Turtle Lake High School - Trojan Yearbook (Turtle Lake, ND)

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Gerald Walcker Quarterback Iurlle lake Coach Has 8 lellermen TURTLE LAKE.-Eight football lettermen are back at Turtle Lake High Sc-hool as the Trojans pre- pare for the 1952 season. Turtle Lake opens its season Fri- day here against Wilton. Coach Leonard Wick, starting his second year at the helm of the Trojans, figures his club won't do too bad if the injuries are kept down. Lettermen back are lames Fre- borg, LaVern Haas, Ahart Hofer, Norman Schlafmann, Jerry Walck- er, Alfred Bergo, Harland Hofer and Gordon Schlafmann. Bergo is a junior, Harland Hofer and Gordon Schlafmann are soph- omores and other retumees are seniors. Others out with previous expe rience are Earl Alexander. Larry Levi, James Schumacher, Russ Krabinger, Richard Nathan, Car- lyle Ockert, Billy Presser and Gary Falkenstein. Completing the squad are Myron Carr, Richard Goven, Gordon Ber- go, Jack Lakoduk, Byron Zingg, Charles Berget, Mike Gutensohn, Glenn Hanson and Franklin Phil- brick. Keith Nelson is student manager. Wick figures his line will average about 158 pounds and his backfield about 152. His big man is Ahart Hofer, 225-pound tackle. Wick looks for defending cham- pion Riverdale, Garrison and El- bowoods to be the'teams to beat in the McLean County Conference. me fi ao? 15? fr! .iz :: m 21: : Lg :Z -.-Ill 3555555 Elbovvoods .... ..... Wilton ........ ...., . Underwood ........ . 3 0 2 I Garrisen...... .... .I I . 0 2 0 2 0 2 Washburn - . TURTLE LAKE CAPTURE! Jrd McLEAN VICTORY Special to The Tribune TURTLE LAKE - Turtle Lake continued to pace the McLean County Conference football race as it scored its third victory in three starts here Friday. The Trojans turned back Under- wood, 32-13, to hold the top spot with unbeaten Riverdale. Turtle Lake scored in each peri- od. leading 13-0, 19-0 and 28-6. Gordon Schlafman scored a pair End Falkenstein Levi Richard Nathan Left Guar it 9 Harland Hofer Left Tackle Russell Grabinger 44 Gordon Sohlafmnn Left Halfback Troians Topple Wilton McLlAN STANDINGS W L Pet. Turtle Lake I 0 1.000 Elboweeda 1 0 1.000 Garrleon 0 0 .000 Riverdale 0 0 .000 Underwood 0 0 .000 Washburn 0 I .000 Wilton 0 I .000 Seelal to The Tribune TURTLE LAKE-Turtle Lake's Trojans edged Wilton, 13-2, here Friday in the opening McLean County Conference football game of the season for both elevens. Coach Leonard Wlck's club push- ed over touchdowns in the first and fourth quarters. Norman Schlafmann, Turtle Lake back, went 72 yards on the first scrimmage play of the game to put the Trojans ahead. In the fourth quarter, Gordon Schlafmann passed 15 yards to La Vern Haas for Turtle Lake's other marker. Harry Walcker plunged for the point. Wilton's two points came on a safety in the second quarter when a bad pass from center resulted in a Turtle Lake back being tackled in the end zone. Turtle Lake picked up seven first downs to six for Wilton. The Tro- jans gained a net of 140 yards to 94 for Wilton. of touchdowns for the winners, one on a 35-yard' sprint in the first quarter and another on an 18-yard lateral play in the fourth. Other T'urtle Lake touchdowns were scored by Jerry Walcker from the 2, Harlan Hofer from the 9, and Richard Nathan, a guard, on a blocked punt picked up on the 9. Norman Schlafman scored an ex- tra point and Gordon Schlafrnan passed to LaVern Haas for the other one. Johnny Busch cracked over from the 14 for Underwood's first touch- down in the third period. End Dick Wenger picked up a blocked punt on the 4 to score the second counter. Busch passed to Harlan Wilke for the extra point. Turtle Lake led in first downs, 13-10. Net yards rushing for Turtle Lake was 174 compared' to 133 for Underwood.

