Wellington High School - Megaphone Yearbook (Wellington, KS)

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Q iSquad , Buck Rowf-Coach Hall, Mahannah, Harris, Fried- man, Kersting, Holdaway, Carter, Carson. Coach Suran: Middle Rowe-'Manager Gaspcr, W. Arnspigcr, Cru- zen: Sanncr, Wilson, Wright, Templeton, Quinhtimxyilson, G. Rogers: Sealed-'-Hff Rogers, Mansfield, Wnllace,' Shields. Lupton, Hamilton, Barrett, Waugh, Kamp, and Arnspligcr. of the game but bowed 53 to 37, and the cham- pionship was ours. All-Valley honors went to Jer- ry Waugh and Harold Rogers while second team honors went to Wallace and Lupton. The Beacon rated Wallce on its first team. Q One Week later the champs met the determin- ed,Vikings in a hard game in the regionals, but the score ended 43 to 39. The next night they met a weakened Ark City who downed North, Then came the test in the semifinals against Junction City, the non-conference team that had Won from the boys in an overtime. Jerry Waugh, handicap- ped by a knee injury, led a jittery five on to the floor, but with Rogers' and his caging of 40 points, the boys won 45 to 40. Meanwhile ElDorado whip- ped Hutch in an overtime, and was the next to play Wellington. Waugh spent all day in the hos- pital, and come what may, it completely demoral- ized the team, who Went down to defeat 35 to 29 in the biggest upset in the state. As a gift, the business men sent the boys to see the state finals for their good record during the year. t. . f nf 2, , - f' 'P' --. nf v Second Team by MARX' HEUZEL The Crusaders may plan for a strong team next year if the UB boys continue their good work when they become the first team. Hard work and much practice helped them win six out of their ten games. They were coached by Artie Hall. Wellington won over South Haven 35 to 10, and lost to East 13 to 17. This was followed by twoone-point losses to North 23 to 22 and to Win- field 2-6 to 25. They beat Ark City 36 to 14 but lost again to East 19 to 9. They ended thq season with four wins, Winfield 24 to 18, North 29 to 17, Milton 3.7 to 22, and Ark City 20 to 18,, Junior High by MARY HEUZEL The Junior high team played only four gam- es and lost three of them. Ken Davidson, Buddy Burris, and Eddie Howell were the main sparks. Ark City won both games and the boys divided with Winfield. Boys playing Were, standing: Black, Scates, Smith, Davidson, Tibbs, Goodrum, Cisneros. Seated: McEachern, Cartmill, Waugh, Wilson, Burris, Williams, Aywan. I f I' -29- 'L-r

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gg? . X A -1 ,X xx ' 1 5 X, . K Ark Valley Champions For the first time in its history Wellington captured the Ark Valley championship. With six returning lettermen, Captain Jerry Waugh, Lup- ton, Mansfield, Arnspiger, and Hamilton, Coach Suran rounded out the team with Kemp, Wilson, Cruzan, H. Rogers, Shields, and Barrett. The starting five were Waugh, on last year's five, Wal- lace, Rogers, Mansfield, and Lupton, second team. Lupton developed quickly and played plenty of good ball. Although he did not score so much, he was a rebound threat and as good a defensive man as any center in the Valley. A scoring ace through- out the season was sophomore Harold Rogers, for- ward, who came through with top Valley honors. He was high scorer from the first game but for two weeks he dropped to second place. Arch Wal- lace at the other forward post was also a high scorer on the team, being fifth in the Valley. He played fast and was a valuable cog in the defen- sive machine which the teamshowed in the second round of play. Richard Mansfield, playing his guard position was always good at defense. While he did not score as high, he could always hold down his op- ponent. Fourth 'place scorer on the championship five was Jerry Waugh, a four year letterman, and was scoring threat from any angle of the court. Playing the guard post Waugh was the fastest, coolest, all-around defensive man in the Valley It was Waugh who kept his teammates calm when going was rough, and fed the ball to the forwards. First sub was Virgil Kemp who was frequently called upon when too many fouls tripped the team, or when one bogged down. The first round opened with the challenging Salthawks coming here for a game that was Well- lngton's all the way. The Hawks fell 36 to 19, with Rogers, Waugh, and Wallace, the Big Three, bringing in 30 counters. The boys next faced vacation week playing a trying Viking team 34 to 20, then playing hosts to a challenging rough and tumbling North quintet, outshooting them at the free throw line 43 to ?.4. In their next game the Suranmen put on a spec- tacular scoring spree defeating the Wildcats 66 to 28, the big three accounting for 40 ponts. Next came the Newton Railroaders, the spot- light game that people had been waiting for, but here the sooringmachine bogged down for its first defeat, 37 to 24. As the Redskins had defeated New- ton the week before, this kept us tied for first place. The next week the boys bounced back and set the Ark City Bulldogs down 60 to 26. In the second .Salthawk encounter the Crusa- ders came from behind in the last four minutes of play to win 34 to 26. The East Aces came out on the short end of a 43 to 26 score, and the next week the Winfield five were downed 27 to 16. An- other game came up with North, but we held 42 to 38. Then came one with ElDorado and a 43 to 20 score. At last came the game all were waiting for, the Railroaders, the most thrilling from start to finish of any game all season. They were stop- ped cold as Crusaders won 36 to 25. The season ended with the Bulldogs who held well for most

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A , Yea, team! Fight! Fight! -Rousing cheers, vigorous new yells and bits of unauthorized rhythms came from the cheering Crusaders who showed a peppy spirit during both the football and basketball seasons. Led by two veterans of last year, Minnie Wood and Joyce Ann Fredrickson, the student body elected Bruce Green, Raymond Wolford, and Gerald Clark to give the yells a masculine touch. The guys and gals worked out some formations and came forth with classy cheering. In there helping were the Senior High Girls pep club in their flashy red and white uniforms whose long awaited em- blems finally arrived too lat-e for football season. Officers for the year were Phyllis Palmer Gaddie, presidentg and Dorothy Mercer, vice president. Bertha Sorrows and Ramona Brown led group demonstrations at the games. The pep fairly bubbled at the Turkey Day football game, and the crowd went wild dur- ing the basketball battle with Newton. Remember the football team's rendition of chorus girls in the pep assembly before the Thanksgiving day game? With plenty of pep while mindful of the good sportsmanship code, the Crusaders have been really behind the boys in their marches to victory. Hey, Gang, Hey PV FAYE GUANN I 15 1- fi .L ' 1 i m .1 J' 2.1 X K, gg. . I' .r