Sterling Takes Seventh At Geneseo Relays In Debut
Sterling placed seventh at Geneseo relays signaling a tight race with only five points separating third and seventh. It marked the 1946 track season debut for the team under Coach Sherman with a slate including Kewanee Rockford Dixon and a May 10 district meet. A missing pole vault pole request remains unresolved as two poles were returned.
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Sterling
Sherman
Kewanee
Rockford
Dixon
Rock Island
Geneseo
Joaches
Mitchell
Sterling Places Seventh In Davenport Relays
Sterling Golden Warriors finish seventh with 19 points at Davenport Relays won by the host. Clinton second, Burlington third, with Sterling’s lineup led by le Peru Mo line and Wilson of Cedar Rapids. Kenny Gould struggles in pole vault. Dietz anchors fresh soph relay to a narrow loss to Davenport. high hurdles relay ties for fifth with Kewanee. Davenport fourth. Fourteen teams at Davenport, eighteen at Geneseo.
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Sterling Golden Warriors
Davenport
Clinton
Burlington
Peru
Moline
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Sterling
Kenny Gould
Kenny
Aneigher
Geneseo
Kewanee
Wheaton Wins Geneseo Relay Opener. Sterling Clads Place
Wheaton High captured first at the Geneseo Relay meet on April 13. Sterling Thin Clads placed 71st overall with strong showings in relays and individual events. Kenny Gould was second in the pole vault as Las of West Aurora set a new best. Diets, Mellinger, Huesung, and Diets led Sterling’s 440 relay to a heat win and second overall. Collinson of Wheaton posted a 4 36 mile, while Whitey Hammel set a season best in high jump. Sterling placed in low hurdles and high hurdles, and Melchi just missed fifth in the shot put.
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Wheaton High
Diets
Wheaton
Frank Duis
Collinson
Sterling
Whitey
Hammelman
Las
West Aurora
Treacer
Moline
Wolf
Dietz
Keiser
Gould
Behrens
Diffenbaugh
Mellinger
G A A Induction and Banquet Planned for Girls
Freshmen inducted into the G A A on April 8 after school. A formal ceremony followed informal and formal inductions. Banquet set for May 13 at Lincoln Hotel with Elsa Snyder as main speaker. Committees named for induction and banquet duties. Ten members to visit Francis Shimer College on May 4 for games, stunts, and a post dinner play.
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Fred
Doris Shearburn
Bernice Stern
Ruth Dahlberg
Beverly Geible
Joan Holler
Jerry Svenksen
Jane Stager
Lanna Welton
Carmen Grewe
Barb Swain
Dorothy Mundt
Janet Geer
Lincoln Hotel
Elsa Snyder
Physical Education Department of Illinois
Susanne Lola Stern
Marilyn Stotzer
Janna Hey
Sue Williams
Virginia Haugen
Nancy Doermann
Ann Halpin
Mary Stewart
Doris Boehm
Joan Wright
Marion Wolf
Sally Winn
Shirley Myers
Joy Pepper
Francis Shimer College
Northwestern Coach Dutch Lonborg Speaks to Local Squads
Northwestern University basketball coach Dutch Lonborg spoke at the Sterling Gyro Club event at V. F. W. Hall on April 23. LeRoy King from Northwestern and guests from Sterling High School, Rock Falls and Community High attended with Curtis Brandall and Bernie Mitchell offering remarks.
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Arthur “Dutch Lonborg
Northwestern University
Sterling Gyro Club
Sterling
Community
Rock Falls
V. F. W. Hall
Gyro Morgan Jnr
Joe Ward
Lonborg
Northwestern
LeRoy King
Peter Hoogeveen
Chester Sherman
Homer Musgrove
Bernie Mitchell
Curtis Brandall
Ball League Plans Summer Games With Area Teams
A conference of the NCIC organizes a summer baseball league with Sterling hosting games on the old football field. Coaches include Clark Rock Falls Muapove Sterling Hennessy Community Rheisen DeKalb Mentvensen Ottawa. Sterling roster lists pitchers Lou Zellar Hioisa Irv Mellinger and several position players. The schedule runs June 14 through July 26 with matches among Rock Falls Community DeKalb Ottawa Sterling.
