Thorp High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Thorp, WI)

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gf? LN- 5Y1ll11lIl1KI lnpl. Rivl1:11'il .Xlgt-r, Xiillizini llnrvclvi, llorclun llzmscn, lJilYlll but-ll Rev Nrlimidt lloirild Nudcrlicrg luhn Xlilcr i'lll'lL'N - Srlligiiu-r', ,lnmcs XYingt'r, Rivlinrd -lzirucki, i lxncrlingi Mgr. Allk'l1Ili'l lilljlllllllll, 11'ill'll hripcntiwg. Mgr. ,lzinics Him-r. lkizicli ilit'IZ!IL'l'. Immediately following t.he finish of the football season, Mr. Tetzner called together all the boys inter- ested in playing basketball. A large number of boys responded. At the first meeting, our new coach found that Gordon Hansen was the only returning regular from the previous year's squad. Two reserves, Richard Alger and Richard Jarocki, also returned from the re- serves of the preceding year to fill in the vacated posi- tions. Donald Soderberg and James Schauer, who had also had some previous experience on the regular squad, completed the starting line-up. Later in the season, Coach Tetzner added and substituted freely with John Maier, VVilliam Harycki, David Guell, Rex Schmidt, and James YVinger filling in. VVith the help of the two will- ing and faithful managersg Michael Bogumill and James Biserg Coach Tetzner and a group of hard-work- ing boys, a highly successful season of basketball was enjoyed by Thorp High School. Basketball Schedule Nov. 19 - TIIORP AT ALTOONA. The Cards got off to a bad start in their '54-55 season when they lost the non-conference opener to the Altoona Railroaders, 51-64. The Cards were behind by quite a margin until a third quarter rally brought them within 2 points of a tie. In the fourth quarter Altoona made double the amount of points that our Cards made, to win the ball game. Nov. 23 - Tuonr AT COLFAX. The second non-con- ference game of the season was played with the Vikings of Colfax. The Cards had their first taste of victory when they defeated the Vikings, 61-49. in a nip-and-tuck battle. Trailing 43-41 at the end of the third quarter, our Cards successfully broke through the Viking defense to cop 20 points in the last eight minutes. Hansen took scoring honors with 27 points. Nov. 30 - CIIIPPEXYA AT THORP. Our Cardinals faced defeat as the Chippewa Cards overcame a stub- born Thorp defense on our home court, to win the ball game 39-57. The game was a close one although the score gives a different impression. A Chippewa rally in the fourth quarter proved to be too much for the Thorp Cards. Richard Jarocki paced Thorp with 16 points. 11190. 3 - Gamzxwoon AT Timer. With Gordie hit- ting for 243 points, the Cards defeated Greenwood for lhigi- another non-conference victory. The 41-19 lead at half- time gave Thorp fans an added incentive to cheer our boys on to a 67-37 victory over Greenwood. DEC. 7 - THORP AT OSSEO. The slim 24-21 margin by which the Cardinals led Osseo was no indication of what the outcome of this game was going to be. It seemed that our Cards couldn't get back into the ball game after the halftime period, when the Osseo quint outscored us by a 20 point margin. DEC. 9-THORP AT NE1LLsv1LLi-3. This win over the VVarriors made our record three wins and three losses. The 50-41 victory over Neillsville was a hard fought defensive battle on the part of both teams, but the fine shooting of Rich Alger and Gordie Hansen in the third quarter proved to be too much for the VVar- riors. Hansen scored 13 points and Alger 12 points to lead in the scoring column. DEC. 17 -- WITH!-:E AT THORP. By defeating Withee in this game. the Cards slipped into a 3-way tie for the division leadership with Stanley and Owen. The Cards took a 27-15 point lead in the first quarter and stretched it to a 47-24 score at halftime. The third quarter swelled the score to 68-40 and the game ended with an impressive 81-52 victory for the Cardinals. Our quint two

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JUSTIN JAKOWICZ MITCH BISER Tackle Guard GORDIE HANSEN Halfback DON SODERBERO CARL JOHNSON DANNY WINGER Qzmrterback Center Enfl Qi H 1.4.1. 9 A .. 9 E I . Second String-Standing: VYilliam Harycki, john Klouda, Donald Ryniec, Daniel VYinger. Front Line: Eugene XVilhclm, Harold Hallanger, Dale Hokkanen, Robert Hmielak, Keith Glzisslwf, James Biser, David Teclaw, Gordon Schmidt. Page Fifty-One

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