Wisconsin High School - Wisconsin Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS Wisconsin High 0 6 6 0 - 12 Mount Horeb 0 0 0 7 - 7 Captain Dave Vogel This was our first game and we started out with a bang. A four yard plow by fullback Hon Brigham countered our first tally. Our second T. D. came after a 55 yard sprint by halfback Dick Bryant. Working as a team they showed a lot of fight and courage in their first victory. Wisconsin High 13 0 0 0 - 13 Lake Mills 14 0 0 0 - 14 Captain Dave Wendt Our second non-conference game was our first defeat and ended being our only set-back of the season. Lake Mills deserves credit for being a great tean and ended their season as one of the few remaining undefeated teans in Wisconsin. Showing a lot of fight our boys almost managed to upset Mills but came out on the bottom half of a 14-13 score. Touchdowns were made by Bryant and Brighun. Wisconsin High 0 6 0 0 - 6 Wisconsin Dells 0 0 O 0 - 0 Captain Jerry Herling With a snashing 6-0 victory Wisconsin High started their conference play. On a cool afternoon in September the Badger Preps outplayed the Dells at Breese Stevens Field. 'lhe winning touchdown was made after a series of runs and passes with Herling pitching to Lea for the final 5 yards. It was definitely ateam victory with Bryant starring defensively. Wisconsin 0 7 0 0 - 7 Stoughton 0 0 0 7 - 7 Co-Captains Bob Spoentgen, Dick Bryant Our score came on a 35 yard pass from Jerry Herlingtolbn Lehnan who sprinted the few remaining yards for a touchdown. 'lhe all-important extra point was booted by Saoentgen. It was a hard- fought battle which ended in a deadlock. + .1q-

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SOUTHERN TEN CHAM S This was it! The first year in the history of Wisconsin High School that our football team came through with the undisputed championship of the Southern Ten Conference. There have been other chanpionshipsixlearlier years, but they were, so to speak, backed into. The 1949 Badger Preps have had what it takes. They were small, true, but their skill and momen- tous spirit enabled them to best their worthy conference opponents. A main factor contributingtxmour team's great success was its u ity, its all for one-- one for all spirit. Without question team play was the key to our victory. The credit here belongs not only to the men of the varsity squad but to the team as a whole. All those who were out there plugging day after day in grueling practice deserve a measure of credit. Just whyis it thatthe'49 Preps have had the will to win? Ask Coach Metzen and he will tell you that they possess the winning complexn, something which he has built and hopes to retainilxthe years to come. It is needlessto say that Cbach Hal Metzen, the maker of menu, has doneaagreat job in building both physicalandnmntal qualities in his conference champs. Coach Metzen, no matter whether we win or lose, is always a pal and we all agree Coach is a swell guy. A great deal is also due to the practice teachers namely, Jack Nolan, Dave Moss, and Ibn Bodion, who actmdasassistant coaches and promoted to a large extent the success of our team. The Annual Staff and the whole school wish to congratulate the team, coaches, and managers who have done a commendable job. nia-

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Wisconsin High 0 7 7 0 - 14 Edgerton 0 0 0 0 - 0 Captain Tomny Groves Trouncing Edgerton The Badger Preps retained their lead in the conference. Spoentgm and Bryant tallied the points for Wisconsin High. Although a little one-sided, as the score shows, it provided a real moral victory for the team. Wisconsin High 7 7 0 6 - 20 Monroe 0 0 0 6 - 6 Co-Captains Hon Brigham, Dave Vogel Wisconsin made it clear from the beginning that they did not intendtc let Monroe drop them from their first place lead. The Preps dominated the play until the final minutes when the cheesemakers scored their only touchdown. Spoentgen sparkled on all sides md the whole tean cane through with some fine playing to give us awell earned victory. Touch- downs were made by Vogel, Spoentgen, and Lehman. Wisconsin High 0 0 7 0 - 7 Richland Cmter 6 0 0 0 - 6 Co-Captains Dick Preoourt, Jim Peters 7 Playing a rough tough game up at Center the Preps barely managed to come out on top. Rm into the ground in the first hal f, the Preps made a comeback in the third and fourth periods. Spoentgen, intercepting a pass at the mid- field stripe, raced down the sidelines for a touchdown and then successfully booted the extra point to win the game. Center deserves credit for a hard battle and for being the only tean to come so close to upsetting the Preps. WISCONSIN HIGH 7 7 0 6 - 20 FKBT ATKINSIN 0 0 0 0 - 0 CO-CAPTAINS JERRY HERLING, BOB SPOENTGEN WINNING THIS GAME GAVE US 'IHE CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN. PLAYING THE BEST GAME OF THE YEAR THE PREPS CRUSHED FORT TO A 20-0 PULP. TOUCHIDWNS MADE BY 'IHREE FINE PLAYERS, BRIGHAM, SPOENTGEN, AND BRYANT, PUT US ON TOP 'IO STAY. HARD RUN- NING, GOOD BLOCXING, AND STELLAR QUARTERBACKING ALL ADDED UP 'IU MAKE ITAREAL TEAM VI CTORY. neon