Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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The Maid of Niagara and her brother, Klolowar, are shown admiring the water- fall. Sergeant Bilks dubiously takes the gun from Eagle Eye. Lord Tatler in the person of Fred Simones is giving compe- tition to the Sergeant in gaining the af- 'gk fection of Clarinda, here played by Janice Mader. Klolowar and Lelawala gaze into the rising sun. Klolowar. In the final shot Lelawala and Mabel, Joan Abraham, are looking after their lovers.

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eiffald of Niagara X v. -.xl r Lelawala, a beautiful Indian legend, was selected by the music department as the operetta for 1949. Lelawala, portrayed by Kathleen Hutchison, is the Indian maiden pictured in the upper left photo. Next, Herbert Virnig, as Klolowar, and Lelawala singing one of their Indian chants. Bill Kratt is shown as the amorous Sergeant Bilks. The Sergeant is shown wooing the charming and humorous spin- ster, Clarinda, who is played by Carol Merrell. Miss Hutchison and George Pearse as Eagle Eye, an Indian scout, are shown in typical poses.

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Football Champions . The Aquinas grid squad for the second time in three years, walked off last fall with the city foot- ball championship. The team won the coveted crown by a 13-12 win over the fighting Red Raiders from Central High School. Earlier in the season, the Blu- golds dropped a close encounter to their Northside opponents, the Logan Rangers, but due to a slim vic- tory of the Central team over the Northsiders in the Baseball Champions . For the second consecutive time in two years, the Aquinas Diamondmen, under the coaching of Jim Quinn, copped the city baseball crown with decisive wins over the rival Central and Logan teams. Again it was the pitching of moundsman Tom Rendler that led the squad to victory. Early in the season the Blu- golds got off to a slow start by dropping encounters Basketball Champions . Laurels to the Aquinas '48-'49 basketball quintet. Although the Blugolds placed second in the city finals and were beaten in the bid for the City Basket- ball Championship, they came through in all their glory to win the Catholic State Championship at the De Pere Catholic Invitational Tourney. The Logan Rangers grabbed the City Title with two wins over the Aquinas 5 . Undaunted with the upsets received at the hands Page seventy-eight final city game, Aquinas was handed undisputed pos- session of the title, City Champions . Sparkplugs in the Blue and Gold machinery were Tom Rendler, fleetfooted half back, Jack Collins, rugged tack-le, Tom Larkin, a dependable center, and Mike Skemp, Junior quarterback. All four of these players received berths on the La Crosse Tribune's All-City Football Team. to Campion and Independence High Schools, but the team showed rare form in the following weeks to trounce these two teams in return matches. This year the Aquinas baseball squad has a new coach in the person of Ray Staszak, who made his introduction into the coaching department by assisting head coach John Michuta with the '48 football team. of the Northsiders, the Aquinas team entered the De Pere Tourney with spirits high and came out with victories over St. Catherines, Notre Dame, Marquette, and Green Bay Catholic Central High School. The boys responsible for these victories were: Dan Spika, forward, Mike Skemp, guard, Myron Peterson, forward, Jack Collins, center, and Tom Larkin, guard. Other members of the squad likewise played top basketball all the way.