Vancouver High School - Alki Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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Awards LETTERMEN AWARDS: Three Stripes---Frank Guisnessg Two Stripes- Joe White, Larry Smithg One Stripe-Ed Osborn, Jack Rouse, Dick Young, Kenny Sawyer, Dick Chambers, Bob Miller, Bob Hopkins, Duane Allen. Frank Guisness ..... ,.... O utstanding Player Larry Smith ,........ ....... H onorary Captain Ray Parsons ........ ................... M anager 1948 Season Record Jan. 9 Vancouver Kelso Here Jan 20 Vancouver Longview Here Jan. 23 Vancouver Meadows There Jan. 27 Vancouver Camas There Jan. 30 Vancouver Battle Ground Here Feb 3 Vancouver Chehalis Here Feb. 6 Vancouver Kelso There Feb 13 Vancouver Longview There Feb. 17 Vancouver Meadows Here Feb. 20 Vancouver Camas Here Feb. 24 Vancouver Battle Ground There Feb. 27 Vancouver Chehalis There S.W.W. Conference Standing Team W L Pct Longview ............. ...... 9 3 .750 Camas ...................... ....,. 9 3 .750 Battle Ground .. .... 9 3 .750 VANCOUVER ......., ...... 8 4 .667 Kelso .,................... .,.... 4 8 .333 Chehalis ................... ...... 2 10 .167 Ogden Meadows .............. 1 11 .083 TOD to bottom: Jack Rouse Ken Sawyer Ed Osborn .Toe White Duane Allen Bob Miller V.H,S, Trappers scoring another two points in the waning moments of the Chehalis game.

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Basketball Marshall Shields, Coach With only three returning lettermen the Trappers went into the title race anything but a favorite. Being riddled by graduation, the team lost four of its starting five players of last year's second place State Tourna- ment team. The Trappers' initial contest found them facing the always powerful Kelso Highlanders, whom they defeated 61 to 44. The pre-season favorite, the Lumberjacks, provided Vancouver with their next opponent and were also beaten, 40 to 36. Meadows was handily defeated 51 to 32. The Trap- pers' Winning streak halted at Camas with a 40 to 36 loss. Still in a slump, they dropped a close 40 to 39 contest to the Battle Ground Tigers. Back in winning form, the Trappers swept their next two games, defeat- ing Chelalis 59 to 44, and Kelso 42 to 35. Perhaps the most controversial game of the season was played at Longview where the Trappers were nudged by the Lumberjacks in the last 15 seconds of play, 45 to 44. Meadows provided stiff resistance for three quarters before bowing to the Trappers 49 to 38. Avenging their first round loss, Vancouver walloped Camas by a 64 to 37 count. The Trap- pers were beaten by a red hot Battle Ground quintet 59 to 36 in the Tiger gym. In climaxing the season the Trappers treked to Chehalis to hand the Bearcats a 45 to 36 licking. Highlighting the season was the breaking of the S.W.W. scoring record by Frank Guisness. Guisness surpassed the old record of 184 points with a total of 233 points. The Trappers were represented on the All-Conference team with the selections of Guisness to the first squad and Larry Smith to the second team. Top to bottom: Bob Hopkins Dick Chambers Dick Young Frank Guisness Larry Smith Ray Parsons Jumping for the ball during a tense moment of the Chehalis game.

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Lester Long Coach Track March 26, Roosevelt, Portland. Vancouver, Roosevelt, and Grant all tied with 24 points each for the first place in the opening track meet. Vancouver won the mile and two mile relay races, finished second in the 440, 880, high jump, and broad jump relays. Ron DeClark, broad jump, 19' 113Zi 3 Bob Taylor, high jump, 5' S . April 2, Here. Vancouver, 925 points, Battle Ground, 25k points, State School, 173 Meadows, 5. Raw, cold Weather kept marks at a minimum, but several of the competitors turned in creditable performances. Louis Prediletto, 440, 55.49 Eugene Perry, 100 yard dash, 10.5 and the 220, 24.2, Larry Smith, shot put, 45' 5 g Carl Hancuff, high and low hurdles. Relay: Parsons, Hancuff, DeClark, Prediletto, 1.38.9. April 2, Hill Military. Only one team was entered this year from Vancouver. The Trappers' distance medley quartet, Bob Buker, Chuck Wilson, Don Bleth, and Fred Dorsett, fin- ished third in the class A division. April 9, Here. Vancouver, 553 Milwaukie, 423 Kelso, 18. All-around strength brought V.H.S. thinclads their third straight win. Carl Hancuff Won both hurdle races, 70 yard high in 11.0, 126Vyard low hurdles, 15.0, Eugene Perry, 100 yard dash, 10.6. Vancouver won the 880 relay in the good time of 1.37.2. April 15, Jefferson, Portland. Vancouver, 589 Jefferson, 545 Benson, 18. Missing several members of the squad, the Trappers protected their unbeaten track record by a narrow margin of four points. Bad Weather again hampered the thin- clads. Vern Perry, mile, 4.503 Bob Barnett, 440, 54.9 5 Ron De- Clark, 200 low hurdles, 25.2, Louie Prediletto, 220, 24.15 Bob Buker, 880, 2.10. In the fastest time yet in the 880 relay for the Tgappers, Barnett, Berger, Parsons and Prediletto turned in a 1. 7.1 race. April 17, Centralia Relays. Lady Luck was with the Trap- pers at the Centralia Relays, as they came out victorious by one-third of a point over a field of twenty-two other teams. Tallying 14 points in the last two events, they edged Renton 28M to 28. Eugene Perry Won the Junior 100 yard dash in 10.6. The shuttle hurdle relay team of Prater, Hamman, DeClark, Hancuff, were the only blue ribbon winners. The all-around strength to pick up seconds and thirds proved the margin. April 20, Here. Vancouver, 76wg Longview, 415, Battle Ground, 19. Vancouver posted its fifth straight win. Highlight of the meet was the 1.35.7 turned in by the Trapper relay Side, top to bottom: George Stecher, Jack Rouse, Eugene Perry, Dick Moore, Bob Miller, Bob Fleischman, Bill Hamman, Larry Smith. Bottom, left to right: Edward Hewitt, Ernest Furness, Bob Hopkins, Carl Han- cuff, Sid Leahy, Sandy Hastings.