Thorp High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Thorp, WI)

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Basketball Schedule DEC. 9 - CADOTT AT THORP - Hitting 24 points in a big second period, Thorp stopped a determined Cadott team 69-57. Phillips hit 21 and Mertens came through with 16 to give the Cards their fourth straight win. DEC. 16 - STANLEY AT THOEP - In the first game against their traditional rivals from Stanley, the Cardinals nudged the Orioles 66 to 49. Phillips with 22 and Qualle with 21 led Thorp into an Eastern Clover- belt lead. DEC. 30 - STRATFORD AT THoRP - An unbeaten Stratford quintet, rated No. 1 in the t'Little Sixteen gave the Cardinals their second setback of the season. Tom Qualle's 24 points was not enough as Stratford pulled out a 65-63 victory. JAN. 6 - NEILLSVILLE AT THORP - A 23 point first half by Jake Phillips was more than enough as Thorp got back on the winning road, whipping Neillsville 69- 37. Phillips led the scorers with 24 points. JAN. 9 - THORP AT COLFAX - Holding a highly rated Colfax team in check for three quarters, the Cardinals fell apart in the fourth period and lost 64 to 49. Leo Pecore couldn't be stopped and Tho1'p lost their third game in nine starts. JAN. 13 - WITHEE AT THORP - Thorp proved too much for a small Withee team, as they sent them home smarting under a 68-36 defeat. Phillips' 20 and Ner- drum's 12 led the scorers. JAN. 15'- THORP AT STANLEY - The Thorp jinx worked again, as Thorp had little trouble downing Stanley on the latters court 70 to 58. Nerdrum paced the scorers with 17 points while Urban and Phillips added 15 apiece. This made about the seventh straight year that Thorp has won over Stanley without a defeat. JAN. 20 - ALTOONA AT THORP - Thorp's two for- wards paced the Cardinals in a non-conference win over Altoona. Harley Nerdrum and Tom Qualle hit 18 and 16 points respectively as Thorp toppled Altoona 58-42. JAN. 22 - THORP AT NEILLSVILLE - Running up 81 points in a wild scoring game, the Cards walloped a listless Neillsville quintet. Qualle led the Cardinals to an 81-49 victory by dropping in 30 points. JAN. 27 - THORP AT OWEN - The Cards wrapped up their seventh straight Eastern Division Champion- ship by rolling over Owen 61 to 30. Owen was unable to penetrate the Thorp defense and Thorp's offense was supplied by Jake Phillips as he hit a cool 24 points. JAN. 30 - THCRP AT WITIIEE - Jake Phillips fired in 33 points as Thorp ended their Eastern Cloverbelt season unbeaten. Withee was no match for the high scoring Cards as Thorp hit 82 to Withee's 59. FEB. 2 - THORP AT BLOOMER - Giving a tough Bloomer outfit a battle all the way, the Cards bowed to the Blackhawks 54-46. With the whole team shooting an unbelievably low percentage, the Cardinals failed in an attempt to rally late in the ball game. High scorers for Thorp were Urban, Phillips, and Qualle, with 11, 10, and 9 respectively.

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First Row: Donray Izydorek, Robert Melrtenqs, To-m Qualle, Bill Urban, Jerry Phillips, Harley Nerdrum, Roger Turenne. Second Row: Coach Haldy, Robert Badzlnski, Edward Ciolkosz, Arnold Zaborowski, Gordon Hansen, Richard Alger, Jack Dallas. Basketball '52-53 Turning in their cleats for gym shoes and their pads for trunks and jerseys, the Cards began to pre- pare for their 52-53 basketball season. With Captain Jake Phillips, Tom Qualle, Bob Mertens, and Roger Turenne returning letter winners to form a nucleus, Coach Haldy began to form a winning combination. Big Bill Urban filled in well at center and Harley Nerdrum rapidly improved to fill a forward post. Butch Izydorek and Pee Wee Badzinski proved to be able reserves as the season progressed. After a heart breaking loss to Chetek the Cards began to find themselves and displayed a line brand of basketball throughout the season. Winning all their Eastern Cloverbelt games, the Cardinal Clad Warriors went on to beat Fall Creek and take home their fifth Cloverbelt trophy in the last six years. In their bid for State honors the Thorp Cardin- als reached the Sectional Tournament for the second Basketball Nov. 21 - CHETEK AT THORP - The Cards got a bad start to their 52-53 season when they lost a heart breaker to Chetek 42 to 41. The score was 23 all at half' but a Chetek rally in the third quarter was enough to stop Thorp. Phillips paced the Cards with 13 points. NOV. 25 - THORP AT LOYAL - After losing their first game of the season the Cards came back to beat an out-classed Loyal team. Hitting the nets for a 15 to 4 first quarter lead, the Cards were never threatened, as the reserves played most of the second half and went on to win 62 to 27. Tom Qualle paced the winners with 27 points. straight year - only to lose out to a strong Eau Claire ball club, which went on to take State con- solation honors. The Cards have nothing to be ashamed of, as their season ended with an impressive 19 and 8 record. Leading his teammates to the Cloverbelt and District titles, Captain Jake Phillips scored 428 points for a 15.9 average. He was followed by Tom Qualle with 416 for 15.4 average and Bill Urban with 354 and a 13.1 average. We say congratulations to Coaches Haldy and Amundson for a job well done and congratulations to the boys who worked so hard to give Thorp another great team in a long line of Champions. Many records were set by this team and the boys who played on it. It is our hope that the teams of the future will continue to play the kind of bas- ketball that this team made famous. Schedule DEC. 2 - THORP AT AL'rooNA-Coach Haldy's pray- er for a smooth working center seemed to be answered as Bill Urban, Junior pivotman, hit the nets for 22 points as the Thorp boys came through with a 76 to 51 victory over Altoona. Some fine passing by Captain Jake Phillips and 18 points by Tom Qualle helped win. DEC. 5 - OWEN AT THORP - Opening their Clover- belt Conference Season, the Cardinals kept up their winning way with a 74 to 41 win over Owen. Scoring in the 70's for the second game in a row, the Thorpmen showed that they were a team to watch in the games to come. Urban came through again to lead the scorers with 26 points. Page Fifty-one

