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THE RAIDERS WIN FIVE,









                                                                              The  Mead Raiders  finished
                                                                          fourth  in the Big  Division as  their
                                                                          football  season ended.
                                                                              Senior Terry Radenslaben,
                                                                          Junior  Pat Coyle,  and  Sophomore
                                                                          Jim Wagner,  received All-Confer-
                                                                          ence honorable mention for  their
                                                                          outstanding playing ability  through-
                                                                          out  the year.  Terry was  the only
                                                                          senior on  the entire squad  this year.
                                                                              The Raiders  started  their  foot-
                                                                          ball season September  6,  1963,  with
                                                                          Ceresco as  their  first  opponent.
                                                                              Mead was  considered an under-
                                                                          dog  at the beginning of the season,
                                                                          because of the loss  of a  lot of the
                                                                          first  team players,  due  to  their
                                                                          graduation the previous year.
                                                                              The Raiders  started  out with  a
           Steve Stoakes  makes the kick-off at the Homecoming game.
                                                                          loss  of 33- 0  to  Ceresco.  The boys
                                                                          gained experience as  the season
       Jim  Wagner--END               Steve  Stoakes-- HALFBACK           progressed.  They picked themselves
                                                                          out  of the bottom rating when they
                                                                          defeated  Wahoo Catholic.  Their
                                                                          next game upped  their rating  to
                                                                          third  place with  their victory over
                                                                          Valparaiso.  The homecoming
                                                                          game with  Nehawka proved to  be a
                                                                          decisive victory of 46-6.
                                                                              Our  game with Eagle-Alvo
                                                                          took third place rating  away  from
                                                                          the Raiders  and  moved them down
                                                                          to fourth  place,  where they  stayed
                                                                          till the end of the season.













                                                                                             Kirby  Zicafoose
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                                                                                              Marvin Hass
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                                                                                              Mike Leonard
                                                                                              LINEBACKER

                                                                                             Dave Andersen
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