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

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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

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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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RALPH SAND Good, tough lineman who never griped or complained All-Conference Guard ' 61 GERALD BRUNER An unsung hero, al- ways working, al- ways doing a good job All -Conference Tackle ' 61 EVERETT KING Changed from center to guard, never as tough as he could have been, but of great value. Guard CHUCK SCHNEIDER Tremendously improved this year and a lot of help. Tackle LYNDON MOLLERSTROM His injury hurt us all. He wanted to play. Guard BILL PETERSON Didn ' t see too much game ac- tion, but was of great value to the team. Back