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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Basketball Schedule Cards beat out an impressive 93-45 vistory. Schmidt held scoring' honors with four buckets and four free throws for a total of 12 points. JAN. 21 - OWEN AT THORP. The Thorp Cards finally got back on Victory trail as they cemented their hold on the second place lead in the Eastern Cloverbelt conference. Although Owen lead at the end of the first period by a 4 point margin, the Cards out-scored them in every other quarter to beat out a 72-55 victory. Hansen again led in total points with 23 points. JAN. 24 --THORP AT GREENXVOOD. Meeting the Greenwood quint for a second time this season, the Cards turned the tables on them to come out with a victorious 51-60 score. Although our Cards trailed by 2 points at the half, the well-placed shots of Gordie Hansen, Rex Schmidt, and Don Soderberg brought Thorp another victory. Hansen was high with 18 points. JAN. 28-NEILLSYILLE AT THORP. In this game the Cards defeated Neillsville for the second time in the season, by a 72-44 score. The Cards were out in front by one point at the close of the first quarter. The score was tied 28-all at the halftime. In the last two quarters, the Cards outscored the Neillsville quint by a large margin. Don Soderberg took scoring honors with 23. A - Q FEB. 4-THoRP AT WITHEE. The Cards upheld their winning streak to defeat Withee 70-86. Hansen, with 30 points, led our team to an easy victory. The game was not in much doubt, as Thorp led by a sub- stantial margin at the end of each quarter. FEB. 8-ALTOONA AT THoRP. Though the Cards led by 4 points, 16-12, at the close of the first 8 minutes of play, the Railroaders had gone ahead by a 31-33 score at the half-time. The second half was a hard-fought de- fensive battle, but Altoona proved to be too much for the Cards. The game ended with Thorp on the short end of a 63-80 score. The highlight of the game was Gordie Hansen who hit for 33 points. FEB. 10 - THORP AT STANLEY. Although the boys went into this game ready to fight their hardest, they found it quite difficult to overcome a stiff Stanley de- fense. The Cards led briefly in the opening moments, but the Orioles out-scored them in every quarter to de- feat our team 87-62. Don Soderberg scored 19 points. FEB. 15-WISCONSIN RAPIDS AT THORP. In this, the last scheduled game of the season, the Cards did not find it too difficult to defeat Assumption High School 87-60. Thorp took the lead early in the first quarter and stretched this lead to come out victorius. Hansen and Soderberg led Thorp with 24 and 29 points respectively. l Burl-c Rout Von-'li 'llctziii-r, Roger Podliolzi. Russell Bozirdmziii, Hzirolil Hzillnngcr, Ricliard f'zubzikowski, Dale Hokkzincn. jznnes Uberlc, Gordon Ficliniidi, Brian Hciizlriks, Voacli liripcutrog. lfront Row: lie-itli filassliof. Leo Baldi-scliwiler, fierzild Rozirllmmi, lhiiiiel XYiiigei', Vliester' Przyliylski, David 'l'ccl:iw, Paul llzirycki, jfiliiv lilouflzi, Artliui' Alger. B TEAM The 1954-55 B -Squad, under the fine coaching of Mr. Gripentrog, ended the season with a highly impressive record. Many of the games were close, but it seems that the B-Team's last quarter rallies saved the day for them. Since many of the B-Team players have experience on the A-Squad and will soon be permanent members of that team, it seems safe to say that we will have a well-trained and experienced' squad to occupy the vacated positions on the A-Squad in the future. Congratulations to Coaches Tetzner and Gripentrog and the members of both squads on a job well done. fkppositc Page: Don Sodcrbcrg, Ricliic Alger, Gordie Hansen, John Maier, Rich jarficki, ,lim Winger, Rex Schmidt, jim Schauer, Bill Harycki, Dave Guell. Page Fifty-foiii'