Muskegon Heights High School - Oaks Yearbook (Muskegon Heights, MI)

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. . . ON THE COURT Although the 1949 tennis season was not the most successful one in history, never- theless Tennis Coach Del Firme considered it successful from the standpoint that it provided experience to a host of juniors and sophs. Coach Firme believes that with the return of eight lettermen, and the fine A N, early showing of some sophs, that the 1950 N, Heights tennis team will be the team to f' j beat when the season starts. - X K , , , , 0. 1 Tennis 1S a game which requires years 'gt t of experience in order to produce winners. 1 of leisure and relaxation only. This is con- It appears, on the surface, to be a game Q ,N g wt trary to its nature, however, for tennis is a tough game as Coach Firme, who also quires stamina, endurance, alertness, cour- age, power, and ability-the same as in any other sport. Boys who wish to make the high school team should start early, in grade school perhaps, or at least in junior high. As in golf and baseball, a beginner has a difficult time. . I Ax I . l coaches football, can tell you. Tennis re- li fl i t l Front Row: K. Cutler, Grammel, Bredin, Long, Moore. V Second Row: Dahlem, Carlson, Boles. Mauch, R. Cutler, Tcxlmadge. Back Row: Tsagguris, Hartman, Corpe, Miesen, Fortenbacher, Coach Firme. Page One hundred ten

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AROUND THE TRACK . . . The Heights thinclads under the coaching of D. R. McKenzie com- pleted a successful season in 1949. The team defeated Muskegon for the second time in two years and the second time in the history of the schools. They also defeated Grand Haven, Fremont, and Holland in dual meets. They Were second in a Quadrangular meet with Kalama- zoo, Holland, and Allegan. They also finished second in the Region- als, With all the South Western Con- ference track teams participating. Coach McKenzie also sent boys to the Central State Relays at Mt. Pleasant, the South Western Con- ference and Grand Rapids school meet at Kalamazoo, and the state finals at Lansing. X V X W 1949 TRACK RESULTS l. Quadangular at Allegan with Kal- amazoo, Allegan, and Holland. Heights finished 2nd, 2. Grand Haven Dual meet. Heights won. 3. Fremont Dual meet. Heights won. 4. Muskegon Dual meet. Heights won. 5. Holland Dual meet. Heights won. 6. Southwest Conference vs. Grand Rapids schools at Kalamazoo. South- west Conference won. 7. Triangular meet at Holland' with Holland and Benton Harbor. Heights won. 8. Central State relays at Mt. Pleasant. 9. Regionals at Kalamazoo. Heights 2nd. 10. State meet at Lansing. Back Row: Hendrick, Plichta, Wood, Miner, Bartrand, Schow, Tucker, Kesteloot, Essenberg. Forsen, Marion, Pohl. Second Row: Kamp, Bailey, Bickowski, Ieter, Robinson, McMurray, Holman, Hall, Chingman, Patterson, Langan, Evans, Coach Mc- Kenzie. Front Row: Mitchell, Bergklint, Carlson, Sterenberg, Calloway, Kesteloot, Felcoski, Terrell, Leonard, Becker. Landgrai, Baldwin.. t l t Page One hundred nine

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