Season ends with Dixon game for Sterling High
The Dixon game closes Sterling High football season and marks final appearances for J Brown D Gould B Proprieter M Betts E Howard B Lier B Easley J Jones B Smith S Boehm N Bogott E Bruggemann L Andreas R Pettit D Schumacher E Friday G Huber D Church W Eldred B Philips J Reigel E Dahlgren. The piece notes Ernie Hubbart and Alan Weinman comments, Halloween crowd antics, and a switch to basketball with six returning lettermen and standings hopes.
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Dixon
S.H.S
J. Brown
D. Gould
B. Proprietor
M. Betts
E. Howard
B. Lier
B. Easley
J. Jones
B. Smith
S. Boehm
N. Bogott
E. Bruggemann
L. Andreas
R. Pettit
D. Schumacher
E. Friday
G. Huber
D. Church
W. Eldred
B. Philips
J. Reigel
E. Dahlgren
C. C. Brandau
Sterling
Jim Brown
Bob Wolf
Elwin Duhm
John Woodyatt
Ervie Ridge
Bob Griesser
John Gould
Norm Bogott
B. Steadman
Harry Woodyatt
Harve Riser
Bob Feldkirchner
Leon Gould
Ernie Hubbart
Ray Pettit
Earl Howard
Bob McDonald
Harold Stone
Orville Hunsberger
Archery season ends as bowling begins at Coliseum
Rain and cold end the archery season with 95 participants under Miss Turnell. Bowling starts November 6 at the Coliseum with Doris David as manager. Freshmen and Seniors bowl Monday, Sophomores and Juniors Wednesday. Nine teams form five per team. weekly high scores win prizes.
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Miss Turnell
the Coliseum
Doris David
Regional Tournament Sparks Clash Among Illinois Teams
A March regional tournament schedule lists teams such as Clinton Rockford Oregon Rock Falls Princeton Belvidere Mendota Dixon DeKalb and Mendoza across venues in Dixon Rock Falls Belvidere Mendota and Princeton. The event unfolds in early March with likely regional implications for qualification.
Sterling Routs Mendota In Conference Tilt
Sterling dominates Mendota 12 to 0 in a rain soaked conference tilt. Hubbart passes to Brown for two touchdowns and Fenner, Wolf, and Riser contribute rushing plays as Sterling’s reserves post an 18 to 0 win over Mendota reserves.
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Sterling Routs
Mendota
Sterling Triumphs in Final Minutes Over Community
With four minutes left in the fourth, Sterling’s team, led by Coach Scheid, scored twice to erase a 12 to 0 deficit against Community’s Irish. A Jones to Brown touchdown followed by a failed extra point capped Sterling’s late rally, then Betts and Hubbart drove to the 36 yard line before Hubbart broke free for a 35 yard score, again missing the extra point. Community punted mid-drive, allowing Sterling’s offense to click.
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Scheid
Mendota
Mel Betts
Leno
Sterling
Hubbart
Jones
Brown
Mendota High
Blue and Gold
Larry Fenner
B. Wolf
Fenner
Wolf
Woodyatt
Community
Warriors
Betts
Sterling Triumphs 12–0 Over Savanna In Homecoming
Sterling High edges Savanna 12 to 0 before 500 fans in the homecoming game. Star wingman Jimmy Brown suffers a season ending shoulder dislocation. Hubbart scores twice from the six yard line with failed extra points. Bob Easley returns a 26 yard run but a clipping penalty nullifies the score. Savanna puts up a strong showing.
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Sterling High
Belvidere Dominates S. H. S. in Conference Clash
Belvidere soundly defeated S. H. S. 19 to 6 at home on Friday with Stan Reinman scoring two touchdowns including a 60 yard punt return. Griesser and Fox added scores as Belvidere seized control early and held on to ruin S. H. S. conference hopes.
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Belvidere High
S.H. S
Belvidere
Stan Reinman
Blue and Gold
Reinman
Bevidere
Hubbart
Griesser
Fox
Sterling
Beck
Funderburg
Riser
Fenner
Cross Country Team Finishes Third in Kewanee Meet
Coach E. E. Small's cross country squad closed its 1939 40 schedule with a third place finish at an invitational in Kewanee. Five teams competed, 29 runners, Woodruff High of Peoria won. Regulars were Don Ford Bill Woodyatt Bob Feldkirchner John Richards Ward Dillon and Jim Beatty.
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E. E. Small
Kewanee
Woodruff High
Peoria
Don Ford
Bill Woodyatt
Bob Feldkirchner
John Richards
Ward Dillon
Jim Beatty
Traditional Rivals Clash Tonight
Coach Scheid prepares Sterling for a high stakes game with Dixon at the new stadium. Sterling has a solid edge with wins over Clinton Morrison Savanna Mendota and ties with Community Rock Falls DeKalb and a loss to Belvidere. Dixon has fewer favorable results with a tie to Rock Falls a win over Princeton and losses to Rockford Mendota Belvidere DeKalb and S H S. Two games promised, with the varsity kickoff around 8 15 p m and both contests expected to thrill fans.
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Scheid
Dixon
Sterling
Clinton
Morrison
Savanna
Mendota
Community
Rock Falls
DeKalb
Belvidere
Princeton
Rockford
Terhune
Sterling Pos Dixon Woodyatt
Smith
I E Vaile
Bugg Duhm
Johnson Proprieter
LG Kelchner
Weinman Adams
Sier
Sanford Gould
Gearhardt Ridge
Collins Griesser
Moser Hubbart
Easley
Mantsch Jones
RH Williams
Sheaf Betts
Sanborn
Varsity Ties DeKalb on Barbs Field
Sterling High battles DeKalb to a 6 6 tie on DeKalb’s field Friday October 13. Hubbart scores Sterling’s lone TD, the point after fails. DeKalb answers with a second quarter TD after a center’s bad pass recovery and a Ronan to Sawyer strike.
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DeKalb
Sterling High
Sterling
Hubbart
Dillenbeck
Ronan
Sawyer
Betts
Lightweights Defeat DeKalb Reserves 7 0 in Historic Sterling Victory
The Sterling High reserve squad first in school history to beat DeKalb reserves 7 to 0. Fenner and Wolf sparked the drive as Wolf scored late in the third quarter and Gould added the extra point.
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Sterling High
DeKalb
Blue and Gold Boys
Fenner
Wolf
Bobby Wolf
J. Gould
First Year Agriculture Students Initiated as Green Hands
Friday night November 4, first year Agriculture students became Future Farmers Green Hands in an initiation conducted by Sterling F F A members.
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Future Farmes
Green Hands
Sterling F. F. A
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Alan Weinman
Dixon High
Nuff
Stan Reiman
Ernie
Rabbitt
Hallowe
Bucher
Bob Greisser
Jim Jones
Sterling Township High
Sterling Ties Community
Bob Easley
Sterling Pas
Belvidere Woodyatt LE Duhm
Schwartz Wheeler Proprieter
LG Wickwire
Booke Adams
Baker
Paulson
Lincoln Griesser Ridge
Lear
Reinman Jones
Barr Betts
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