Sterling Meets DeKalb Friday Night in Big Conference Tilt
Sterling and DeKalb, each unbeaten in two conference games, prepare for a Friday night matchup. Sterling, led by co captains Long and Wheeler, aims to extend a four win one loss season and already boasts a strong return from a Mendota setback. Expect Wheeler and Magin at forward with Langrey center and Long Healey at guard as the ponies seek another top showing.
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DeKalb
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Wheeler
Magin
Langrey
Healey
Sterling ‘Ponies
Heavies
Mendota
Longabaugh
Hay
Cornelius
Andrews
Stabler
Sterling Opens Season With Tight Wins In Basketball
Sterling opened the season with a 16 to 14 victory over Rock Island as the light weights dropped a 21 to 19 decision. The following Tuesday Sterling beat Community 22 to 20 with a preliminary 20 to 17 win. On December 20 Sterling lost 21 to 17 to Rochelle in the heavies while the light weights won 20 to 9. The S. H. S. team edged Rock Falls 17 to 14 in overtime, and the lights won 21 to 17. Sterling routed Mendota 45 to 16 while restraining a late Mendota rally for a 13 to 12 win. G A A plans weekly basketball games starting new year.
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Rock Island
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Mendota
1935 Football Awards Presented at Assembly
The 1935 football awards were presented before the assembly on Friday December 20 Coach Scheid praised the team for spirit and cooperation despite bad breaks Major S recipients included Captain Harold Healey Fay Book Robert Andrews Herbert Bell George Bailey Donald Clark Lawrence Coats Charles Eversole Roy Friesen Edward Hay Allen Hill Louis Long Jack Longabaugh Thomas Magin Herbert Marschang John McCombs Burdette Miller Merrill Taber Albert Keebler and Larry Wheeler Minor S winners listed Robert Johnson Donald Breitweiser Milton Green G P Hill John Allabaugh Francis Cullins Orrin Book Donald Allen Charles Langrey Vernon Frye John Stabler Leland Meyers George Dies Robert Davidson and Kenje Ogata B team emblems went to Elmer Barraclough John Becker Robert Bentley Everett Birch Victor Bishop Alan Davis Howard Gaffrey Robert Guess Charles Hawkins Paul Johnson Charles Knuth Lewis Kornman John Powell Paul Puckett Jack Phelps Harold Reed Edward Reiger James Rogers Robert Shaw James Sheely Fred Sterenberg Bill Swanson Clinton Taber Devere Tarvin Oliver Taylor Robert Thomas Willard Turner Wendell Valee Donald Zbinden and Robert Zbinden Freshmen emblems were earned by Douglas Janssen Robert Pierce Warren Reitzel Lyle Hall Paul Nelson Lawton McCandless Keith Healey Gale Jensen Lawrence Haak Jack Bixby Paul Hubbard Ralph Shuman Melvin Dettman Robert Samples John Frey Jack Jurkens Irvin Wolf Eugene Long Orland Gould Lorton Geiger Marvin Frey Edward Gebhardt Marion De Weerd Charles Gasso Bernard Hayden Donald Drynan Leroy Burden and Warren Whitver.
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Scheid
Harold Healey
Fay Book
Robert Andrews
Herbert Bell
George Bailey
Donald Clark
Lawrence Coats
Charles Eversole
Roy Friesen
Edward Hay
Allen Hill
Louis Long
Jack Longabaugh
Thomas Magin
Herbert Marschang
John McCombs
Burdette Miller
Merrill Taber
Albert Keebler
Larry Wheeler
Robert Johnson
Donald Breitweiser
Milton Green
G. P. Hill
John Allabaugh
Francis Cullins
Orrin Book
Donald Allen
Charles Langrey
Vernon Frye
John Stabler
Leland Meyers
George Dies
Robert Davidson
Kenje Ogata
Elmer Barraclough
John Becker
Robert Bentley
Everett Birch
Victor Bishop
Alan Davis
Howard Gaffrey
Robert Guess
Charles Hawkins
Paul Johnson
Charles Knuth
Lewis Kornman
John Powell
Paul Puckett
Jack Phelps
Harold Reed
Edward Reiger
James Rogers
Robert Shaw
James Sheely
Fred Sterenberg
Bill Swanson
Clinton Taber
Devere Tarvin
Oliver Taylor
Robert Thomas
Willard Turner
Wendell Valee
Donald Zbinden
Robert Zbinden
Douglas Janssen
Robert Pierce
Warren Reitzel
Lyle Hall
Paul Nelson
Lawton McCandless
Keith Healey
Gale Jensen
Lawrence Haak
Jack Bixby
Paul Hubbard
Ralph Shuman
Melvin Dettman
Robert Samples
John Frey
Jack Jurkens
Irvin Wolf
Eugene Long
Orland Gould
Lorton Geiger
Marvin Frey
Edward Gebhardt
Marion de Weerd
Charles Gasso
Bernard Hayden
Donald Drynan
Leroy Burden
Warren Whitver
Al Keebler Clinches First Ring Victory As S H S Star
S H S gains a boxing star with Al Keebler winning his first bout on December 12, 1935 at the Coliseum. The La Salle-Peru opponent falls as Keebler, just joining the S Club, advances toward Golden Gloves tryouts amid early training.
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Sterling Cagers Defeat Community for Second Time
Sterling High School basketball teams, the Blue and Gold, beat Community twice in a Thursday set. The main game finished 38 to 30 with Sterling pulling away before late efforts by St Marys, while the ponies won 33 to 28 in another close affair. The lightweight game featured a tense rally as Sterling held a late lead after a tight first half.
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Blue and Goldclad Warriors
Ponies
Sterling
St. Mary’s
Uncle Lem in the City continuesCab ride misadventure and police joke
Uncle Lem recounts a reckless cab ride with a yellow car driver who charges three dollars as fare and bristles at police corruption. He recalls a long distance phone bit from New York and wonders at the joke before promising to continue.
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Mr. Perkins
New York
Tarnation
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