The 1955-1956 basketball season opened with a 72-49 victory over
Lostant. It was follwed by eight other wins and sixteen
losses. In the first game of the Tri-County Tournament the
Wildcats defeated Sparland, a previous successful opponent, by a
score of 51-39 to go on to one of the most outstanding games of the
season, a one point loss to Benson, the champions of the
tournament.
Dee foster had the honor of being the first one
to be awarded the traveling free-throw trophy which will be awarded
annually.
The lettermen for the year were: Robinson,
Cochran, Stickelmaier, Lear, Foster, Jones, Kelly, Thierer, and
Johns.
Varsity Cheerleaders: Cochran, Emery, Burdon,
Tyson.
Junior Varsity
Cheerleaders
Joyce Janssen, Ellen Gray,
Marge Emery, Nancy Turner |
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1st row: Jones, Johns, Mathis, Stickelmaier,
D. Foster, Lear, Kelly.
2nd row: Coach Eckstein,
Mackie, Unzicker, Jessup, Robinson, Thierer, Cochran, Coach
Haddix.
3rd row: Nuske, Schertz, Knoll, Arends,
Banta, Kiesewetter, Miller.
4th row: Wagner, Magee,
Whirrell, Walker, P. Foster, Herron, Shultz, Buchanan. |
Baseball
The
Lowpoint-Washburn Wildcats opened the 1955-1956 baseball season at
McNabb with a 2 to 1 loss to Swaney. This game proved to be
one of the most outstanding of the season, due to the fact that
Jessup pitched a one-hitter.
An exciting contest in which the
Wildcats were the victors was the decisive win over Benson, a highly
rated Tri-County conference team. Robinson, pitching the
entire game, allowed the opponents 2 hits. The Broncos scored
2 runs while Lowpoint-Washburn scored 12 runs on 14
hits.
With approximately 20 boys, including seven returning
lettermen, seeking to fill the vacancies left by last year's senior
regulars, Coach Eckstein had plenty of material from which to choose
his starting line up.
Although the number of wins was
outweighted by the losses when the season came to a close, this
cannot overshadow the fact that the Lowpoint-Washburn nine had
staged some very impressive battles.
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Front row: Coach Haddix, Cochran,
Unzicker, Robinson, Jessup, Thierer, Magee, Stickelmaier,
Herron, Coach Eckstein.
Back row: Shultz,
Kiesewetter, Knoll, Jones, Foster, Mackie, Lear, Arends,
Kelly, Banta. |
Cross Country
1st row: Mr. Eckstein,
Miller, Shultz, Nuske, Knoll, Kiesewetter, Schertz, Mr.
Haddix.
2nd row: Kelly, Lear, D. Foster,
Stickelmaier, Herron, Johns, Arends, Banta.
3rd row:
Mthis, C. Unzicker, Jessup, Robinson, Walker, Magee, Thierer,
Pacey.
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1st
row: Nuske, Banta, D. Foster, Herron, Kelly,
Kiesewetter.
2nd row: Mr. Eckstein, Lear, unzicker,
Robinson, Jessup, Cochran, Stickelmaier, Mr. Haddix.
3rd
row: Wagner, Knoll, Arends, Johns, Mgee, Theirer, Jones,
Shultz.
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