Sterling Cagers Set for Ottawa Conference Clash
Sterling heads to Ottawa Illinois for an NCIC conference tilt after a 42 to 32 win over Geneseo-Esc in the coliseum. Duhm and Wolf paced scoring with 14 and 13 as Ottawa and Dixon expect tough defense on their home floor.
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Sterling Cagers
Ottawa
Husky Esco Cagers
Coliseum
Warriors
Geneseo
Minniett
Stevenson
Sterling
Ken Duhm
Duhm
Wolf
Leseman
Jobst Wolf
RF Johnson Duhm
Cc Stevenson
Hunsberger
Peterson Linton
Gribbons
Janssen
Uhm
G Linton
Fassett
F. Stevenson
Minniert
C. An
G Feldman
G. Kemmis
Intramural Standings Spotlight Early Season Impressives
Reigel Wildcats lead the intramural standings with five wins and one loss. Welton Panthers and Freeman Lions tie for second at three and three. Mulcahey Tigers beat the Lions for sole last place after one win in six tries. Track prep follows with team practices, spring ambitions, and two coaches guiding S. H. S. athletes who previously won the N. C. I. C. title and regional meets.
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Reigel
Wildcats
Welton
Panthers
Freeman
Lions
Mulcahey
Tigers
Bob
Rip) Hague
Don Miller
Claude Brown
Loren Morris
John Hay
Geneseo
Whiteside County
Bernie Mitchell
Chester Sherman
Superior Typists Win Honor Pin Awards
Typing students undergo a 15 minute speed test with a 30 word per minute threshold and at most five errors to earn 30 word pins. Recipients include Kay Deets Irene Nesbitt Barbara Heindel Dorothy Tretteen Viola Strock Marion Hoover Leora Wolber Betty Schmiedebush. 40 word pins go to Marilou Holler Betty Schmiedebush Donna Yeck Narold Ratzlaff Martha Bartlow Russell Coats Mary Strock Jean Bressler. Charles Van Gilder and Janet Swartley earned 50 word pins.
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Kay Deets
Irene Nesbitt
Barbara Heindel
Dorothy Tretteen
Viola Strock
Marion Hoover
Leora Wolber
Betty Schmiedebush
Marilou Holler
Donna Yeck
Narold Ratzlaff
Martha Bartlow
Russell Coats
Mary Strock
Jean Bressler
Choose Three Seniors As DAR Candidates
The senior class selects Suzanne Janssen Sarah Burkett and Dorothy Stewart as candidates for the DAR Washington trip. Each city in the state with a DAR chapter picks three girls, with alternates. Springfield draws one winner. due to conditions a $100 war bond replaces the trip expenses.
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Suzanne Janssen
Sarah Burkett
Dorothy Stewart
Washington, D. C
Springfield
Washington
Frosh Sophs Crumble Tampico In 50 14 Coliseum Win
The Frosh Soph team overwhelmed Tampico 50 to 14 at the Coliseum on January 14. Sterling built a 19 to 3 lead in the first quarter and never relinquished it. Bill Robinson led scoring with 14 points, Ken Gould added 12, while Herbie Tavenner showed strong play as the reserves shone.
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Coliseum
Warriors
Tampico Varsity
Tampico
Bill Robinson
Ken Gould
Herbie” Tavenner
Sterling
Junior Warriors down Rock Falls 32 to 15 in win
Sterling Junior Warriors beat Rock Falls 32 to 15 on January 18. Melchi led scorers with 14 points from 7 baskets as Rock Falls managed only four baskets all game and trailed 25-6 at the first meeting of the season.
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Warriors
Rock Falls
Melchi
Sterling
Rockets
Sterling Warms Up as Rockets Fall 34 25
Sterling defeats Rock Falls 34 to 25 in a fast game at Rock Falls H S. Floyd Hunsberger shines by outracing for possession while Jerry Linton guardswell. Melvin Leseman leads Sterling with 14 points as Rock Falls struggles to score early.
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Sterling
R. F
Floyd Hunsberger
Rock Falls
Jerry Linton
Lyle Bogott
Rockets
Melvin Leseman
Leseman
Ridge
Anseen
Uhm
Hunsberger
G Linton
Tpott
Inson
Brotheridge
Werland
Miller
Smith
Sterling Bows Deeply To DeKalb Cagers
The Warriors fall to DeKalb 31 to 40 in N C I C action. Leseman nets 14 points to pace Sterling while H. B. shows a listless effort as DeKalb seizes the lead early and never relinquishes it.
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Sterling
G A A Girls Basketball Team Prepares for Elimination Tournament
G A A basketball under way with Charlotte Church as manager. Girls practice after school for half an hour as they prepare for a soon to be held elimination tournament. Freshmen and juniors practice Tuesdays while sophomores and seniors practice Thursdays.
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G. A
Charlotte Church
Betty van Portner
Martha Artson
Lois Kelsey
Miss Bosworth
Ge Sm
Freedom After the War Ends A Poem
A wartime poem reflecting on victory over Germany and the hope that freedom will prevail when soldiers return home. The speaker imagines a world free from conflict and tyranny and asserts a desire to belong to a truly free nation after the war.
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Golden Warriors
Illinois
Pirates
S. H
Dixon
Charles van Gilder
Janet Swartley
D.A.R
Frosh-Sophs Games
DeKalb
F Ridge
F. Uhm
C. Linton
G. Henderson
G. Hunsberger
Massier
Kansinger
Johnson
C Curry
C. Pesut
G. Barrie
G. A. A. Basketball Stars
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