Wilcox High School - Eagle Yearbook (Wilcox, NE)

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. . . Sponsored by KRONQUEST IMP. CO. OF HOLDREGE LOOMIS 38 - WILCOX 5 Too much speed by the Wolves proved the downfall of our Eagles as they raced to a 38 to 6 victory. Broberg and Nelson paced the Wolves to victory. Broberg rambled two punt returns of 60 and 67 yards, while Nelson made scoring thrusts of 35 and 9 yards for the outstanding plays of the evening. Hollinger added another TD to complete the Wolves scoring Eagles hopes came alive tn the fourth period as Gitt and Sheneman combmed to complete a 40 yard pass play and Wrlcox s lone marker Larry Fouts proved to be a stalwart rn the middle of the Eagles lrne and the Wolves had to go around to the out srde Garrelts and Falk also looked good for the Eagles The Eagles unptle as they stopped Hildreth in this play for no gain FIRST ROW D Sa1lfHBJ R Adam QEJ E Gar relts fEj G L1ndstromQGj andR Falk QGJ SECOND ROW L Anderson QEJ A Johnsen fHBj M Wendell QEJ G Bergstrom QQBJ and J Hungerford QGJ 'Q O9

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. . Sponsored by KINGSLEY LUMBER CO, of Wilcox ELM CREEK 21 WIIEOX 6 The Eagles opened then season agatnst the 1956 FKC champlons and who proved agam to be the 1957 champrons The Buf faloes got off to a fast 21 to 0 lead by the half and staved off an Eagle s threat the last half J Tool and G Worthmg scored the Buf faloes three touchdowns S Sheneman and D G1tt were the stand outs for the Eagles and they teamed for Wrl cox s only score rn the fourth perrod on a pass play coverrng 45 yards Drck Emery was lost for the season due to a broken arm COACH REUBEN ANDERS Compleung hrs fourth year as head coach of the Eagles who compete rn the strong Fort Kearney Conference rs lookrng forward to brrghter days rn foot ball as h1s basketball teams have been strong contenders rn conference and drs trrct play HILDRETH 19 WILCOX 13 I-Itldreth domrnated the frrst half of play wrth G Kruse scorrng twrce on scampers of 40 and 25 yards and passing to Warnken for a 15 yard TD Another pass from Kruse to Zobel accounted for the PAT The flu rrdden Eagles came back wrth renewed vrgor as Sheneman and Grtt scored on 25 and 5 yard scampers respectrvely A pass from Sheneman to Bergstrom scored the PAT It was all Wrlcox the last half but the defrcrt of 19 pomts was too much to make D G1ttfQBj S Sheneman fl-IBj L Fouts QGJ D Emery QGQ L W1ttenburgfCj

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FO Sponsored by DEAN S SERVICE OF WILCOX AXTELL 45 WILCOX 13 The Axtell Wrldcats handed us our fourth strarght FKC loss and agatn superror speed proved our downfall The Wrldcats were led by J Abra hamson who scored frve touchdowns to smk the Eagles Dale Sall rambled 8 yards and S Shene man scored on another 8 yard scamper for Wrl cox s scormg The PAT was made by Sheneman on a 2 yard plunge AMHERST 39 WILCOX 6 A strong Amherst team led by Frsher and Schaake handed the Eagles another set back wh1le wmnmg theu flfth stralght The Broncos led 19 to O at the hal The Eagle s lone tally came tn the f1na1 perrod on a pass from G1tt to Gar relts whtch covered 12 yards Manned by undergradu ates and relymg heavrly on three semors G1tt Shene man and Fouts the Eagles OVERTON 36 WILCOX 20 D Anderson rambled for 4 touchdowns to pace the Overton Eagles over our hap less Wrlcox Eagles Purm tum and Lum also helped spark the1r attack Agarn tt was a matter of manpower but the second half had both second teams 111 w1th Wtlcox domtnatmg the play Freshmen Garrelts Johnsen and Bergstrom each scored a touchdown PAT S were scored by Johnsen and Garrelts L1nemenLmdstrom Wendell and Anderson drd well under fue SUMNER 40 WILCOX 19 Sumner put Wrlcox m the Cellar of the FKC but only after the 1n1ury of Grtt ln the thlrd per1od Wrl cox had a 13 13 tre and was on the way to another TD when the tnjury oc curred Sheneman G1tt and Fouts agam sparked the Ea gles Longest run of the evening was by Fouts gomg 60 yards for a TD G1tt and Sheneman each scored touchdowns on short plunges The PAT came on a pass from G1tt to Sheneman gave a very good account of themselves PLEASANTON 51 WILCOX 6 M Rohnch and B Karsten led the Pleasan ton Bulldogs over the wmless Eagles rn an FKC game 51 to 6 Rohnch romped for 5 touchdowns on runs of 1, 7 55 and 35 yards and was on the recerv mg end of a 55 yard pass play from Karsten Kar sten scored 2 touchdowns on runs of 10 and 20 yards Eagles score came on a pass from Shene man to G1tt coverrng 11 yards ln the second perrod 1 ..- . . ' 9 . , . , . , I - ' I - . '- Q f. 0 , . r 9 - r A ' v 1 ' . , g I - ' ' . u n 9 - 0 1 u U . Q ' n I 1 ' . - 0 .