Clinton High School - Builder Yearbook (Clinton, MN)

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THE EUHLUERQS 'FQ 2479411 BASKETBALL Basketball has always been a major sport in the Clinton school and the teams turned out have always been strong contenders for district honors. Probably the most outstanding teams are the teams of 1921-22 which lost only three games out of 26 in two years. On a tour made in 1921 they defeated White Rock by a score of 41-4. Marvin Steen scored 39 points in this game. The Wahpeton Indians defeated us 35-21 and we defeated Elbow Lake 17-15 in a three overtime period game. Tony Seidl tossed in the winning basket. The team trimmed the district champions, Appleton, by a score of 16-6. Appleton had previously been defeated here by a score of 14-3 in which game they were allowed to score no field goals. At the close of the game the referee was minus a few strands of hair that no doubt Abel Steen could account for. And so on through the years we come to the teams of '30, '31, '32, '38 and '39, each of which placed second in the sub-district tournament. The high light of the 1930 tournament was the blizzard which had the fans snowbound in Ortonville while the team was still in Clinton. The team of 1940, though handicapped by the lack of an auditorium, finished the season by taking second place in the sub-district tournament held at Graceville. The scores of the season are as follows: Clinton 11 ---- Chokio 27 Clinton 18 - Wheaton 29 Clinton 18 - - - Graceville 44 Clinton 15 - - Correll 12 Clinton 18 - - Browns Valley 34 Clinton 17 - - Graceville 30 Clinton 13 ---- Odessa 31 Clinton 14 - - - Chokio 27 Clinton 11 - - - Alberta 17 Clinton 14 - - Beardsley 17 Clinton 12 - - Beardsley 10 Clinton 17 - - Browns Valley 24 Clinton 16 - - Odessa 11 Clinton 14 - - - Alberta 32

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THE EUHLUERX FOOTBALL Although keen interest has been shown in football, it did not become a reality until 1936. Then Coach Hanson called an enthusiastic group of players together and started a hard grind for victories. Although the players were green, they profited by experience and Clinton soon became a strong contender for district honors with other sehools. Due to the small size of the squads of previous years, Clinton adopted six-man football in 1939 and completed a successful season under Coach Meyer. The scores for the season are as follows: Clinton Beardsley ,,,,t,,,.. 7 Clinton Browns Valley 6 Clinton Chokio .,t,,,,,, ,,t.,. 3 8 Clinton Hancock ,,e,,,,,.... 26 Clinton Graceville ...,tt.,,, 21 The letternien on this year's squad consist of Cecil Beaty, Claude Kennedy, Vernon Botker, Lynn Williams, Roy Nelson, Theodore Nelson, Robert Suter and Jack Utley.

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THE EUHLTSERES TUMBLING Tumbling was introduced into the Clinton High School in 1935 under the supervision of Coach Hollingsworth. The freshman and sophomore classes had tumbling as part of their physical education program, From 1936 to 1939, Coach Long continued the work in tumbling and developed a tumbling team which furnished the entertainment between halves of our basketball games. This work was discontinued during '39 and '40 because oi the lack of gymnasium facilities TRACK Track has always been a major sport at Clinton ever since its beginning in 1934 when a joint field day was held at Clinton between the Graceville and Clinton schools, with all students participating in a number of events. Two teams were chosen from the grades and high school which competed against each other as well as against Graceville. These joint field days were held with Graceville for several years. For a number of years a regular track team competed with other track teams in the district and sub-district track meets. Last year our track team participated in a track meet held at Browns Valley in which we placed in a number oi events. Due to the fact that a large portion of the track equipment was destroyed in the iire, track was discontinued this year.