Thorp High School - Seniorian Yearbook (Thorp, WI)

Page 62 text:

Y Bill Dave Paul . ' 'S if Tl eg 1 2 Nov Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb 0 Dan Harry ua eaacb ace fqced Don 1955 THORP 1956 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Here .......... Here .......... Here .......... . .Altoona 1545- There . . .Wisconsin Rapids 1365 - Neillsville 1325 - Colfax 1615- Here . . ..... Owen-Withee 1545 - There ........ Stanley 11345 - There ..... Greenwood 16155 - There ....... Here... There ......... Here . . . . . . There . . . . Here . . . . . There . .. There . . Here . 5... 'I i Hi s g f. f 5 ' I4 Jim Colfax 1335 - Here ..... Abbotsford .7 - .....Tony1535- 15 5 There ....... Owen-Withee 1585 - ....Cadott 1515- .Stratford 1485- .Neillsville 1445 - Greenwood 1745 - . . . .Tony 1455- Thorp 1 . . .Altoona 17155 - Thorp .. .Stanley 16155 - Thorp l':i1.:m- Ifi it y 1-ight Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Thorp Tho1'p Thorp 1695 14155 1715 1375 1655 1685 1615 1555 1355 17155 17155 1565 1685 16155 19155 1035 Jerry 11315 1715 Rex 'Y 78 23 x John

Page 61 text:

JAN. 13-Timm' AT Owi:N-WITH:-:i-:. Playing Owen- Withee a second time, the Cards had their first taste of defeat, bowing to Owen-Withee 58-51. Leading at the half 26-22, they outscored us in the next two quarters to come out on the long end. JAN. 20.-Tuoiu' AT CADOTT. Determined not to lose again, the Cards came from behind to beat Cadott 56-51 on their floor. VVe now had a 11-1 record, which is something to be proud of. JAN. 24-STRAT1 0Rll AT Tuoizr. Trailing at the end of the first quarter, Thorp came back to spank Stratford 68-48. As in most of the games, the Cards scoring was well balanced, giving Stratford no chance to buckle up one man. The Ca1'dS made 67'4 of their free throws. JAN. 27 - Tnonr AT Ni-:1LLsvn.L1-1. Again beating the lowly Warriors, the Cards brought home a 60-44 win. This win brought our season's record to 13-1 and our Conference record to 4-1, losing only to Owen-Withee. JAN. 31-Gnm:Nwoou AT Tuour. Hitting from every angle, the Cards again beat Greenwood, but this time by a score of 90-74. Don Soderberg burned the nets for 29 points to lead the Cards to victory. This was a new scoring record for Thorp High. FEB. 3 - Tuonr AT ToNv. Playing Tony again, the Cards shot past the Tornadoes so fast, it looked as if they were standing still. Paced by Paul Harycki's 21 points and Bill Harycki's 18, thc Cards swamped Tony 103-45. For the second time in two weeks, the Cards beat the scoring record set in 1053 of 87 points. F1-xu. 7-Tuoiu' AT ALTOONA. Once again gloom filled the Thorp shower-room as we bowed to Altoona, '70-61. Trailing until the third quarter, The Cards led by 2 points at the start of the fourth. Altoona scored 21 to Thorp's 10 to take the game and 'give us a 15-2 record. Fx-:1s.10-STANLI-rv AT Tuonr. Playing host to Stanley, we cinched the Eastern division title by defeat- ing them for a second time this season. The Cards closed their regular season with a 71-60 win over the Orioles. Don Soderberg sank 8 field goals and 6 free throws to take high scoring honors with 22 points. tes 5 5 E223 Slnmling: Vozirli llripentrog, Leo RiIlllCS1'IllXVil1'l'.hvfflltlll York. ll.iv-id 'l'cel:1w. llzile llokkzinen, lit-illi tilnssllot, Kneeling: liordou Srllniidt, Brian lleiull'lC.ks, l'liilip Tiircmle, l.u1lls Kniuiuski, Roger l'o1ll1olzi, 'livin l':iwl:ilx. B TEAM The Thorp B squad, under the supervision of Coach Gripentrog, carried out a very successful campaign, ending the season with a 16 win - 4 loss record. Dan Winger, Keith Glasshof, and Gerald Boardman also put in some time playing on the varsity. With this record the Cards need have few worries in the next couple years. Leo Baldeschwiler, Dave Teclaw, Roger Podhola, and Dale Hokkanen rotated freely to give us a strong aggregation. Also standing by in time of need were Vernon York, Gordon Schmidt, Louis Kaminski, Tom Pawlak, and Richard Czubakowski. l':ng'e lfifli-sri ll

Page 63 text:

Slzunding: Xlr. 'll-tvner, Yirtor tiostoinski, l.llNYl'l'1lC0 lSr:ilmowski, Miclmrl hloryrcnsen, jerry lindingo, jerry Szyniziiwblu, h A A V I Kneeling: Lt-Roy llnrzinski, in-urge lXlllllIllSlil' Ronald lleiizsrlnixvcl. l.:in'rcnec Mnslowslu, Hobby l.:mrcnrr. Nelnolil llclwsrlixiwel. Nun Danncs. jerry Xlirlae. JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Under the direction of Mr. Tetzner, the Junior Basketball team was organized this year. The following grade school boys participated: Bobby Lawrence, and the freshmen boys were: Jerry Micke, Sam Daines, Reinhold Benzschawel, Lawrence Maslowski, Ronald Benzschawel, George Kliminski, LeRoy Burzinski, Jerry Szymanski, Jerry Kudingo, Michael Jorgensen, Lawrence Grabowski, Victor Gostomski. They played with the Junior Teams of the neighboring schools belonging to the Cloverbelt Conference. The participation in these games gave the boys experience and they will be able to play on the R team next year when they are sophomores. mek Row: Voaicli Gripentrog, Vernon York, lidwzird Kosik, llzirold ll:ill:ing'rr, Merlin Ni-rnlzl. Diiimlal Rgnier, Dxivicl 'I'ccl:iw. lfdw: Nzxlinowski, l r:lnk :Xmlrnsliiewivz. Iron! Row: Leo lizilmlcseliwilcr, llxile llolxknllcn, .lc-rry Xvnck, .Xrtliur Alger. Hill llzlryclxi, lbonuld Smlcrlmei'p.:. llzmiel XYinger, Inn St'llZllll'l'. Mitch liisar. ' BASEBALL On March 23, Mr. Gripentrog called all of the baseball candidates together and he found seventeen boys who desired to participate. The Seniors were: Mitch Riser, James Schauer, Bill Harycki, Jerry Wnek, and Donald Ryniec. The Juniors were: Edward Kosik, David Teclaw, Frank Andruszkiewicz, Leo Baldeschwiler, Dale Hokkan- en, Arthur Alger, Donald Soderberg and Daniel Winger. The Sophomores were: Vernon York, Harold Hallanger and Merlin Nevala. The boys began practice immediately, in the gym when weather didn't, permit them to practice out-of-doors. l':lg'r Fifty -nine