Bottineau High School - Washegum Yearbook (Bottineau, ND)

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Basketball '4 nIf 1 lf X DUANE RILEY LOWELL TJON JACK STEWART Guard, Junior Guard, Junior Forward, Junior Page 29 Front row: Lowell Tjon, Harold Jelleberg, Loy Barbour, captain, Jack Stewart, Roland Graff. Second row: Carl Erickson, Walter Neimeyer, Duane Riley. 'X

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LOY BARBOUR Guard, Senlor, 1941-42 Captain, High scorer for the season and all-district position. ROLAND GRAFF Forward, Senior Basketball WALTER NEIMEYER Center, Senior. HIGH SCORERS Barbour was high scorer with 116 polnts In 13 games. Roland Graff, 82 points in 13 games. Jimmy Ooley, 45 points In 6 games. I CARL ERICKSON Guard, Sophomore. HAROLD JELLEBERG' Forward, Junior Page 28

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Football and Basketball Summary Last fall prospects for the gridiron season at Bottineau High School appeared very poor, with the return of only three lettermen. By the end of the season, however, the Braves proved to be tough competition for any of their oppo- nents. ln the earlier games of the season, the team had much trouble and dropped their first two contests to the Minot High School Magicians, l94l State Class A champions, and the Kenmare Honkers, 25-6. The Braves obtained their first win over Mohall by a score of I4-O. lt was the second time in the history of the school that Bottineau High School beat Mohall, last year being the first time. In their second home game, the Braves won their second conference game by routing Stanley High School, 47-O. ln the next game, Minot College Beaver Kits played the Braves at Minot, and a win here would have given the Braves a tie for the conference title. Unfor- tunately, the Beaver Kits started fast and built up a 19-O lead at the half time, the Minot team went on to win, 27-6. The highlight of this game was the brilliant 85 yard kick-off return by Stewart of Bottineau for our only touchdown in the closing two minutes. The last two games of the season, the Braves defeated a tough Cando team, 34-O, on Cando's home field, but lost to Rugby, our traditional rival, 7-O. The Rugby game was played at Bottineau on a snow-covered field. From Bottineau, Marchand and Orm- berg received positions on the first all-conference team. BASKETBALL After quite a successful football season, the Braves turned to basketball, and although their record was not impressive, they displayed some fine exhibitions in the course ofthe season. The best game of the schedule was undoubtedly against Minot College Beaver Kits. ln this contest the score was close throughout, being tied at the half-time and three-quarter mark. The Braves built up a three-point lead with but two minutes remaining, but Minot came back strong and rallied to a 35-27 victory. Barbour for Bottineau and Peterson for Minot were leading scorers. ln a game against St. John at Bottineau, the Braves emerged victorious 16-15, this game was played with only one regular for the Braves. Against Rugby, defending Class B champions, Bottineau dropped a Zl-l6 decision. The Panthers led throughout, being ahead 20-7 at the beginning of the last quarter. At this point, the Bottineau offense began working and put on a determined rally which fell short by a five point margin, the final score being 2l-l6. Ooley for Bottineau and Knutson for Rugby were outstanding. At Bottineau, the Braves avenged an earlier defeat by Dunseith, downing them easily 3l-l7. Barbour and Graff scored ll and I2 points, respectively. The Braves were challenged by Minnewaukan for the right to enter the District Tournament and ran wild, winning 36-15. Barbour, Neimeyer and Graff scored all but two of the points: Barbour was selected as Bottineau's representative on the all-district team. Page 30