasshof, and D. Phillips scored 15, 11, and 9 respectively. As a result of this loss, the Cards fell to 14th in the Big l6. Thorp 50 - Stanley 38 - The Orioles came to- Thorp all steamed up and led the Cards at the end of three quarters 31 to 30. But in the fourth quarter, Thorp lowered the boom and scored 20 points thus clinching the Eastern Cloverbelt title. High scorers for the Cards were D. Phillips with 15, Rubisch 14, and Qualle 10. Thorp 47 - Bloomer 48 - After leading at the half 27-16, the Cards fell before a redhot Bloomer squad, paced by Weiher who pumped in 26 points in an uncanny performance. D. Phillips led the Cards with 16 points. Thorp 47 - Augusta 37 - A decided change in the lineup snapped the Cards out of their slump and they came from a 22-19 deficit to win going away. D. Phillips with 19 and Wagner with 12 led the scorers. Tho-rp 54 - Withee 43 - The Cards played listless ball, but still had too much power for their opponents. Rubisch pumped in 15 points to head the scoring. This game was Thorp's eighth straight Cloverbelt victory. Thorp 58 - Altoona 45 - In the Cloverbelt playoff Thorp once again defeated the rangy Altoona five by a 58-45 score. The Cards were up for this one and played almost flawless ball. STARTING LIN EUP : 3113112 Phillips, Dick XVagne1', Don1Rul1isch, Tom c t Hualle, Jerry Phillips, Coach Nor 1. B SQUAD Handicapped by the lack of experience, the HBH team failed to maintain the fine record compiled by previous second teams. The squad won nine and lost ten, several of the losses being by low margins. Cutstanding players during the season were: Robert Woijtalewicz, Ed Wojtalewicz, Robert Ver- keilen, and Robert Mertens. B SQUAD Standing: lVI1'. Peterson, Bill Pawlak, Armon Schmidt, Donray Izydorek, Bill Micke, Byron Bogumill, Robert Mertcns, Dick Oldroyd, Rich- ard Swienton, Robert Batlzinski, James Grabou. Seated: Robert Wojtalewicz, Jack McGinnis, Ray Stroinski, Edward Wojtalewicz, Robert Ver- lreilen, Roger Tureunc, Dick Plansky. Not Shown: William Urban. Page Forty-six

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