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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1942
Page
3
Gladys Gottel's Champs top the G A A bowling league with a team total of 681 for the week ending December 11. Georgiana McDonnell rolled the high individual score with 150 pins. Other team members include Helen Gleason Dorothy Bruns Alice Funk Florence Stern.
The girls form a badminton league with teams led by Marilyn Dies as manager and Miss Lorene Lindstrom as adviser. Matches are scheduled every Tuesday and Thursday from four to five p.m.
Sterling High School opened its home season with a 27 to 18 win against Clinton as Keith Brown Ken Duhm and teammates produced balanced scoring. The Wildcats later fell 40 to 20 to Moline on December 4 with Anders Eckhardt and Wells among the scorers, then Canton defeated Sterling 42 to 25 on December 5.
Curtis Brandau completed a 15 game basketball schedule with five home games left. Most games remain against North Central Conference schools except January 16 against Peoria Woodruff and February 5 versus Community. Dixon returns veterans from last year’s state run and aims to push toward a strong finish.
Canton led 10 5 after the first, then built a 28 14 gap by third as Abney Reitzel led Sterling scoring with Duhm and Eckhardt contributions. Sterling showed late fight with Duhm Gribbons Ridge and freethrows but fell to Canton 34 12 in the November 28 game at Freeport.
The freshman and sophomore basketball squads lack a definite schedule due to transport problems. They will play whenever the varsity opponent does not bring a frosh-soph team, and will split into rival squads with intra-mural players joining in.
At an assembly on December 17 Coach Homer Musgrove awarded seventeen varsity letters and ten minor varsity letters. Freshman Sophomore coach Bernie Mitchell presented the awards to players including Stan Ridge and Herman Tretteen for Fresh Soph. Major letters went to Bill Adams Keith Brown Ralph Eckhardt Ed Reigie Ed Radke Frank Birch Charles Calhoun Duaine Hunsberger John Mangan Bill Welton Ken Reitzel Ken Duhm Marvin Saillard Martin Doermann Bill Kraft Bill Hussing Irvin Nelson. Minor letters went to Bill Gould Leon Mulcahy Ted Scheid Joe Tresenaiter Lee Griffith Bob Zigler Gordon Bennett Dick Cushman Bill Kraft Dwight Sterenberg. Fresh Soph letters were earned by Stan Ridge Herman Tretteen Don Deem Melvin Leseman Ross Berge Francis Melchi Bill Gaumer Claude Brown Gerald Parks Harold Parks Bill Scott Tom Hoffman Kendall Freeman Henry Cordell Floyd Hunsberger Kenneth Gould Je Tafella Neil Janssen Jim Wolf Dic Kaiser Jerry Linton Elwood Foy Bud DeWolfe Charles Gaumer. Fresh Soph emblems were given to Bob Bealer Frank Billmire Bob Black Bill Bryant Lyle Book Jack Burkett Bob Deem Lawrence Deusch Wayne Foulds John Hey Bob Mathias Claude Robinson Bob Schuman Marvin Wolber.
The S Club at Sterling Township High School thanks band director J. J. Richards and student musician Cathryn Detweiler for contributing a new school song. The note praises their support of school tradition and spirit and looks forward to future accomplishments. Signed by Keith Wells president Keith Brown vice president Ed Radke secretary and treasurer.
The second senior luncheon of the year fed over 300 students in the gym under Betty Fadden and Gladys Gottel. Santa Claus drew three winning numbers for free lunches, with Donald Dewey Joan Hoogeveen and Doris Alla baugh among the recipients.
About one hundred students graduated from a new beginner dancing class taught by Laurine Schwappach with assistants Bette Blomquist and David Stryker. The daily 12 30 to 1 00 schedule lasted one week and covered basic steps and fundamentals.
Two annual Sterling Community basketball games headline the night at the coliseum with an 8:30 p.m. start and a preliminary reserves matchup. Coach Strzepek leads a veteran, feisty squad expected to push for victories this season.
The Sterling high school quintet defeated DeKalb 42 to 40 in a tight coliseum game. Kent Brown Kenny Duhm and Keith Wells led Sterling with nine points each, while Butch Abney and Floyd Hunsberger contributed key scores late. The S H S frosh soph team fell 20 to 18 as Neal Janssen hit seven free throws to stay in contention.
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