Hill Murray High School - Omega Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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1 x W , , Q- Q r 4 .- Christensen Stars Cross country star for The past two years is Bob Chris- tensen, who has chalked up an enviable record in this sport's annals. As the mainstay of Murray's city title team, ,Bob has been a constant first and second place winner. N PlI.0TS iGA'RNERlCROSS COUNTRY TITLE - ll . , ' -7 Murray's 1948 cross country team gathered the city cross county title with The lowest Team score on record and went undefeated in dual meets. Under the able tutelage of Mal Shurtleff, the thin-clads defeated Wash- ington, Humboldt, Duluth Central, Minneapolis South- west, and Monroe. In the first meet of the year the cross country team defeated Washington by the perfect score of 15-48. The Pilots vvon the Hrst five scoring positions. Performing in tvvo meets in two days, the group de- Page forty-four First row: Jim Dean, Evan Currence, Paul Mielke, Charles Grose, Bob Christen- sen, Gordon Tinker, Jerry Holler 'K Coach Mal Shurt- left, Don Hahnen, Douglas Currence, Russell Prickett, and Chuck Michaelson, man- ager. feated Humboldt 21-34, and then traveled to Duluth Central The following day to trounce their foes 19-36. Bob Christensen, Charles Grose, and Gordon Tinker finished first, second, and third respectively. Monroe was the next victim of the thin-clads as the Greenies fell before the Pilots 20-35. The city cross country meet was a climax to a suc- cessful season as the runners set a city record with the best score ever recorded in the four year history of the city meets.

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PLACE FOURTH IN STATE l lt turned out to be a busy night tor both the Vtlilliams Too close Tor comfort is disclosed in the look of goalie Gordon goalie and the referees as Pat McGuinn 181, follows in Mallory as Bill Wegleitner and Pat MCG-iuinn register the same aaonizerl a rebound. expression after a near miss in the Murray-Williams fray. Fireworks really broke loose at The state tournament. Drawing Saint Louis Park in the opening round, the Mur- rayites won a 2-l overtime struggle. Jack Martin and Tom Wegleitner teamed up to handle the scoring, each having a goal and an assist. In the most dramatic, hard-fought game in the history ot The Tourney, The Pilots were defeated by Williams in The semi-finals atter Two overtimes and 2:35 of a Third sudden death overtime had passed. Jim Theis was the only Pilot able to score in The Tirst two periods, and The Murrayites tell behind 3-l with Three minutes remaining in the game. Putting on one ot The finest rallies in the history ot The tourney, the Murrayites knotted the score. Fred Swensen scored at 9:55 ot the third period. With a minute remaining Coach Al Sandberg pulled Goalie Gordy Mallory out ot the nets, and played six forwards, The result was the tying goal by Tom Wegleitner at ll.O5. A hard, long shot and an unusual one by Chester Lundsten ot Williams gave the Northern team the game, Still tired from the semi-Hnals, Murray gave way to a hne Warroad sextet, 7-5, in the third place championship game. Leading 2-i at the end ot the tirst period, the Pilots played it hot and cold to give Warroad a hard battle. Kyle Peterson and Tom Wegleitner scored tor the losers as did Jack Martin, who got the only hat trick of the tournament in this game, A loose puck in front of the Harding goal becomes the This wild bit of action produced Murray's first goal against Harding center of attention as Jack Martin vainly watches the open in the Region 4 title game. Bill Wegleitner, arrow, has iust scored as net. Pat McGuinn l2t, and Jack Martin look on,

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BASKETBALL CLOSES LONG SEASON First row: Dan Neale, Don Harvey, Bruce Anderson, Don Hennen, Bob Steveken, Art Koch 4' Coach George Rose, Ralph DeYoung, Don Mc- Grath, Don Hayes, Bob Rut- ford, Chuck Grose, Bob Y Til Granovsky, manager. Tmwgji M .mill Take It Or Leave It Center Bruce Anderson, lett, lets go with a jump shot in an exciting moment ot the Central-Murray game. Ralph DeYoung, right, drops in tvvo ot his thirteen points in Vtfashington-Pilot tilt. lVlurray's erratic T949 basketball aggrega- tion completed the season with a nine-one re- cord against non-conference opposition. In play against conference opposition the record was reversed. Getting ott with a good start the bucketeers notched victories over Chaska, St. Agnes, St. Louis Park, St. Paul Park, and Breck before losing to Hastings in an exciting contest. This year the team traveled to Willmar and Benson on the annual Christmas road trip and handily defeated them. Later in the season the Pilots played SPA twice and were victorious on both occasions, Against conterence toes the Pilots were not as tortunate in the vvon-lost column. Gathering only one victory in ten starts, the fighting Pilots made up tor their lack ot size with their tight- ing spirit, and the Murrayites put up many ci scrappy battle. The conference record was: Murray-Washingtoiw 36-43, Murray-Humboldt 32-60, Murray-Harding 34-35, Ivlurray-Johnson 28-24, lvlurray-Marshall 33-44, Murray-Central 34-52, Ivlurray-Mechanic Arts 20-38, Murray- lvlonroe 32-28, Murray-Vlfilson 38-49, Murray- Johnson 34-44. lDistrict l5l Seniors Chuck Grose, Bruce Anderson, and Ralph DeYoung led the Pilots throughout the season, These veterans did much to aid the seasoning of the underclassmen for next year's team. Page forty-tive