De Smet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (De Smet, SD)

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6-MAN FOOTBALL SQUAD Back row: Gale Dutcher (Assistant Coach), Jerome Van Ningen, Verle Conner, Darrell McGarvie, Donald Sprang, George Wehrkamp, Lonny Chase, Donald Freeman, Gus Jacob, Keith Nelson, Donald Conner, Neil Carpenter, Don Mohlenhoff (Coach) Second row: Donald Russell, Bill Gabbert, Don McCaskell. Chuck Wehrkamp, Jim Thorson, Bob Patzwald, Wes McCaskell, Donald Aalbers, Ronny Wynn, Nor- man Van Ningen Front row: Billy Munger (Student Manager), Donald Hendricks (Assistant Stu- dent Manager) Theie were 22 boys out for football and 16 of them received letters. Total yardage gained for De Smet by rushing was 1654 yards to their opponents 351 yards. In passing De Smet picked up 244 yards to the opponents 351 yards. Games Played This Year September 14, Bryant here, we 53, they 12 September 21, Colman here, we 43, they 12 September 28, Chester there, we 58, they 26 October 5, Oldham there, we 66, they 6 October 12, Egan here, De Smet’s Homecoming, we 30, they 0 October 19, Howard there, we 31, they 6 This is the second year the Bulldogs have been awarded the Lake Central Conference Championship trophy. The Bulldogs have played 12 games in the last two years and have won all twelve of them. Returning lettermen back from last year are: Bob Patzwald, Don McCaskell, Chuck Wehrkamp, Jim Thorson, Wes McCaskell, Donald Russell, Norman Van Nin- gen and Don Aalbers. TWENTY-TWO

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 A” BASKETBALL SQUAD Back row, left to right: Pete Kruse, Ronald Wynn, Jim Clark, Wes McCaskell, George Wehrkamp Front row, left to right: Jim Thorson, Bob Patzwald, Chuck Wehrkamp, Don Mc- Caskell, Neil Carpenter The “A” basketball team turned in a very fine season this year by winning 29 games and losing only 3 games all season. They participated in the Flandreau Invitational tournrment at Flandreau Jan- uary 1 and were awarded the championship trophy. In the conference tournament at Arlington January 24-25 they also brought home the championship trophy by defeating Lake Preston in the finals 51 to 41. In the District tournament at De Smet they defeated Troauois in the finals to take the District 15 crown. In Regional play at De Smet they defeated highly rated Doland 54 to 50 to earn their way into th South Dakota Class “B” basketball tournament at Sioux Falls for the thi d time in school history. In the State tourna- ment the De Smet squad took third place in the tournament. Ipswich won the State tournament. De Smet had bumped heads earlier with Ipswich. Lettermen back from last year were: Jim Thorson, Bob Pafzwald. Don McCas- kel! and Chuck Wehrkamp. Chuck was also chosen on the All-State team. Flendreau Tournament at Flandreau Milbank, we 43, they 29 Flandreau, we 38, they 34, final Conference Tournament. Arlington Erwin, we 56, they 24 Volga, we 57, they 30 Lake Preston, we 51, they 41, final District 15 Tournament, De Smet Hitchcock, we 56, they 32 Erwin, we 70, they 25 Iroquois, we 52, they 28, final Region 4 Tournament. De Smet Harrold, we 56, they 34 Doland, we 54, they 50, final State B Tournament. Sioux Falls Columbia, we 62, they 51 Ipswich, we 39, they 43 Ft. Thompson, we 68, they 47 Date Opponent we they •November 16, Banc oft 28 13 •November 16, Erwin 54 13 •November 27, Oldham 53 23 December 1, Harrold 60 40 •December 4, Iroquois 46 28 December 7, Redfield 58 43 •December 11, Lake Preston 42 53 December 15, Hayti 60 50 •December 18, Volga 68 40 •December 21, Arlington 46 52 January 4, Flandreau Indians 40 36 •January 8, Iroquois 64 36 January 11, Flandreau Flyers 40 36 •January 15 Arlington 58 42 •February 1, Oldham 63 34 February 8. Howard 70 45 •February 12, Lake Preston 50 47 •February 15, Volga 51 46 Conference games TWENTY-THREE