Worthington High School - Trojan Yearbook (Worthington, MN)

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yr , 1 . in --w Captain Bernie Brunner led the locol squad. Practice for the l944 season started two weeks before school It was held in the evening so boys who worked all day could participate. Practice started at 7100 and lasted until it be- came too dark to see the football. The boys pro- gressed favorably and attendance was good despite enormous numbers of mosquitoes and other nocturnal insects. Not infrequently were the times when a gasping and panting player would suddenly choke and turn pale as he in- haled several of the winged pests. The first few days the practice dealt mostf ly with calisthenics and the fundamentals of football. Later teams were organized and the players tried out for different Dositions on the team. Although various changes were made during the course of the season the accepted positions of the first seventeen players were as follows. Brunner, Quarterback, Bisch, guard, J. Anderson, guard, Crippen, tackle, Dubo, guard, Engelkes, holfback, Fouskee, tackle, Hendrick- son, fullback,, Kingrey, tackle, Rohwedder, end, Schlichte, quarterback, Siewert, centerg Stoakes, quarterback, Rockwood, halfback, Thompson, tackle, Voss, guard, Woefle, end. As soon as this was accomplished the players were given the first of the many plays which they were to use during the season. Used almost entirely by the Troians was the Notre Dame box formation Supolementing this were a few T formation plays which the team adopted in the later part of the season. l. .lurn Anderson 2 Everet Bisch, 3 Dud- ley Crfoben 4 Richard Duba. 5 Lloyd Engel- kes 6 John Fauskee. 7. James Hendrickson. E Dean Kfgrey.

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GRID SQUAD The i944 Troian team was hanftiranoed by a light and inexperienced souad Only five let- termen started out the yearg Bernard Brunner, Dudley Crippen, Richard Duba, Dean Kingrey, Edgar Siewert Injuries early in the season to Brunner lcaptainl and several other first elev- en players held the squad at a disadvantage throughout the season The result was that the Troians were defeated by each opposing team The season started out with the locals invading Pipestone to be defeated by the Ar- rows I4 to 6 in one of the closest fought games of the season The following week a game with Washington High of Sioux Falls for the sake of experience proved costly in injuries suffered by the Troians, The next game at Luverne found Worthington on the losing end of the 20-6 score. Worthington's sole touchdown was scored by Brunner One week later an over' ggtimistic Troian team was upset by Lakefield, -6. The next game was the homecoming with Windom, Warthingtan's first home game. Again the determined Traians grudgingly gave ground before a superior blue and yellow line, Prospects for a victory soared in the remaining minutes af the game when the Troians unleased a furious air attack until the blue and yellow again slipped through the Troion line to score, The game ended with Worthington trailing in the 29-l7 score In the second home game of the year Jack- SOrt gave Worthington a Serious trouncing in O game which ended with the score 55-O, Two boys who worked hard throughout the season and received little credit and no glory were student manager LaVerne Hartman and assistant manager Clarence Riss These boys per- formed well their duties of handing out towels, checking out equipment, assisting in the taping of ankles and wrists and numerous other jobs. l, Roxy Rockwood 2, Willis Rohwedder 3. Lyle Schlichte. 4 Edgar Siewert. 5, Loren Stoakes, 6. Russell Thompson. 7. Dean Voss. 8. Donald Woelfle. gs... Q I' Coach Osterberg was assisted in his coaching by assistant Regnier. 1 an ,Z -Z L,-4-4 vi -viyvg-'W v .A V u i