Minnick Named to All-State Eleven in Football
Don Minnick of Fairbury was picked as a guard on Gregg McBride’s All-State high school football team. McBride noted Minnick’s tough rise on a weak team, his four-year veteran status, and his defense contributing about 60 percent of tackles on the line. Al Onnen also made the All-Mid-East eleven as guard and back respectively.
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Don Minnick
FHS
Gregg McBride
McBride
Minnick
al Onnen
Jeffs Troubled By Injury Jinx
Fairbury football faced a disastrous injury season with Vernon Poppe sidelined by a hip injury at Grand Island. Dick Watson, Al Orien, Donn Sleigh, Don Minnick, and Joe Lesher all suffered injuries limiting or ending their seasons as the team endured multiple absences.
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Fairbury
Vernon Poppe
Grand Island
Freshmen Join Team. Veteran Six Face Q4 Challenges
Football fades while basketball works ahead as 37 recruits test for first and second five. Four are last year’s first team lettermen, fourteen are reserve letter winners, and eleven are freshmen. The four incumbents Dick Watson Kay Jo Al Onnen and Vernon P are slowed by injuries while Jones and Poppe practice vigorously.
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Dick Watson
Kay Jo
al Onnen
Vernon P
Watson
Onnen
Jones
Poppe
Jeff Cagers To Receive Initial Test As Marysville Invades Home Court Tonite
The Fairbury quintets host Marysville Bulldogs for the season opener on the Jeffs home floor. Fairbury, hampered by football injuries, relies on four returning lettermen while Marysville fields a near intact starting five.
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Jeff Cagers
Marysville
Fairbury Quintets
Marysville Bulldogs
Jeffs
Delegates Attend State Football Rally
Delegates attend a state football rally with figures Don Minnick and Jim Wiseac present amid regional gathering. Event highlights include speeches and discussion of upcoming games.
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Don Minnick and
Jim Wiseac
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