Willamette High School - Guld Luscus Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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-4' CF? ll' 4 al X wfy. Valley League All-Stars E. Jackson Athey Ford Valley League High Scorer Vance Lloyd SEASONS- RECORD The first game of the year was at Florence, where Willamette, using a ground attack, rolled to a 33-13 victory over Siuslaw High School. Friday, Sept, 22, Willamette won the second game of an eight game winning streak by dumping Lowell 33-O on their home field. Once again Lloyd and Glen Athey carried the brunt of the attack for the Wolverines. Oakridge was next to bow to the Wolverines. Oakridge were the champions from the year before and were expected to set the Wolverines down with a thud but it was the other way around with Willamette coming out on top 20-6. Victim number 4 was Drain who gave the Wolverines a scare before giving way to the powerful Wolves by a close score of I3-6. St. Francis came to Willamette the week following to give battle to the Wolverines in the mud that coated the playing field. When the mud and rain had settled Willamette had won the game 6-0. Vance Lloyd was the deciding factor in the game as he broke through the St. Francis line for a 79-yard sprint to victory. The seventh team to fall by the wayside was Creswell who helped Willamette to con- tinue their winning streak. Playing on the Junction City field the Wolverines posted a 26-13 victory. Glen Athey put on a one-man show when the Wolves played Elmira. Glen scored 18 of the 19 points to down the Falcons 19-O. This was wine number 8 for the Wolverines. Central of Monmouth knocked the pegs from under Willamette by sending them to their first defeat of the year 26-0. The Wolves couIdn't seem to get going again after this and lost the last two games. Junction City beat Willamette 7-6 in score but was pushed all over the field by the powerful Wolverines. Willamette picked up some 300 yards to a little over 100 for Junction City. Oakridge then played Junction and beat them to give Willamette undisputed possession of the Valley League. This meant the right to meet the winner from the coast for the Coast Valley League Crown. Traveling to Newport to meet the Toledo eleven, Willamette was again to take it on the chin. A deceptive offense and a powerful defense kept the Wolves bottled up the whole game. Glen Athey scored WilIamette's lone touchdown on a 20-yard end run. Toledo pushed over two counters and led the rest of the game. Toledo won the game 13-7 and the cup for the Coast Valley League Championship. Vance Lloyd and Glen Athey placed one and two in the Valley League scoring race. Vance was first with 59 points and Glen second with 44 points. Willamette placed five men on the Valley League All-Star team and two on the second squad. The men on the first team were Paul Jackson, end, Elroy Jackson, tackle, Lawrence Ford, running guard, Russ Painter and Glen Athey were named to the backfield positions. This was Paul's second year on the All-Star squad. These statistics were compiled for eight of the Wolverines games. Will. Opp. Will. Opp. Yards gained rushing 1790 961 Passes completed .... 14 23 Yards lost rushing . . 93 219 Passes had intercepted. . 3 8 Net yards rushing . . 1685 748 Fumbles .......... 23 15 Yards gained passing. . . 136 329 Opponents' fumbles Total net yardage. . . 1794 1057 recovered ....... 9 13 First downs rushing. 65 40 Number of punts .... 20 33 First downs passing. 7 9 Average length of First downs penalties 2 6 punts ........... 23.8 26.2 Total first downs. . . 72 49 Number of penalties. . 43 22 Passes attempted . . . 53 62 Yards lost penalties. . 425 180

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I 1, 4 5125.53-D? . ,elif 1 EARL VOSSEN, Coach Head man around the Athletic Department, and head basketball coach were the jobs of Earl Vossen this past year. Next year he takes on even more responsibility as he moves up to the office of vice principal and Dean of Boys, and attempts to hold down the two jobs he already has. Earl turned in a very creditable job of coach- ing this year, as he always does. From our standpoint the boys had a little too much polish and by mid-season were getting tired of playing. SEASON 'S Willamette W.H.S. ..... W.H.S.... W.H.S.. .. ... W.H.S.... W.H.S.. .. ... W.H.S.. .. ... W.H.S.... W.H.S.... W.H.S.... 53 6l 59 48 56 45 5l 39 50 W.H.S.... 63 W.H.S.... 74 W HS.. .. ... 68 W.H.S.... 59 W.H.S.... 59 W.H.S..,. 43 W.H.S.... 64 W.H.S.... 55 W,H.S.... 59 W.H.S.... 56 W.H.S.... 48 W.H.S.... 46 W.H.S.... 55 RECORD Opponents Elmira ..... North Bend . Lowell ..... St. Francis .. Drain ..... Junction City Roseburg . . . Uni Hi .... Eugene Hi . . Lowell ..... Oakridge . . . Springfield . Drain ..... Uni Hi ..... Cottage Grove Oakridge . . . St. Francis Elmira ..... Springfield . Junction City Eugene Hi . . Cottage Grove WiIlamette's Mapleboard title threats at the start of the season dropped to an also ran fifth place at the end of the District Six season. But fared a little bet- ter in the Valley League as they tied Oakridge for second place. The Wolverines did a little better individually, by placing one man on the District Six All-Star team and one on the honorable mention. ln the Valley League Willamette placed two on the first team and one on the honorable mention. Gunnar Christiansen captured scoring honors in both the District Six race and the Valley League with 307 and 213 points respectively. Gunnar was a unan- imous choice for a forward spot on both the District and the Valley League All-Star teams. Along with Gunnar, LeRoy Wacker, sparkplug guard, made the first team in the Valley League and honorable men- tion list of the Valley League. Christiansen in 22 games this season scored a total of 436 points, l56 field goals, l24 free throws and a 19.8 game average. Paul Jackson was second in school scoring with 202 points, 80 field goals, 42 free throws and a 9.1 average per game. UNI Hl GAME