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THURS.. MAY 22, 1958
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LINDA WRIGHT
LARRY NEAL
By Larry Neal. Scotl
Pigskin Patter
Br Larry Neal. Scott Peterson and Wayne Collum
The Ashland Grizzlies had
one of their best seasons in
years during the 1957 sched
ule. Ashland finished third in
conference standings behind
the Medford and Grants Pass
powerhouses with a 2-2 record.
They barely lost one game to
Medford on a 15-9 decision
and were smeared in only one
game.
On the line were Big Mike
Kearns, whose favorite pas
time was taking opposing
players out of action and out
of the game; Kip Lombard,
end, who received All-Conference
mention for his work;
Hank Hampton, whose bright
cracks would have had the
team in hysterics if it hadn't
hurt so much to laugh; Frank
Conley who took debate so he
could talk those poor guys
from coming at him so they
wouldn't get hurt; Jim Matte
son who made up for lack of
weight and fight; Gerald
Troxel received the team's
Oscar for being the best ac
tor in his field (left guard);
Bill Rooker who turned in a
good performance in his first
year; and Larry Glines who al
ternated with Rooker in hold
ing that line.
In the backf ield were
Wayne Collum as defensive
linebacker was the leading
tackier on the team; Al South
whose return after breaking
his arm early in the season
raised the moral of the Griz
zlies to a strong finish; Jerry
Stubblef ield who punched
holes in opposing lines. As a
lineman, Jerry teamed with
Mike Kearns to melt down the
barriers in the way of the
backs; and finally the Simp
son twins (Don and Pat) who
kept running in and out of
games, bringing in the play
from coach "Pop" Simpson.
Receiving A 1 1-Conference
recognition in the various
polls were Gerald Troxel, Don
Simpson, and Jerry Stubble
field on the second team. Hank
Hampton, Kip Lombard, and
Mike Kearns received honor
able mention.
Hoop Review
Although the win and loss
record of the AHS varsity
basketball squad is not too im
pressive. It is significant. The
Grizzlies won on nine occa
sions and lost 13 times. Sever
al of these losses were by a
margin of 1-4. points. These
games provided many exciting
moments for players and spec
tators alike. From this point
the season can be termed a
success.
Other schools in the con
ference except for Klamath
Falls were very evenly match-
Linda Wright, AHS senior,
was voted valedictorian of the
senior class after earning a
4.0 average.
Linda, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Wright, has been
a member of the school orches
tra for four years and a mem
ber of the National Thespian
Society and the National Hon
or Society for two years. Linda
was also in Flag Girls and
Pepsters. In her junior year,
she was assistant art editor of
the Rogue Annual and this
year is its art editor.
Future plans for Linda in
clude a scientific career after
attending Southern Oregon
College.
Larry Neal, finalist in the
National Merit Scholarship,
won a four year scholarship
to Stanford, and was one of
the 10 Oregon high school stu
dents to win the award.
Larry was a member of the
team consisting of Barbara
Stoddard and Jane Yaple
which won the 1958 state de
bate title at Eugene. He's a
member of Quill and Scroll
and a lctterman on the base
ball tram.
College Scholarships
Scholarships to private and
state institutions in Oregon
and to two California schools
have been awarded to 10 Sen
iors. Several of these scholar
ships represent the largest that
have ever been awarded at
AHS, announces Stanley Jobc,
principal.
Tom Connor, salutatorian of
the class of 1958, is the win
ner of an all-expense scholar
ship to Stanford University,
where he will major in phys
ics. He is a member of the
National Honor Society, For
a hobby, Tom holds an ama
teur radio license and has his
own station, K-7AQY.
Karen Cochran will major
in secretarial science at Santa
Rosa Junior College, Santa
Rosa, California. She wts a
warded a one-year scholarship.
A scholarship to Oregon
State College was awarded to
Margaret Hull.
Linda Wright and John Dillc
were awarded general scholar
ships to SOC.
Four elementary scholar
ships were awarded to Mia
Raaphorst, Sherree Ferriera,
Judy Alley, and Laurel Ann
Scriptor.
Linficld College, McMinn
ville, Oregon, recently an
nounced that Frank Conley
was awarded a general scho
larship. Frank will major in
physics.
Susan Weller and Carol
Lininger won tionor awards to
SOC.
ed this season. On any night I
Grants Pass, Medford, Ash
land, or Crater could beat the
other. This was typified when
Ashland beat Medford three
out of four games, Medford
beat Grants Pass four games
but Ashland lost four games
in a row to Grants Pass. As
it ended Grants Pass and
Klamath Falls made the trip to
the state tourney.
The seniors upon who Coach
Ilja built his squad were Al
Hartwell, Jack Tobiasson,
Scott Peterson, Leo Daniels,
Bob Murray, Kip Lombard.
Ben Watrus, and Hank Hamp
ton. Al Hartwell and Jack
Tobiasson were all-conference
honorable mention candidates,
Tobiasson made it for the sec
ond year in a row. The other
all-conference selection was
Bill Maurcr who made the atl
conference first team.
Tobiasson and Peterson plan
to attend SOC next fall and
we may see something of them
on the local floor next winter.
Hartwell is undecided about
college.
Diamond Data
At this stage of the season,
the Ashland round ball crew
are having their best season
since 1927. They have a 4-2
conference record which gives
them second place in the stand
ings and a 10-5 season record.
Breakdown of this record is
as follows in conference ac
tion: Ashland beat Klamath
Falls 11-4 here and" 6-5 there:
Crater 81 ht-re, Medford 1-0
here and has lost to Crater 7-2
there and Grants Pass 10-4
there. The final outcome of
conference standings will be
determined during Ashland's
coming games with Medford
and Grants Pass.
Seniors helping out this
team effort have been Don
Simpson, a four year regular
in the outfield; Pat Simpson,
two year letterman at catch
ers spot, Jim Matteson, two
year outfielder, Larry Neal,
two-year outfielder, and Dave
Graham, transfer outfielder.
However, the main reason
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