West Central Community School - Blue Shadows Yearbook (Maynard, IA)

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CO-CAPTAINS John Arp Steve Kaune SEASONS HI-UTES The 1961 football season was one of memorable moments. Here are some of the statistics thatmade the year outstanding. John Arp recorded the longest punt return of the year by re- turning the ball 90 yards for the winning touchdown against Arlington. Then John ran 81 yards from scrimmage against Elkader for the longest scrimmage run. Mick Lamphier returned a Waukonkickoff for 80 yards and John Arp returned a Sumner kickoff 80 yards for the two long- est kickoff returns. John Arp intercepted a Valley pass and returned it 65 yards for the long- est intercepted pass runback. Mick Lamphier received a pass from Arp against Fayette and took it 44 yards for touchdown. The undefeated team's net yardage for the year was 2, 508 to 1,076 yards for their opponents. Their average yardage per game was 313. 5 yards to 134. 2 yards for their opponents. JohnArpled the conference in scoring with 11 touchdowns and 13 extra points for a total of 79 points. He was followed by Mick Lamphier with 58 points for second place in the conference scoring. Mick was followed closely by Dennis Wilbur with 55 points--good for third place in the conference scoring. The team's total points were 256 to 36 for the opponents. An oppos- ing team that did get a touchdown failed to get any extra points. LaVern Wegner led the team with 72 unassisted tackles. John Arp, Mick Lamphier, Clyde Trotter and LaVern Wegner were selected for the Upper Iowa Conference first team and Steve Kaune was placed on the second team. John Arp was chosen to the sixth team Little All-American team and LaVern Wegner was given honorable mention. The freshman and sophomore team went undefeated by whipping Sumner, Valley, Postville and Calmar. This is the first year that our football teams have gone undefeated.

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FRONT ROW: Coach Howard Vernon, Steve Kaune, LaVern Wegner, Terry Oltrogge, Dennis Wilbur, Allen Jeanes, Neil Meyer, Mickey Lamphier, John Arp, Clyde Trotter, Rick Judas, SECOND ROW: Roger Arthur, John Erickson, Gordan Boynton, Larry Block, Ronnie Jipson, Jimmy Trotter, Loel Fink, Larry Lundry, John Bunn, Steve Arthur, Billy Gumm, Dennis Kane, Manager Dick Brownell, BACK ROW: Assistant Coach Carl Heller, Jerry Betts, Jim Grimm, Rickey Trotter, Craig Bodley, David Hoehne, Donald Wolfe, Lee Buhr, Dennis Rechkemmer, Philip Boynton, Bernard Oakes, Jon Harrison, Mark Arthur, Gary Brownell. FOOTBALL TEAM IS UNDEFEATED WINS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP THE SEASON’S RECORD wc OPPONENT 7 Arlington 6 25 Postville 6 26 Elkader 0 28 W aukon 0 47 Sumner 0 57 Valley 18 32 North 0 34 Fayette 6 Coaches Vernon and Heller discuss strategy.

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All Conference Selections : Mick Lamphier, Steve Kaune, LaVern Wegner, Clyde Trotter, John Arp. TACKLES GUARDS