West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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Middle row--Lloyd Reinke, Kenneth Herman, James Grogan, Delbert Schmidt, James Ryan, Roy Sauer. Bernard Wagner, William Buettner, gack row --- Mr. Bucci, Eugene Averill, rederick Groth, Neal Schleif, Richard Klein, James Dengel, Fred Reimann, Donald Bauer, Harold Beck, Jack Mil- ler, Mr. Emerson. ert Weiss, Robert Lemke. West Bend 0, Oconomowoc 19 Oconomowoc's well-trained eleven subdued a fighting Red and White squad by scoring early in the game and soon after add- ing two more tallies. The Benders held well and came close to pay dirt several times. West Bend 27, Hillsboro 0 Scoring 20 points in the first quarter, the Red and White defeated a game Hillsboro team for one of the season's few vic- tories. Jim Boldt scored two of the touchdowns, while Huna Klein and Neal Schleif each tallied one. West Bend 7, Mayville 12 l..oss of this homecoming game was hard for the Benders and rooters to take, Playing one of the sharpest games of the year, the team gave everything it had, yet was unable to punch out more than seven points. Ken Lemke accounted for the lone touch- down and extra point. West Bend 13, Hartford 35 ln the last game of the season the plucl-Ly Red and White squad was unable to stem the highly sparked Hartford eleven. Again Jim Boldt was the chief scorer for the Benders, taking passes for both touchdowns. Harold German, Raoul Benedict, Rob- Front row--Vernon Schwichtenberg James Boldt, Robert Gonring, Denis Mayo, Kenneth Lemke, Raymond Boden, John Peters, Reid Horle, Rob ert Krueger, Jack Isselman. LITTLE TEN FOOTBALL STANDINGS Berlin . . Oconomowoc Mayville . Hartford . VVaupun . Ripon . Horicon . West Bend Won Lost Tied . 5 0 0 . 4 0 1 . 4 1 0 . 3 2 0 . 2 3 0 . 1 4 O . 0 3 1 . 0 4 O Bob VVeiss set to make an extra point. Page nineteen

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ailcuwl Coaches Emelson and Buccl watch a sllck play West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend SCORES Cedaxbuxg Port Washlngton Beaver Dam Oconomovs oc HlllSb0l0 Mayvxlle Hartford Page exghteen An outfit that had plenty of scrap and the will to wln but not the goods to carry lt through IS the way ln whlch West Bend Highs football season mlght be summed up Wnth a record of four straight conference losses the team found ltself near the bottom of the Little Ten for the second straight year However the defeats could not be blamed on a lack of speed ln the backfleld When l-luna Kleln and lm Dengel once got movmg they sometlmes surprised themselves Nelther could lt be sald that the backfield needed more power for Ken Lemke pound ed out many an extra yard when lt was badly needed Poor field generalshlp was not the trouble as Bob Welss signal callmg was consxstently good After looking over the backfield s accompllsh ments we come to the concluslon that they dnd a fine job But not all the laurels rest wlth the ball carriers One good reason why touchdowns were made was lm Boldts skxll ln pass recenvlng Gaping holes were regularly torn m enemy lmes by our 220 pound tackles ack Muller and Bob Gonrmg Few opposmg ball carriers dnd not feel the jolt of Ray Boden s tackles and Dems lVlayos defenslve work at rlght guard Vernon Schwlchtenberg hard hlttmg rrght end was Injured m mld season but hls positron was ably filled by Fred Renmann Naturally the eleven couldn t always functlon as a umt The path to vlctory was sometimes blocked by lack of teamwork but usually the team was a cooperative outfnt Coaching the football team thus year were Head Coach Tobe Emerson and Assistant Coach Frank Bucci This was thelr first year at West Bend Hugh and lt was not long before thelr good sports manshlp and fine coachlng gave them a cooperative and hard workmg squad West Bend 20 Cedarburg 0 ln the flrst game of the season at Cedarburg the Benders scored on the fourth play of the game Bottlmg up Cedarburgs offense Boldt and Weiss took passes for two more touchdowns West Bend 7, Port Washington 19 The Llttle Green Bulldog stayed ln Ports trophy case for another year after the Green and White squad defeated the Benders by two touchdowns When Klein took the ball over the lme near the end of the game he accounted for the only score West Bend 13, Beaver Dam 26 Takmg an early lead and mcreaslng xt rapldly a strong Beaver Dam team rolled over the Red and Whlte for the first conference defeat Bob Wexss scored all of West Bend s points by tearmg through the Beaver s lme for two touchdowns and klckmg the extra pomt Huna Kleln on hls way to a touchdown l. ,.v . l J- . . 20... -- o . I ', 7...- ' 19 - i -' ' '- 13... - 26 -- '. ' 0... V 19 J- 27...'- 0 . 7... ' 12 ..'J U. f. 13... - 35 ' ' ' , ' , ,

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West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Be d West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Berd West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend West Bend Roy Sauer goes up aftel a jump ball SCORES 1945 46 Slmgex Cedarbulg Slmger Keuaskum Waupun Port Washlngton Horlcon Cedalbulg Hartford Columbus Berlm Kexxaskum Beaver Dam Mayvxlle Haltfold Oconomoxxoc Rlpon Port Washmgton REGIONAL TOURNAMENT West Bend 40 Sheboygan Falls West Bel d 16 Rlpon gasket? After an xmpresslve strea qumtet hlt a jmx for the remamder of the season and hmshed wlth a tle for thlrd ln the l..1ttle Ten Basketball Conference The seasons tally of vlctorles and defeats does not tell the whole st A ory s a group the fellows were a cooperatlve unlt and succeeded 1n maklng a good showlng against superlor teams lnd d ll lvl ua y the members of the squad were a capable outfit The central cog ln the machme was lm Boldt whose scorlng and alert d f e enslve performances clicked lm Dengel who rat d fif h C t ln Llttle Ten conference scorlng this season had the deadllest push sh h ot on t e squad Some of Huna Klems shots had th h l e w o e rootmg sectlon on lts feet If anyone lacked pep or Splflt Bob WCISS d ma e up for lt A dependable hugh scorm fo d R g rwar was eld Horle the fifth member of the first team Substltutlng for the regular members of the squad were Fred Relmann and Harry German at the forward pOSltlOHS Roy Sauer and lm Grogan as guards and Bob Yahr center l h fi n IS rst year as basketball coach at West Bend H1 h Nl g r Buccl succeeded ln producmg a team that won nme of the elghteen l d games p aye and lost lts two reglonal tournament games b y nar row margms FIVC members of the A squad are returmng next year k of five vlctorles the Red and Whlte Rlchar d Kleln Jun D P 1g,e tu enty engel Reld Holle BobW 9155 Jlm Boldt