West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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Baseball Weakness in the battery caused a highly unsuccessful season for the West Salem baseball squad in the spring and fall of 1948. The Salem nine faced tough opposition from Coulee Conference schools and were able to effect but few victories. Morris Meyer served as catcher with George Evenson, Jerry Wehrenberg, Dave Hoff, and Ken Diekroeger working on the mound. The squad, through more experience, should be somewhat improved for the 1949 season. Kollin Yanzer will probably be another candidate for the hurling chores. Onalaska, Galesville, and Holmen will still have strong teams and will again be difficult to beat. Track The coming of spring marked the return of track to the athletic activities of the high school. This sport, revived on a trial basis in 1948 after an absence of a decade, opened up a new field of participation for students who had previously engaged in no extra-curricular sport as well as seasoned athletes. In the 1948 season, the Salem thin-clads engaged in home practice sessions as well as duels with area schools. The cinder-men also entered the District track meet at Sparta. Several team members received enough points in competition to win a letter for the season’s work. During the 1949 season, it is hoped that track work will progress so that West Salem will have a good team to represent the school in area competition as well as several larger meets. This is the first year that track has become an official part of the school’s athletic program; and, judging by tbe interest displayed, track is here to stay. Page Twenty-nine

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“Braves” Front row: R. Yanzer. R. Vanderploeg, I). Hoff. W. Olson. K. Diekroeger, K. Klos, G. Evenson. J. Wehrenherg. Second row: Mr. Hagen. R. Schild, B. McClintock, K. Meyer, M. Graff. L. Hanan. B. Carlson, M. Meyer, H. Meinking. Mr. Moran. Third row: R. Lunke, K. Ausman. R. Gilster, G. Haaland, K. Bangsberg, J. Mail, J. Hougen, A. Walters, K. Krome, J. Metzger. Basketball The record of this season’s basketball s juad soinewbat paralleled that of the 1947-48 team in that it got off to a slow start and gradually warmed up to a winning streak. The opening games of the season were disappointing. Blair really trounced us on their floor by a score of 68-29. Ouch! But. as evidence of our improvement, they were able to rack up only 40-36 when they edged us out on our home court during the second semester. A similar exchange of circumstances took place when we tangled with our toughest Coulee Conference opponents. Bangor humiliated us with a 40-27 victory, and Holmen did the same with a score of 52-31. But we showed them what we could do. When Bangor paid us a return visit for our Homecoming game, we really gave them a fight. The game ended in a tie. 35-35. In a breath-taking three-minute overtime, we sneaked past them to win. 41-40. SEASON’S RECORD Name FG VTA FTM PF PTS. Olson. W. 125 73 38 63 323 Diekroeger, K. 38 36 34 63 112 Hoff, D 55 18 18 45 128 Vanderploeg R. 50 24 40 36 124 Wehrenberg, G. 24 7 6 26 55 Klos, K. 24 16 31 47 64 Craff. M. 9 6 19 31 24 Evenson. G. 9 8 9 26 26 Hanan, L. 6 2 3 6 14 Man. J. 2 0 4 1 4 342 190 202 344 874 And in our very next game, we again turned the tables. Facing the Holmen outfit here, we sur- prised everyone by coming out on top by a score of 37-35. Compare it to the other score. and you’ll see why we felt we had improved. Then came the tournament, and we fought our way through to the Championship game. We drew Onalaska as our sparring partner in the first game. We had beaten Onalaska 46-40 in an exciting game Page Thirty-one