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Sterling
Ies
Clark
Rock Falls
Muapove
Hennessy
Community
Rheisen
DeKalb
Mentvensen
Ottawa
Lou Zellar
Hioisa
Irv
Mellinger
I Om Hoffman
Bud Foulds
Harlan Puterbaugh
Ken Gould
John Uay
Bill Robinson
Bill Bryant
Max Baumgartner
Buck Wolf
Bob Keiser
Charles Sisson
Palmer Miller
Jim Ohda
Wally Snyder
J. McCormick
Ken Church
Tom Stokes
Bill Stevens
Jerf Linton
Lyle Hammelman
Ken Haag
Bud Carl
Jim DeVoe
Don Poston
Phil Hey
Dick Heller
Frank Duis
Dick Keiser
Keith Behrens
DuWayne Diets
Don Girton
Frank Casey
Dixon Tennis Players Edge Sterling Rivals in Spring Meet
On April 8 at the 8 H. T. courts Dixon Racket squad hosted Sterling rivals in a series of singles and doubles matches. Bud Lair beat Bill Robinson 6-1 6-0, Bob Brotherton won 6-1 6-1 over Bill Bryant, Joe Eggebrecht defeated Phil Breitling 6-2 6-2, George Acker beat John Hay 6-2 6-1, Jack Leer triumphed over Bob Lyon 6-1 3-6 6-0. In doubles Brotherton and Eggebrecht over Robinson and Hay 6-1 6-1, and Acker and Lair beat Breitling and Bryant 6-1 6-2.
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Dixon
Joan
Bud Lair
Bill Robinson
Bob Brotherton
Bill Bryant
Joe Eggebrecht
Phil Breitling
George Acker
John Hay
Jack
French Club Initiates First-Year Students At High School
The French Club Un Peu De Paris met Monday evening March 25 at the High School to welcome and initiate first year students. Initiates read French skits and sang songs while listening to conversation recordings provided by Mrs. Silas Jones. Initiates included Marjorie Moulton Lois Lambrecht Bill Stevens Jeannine Larson Joyce Le Benita Pabst Joyce Long Joyce Goldberg Roger Larson and Harrubbard under adviser Miss Harriet Schick.
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UN Peu de Paris
Silas Jones
Marjorie Moulton
Lois Lambrecht
Bill Stevens
Jeannine Larson
Joyce le
Benita Pabst
Joyce Long
Joyce Goldberg
Roger Larson
Harrubbard
Harriet Schick
Ball Star Jay Berwanger Talks to S C Club
Jay Berwanger, all American quarterback from the University of Chicago, spoke to the S Club about his toughest games including Michigan. He recalled press praise, disillusionment after a defeat, and how coach Clark Shaughnessy helped him view press notices as seasonal reading. He described game breaks as key factors and discussed prospects, aided by local organizers and school officials at the Sterling area event.
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Jay Berwanger
University of Me
Ide
Wesmenuaer
Michigan
Clark Shaughnessy
Endes
Dubuque Iowa High School
University of Chicago
E. Jacoby
Sterling Municipal
Navy Air Corps
Sterling
Civil Air Patrol
Typing And Shorthand Awards Weigh In On Students
Commercial typing and shorthand awards are listed for this quarter. Thirty word recipients include Verla Burger Doris Shearburn Jim DeVoe Ray Heilner Ed Zigman Don Snavely Polly Hoppler Jackie Gossard Dolores Weigle. Forty word awardee Jeannine Cramer plus Second Year recipients Barbara Wooster Leona Oaken Gertrude Leopard Mary Ellen Sauer and Mary Lou Murray.
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Verla Burger
Doris Shearburn
Jim DeVoe
Ray Heilner
Ed Zigman
Don Snavely
Polly Hoppler
Jackie Gossard
Dolores Weigle
Barbara Wooster
Leona Oaken
Gertrude Leopard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Lee
Gene Coe O’connell
Ball League
Ball Star
Jim “Buck” Wolf
Ome
Usgrove
Conch Gh
Chet Sherman
Harry Kidd
Doris Burritt
Mr. Berwanger
Roscoe Eades
Jeannine Cramer
Mary Ellen Sauer
Mary Lou Murray
Shorthand
Ardella Kelly
Ethel Propheter
Betty Stockton
Joan Hoogeveen
Joe Stern
Phylis Zigler
Lois Habben
June Welker
Lola Stern
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