Valier High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Valier, MT)

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Panthers a 41-0 lead which they maintained throughout the game. The Sunburst Refiners were the next team to invade the Panthers field and found it tough going. After a hard fought game Valier won 19-13. Touchdowns were scored by Briden and McGrew, with Briden getting two. Sunburst was Valier ' s toughest conference foe. The next game saw Valier traveling 175 miles to Harlem and bringing back a 20-6 victory. Harlem was the only conference team to score against the Panthers other than Sunburst. Two touchdowns were scored by Briden and one by Henneman. The Panthers rounded out their conference play with a 45-0 win over Big Sandy. Touchdowns were made by Briden, two; Henneman, two; McGrew, one; Brophy, one; and Jones, one. Feature of this game was the switching of the backfield to the end line to backfield on defense. The last game the Panthers played was their only loss of the season. A rough and rugged Great Falls team scored the first three touchdowns of the game. Valier came back in the last with two touchdowns by Henneman, but time ran out with the score 20-14. Special credit should be given to the linemen who are the forward wall of a football team. Gerald Bruner and Ralph Sand were both all -conference interior linemen. They played on defense as well as offense. End Pat Brophy was also an all -conference player and a master on defense. Other starting linemen were Everett King and Chuck Scheider. Everett took care of both defense and offense as right FRONT ROW, left to right: Larry Majerus, Glen Neyenhuis, Junior Pepion, Dale Shepard, Wes Mc- Comb, Ron Speer, Rick Gibson. SECOND ROW: Kenny Moon, Bruce Davis, Ron Elings, Mike Jackson, Allen Stokes, Mike Harwood, Daryle May. THIRD ROW: John Kuka, Steve Kincaid, Forrest Karlsgot, Butch Pulver, Mark Bennett.

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4r:teiii%i ' l FRONT ROW, left to right: Emmett Briggs, Ken Donovan, Bill Stokes, Pat Brophy, Ed Peterson, Everett King, Joe King, Bill Majerus, Howard Sand, Larry Miller. SECOND ROW: Jack Miller, Jerry Jones, Ralph Sand, Don Arnst, Gerald Bruner, Bill Kuka, Jim Stephen, Lyndon Mollerstrom, Chuck Schneider, Roy Davis. THIRD ROW: Jim Nelson, Bill Christiaens, Peter Martin, Doug Henneman, Doug Bruner, Bill Peterson. N orih i enirsd FootlLall t naimpioins 61 Div isioiri Valier 7 Shelby 6 Valier 20 Harlem 6 Valier 41 Fairfield Valier 45 Big Sandy Valier 19 Sunburst 13 Valier 14 Great Falls Valier 25 Chester Junior Varsity 20 FOOTBALL SUMMARY This year the Valier football team, under the coaching of Charles VanGorden and Jack Dunlap, won their second consecutive football championship. Sparked by seniors - Jim Briden, Doug Henneman, Gerald Bruner, Jerry Jones, Ralph Sand, Pat Brophy, Bill Peterson, Everett King, and Chuck Schneider - Valier won six games and lost one. Valier ' s only defeat was from the Great Falls Junior Varsity. The first game against Shelby at Valier was a tight defensive game with the score ending 7-6 for Valier. Touchdown was scored by Kuka on a pass from McGrew. Henneman scored the winning extra point. Valier then traveled to Fairfield to play the Eagles. Valier quickly broke into the scoring column when they took possession of the ball on blocked punts. Henneman scored first on a quarterback sneak. Later in the quarter Henneman scored twice more on passes from McGre w. The last score in the half was made by a pass from Henneman to Kuka. The second half saw Jones scoring twice to give the

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guard. Chuck played defensive tackle and showed great improvement his senior year. Juniors that helped to win the championship were all-conference end Bill Kuka, all-conference halfback Bob McGrew, and tackle Bill Stokes. But it is to be remembered that a football team takes more than eleven players. It also takes those that see the game from the bench and take the beatings during practice. Not just the skill of a few members, but spirit and continuous teamwork determine a team ' s success. Final Statistics Opponents Individual Scores Passes Attempted 73 96 Passes Completed 36 - 33 Total Yards Passing 518 - 353 Carries Rushing 302 209 Total Yards Rushing - 1038 505 Total Yards 1556 858 Points Scored 171 - 45 Henneman 55 Briden 46 Jones 27 McGrew 18 Kuka 16 Brophy 9 I Junior Varsity Scores Valier Conrad 6 Valier 18 Shelby 6 Valier 14 Conrad 13 Valier 20 Shelby Captain Jim Briden presents 1961 North Central Division football trophy to Student Body President Doug Henneman. All-Conference End BILL KUKA All-Conference Halfback BOB McGREW