Oak Grove Lutheran High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Fargo, ND)

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BASKETBALL The Qak Groxe 1948 1949 basketball seaso1a was 0116 of the best an the h1story of the school The season started wath Exe letter111e11 1nd many other boys Sl1OWll1g much PFOIUISC The team was led thls ye 1r by Llptllll Do11 S1nest ad who played an outstandxng game as forward Don was l11gh po1nt 111 an Ill field go1ls 111d seeond 111 free throw aeeur1cy tot 1l1l1g 521 POll1t5 for the se lSOl'l Bob Smxth pl lyllag forw 1rd oppos1te Smest 1d was second hlgh poxnt 1n 111 Although Bob was short of stature he played a fine game of b1sketball Center was played by stocky D1rrel Berg Darrel d1d 1 fine job of both jumpmg eenter and of all around pl1y111g Darrel IS Clptllll of the 1949 50 team One of the guard pOS1t1Ol1S was held xery eH1c1ently by Edward Nyhus Ed as a determmed player and we w1ll be look1ng for h1m on the basketball floor lgdlll next year The other guard POSIUOII IS held by tall Bob Iken also a jlll'l1OI' Bob IS best known for has ex ISIVLUBSS and OI'lg1l1 al shots He as mother returnmg letterm an for our next year s team Guard Ron 1ld Berge pl 1yed 1 fme game of basketball Ronny was hagh percentage man 111 the free throw sectaon Arnold Meyers 1 ee11ter w1s 1 v1luahle asset to the team He was essentaal for has heaght and under the basket tact1cs The gu 1rd pos1t1o11 held by ack Hovden was well hlled laek IS 1 fast player and made many llglltlllllg l1ke plays Sophoanore Duane Brandt played 11 promasmg pos1t1on as forward on the team We hope to see ham on the floor next year too Davad Vagesaa who also played guard as a Hne example of 1 basketball player 111 sp1te of has shortness Daxad was 1 fast and lalfd m1n to stop Clmton Erackson pl 1yed reserxe forw 1rd 1nd center the l1tter p1rt of the season Stanley Hjermst1d played 1 POSIUOII of forw 1rd 1nd IS 1 pI'OI11lS1l1g player for next ye ar s team The se ason began well wath twelve xaetorles and only two losses About mxdse ason the team lost the v1lu1hle seruces of IIS eapt 1111 Do11 S1nest 1d due to 1 fractured ankle 111d dropped a number of games Upo11 h1s retur11 the boys moved upon another v1etory march As a further 1ncent1xe to make free throws Coach Olson made 1 contest gaxmg aw ards to the three players wlth the h1ghest preeentages for the season I11 order to be ellgable a player was requlred to haxe shot at least twenty free throws dur111g g11nes The awards went to Ronald Berge wath an average of 586 D011 Smestad ueragang 585 111d Darrel Berg whose average w1s 583 The te 1111 won tl1e L,l11I11PlOI1Sl1lP tatles lI1 three fOLlI'l1lI'I1t.I1tS an 11111t1t1on1l Chrastm as Tournament the Cl 159 B tournament 1nd the Class B Eastern State D1v1s1on1l tournament They took second pl ace an the St1te Class B t0L1I'1'1llT1el'11I In the dlV1SlOl1 al tour11 ament pl1y the Grovers placed o11e m 111 Don Smest ad on the all tournament squad a11d 111 the st 1te tournament both Sl11t.St1d and Darrel Berg were ancluded on the All State tea1n It was not the efforts of these two boys alone that led to the successful season however but the efforts of all twelxe mell that were on the tr11el1ng squad The sparat of cooperatlon was remarkable and the wall to wan w1s dlWlyS present The boys are to be congratulated on thear remarkable showang For thear tournament 11ctor1es the team recexx ed four troph1es-one from each tournament and also one from Mr Ken Kennedy whach as to have the names of the players anscrabed upon at Fxfrv two 11 , 1 1 . ' b Y3 3 3 5 ' ' 3 Q - ' , ' . 1, 1 1 .,. ' ,, 1 .- 1 1 -.1 , , , . , . - , . , . ' 1 , . . f ,. 3 3 T 1 3 YB 3 ' 3 I ' 3 ' , .- 5 . , ,, 3 ' ' 3 3 1 U V' 5 . , . , , , . 1, ,. 1 , . 1, ., 1 , , , 1 , 1 1 . ' , 1 , ' s ss, 3 3 1 '3 3 1 1 1 1 3' 3 3 3' 3 ' 3 I 3- 1 3 , ,1 , aa.. 1 1 . 1 ,f . 1-. . ' 1 J 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 ' 3 ' A A I I 4 3 ' 3 s 4 , 1 ' 3 1 ' 3 - 3 3 3 ' s v s 1 1 ' Z 1 e 1 1 . ' 1 1 s 1 yy . . -. s e 1 s 1 1 av -1 ,. - . s ' s s y'- U. - - s ' 3- 3 I 1 s 1 v' -. ' -1 1' s 1 -1 I 1 1 s I s I -. I 3 3 5 1 3 If 1 3 3 -13 3 33, ' 3 ' 3 Y ' 1 1 1 1 1 e , e 1 1. ' s s -3 -1 s .sf 3' ' 1 1 1 y 1 ' 3 33, l ' 3 ' ' 3 ' 3 1 f 1 ya 1 ' V Q 1 -.f s- -1 1 , 1,1 . - 1 ' ' ' , ' ,., 1 ., . . ' ,' 1 ' 1 ' . , , 1 1 y , y . . y , , I V V 1 1 3 -, 3 1 -, A . , , . , ., ' . . , 1 , 1 , , . . , 5 1 . ' 5 - s I s 3 I 1 s 5 ' ' 3 Y3 3 ' Y - 3 I I ' I 3 ' 1 1 . , . . , ' . , , 1 ,. , . 1

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