Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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TRACK lfid' if 9 9 QQAQS-5', lg 5, , S-. lx D K xx'-H Standing--Bud Garfield, Tom Davis, James Barnhart, Bill McGill, Preston Moore, Paul Sorenson, Bert Tunks, Don Clauser, Sam Foster, Lou Goetz, Bill Bingham. Kneeling--Don Wene, Gerald Gregory, Charles St. Germain, Milton Brady,Harry Kaufmann, Ronnie Waters, Joe Koonce, Henry Eilts, Lynn Flach. TRACK The track season opened on Friday, April 20, at Gilman. Gilman won with O.M.S. following. Watseka placed third. The score was 84, 34, 32. We progressed in the second meet at O.M.S.' as O.M.S. racked up 59 points to win. Watseka totaled 49 points with Paxton accounting for 43 points. We gained revenge on O.M.S. in our third meet with them. Onarga was the third school par- ticipating in the meet at O.M.S. Watseka--NM, O.M.S.--585, Onarga--2l. At Sheldon, the Warriors led the Rams of Sheldon. Milford third all the way. However, the Rams overtook the Warriors to come out on top. Rams--67 ?f3g Warriors--5655 Milford--27. The county track meet at O.M.S. brought out a determined Warrior squad which eventually was crowned county champions. The first five teams rated in this order: Watseka--37 V55 Gilman-- 34Mj Sheldon--32 V55 O.M.S.--2725 Central--l9 V5. The district track meet was held at Kankakee. Jim Snedden, one of our most valuable men, was the only one who placed. At Rantoul, the Warriors came out fourth in the Wauseca League track meet. Jim Snedden broke his stride on the last low hurdle and took a hard tumble on the cinders. 54 'T 1 1 - l

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Standing-Lloyd Eastburn, Gerald Gregory, Philip Grice, Bob Feller, Paul Sorenson, Marian Ralph, Coach Robert Prymuski. Kneeling--Tom Gonzales, Terry Christy, Dale Flach, Ronald Waters, Pete Ferrero, Eldon Kane. Second Team Basketball Coach Robert Prymuski's Papooses dropped their 5'l-52 season opener to the favorite Urbana Cubs 56-36. The Papooses lost their first Wauseca conference encounter to the Hoopeston reserves 29-23. The Papooses squeezed out a 3l-26 victory for their first Wauseca conference win of the season against the Paxton Colts. , ln a sudden death double overtime with the Gibson City Pups the Papooses dropped the hardest fought game of the short season 33-31. At the end of the regulation game the score was 29 all and at the end of the first overtime the score stood 31 all. Barry Hynd led the local lads, with l2 tallies. , The Papooses ventured to O.M.S. and came home with a 47-2l victory under their belts. The Sheldon Lambs beat the Papooses 36-29. The Paps were led bravely by Ronnie Waters and Phil Grice who had 9 points apiece. A close 34-3l game was taken from the Papooses by the Gilman B team. The Papooses bowed to the Sheldon Lambs in an overtime 39-36. The score stood 35 all at the end of the fourth quarter. Phil Grice was high point man for the Papooses with ll markers. The Rantoul Eaglets decisioned the Paps by a 38-2l count. Phil Grice paced the scorers with 9 points. The sharp shooting of Phil Grice who gathered l6 points was not enough to slap the Hoopes- ton Reserves. They won-50-37. The Pops had their second easy game against the O.M.S. B Team when they romped over them 33-l5. .lack Ferrero collected 8 markers for the winners. The Junior Red Devils from Cissna Park and the Papooses battled neck and neck right down to the wire with Cissna winding up out in front 28-26. The Papooses lost a hard fought battle to the Pontiac seconds 55-40. ln a thrilling game with Paxton the Papooses dumped the Col'-ts by a 39-25 score. The Pups had an easy time downing the Milford Fresh-Soph team 44-33. 53

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BASEBALL Leff ro Ri ghr--- 2nd Row---Coach Ralph Dodson, Leroy Henning, Bill Bingham, Frank Redman, Paul Sorenson, Paul Sears Mr. George Sprau, 'lst Rowv-Darrell Decker, Doug Shonts, Lynn Flach, Howard Gordon, Ray Ralph, Henry Eilfs, Ronny Park inson, Jim Flesher---Omitfed--Gene Eilers. 1 . Warriors Baseball Schedule Home Away May 2l Donovon 6-5 May l8 Donovan l-2 June l4 Hoopesfon l5-4 May 25 Milford ll-6 June 25 Gilman 3-2 June 4 Gilman 8-6 July 2 Paxton lO-2 July 5 Hoopesfon l7-3 July 16 Gibson City 9-l July 18 Paxfon l4-l July 23 Ranfoul 7-3 July 20 Gibson City 5-3 July 26 Ranfoul 6-0 55