Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN)

Page 98 text:

Kluver Stein Hegrenes P. johnson ' The cagers recovered very well from the severe blow of losing Severud, however, and displayed excellent basketball in defeating St. john's, 61-52. The next encounter, with Hamline's all-conquering Pipers, proved to be the highlight of the season. The fighting Cobbers, though almost ridiculously outmanned after the loss of 6'5 Severud, gave the Hutton-men, who later became the MIAC and NAIB champions, a terrific battle before losing 45-47. This night was also an appreciation night for Coach jake Christiansen. He was presented with a new automobile from the alumni and friends. The Concordia five continued their fine conference play a week later by defeating Duluth Branch in a freakish control-ball contest, 32-25. The host Cobbers stalled for over twelve minutes in gaining the victory. Following this win Christiansen's cagers went into a brief slump and dropped contests to Gustavus, 51-71, and St. Olaf, 49-59. The losses dropped Concordia to fifth place tie in the loop standings. To the pleasure of their followers, the Cobbers ended the season with a thrilling triumph over Augsburg. The 81-79 win required four overtime periods but Concordia finally outlasted the Auggie quint to end the season in a very satisfactory manner. l 92 Kefljn Coach jake Christiansen

Page 97 text:

4. The cagers had better luck in St. Paul, however, and stunned a heavily favored St. Thomas team, 60-53. In winning, Coach Christiansen used a tight zone defense that completely stymied the host Tommie team. Taking a breather from conference play, the Cobbers again lost to the Bison of NDAC. But as the 64-77 score indicated, they put up a better battle than in the first encounter. In spite of the loss to the Bison a continued improvement in Concordia's play was becoming evident. The Cobbers proved this to be true by pulling another upset at the expense of Macalester, 69-64. Nor did they lose stature by losing to St. Mary's at Winona in their next loop tilt. The Redmen, a very good team any night, were hot on this occasion but yet were given a hard-fought battle before winning, 77-64. The Cobbers completed the inter-city competition by defeating MSTC before dropping their second conference game to Gustavus Adolphus by a 66-68 count. Concordia led the favored Gusties throughout most of the contest but the visitors capitalized on numerous Cobber fouls to earn the victory. The Cobbers' next loop victory, a 47-45 win over St. Olaf, proved costly. Center Ken Severud, the team's top scorer and rebounder, suffered a broken ankle and was lost for the remainder of the season. J. Gabrielson Lueth H. Anderson Odland 91

Page 99 text:

Our knights in shining armor! - QUAD ' ---- A ---- -,.,, - ' 1'!l Back row: Barstad, Kerlin, Quamme, Kruse, H. johnson, Hegrenes, Stein, Coach Grinalcer. Front row: Wzllkin, Nornes, Hill, Reinhard, P. johnson. Under the guidance of Coach Finn Grinaker, the Concordia B team finished their 1950-51 season with an excellent won-lost record of 12 and 4. During the course of the season, they defeated the N.D.A.C. B team twice, and the freshman teams of Valley City Teachers, Mayville Teachers, Wliapeton Science, jamestown, Canton Academy, and Bottineau School of Forestry. They also held victories over some of the leading independent teams in the area including the Fargo and Moorhead independent league championship teams. 95