Vancouver High School - Alki Yearbook (Vancouver, WA)

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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.

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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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Top, left to right: Alam Mau-Gregor, Bob Buker, Don Bleth, Ron DeClark, Vernon Perry, Bob Burm-tt. Side, top to bottom: Jack Min- nick, Chuck VV'ilson, Bob Berger, Louie Pre-diletto, Bob 'I'tyl0r, 'Pom Pratt, Don VVar1lrop, Ray Parsons. team. First place winners were Carl Hancuff, both hurdles, Eugene Perry, 100 yard dash, Louie Prediletto, 440, Ron De- Clark, broad jump, and Larry Smith, shot put. April 23, Jefferson, Portland. Vancouver, 47, Jefferson, CNW: Benson, 35112. The Trappers lost their first meet by a half point in a return engagement with Jefferson and Benson. Eugene Perry won the 220, Larry Smith, the shot put, George Stecher, the pole vault. The Trappers missed the support of several members of the squad who were unable to participate. April 30, Roosevelt, Portland. Roosevelt, 57, Grant, 29V2: Vancouver, 3529. Leaving most of the distance men at home for the Longview Relays, the Trappers fell before a strong Roosevelt squad. The only firsts salvaged by Vancouver were the 440 yard dash and the 880 relay. May 1, Longview Relays. Vancouver overpowered a field of seven teams by gaining 7515 points. Longview was the near- est to the Trappers with 4416, Centralia, 35, Puyallup, 27, Chehalis, 23, Kelso, 5, Forest Grove, Oregon, 3, Battle Ground, 1. It was the sixth win for Vancouver in the nine years of the relays. The Trappers won the mile relay and the junior 100, 440 relay, 2 mile relay, 880 relay, placed fourth in the senior 00. May 8, Here. Sub District. Vancouver, 65w, Longview 27, Battle Ground, 1526, Washougal, 11, Kelso, 10, State Deaf School, 7, Meadows, 495, Evergreen, 395, Vancouver Trappers splashed their way to victory qualifying sixteen men in elev- en events. Qualifying were: Hancuff, high and low hurdles, relay, Leahy and Vern Perry, mile, Parsons, 100 yard dash: Miller, high jump, Young, discus, DeClark, low hurdles, broad jump, Walling, broad jump, Buker, 880, Smith, shot put, relay, Prediletto, relay, Eugene Perry, relay, 100 yard dash, 220. Future Meets May 13 Commerce, Washington at Franklin. May 15 District Meet, Olympia. May 20 Grant, Roosevelt at Roosevelt. May 21, 22 State Meet at Pullman. Awards Three Stripese Carl Hancuff, Ray Parsons, Vern Perry, Louie Prediletto, Two Stripes- Bob Barnett, Bob Berger, Bob Buker, Ron DeC1ark, Sid Leahy, George Stecher, Chuck Wil- son, Larry Smith. One Stripe- Don Bleth, Duane Coleman, Bill Hamman, Bob Hopkins, Eugene Perry, Bob Taylor, Don Wardrop, Bob Miller. Carl Hancuff ............................... ........... C aptain ' Edward Hewitt, Ernest Furness .... Managers