Chester Area High School - Flyer Yearbook (Chester, SD)

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 r Back row: Left to Right: M. Persing, J. Tweet, J. Larson, R. Malthesen, P. Peterson, A. Von Behren, Mr. Nelson, Coach. 1st row: P. Stegenga, Mgr. J. Spielmann, G. Hoh- weiler, D. Rentz, R. Rentz, J. Sterud, A. Li del, Mgr. The Chester Maroons had an up and down season for 1955-56 and ended with a 12 won and l6lost record. With seven lettermen in the line-up the Maroons lost their opener against the Flandreau In- dians and then won three games before dropping their next one. A middle season slump kept the re- cord below 500%, but the Maroons closed strong winning six of their last nine regular season games. The Maroons defeated Trent in their first District tourney game, then ran into a little tough luck anddropped their first two games to Franklin 62-53 and Dell Rapids 75-51. Tourneys seemed to be a jinx for the Maroons. In Beadle's invitational they dropped a one-point game to Colton and then were run over by Beadle on the Consolation. At the Chester tourney Chester also dropped their first game to Strandburg but came back to take consolation honors by edging Hart- ford 50-49. The Maroons played same very good games but had some very off nights also. They defeated Frank- lin, Colton, and Colman in some of their best games. They ended up in 4th place in both the Sioux Valley and Lake County conference although winning some games that didn't count in the standings. Ron Rentz and Jon Larson, senior Co-captains, led the team in scoring with Ron Rentz getting 446 points and Jon Larson getting 358. Other seniors on the squad were Jim Tweet, Jerauld Sterud, and Bud Malthesen. The following is the schedule and statistics for the 1955-56 season. Schedule and Scores Che s te r Opponent Flandreau Indians 62 96 Lyons 85 67 Rutland 42 40 Trent 70 44 Dell Rapids 58 66 Tournaments Colton 51 66 Beadle Invitational Tourney, Madison Armory Winfred 50 75 Chester 46 Colton 47 (First Round) Franklin 63 60 Chester 48 Beadle 71 (Consolation) Beadle 49 55 Chester Invitational Tourney, Chester Elkton 63 66 Chester 61 Strandburg 76 (First Round Colman 40 68 Chester 50 Hartford 49 (Consolation) Dell Rapids 51 54 District 17 Tourney, Sioux Falls Coluseum Colton 55 47 Chester 73 Trent 62 (First Round) Ramona 55 49 Chester 53 Franklin 62 (Semi-Finals) Orland 57 30 Chester 51 Dells 75 (Third Place) Canova 41 87 Egan 92 76 Colman 58 57 61 72 26

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Back Back Left to right: Mr. Farrand, Coach, Jim Tweet and Jerauld Sterud, Co-Captains.

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Left to right: 1st row: A. Li del. Student Mgr.; D. Dannenbring, T. Leisinger, L. Nelson, J. Spiel- mann, R. Larson, A. Limmer, E. Kampmeyer, J. Pedersen, V. Fritz, J. Lindholm. 2nd row: P. Stegenga, Student Mgr. ; R. Nold, D. Huntimer, W. Potas, D. Limmer, R. Pederson, R. Gerry, D. Rentz, J. Leisinger, W. Nelson, R. Schmidt, D. Brown, Mr. Farrand, Coach. The “B squad had a good season of basketball this year having 13 wins and 8 losses. The schedule for 55-56 was as follows: Chester « 26 Flandreau 28 27 Lyons 22 43 Rutland 22 47 Trent 11 30 Dell Rapids 42 18 Colton 36 38 Winfred 15 23 F ranklin 33 29 Beadle 21 42 Elkton 40 (0. T.) 22 Colman 33 38 Dell Rapids 35 24 Colton 19 35 Ramona 42 24 F ranklin 15 33 Rutland 25 33 Canova 30 38 Orland 22 39 Egan 30 30 Colman 34 20 White 43 The scoring for the Maroons was as follows: Rudy Schmidt led the scoring with a total of 1 1 8 points for the year. Rodney Nold, Dennis Rentz, Dean Dannenbring. Jerry Hohweiler, Ronald Gerry and Myron Persing had 95, 84, 73, 72, and 50 re spectively. 27