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

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Track team, right, l. to r., back row: Bill Davis, Wally Rosentreter, Irv Larsen, Bob Horton, DeWayne Sands, Mgr. Jim Bruen- ning. Front row: Wally Partenheimer, Don Swartz, Chuck Frank, Tom Specht. Above, l. to r.: Coach Bucci, back row: Al Smith, Al Prondzinski, Marv Vincent, Don Timmer, Ed Skora. Front row: Roger Allen, Ray Arndt, Jim Baumann, Bill Haase, Ron- nie Faber. Right: This year's track captain. The other three captains are found in the center of the action shots. Page Eighty-two

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BASEB LL CU FERE CE CHAMPIGNS Continuing in the winning ways that had distinguished our 1956 football and basketball teams, Wilmot walked off with the Southern Lakes conference baseball championship also. After losing the first start Cnon-conferencej to Kenosha High School, the team swept through their seven conference games without a defeat. Their 7-0 record gave them possession of the conference crown and of another trophy for our already well-stocked trophy case. A quartet of experienced pitchers, Don Swartz, Ray Arndt, Ever- ett Benedict, and Dick Timmer provided WVi1mot with an able mound staff. They were afforded excellent support at the plate by such boys as- Jack Ellis, Ron Faber, Don Timmer, Ed Skora, and Dutch Haase. At the tournament at Fox River Park, however, our power at the plate was successfully curbed by the brilliant pitching of Salem Cen- tral's ace, Ben Zeihen, and we lost this contest. So ended another successful baseball season for Coach Handke's teams. CONFERENCE SCORES East Troy 7 Wilmot Lake Geneva 0 Wilmot Elkhorn 2 Wilnaot Mukwonago 2 Wilmot Delavan 3 Wilmot Burlington 1 Wilmot Whitewater 2 Wilmot Page Eighty-one

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THA K RUNNER-UP IN THE STATE After the State Track Championships at Madison last May, another beautiful trophy adorned our show case. It was the team trophy pre- sented to the runner-up in the Class C division of the 1956 State Track and Field meet. This very fine showing at the State culminated a very successful track season for Coach Bucci's boys and one which climaxed the sports activities of one of the greatest athletic classes in Wilmot's history. A number of Senior track members, who also had been the nucleus of the football, basketball, and baseball teams, placed very well at the State meet. Ray Arndt won first place in the 120 yard high hurdles, Don Tim- mer finished second in the 100 yard dash, Ron Faber, Don Swartz, Don Timmer, and Dick Timmer made up the 880 yard relay team which also finished second, and Bill Davis placed in the shot-put. Everett Benedict in the broad jump and Charles Frank in the 440 failed to place. Sopho- more Jim Baumann finished fourth in the mile event, and Juniors Dutch Haase and Ed Skora fared well in the pole vault and shot-put respectively. Wilmot looks forward to another successful season in track in 1957 inasmuch as several under-classmen looked very good in the conference meets and should prove to be future winners for Coach Bucci's track teams. A very rainy spring caused the cancellation of many meets but in the two meets held Wilmot came off victorious as the record below shows: First Meet Mukwonago, 383 Wilmot, 1135 3 Northwestern Military, 425. Second Meet Wilmot, 765 3 Central, 3615. Third Meet CAll Conferencej ' Mukwonago, 715 3 East Troy, 1015 g Elkhorn, 515 3 Delavan, 4015 g Wilmot, 675 Whitewater, 2115. Delavan, 405 g Wilmot, 67, Whitewater, 2115. Page Eighty-three