Wilmot Union High School - Panther Yearbook (Wilmot, WI)

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BASEBALL The ball cut the infield grass eluded the glove of the infielder and went its merry way to the outfield as two runs crossed the plate Of course this ns an old story but this time that ball was carrying with it the hopes of all of us' We had muffed a chance to compete in the State Championship play offs at Menasha lt all happened at Waukesha where the Panthers were doing a nice lob of dlsposing of Campbellsport after having won the .sectional meet at Borchert Field in Milwaukee by defeating Shorewood 3 to l on the first day and shutting out Menomlnee Falls 8 to O on the second day Wally Skora was the hero of the shut out The red hot Panther nine had disposed of both Rochester and East Troy in the District meet by shut out scores of 5 O and lO O respectively Whitey Schultz was the hero of the district play as he collected fave hits in two games Francis Milner had a big time also collecting a pair of home runs The Panthers opened the regular season s play by defeating Union Grove lO to 0 Everyone on the Club yoined in the parade of the bases ln their next encounter Wally Skora whiffed the ball past l8 Rochester batters to share honors with Norm Benedict who had shut out the Grovers The score against the Aggies was 13 to 4 And so the parade began and would perhaps have not been marred had it not been for an all wind at Mukwonago which started for the out field neatly to rest at the feet of the second base man The result of all this losing the ball was a l6 to l2 win for Muk wonago lour only defeat? Other scores were Wilmot 20 East Troy 4 and Wilmot l Norris O We had o record of 9 wins to 2 defeats and at the close of all play and a total of 99 runs to 33 for the opposition On two ocasions Milner hit a pair of home runs and the pitches of Benedict and Skora were baffling to the best of the opposing batters Lettermen on the team were as follows Captain Phil Brehm left field Captain elect Earl Hennessy first base Wally Skora shortstop Duck Brehm catcher Whitey Schultz third base Norm Marzahl second base Francis Milner center field Don Faber right field and Norm Benedict pitcher Perhaps the future will give us another chance to play in the State finals but until that time hats off to the Moundsmen of l95l' - I ,. . . . . . , . . The ill wind was not figurative, but a real gale which brought many a ball . ,, . , A . - 1 ' I V T I . . I . 2 . - I . 1 , 5 , 1 ' , ' I , I I I 1 I , - I I '

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CHEERLEADERS Pictured on opposite page from left to right are the Freshman cheerleaders: Arlene Kunz, Patsy Greenwald, LaDonna Casey, and Thelma Swanson. ln the lower picture from left to right are the Sophomore cheerleaders: Romayne Epping, lrene Rodis, Sally Corsi, and Judy Schnurr. These sets cheered alternately for the B squad at the basketball games, both at home and away. Freshman cheerleaders are chosen each fall after the football season. As the four new cheerleaders come into the organization, one Junior and one Sophomore are elim- inated so that the entire corps is made up of four Freshmen, four Sophomares, three Jun- iors, and two Seniors. This year LaDonna Casey moved away and Thelma Swanson dropped out so that it will be necessary to choose two extra members next year. Cheerleaders are chosen by three faculty members including Mr, Schnurr, three Student Council members, and the two Senior cheerleaders, on the basis of ability, poise, personality, voice, and appearance. Pictured here from left to right are: June Zirbel, Marlene Vander Zee, Elaine Rynders, Dorothy Reiter, and Nancy Morzahl, the Junior and Senior cheerleaders. They encourage the Varsity' 'at all our games. This year Elaine Rynders acted as president of the group and she and June Zirbel received the large W's , the customary award to the Senior cheerleaders. Pep meetings are the cheerleaders' worry. They accompany nearly every home game of football or basketball. lt is their duty to introduce cheers that encourage school enthusiasm toward athletics, raise team morale, and to put on interesting skits for every- one. Sometimes this gets to be quite a job. The cheerleaders deserve a lot of credit for the work they are performing. They would like to thank Mrs. Darneider for all her help and inspiration.