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First Row: Coach Amunclson, Richard Alger, Gene Zaske, Jim Schauer, Arnold Zaborowski, Edward Ciolkosz, Tom Hirsch, Gordon Hansen. Second Row: David Guell, Mike Biser, Donald Zukowski, Leonard Zukowski, Neil Broeren, Roger Hoffman, Rex Schmidt, Bill Harycki. Not Shown: Richard Jnrocki IIB!! The 1952-53 B Squad, under the fine coaching of Mr. Amundson, came through the season with an ex- cellent record - winning eighteen games while losing three. The boys who made up this years squad were Ed Squirrel Ciolkosz, who was third in the team scoring with 116 points, Dick Jarocki, second in scoring with 160 points, Gordie Hansen, who paced the team in total Squad scoring with 170 points, Arnie Zaborowski, Tom Hirsch, Rich Alger, Dave Guell, Jim Schauer, Rog Hoffman, Mike Biser, Gene Zaske, Don Zukowski, Len Zukowski, Bill Harycki, and Neil Broeren. Thorp's basketball fu- ture looks rosy as the B Squad won all of their games against Cloverbelt competition. The team lost only to teams from Bloomer, Black River Falls, and Colfax. Basketball Schedule FEB. 3 - LOYAL AT THOBP - Thorp broke the school scoring record with an 87-30 win over Loyal. Loyal tried a stalling ofense but the Card press made short work of it. Qualle hit 25 and Urban 20 in a wild scoring affair. FEB. 10 - THORP AT CADOTT - An upset-minded Cadott ball club gave the Cardinals an unexpected de- feat as Thorp took it's fifth loss in nineteen games 69 to 66. Urban was the only player able to hit for Thorp as he dropped in 24 points. . FEB. 17 - BLACK RIVER AT THORP - Disaster struck in the form of a burning hot Black River Falls ball club as Thorp was snowed under by a score of 91 to 64. Black River Falls hit a .516 shooting percentage in their win over Thorp. High scorers for the Cards were Urban with 20, Qualle with 18, and Phillips with 16. FEB. 21 - THORP vs FALL CREEK CChampionshipJ - The Cards won their fifth Cloverbelt Championship in the last six years by downing Fall Creek, the Western Division Champs, by a score of 60 to 46. Harley Ner- drum was the leading scorer for Thorp, coming through with 15 points while Urban hit 14. Phillips and Qualle scored 12 each. FEB. 25 - THORP vs WITHEE-Tournament Time!! Playing in their first District Tournament in a long time, the Cards opened their bid for State honors by humbling Withee the third time this season 70 to 54. Phillips was the big gun for Thorp, hitting 21 points. Urban and Nerdrum followed with 17 Kz 16 respectively. 1 FEDB. 26'- THORP AT GREENWCOD - Hitting 20 points in a.b1g second quarter the rampaging Cardinals fought their way into the District finals by whipping Page Fifty Greenwood 67 to 51. Thorp's defense held Greenwood to 4 points in the third stanza as the Cards poured in 18 more. Qualle and Urban took the scoring honors with 17 and 18 points respectively. FEB. 29 - THORP AT CORNELL - Trailing most of the game Thorp took over the lead in the last minute and copped their first District title by edging a deter- mined Cornell five 51 to 49. Cornell held a 49-47 lead with a minute to go when Tom Qualle hit on a jump shot to knot the score. Qualle was then fouled twice and made good both free throws to give Thorp a hard fought victory. Urban and Qualle had 11 points each while Mertens and Phillips both hit 10. Phillips' great rebounding and Merten's hitting in the clutches were deciding factors in the Thorp win. MAR. 6 - THORP vs OssEo - Playing for the right to enter the Sectional, Thorp overcame an Osseo height advantage and pulled out a 64-60 win. Pacing the Cards in their last win of the year were Jake Phillips and Bill Urban with 20 and 19 points. MAR. 13 - THORP vs EAU CLAIRE-Friday the 13Lh proved to be an unlucky day for the Cards as they lost to a hot shooting ball club from Eau Claire. The boys played their hearts out, but Eau Claire's class was too much for them and the Old Abes pulled out a 59-47 victory. Qualle and Urban took scoring honors for Thorp with 18 and 17 points respectively. MAR. 14 - THORP vs COCHRANE - Playing for con- solation in the Menomonie Sectional Thorp blew a four- teen point lead in the last quarter and lost to a sizzling hot Cochrane team 75 to 73. In the last game for four seniors Tom Qualle poured in 22 points to take scoring honors. Urban followed with 14 and Phillips added 13 in a heart-breaking loss. -three