Walkerton High School - Echoes Yearbook (Walkerton, IN)

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1959 Baseball Team FRONT ROW: T. Chudanov, R. Jones, B. Smith, L. Pugsley, B. Johnson. SECOND ROW: J. Niemasik, S. Burch, J. Johnson, T. McKesson, B. Ingram, J. Nylander fManagerJ. THIRD ROW: Coach Dick, J. Arce, B. Cripe, J. Whitmer, D. Ludwig, D. Scarbrough, J. Hostetter, Coach Warren. Inexperrence Lowers Score Although the Indians experienced an off-season this year, they continued to reveal the pep and spirit for which Walkerton is WE so well noted. 9 f a 5 . . . Lack of experience seemed to be the basic cause of their 6 difficulty, as ten of the sixteen boys were freshmen and 5 sophomores. 4 4. . . Mr. Warren and Mr. Dick did very fine jobs in the coaching 5 department, while John Nylander proved to be a very able 10 manager. 15 The Indians lost their first seven games but showed continual improvement. They wound up their season on a bright note by defeating Hamlet and LaPaz to give them a 2-'7 season. .29 AHL, ga.:-J ,. iwk W, . : ,, , SCOREBOARD OPPON EN T Grovertown . . . Greene . . . Greene. . . . Grovertown . . . . . . 19 Madison .... Lakeville. . . North Liberty Hamlet .... LaPaz ..... THEY . 10 ..13 . ...10 ..5 . ...6 ..'I .5 ...8

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1959 Football Squad FRONT ROW: T. Pepin, L. Wickham, C. Arce, D. Swanson, J. McGee, B. Mechling. SECOND ROW: B. Gabbard, T. Brown, C. Baker, L. Wood, D. Tener, E. Barden, J. Rankert. THIRD ROW: T. Mayfield, R. Wil liams, R. Verkler, F. Famer, B. Klinedinst, E. Morrison, B. VanDyke, R. Williams. Something New Walkerton experienced a new dimension in sports this year with the addition of a Junior High Football team, coached by Joe Kreitzman with the assistance of Jerry Rice. The Lions Club generously supplied the team with uniforms. Tommy Klinedinst served the team as manager. The boys on the team worked long and hard, but their efforts were rewarded as they split the season by winning three and losing three. This inexperienced team played against schools who have had football teams for years, but they made a very good showing in all of their games. SCOREBOARD Opponent Rolling Prairie . . North Liberty . . . . . . Howe Military .... Lincoln Jr. High . . . Leesburg ...... . . . North Liberty ............ We They 0 16 .... 6 ..0 .... 26 ..0 .... 6 26 .... 0 . 6 .... 12

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High School Varsity Carrol Patrick, Joan Anderson, Judy Wiktorowski, and El Conquistadore. The Walkerton High School Varsity man- aged to establish a better-than-average re- cord for the basketball season 1959-1960 by winning eleven games against nine losses. Early in the season they gave the impres- sion that Walkerton might really have themselves an exceptional team this year as they boasted a record of nine wins in eleven starts. However, as the season progressed, they seemed to relax more and this relaxed manner of playing proved to be their down- fall. Walkerton was eliminated from county tourney competition in the first game against Penn Township. The Kingsmen de- feated the Indians in a 46-42 thriller which was well fought to the end. For the second consecutive year, Walkerton participated in the Knox Sectional. All odds were against them, as they drew North Judson, the team favored to capture the title. The Indians fought a hard battle all the way, but lost by a 48-45 score. Although the end results were not quite what was expected, the team continued to show the spirit and drive which typifies Walkerton High School.