Thorp High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Thorp, WI)

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The B G SiX Bob Mertens Jay Gldffhof Bob Wojtalenficz Grundy Rubisclv Page Forty-two 1 Tom Qualle

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BASKETBALL Wlth hve returnmg lettermen as a nucleus Thorp looked forward to a topnotch season, only to have the team repeatedly knocked down by Hu and pneumonla After the boys lost a close 56 59 game to Altoona for the Cloverbelt Champ1onsh1p, the Hu bug left them alone long enough for them to w1n the Ladysm1th RICE Lake Reg1ona1 1n therr first outmg 1nto new terrrtory They entered the Spooner Sect1onal agam as und rdogs, and knocked off Ch 11 Lake The rnjury Jmx agam hrt Thorp and the team lost to Sup r1or Central for the rrght to enter the state tournam nt Although the Cards had tough luck 1n some of their games dur1ng the season they went farther toward the state tournament than any team thus far They were one of only srxteen teams left 1n tournament play before they bowed out Carrymg most of th burden rn scor1ng thrs year Don Rublsch proceed d to wrlte all new scor1ng records rnto the record book He plled up 439 pomts rn 23 gam s for a 191 per game scor1ng average to break Ken Bachmeyers record of 304 pomts scored ln 20 games He also broke Ken s smgle game record of 34 pomts by scor1ng 35 pO1I1tS agamst Altoona and Spooner He tled xt once agamst Black R1ver Falls Although the team w1ll b hard h1t by the loss of 1ts three S nrors Don Rubrsch ay Glasshof, and Bob Wojtalewlcz they wrll have a strong r turnmg lrneup w1th letter wrnners ake Ph11l1ps Tom ualle, Bob Mer tens and Roger Turenn Such stand outs from the B squad as B111 Urban Harley Nerdrum, Bob Badz1nsk1 Coach Steward North Arnre Zaborowskr Dcnray Izydorek Richard Alger and Gordon Hansen should also help to balance the team Therr complete s asons record 1ncluded 17 w1ns Hga11'lSE 8 losses as they scored at a 53 pomts per game average They held the1r opponents to a 46 7 pomts p r game average IHE A I1 AM 11 st Ruv ,Terr 11111 ps .11 Classhof Don 1iLl1Jl5L1'l Tom Ou111e Mr North Standulg Bob VXojt11exx1c7 Bob Badzrnslxr 1ogcr Turenne B111 Lrban Donny I ydorek Bob Nlertens Page 1 nty one 1 ' 9 , . ' ' o , ., U c . 2 . ' e , , . . -G . . . c . , . to . . . . . . We , . . , . . . 6 . . X , , , D . . . -1 a 9 . ,Q 13 9 V I ' r Q ' ' , ' Q . ,fs , . c , ... . ,, 1 , 4 ,. M, fr 1 : 'y 'fi , ry 1. , ' ' , N 1 , .11 . .1 Z ' 2 ., . ',3 , 7.., . z' , 1' .. It A .

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BASKETBALL Openlng the season at Loyal the regulars llved up to expectations as they burlt up a th1rty pornt lead and let the reserves fmlsh up to mn 59 38 They journeyed to Cadott only to fmd that Cadott really had a team thrs year as th 1r s cond half rampag upset the Cards 6: 50 Only Rubxsch was able to connect as he pou ed through 21 points for scorlnv honors Gettlng off to a bad start 1n ch first half th 1r second half rally fell short as Altoona downed them 49 40 The team hrt the v1ctory column agarn wxth a 40 27 w1n at Nerllsvrlle The reserves hmsh d the second half ln the low scormg game Frllmg m at center for a1l1ng Don Rublsch y Glasshof also thought h was the scorrng ace of the team as he poured m 26 pomts to lead the Cards to a 67 45 w1n over Owen Both the regulars and res rves were hot as they scorched the nets at over a 507r shootmg average Playmg the Cards on an off night Black Rlver Falls tossed 1n a heart breakrng shot as the buzzer sound ed to push them through to a 45 43 w1n here 62 37 over there They had troubl rn the thrrd quarter but settled down to w1n easlly Bob Mertens forgot h1m self and put through 13 polnts 1n the teams well balanced attach SENIOR CHEERLEADERS Coach North and Don Rubucla Wlth two of the regulars out w1th the flu Augusta poured rt on agamst Thorp down there as they ran up a count of 65 52 Tom ualle kept Thorp 1n the game by maklng 12 baskets to take game scorlng honors w1th Playmg thexr best game of the season thus far but stxll weakened by the Hu the Cards upset a favored Colfax five 56 54 Don Rublsch and Tom ualle set th pace wrth 22 and 16 polnts scored respectlvely Wlthee startled Thorp by playxng one of the1r best games of the season h re The Cards had to fight hard to force out a 46 35 vlctory Stanley and Thorp were tled for the I ague lead at th1s po1nt on our basketball calendar Each team had four w1ns and no losses The Cards proc eded to show them who was boss as they whlpped Stanley 63 42 It was a much closer game than the score 1nd1cates however Rublsch pumped 1n 18 POIHCS to take scormg honors Wlth the reserves playrng three quar ters of the game the Cards scored an easy w1n of 50 30 over Nerllsvllle here erry Ph1ll1ps and B1ll Urban led the balanc d scormg wrth 11 points apiece Pat Kenney joan Hedler Charmame Wal Rzta Slupslm Margie Rezclvert l 1- 'T V 'V Y . . 1 . 3 I A - e , e . . . . . U . , Ja 1' . D ' V . , 7 , 1 Y Regaining their form the boys dumped Withee 24 p0iDfS. - . we ' ' ' ' , . . , - l - Q 3 ' N e . 7 ' ' ' I , j . f, . ., . . D P ge Fo tj-tl ree