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117' Q., . LaVern Haas Right , f aight End fx . 3 .B -Y. Jim Freborg. Riverdale Scores Win Over Trojans McLEAN STANDINGS W L T Pct. Riverdale .,.,.... 4 0 0 1.000 Elbowoods ....... 3 1 0 .750 Turtle Lake ...... J 1 1 .700 Garrison , , ...... 2 1 1 .625 Washburn .. 1 4 0 .000 Underwood ...... 0 J 0 .000 Wilton .. ,..,... 0 4 0 .000 Special to The Tribune RlVERDALE-l'tiverdale's pow- erful Knitghts scored their fourth straight McLean Country Confer- ence victory here Friday night, de- feating the Turtle Lake Trojans, 26-2. The Knights, defending cham- pions of the conference, have two McLlAN COUNTY 'STANDINGS P L cf. Turtle Lake ..-....2 I 1.000 Elbowoods .....-..2 0 LM Riverdale ..--....l 0 LNO Garrison .......-..0 I .NNI Wilton ...... ...... .0 I .0W Underwood ........ 0 1 .R Washburn ......., 0 2 .W TURTLE LAKE SCORES SECOND LOOP VICTORY WASHBURN-Turtle Lake rolled up its second McLean County Con- ference football victory here Fri- day, dumping Washburn, 21-0. The Trojans scored all of their points in the first half. hurdles standing between them and another title. They play at Elbo- woods next week and close the sea- son against Underwood. Gene Launt and Dick Pearson scored the touchdowns for the win- ners but Jack Watson's plunging helped set up the scores. Launt and Pearson each tallied twice. One of Launt's touchdowns was a 75-yard punt retum. Watson averaged seven yards a try as he picked up 140 yards in 20 carries. Turtle Lake garnered its two points on a safety. Riverdale had 14 first downs to 2 for Turtle Lake. The Knights gained 282 yards rushing and 20 yards passing. Turtle Lake made 45 yards rushing and 37 passing. Defensive standouts for River- dale were Dale Kauzlick, Don Schultz, Jerry William and Bob Young. LaVern Haas and Norman Schlafman were Turtle Lake'a top performers. Turile Lake, Garrison Fighf io 6-6 Deadlock NIcLEAN STAN W D L c . Riverdale ., J 0 0 1.000 Turtle Lake .... 3 0 I .575 Elbowoods ....,. 3 1 0 .750 Garrison . , .... 1 1 1 .500 Underwood , ,... 0 2 0 .000 Wilton , ,... 0 3 0 .000 0 3 0 Washburn . . . .000 Special to The TURTLE LAKE - and Garrison battled to a 6-6 tie Tribune Turtle Lake IN-IGS 'ged battle. The Troopers counted P t in the opening period when Lynn Hummel passed 20 yards to Perl Keys for the score. Turtle Lake tied the count in the third quarter, also on a pass play. Norman Schlafman threw three yards to James Freborg for the counter. Time ran out on the Trojans in the first half. They had the ball on the Garrison 2 with two downs to go when the second quarter ended. Elbowoods Edges lunle lake 7-0 McLEAN STANDINGS lFinaI1 W T Pet. Riverdale .. .,.. 6 0 1.000 Garrison , , ..... 4 I .750 Elbowoods ....... 4 0 667 Turtle Lake .,.... 3 1 503 Wilton ........, 1 0 .333 Washburn ........ 1 Il .167 Underwood ....., 0 0 .000 Special to The Tribune ELBOWOODS - Elbowood scored a 7-0 victory over Turt Lake here Friday to beat the Tr jans out of third place in the M Lean County football conference. Elbowoods scored the first ti it got the ball. Leonard Eagle s up the touchdown with a 50-ya sprint to the 2 yard line. Esl Fox took it over from there. No man Baker kicked the extra point Elbowoods had two other driv going. lt moved to the 1 foot li in the second quarter but the h ended that threat. ln the fou period, the Warriors were insi the Turtle Lake 10 but the Troja stiffened and took the ball downs. Turtle Lake moved inside t Elbowoods 20 once but a fum halted that drive. First downs we 13 to 6 in favor of Elbowoods. Norman and Gordon Schlama paced the Turtle Lake attack. Ji Freborg at end and Ahart I-lofer tackle were the Trojans defensi stalwarts. For Elbowoods, Ray Guimo LeRoy Yellowbird, Alfred Cross a Baker played top line games. was I Norman Schlafmnn Fullback Carlyle Ookerb Left End dv. Richard Goven Left Guard here Friday, spoiling the Trojans record in McLean County Confer- ence play. Turtle Lake had rolled up three straight victories prior to Friday's game. Garrison scored first in the rug- 45 Seconds earlier, a Turtle Lake touchdown was called back be- cause of a penalty. First downs were nine for Turtle Lake to eight for Garrison. The Trojans had a net yardage total of 173 to 116 for Garrison. Penalties were 10 against Turtle Lake and 25 against Garrison. Alfred Bergo f 4 Ahart Hofer Right Guard Q Right Tackle