Watseka High School - Watchekee Yearbook (Watseka, IL)

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A-A 969 Left to nght Bottom Row Pete Ferrero Robert Scharlich john Paro Dale Decker Dick Pige Gm Rosenberger Roger Eckstem Bob Rhoades DlVld Cmady and Larry Harmon Second Row Tom Oberloh Lloyd Easthurn jim Flesher john Ash Gerald Gregory Marion Ralph Darrell Decker Tom Gonzales Douglas Canady Karl Oelke md Piul McAnarney Top Row Coach Gordon Mclxcnne Dennis Fox kenneth Townsend john VVood Robert Seggebruch Frank Sch'nnnbnrg Varis Purkihtis Lowell Schmidt Wayne Roberts Richlrd McGill Jim Reina le and William Cflfliltli Trac NVatseka opened its track season on April 6, by downing Central in a dual meet. The final score was: Watseka-56 2X3 and Central-56 1y'3. The VVarriors captured live first places and Central took eight. The difference in points came in Watseka getting seventeen second and third places against only eight for Central. On April 13, St. Anne and Cissna Park came to the Warriors, cinder paths. VVatseka-874 St. Anne-464 Cissna Park-8. Need more be said? The Warriors journeyed to Sheldon on April 22. Kentland, Indiana, was the third team in the meet. After the dust had cleared, NVatseka had racked up enough points to come in second. The point totals: Sheldon-525 VVatseka-48g Kentland-25. Sheldon garnered eight firsts, WVatseka took four, and Kentland had to settle for two. I631 1

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Baseball The Watseka Warrior baseball team, coached by Mr. George Sprau, opened its 1954 schedule by driving to Rensselaer, Indiana, june 10. It proved to be a very unhappy afternoon, as Rensselaer won 5 to O. Liback, the opposing pitcher, hurled a no hit, no run game against the VVarriors. Watseka was host to Bantoul on june 15. They played the role of poor hosts, however, as they whipped Rantoulis nine, 10 to 1. This win somewhat avenffed Watseka, after a long string of football, basketball, and track defeats at the hahds of the Eagles from Rantoul. On june 22, the VVarriors turned in another win, this time at the expense of the Hoopeston Cornjerkers. The Iinal score was 8 to 3. The Warriors garnered only 5 hits but made the most of them to turn in the victory. The Mustangs from Paxton journeyed to VVatseka,s diamond on june 25. They were the victims of the Warriors' third straight win. Frank Schaumburg collected four hits for the winners. On july 6, the Warriors traveled to Hoopeston. They thought they were there to play Hoopestoifs nine. Due to a mixed up schedule, however, they played the Kankakee Kays. This was the same aggregation that had won the junior Legion district play-off a week before. The Warriors put a fine showing but they were defeated 4 to 0. Watseka drove to Hantoul on July 12. Sam Dooley pitched a fine game for the Warriors as did Mawry for the Eagles. The Eagles scored 3 runs on Hve hits. The Warriors also got five hits but they couldnit score. The Warriors motored again to Hoopeston on july 22. The schedule was correct this time and they played the Cornjerkers. The VVarriors had occasion to disagree with the umpires, but it did them no good, and they lost 6 to 3. The Warriors wound up their baseball season by touring to Paxton, on july 25. The contest was staged under the lights. Since the Warriors weren't accus- tomed to playing night baseball, it apparently hurt their batting eye. They scored only 1 run on a collection of four hits. Although Sam Dooley struck out ten batters and allowed only two hits, the Mustangs scored 3 runs. T621 QQ'

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Trac Watseka was represented by ten boys at the Normal Relays on April 24. It proved to be very stiff competition, as Gerald Gregory was the only Watseka boy to place. He was one of six to tie for third in the pole vault. Gregory cleared the bar at 11 feet 3 in. Onarga and Gilman furnished the competition for Watseka on April 27. The meet was held while a light rain was coming down. The Warriors came up with 77 3X4 points, Onarga got 37 1! 2 points and Gilman finished with 24 3X4 points. The local thinlyclads traveled to Onarga on April 30. It was a triangular meet with Onarga Mil. and Paxton being the second and third teams in the meet. That was the way they finished also. VVatseka racked up 64 points, Onarga Mil. totaled 41 points and Paxton accounted for 35 points. The Warriors braved very bad weather and won the county track meet, which was held at Onarga, on May 3. There were ten other teams in the meet. The Warriors, victory was highlighted by Captain Marion Ralph. Ralph clipped 3 of a second off the 180 yard low hurdles mark. Gerald Gregory got the only other first place for Watseka. He got this in the pole vault. The first five teams iinished in this order: Watseka-443,153 Sheldon-313!5g Onarga-254 Central- 23 3f5g O. M. S.-19. The district track meet was held at Kankakee on May 8. Thirty teams com- peted in very bad weather. Wats-:ka had to settle for five and one-half points. Gregory tied for iirst place in the pole vault. Ralph got the other point by running fifth in the low hurdles. The final varsity track meet for most of the boys was the Wauseca Gon- ference meet. It was held at Rantoul, May 11. The VVarriors placed second with forty-three points. The host team won the meet by accumulating sixty-eight points. Tom Gonzales, Marion Ralph and john Wood won first places for Wat- seka. Wood threw the discus 134' 4 1f2 , breaking the old record of 131' 1 1,f2 . l64l