William A Wirt High School - Sandscript Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Pete Hook Lloyd Spurlock Ray Rearick FIRST ROW: Pete Hook, left end; L. Spurlock quarterback; Paul Hook, right end. SECOND ROW: D. Bicknese, guard; P. Woodruff, center THIRD ROW: R. Rearick. tackle; D. Malloy, halfback. FOURTH ROW: B. Weaver, quarter-back; J. Whited, guard; B. Westergreen, tackle. co M i •: k ]•: n c ]•: sta n d i ngs W. L. T. Pts. Op. Merrillville 8 0 0 215 53 Hobart 5 1 0 117 27 Griffith 4 3 0 102 73 Dyer 3 3 0 80 72 Wirt 2 4 1 45 120 Crown Point 2 4 1 43 71 East Gary 2 4 0 68 93 Lowell 2 4 0 64 111 Gary Edison 0 5 0 20 134 Bob Weaver Jim Whited Paul Hook Phil Woodruff Dennis Malloy Bill Westergreen

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Bill Eichhorn FIRST ROW: J. Lewis, tackle; B. Eichhorn, guard, H. Cook, fullback. SECOND ROW: O. Hopkins, guard; W. Wood, tackle. THIRD ROW: G. Sherman, tackle; G. Oates, halfback. FOURTH ROW: E Hollingsworth, quarterback; H. Youngheim. Manager; J. Schoonover, Manager; D. Gustafson, halfback. SEASON’S RECORD We They 7 Merrillville 31 13 Dyer 12 6 East Gary 20 6 Crown Point 0 13 Gary Edison 7 12 St. Mary’s 33 0 Griffith 19 0 Hobart 25 Howard Youngheim Jack Schoonover George Sherman i gene Hollingsworth Henry Cook Gene Oates David Gustafson Jim Lewis Oliver Hopkins

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SQUAD FIRST ROW: J. Schoonover, D. Spangler, Paul Hook, G. Sherman, W. Wood, B. Eichhorn, J. Lewis, B. Westergreen, H. Cook, Pete Hook, A. Miller. SECOND ROW: H. Youngheim, D. Malloy, P. Woodruff, E. Hollingsworth, B. Weaver, L. Spurlock, O. Hopkins, G. Oates, D. Gustafson, J. Whited, J. Clark, A. Dye. THIRD ROW: Coach Hatrak, C. Clark. K. Allen, B. Allen, F. Scholes, J. Moore, D. Bicknese, R. Rearick, J. Beres. D. Glasford, W. Thews, B. Yaros, H. Overbeck, D. Milosevich, Coach Nabhan. The Troopers opened their grid campaign by dropping a 31-7 decision to Merrillville. 1 lollingsvvorth saved Wirt from being whitewashed by flipping a 24 yard touchdown pass, with one minute left, to Pete I look with Dave Gustafson converting. The Dyer game found W irt hitting the win column as we eked out a 13-12 victory over Dyer. Lloyd Spurlock hit paydirt from the four yard line in the first quarter. He then threw a pass to Paul 1 look in the second frame good for 17 yards, and a touchdown, (jus’s game winning placement was good. We then fell under the might of East Gary by a 20-6 margin. W ith two minutes left, Hob Weaver pitched from the eight into the endzone to Pete Hook for the marker. The next was our homecoming game with Gary Edison. A near sellout crowd saw an inspired Trooper team come from behind at half-time to score a 13-7 victory. The first ball handed off to Pete Hook sent him ploughing some 14 yards into the endzone. The game winning score was a last quarter 20 yard pass from Gene 1 lollingsworth to Paul Hook, (jus converted. Nancy Demmond, Homecoming Queen, along with her attendants, Marcia Sinkler and Page Twenty Six