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ROGUE NEWS
FRI., DEC 1, 1961
George Keil
Coaches Team
Mr. George J. Keil is the new
head basketball coach at Ashland
this year. He is taking the place
of Mr. Earl Iba who has been
head basketball coach at Ashland
High for several years.
Coach Keil received his educat
ion at the University of Utah,
University of Idaho, and at Idaho
State College where he received
his B.S. in education.
Mr. Keil and wife, Klaudine,
have two daughters: Jorja Dawn,
13. and Kris De, 10. He has also
served two years in the 7th Div
ision of the army. In the re
creation field, Mr. Keil enjoys out
door sport.
Before coming to coach at Ash
land. Mr. Keil had taught and
coached at various other schools.
He taught and coached one year
at Kimberly High School, three
years at American Falls High
School, one year at Ontario High
School, and five years at Tampa
High School. Coaching records at
these schools are respectively 20
wins and 11 losses and State
Champions; 41 wins and 19 losses;
22 wins and 3 losses being runner-ups
in Class A-2 Tournament;
and 72 wins, 52 losses receiving
District 2 Champions and District
1 runncr-up. He has coached his
teams to an excellent record by
having one regional runner-up
and other teams placing fourth,
fifth, eight, and ninth in state
tournaments.
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Weight Program
At Ashland High
The new weight training coach
at Ashland High School is Mr.
Warren Dale Brenning. Mr. Bren
ning is 36 years old, married, and
has 5 children (Joyanne, Julie,
Jodie, John, and Jana).
Mr. Brenning has gone to
several different colleges. They
are; Hasting College, Lewis &
Clark, and Williamette University.
Mr. Brenning was a major in
Juvenile Delinquency.
Mr. Brenning spent 32 months
in the armed forces (navy). He
was a medical corpsman.
He has many hobbies of which
sports seems to be his favorite.
He also likes to sing Christian
Gospel music for his church.
Mr. Brenning has been a very
active man throughout his life as
he participated in football, basket
ball, and track in his college years.
He was also on the boxing team.
One of his greater achiev-
ments in life has been winning
the Golden Gloves Boxing Cham
pionships in Minors and Nebraska
Mr. Brenning coached weight
training and boxing at the Wash
ington State Training School for
Boys for two years. He also
coached at the Knots Street Com
munity Center in Portland. Here
he coached a boy to the Pacific
Coast Weight Lifting Champion
ship. The boy also went on to
win the Canadian Northwest title
in Canada. He was voted outstand
ing lifter at this tournament. He
coached three other boys to Ore
gon Weight Lifting Champion
ships and his Knots Street team
won the team championship also.
Mr. Brenning's next position
was assistant coach of a boxing
team that won twenty-two Pacific
Coast Titles in six months. The
team also had two National
Champions, and the outstanding
boxer in the nation. The team
brought home the Boxing As
sociation team trophy that year,
which is the first time Oregon
has ever won it.
AHS Band Travels
To San Francisco
Ashland High School's Band
traveled to the University of
California to attend their Band
Day on November 17 through
November 19. One hundred bands
participated in the University of
California vs. University of Kansas
half-time show.
Leaving at 9:30 p.m., Friday,
November 17, the band traveled
all night by Greyhound bus. They
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Wrestling Season
Getting Underway
Monday, November 6 became the
official starting date for the 1961
wrestling season at Ashland High
School.
Mr. Mobley, head wrestling
coach, stated that 35 to 40 boys
have signed up for wrestling
this year. Out of this group of
boys only four are returning
lettermen. They are Jeff Baker,
Gene Harth, Jack Mills and Ken
Mitchel. Approximately twelve
lettermen were lost because of
graduation last spring.
Taking the place of Mr. Stan
Smith as assistant wrestling coach
is Mr. Al Knutson, Ashland High's
new football coach.
On December 8, the team will
meet with Medford at Medford
for their first match of the year.
The first event on the home
schedule will occur December 14,
at 7:00 p.m., when Ashland meets
Glendale.
In addition to equipment al
ready in use by the wrestling
squad a new mat totaling $2300
was purchased to be used starting
this year.
Mr. Mobley also commented
that they would like to see as
much student support of these
events as possible.
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arrived early in the morning and
had breakfast at Tarry's Restau
rant. After changing into their
uniforms, they practiced with the
other bands.
After lunch the bands paraded
to the game. The theme of the
half-time show was "Ben-Hur."
University of Kansas won the foot
ball game, 53-7.
Saterday evening most of the
band members went to Playland
or walked around San Francisco.
Sunday morning was spent sight
seeing at Fleischaker Zoo. The
buses went across the Golden
Gate Bridfge. Traveling all night
the band arrived home at one
o'clock in the morning.
Cross Country
Rates Second
Ashland came in second in the
district meet held in Klamath
Falls, Oregon, on November 3,
1961. Grants Pass was first, Med
ford third. Crater fourth, and
Klamath Falls fifth.
Gerald Brown came in third.
Don Way fourth, Farley Buell
twelfth, Gary Wallace sixteenth,
and Tom Price seventeenth.
Ashland therefore, qualified for
the state meet, by placing second.
Out of twenty-one teams, Ashland
took seventeenth, with Don Way
as our best finisher, who came
in thirty-third out of two hundred
and fifty boys running. The State
Meet was held at Salem. Oregon
at Willamette University.
This seasons record for Cross
Country is four wins and three
losses.
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