During Ballard High School's homecoming, the Ballard booster club will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1951 football team, who went 8 and 0 en route to winning the state championship.
UPDATE 10:30 p.m.: The Beavers won their homecoming game by a landslide, beating Garfield 26 to 7.
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It's homecoming at Ballard High School this weekend. The Beavers will be squaring off against Garfield at Memorial Stadium and before the game, the Ballard athletics booster club will be hosting a tailgating party at the school.
Starting at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, the booster club will be hosting a tailgate in the picnic area outside of the Commons (or in the Commons if it rains). Food will be provided. A DJ will be there the first hour and then the BHS Marching Beavers will take over for the second hour.
This year the booster club is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1951 football team, who went 8 and 0 en route to winning the state championship.
The 1951 state championship team featured one of the most dangerous duos on offense to date in quarterback Mel McCain and fullback Arleigh Hiersch, who were both All-American nominees. McCain was named the league MVP, and seven of the team’s starters were named to the All-City 1st team, while another seven made honorable mention.
Along with the potent offense—which featured the top rushing attack, second ranked passing attack and the top two scorers in the league (McKinnon at 45 points and Hiersch at 43)— the ’51 Beavers boasted one of the leagues best defenses as well. While ranking second in the league in team defense, Ballard allowed opponents to score only 8 points during the regular season.
put the Beavers up 14 to 13. The rest is history.
Members of the team will be present at the tailgate and homecoming game.
The tailgate will go until 6:30 so that everyone can head down to Memorial Stadium in time of the 7:30 p.m. game.
