Ada High School - Viking Yearbook (Ada, MN)

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Lett to riqllt' 4 First row: Coach Ruoff, David, loe, Ronny, Ben, Delmar, X Bunky, Larry, lim, Dwain. Second row: Virgil, Bill, Graydon, Alfred, Ronnie, Noel, lack, e. Kenny, Duan The Ada track team traveled to Bemidji to participate in the Beaver relays on May second, where they won second place with twenty-six points. On May eighth at the Fertile Invitational meet, Ada took first with seventy-three points. The team placed first in seven events. The District 30 track and field meet was held at Bemidji on May sixteenth. Ada's point winners were Delmar Benesh, Noel Haaland, Ronald Baker, Dwain Ness, Graydon Storms, Ronald Rasmussen, and Eugene lackson. Ada won second Track llaaland over the bar. Ben and Dwain flying liigli. Dash-man Delmar. District track meet at Beniidi. 1 UN place with forty-eight and a half points. On May twenty-third the regional track meet was held at Bemidji, where Ada won twelfth place with four points. Point winners were Delmar Benesh and the relay team. t P Page 25

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Baseball Casey at the bat Slugger Peterson Kloety scores. Pete scores again. Left to right: First row: lim, Marland, Robert, Ben, Chuck Ginzberg, Dwain, Don, Willard, Alvin, Pat. Second row: Virgil, Ronnie, Alfred, Kenny, Graydon, loe, Marvin, Coach Ruoft. Baseball was on the Ada Viking athletic schedule for the first time this year. The team had a very successful season. The District 30 tournament was held at Ada, August 4 through August 6. The Viking Nine participated in the first game, but were defeated by Bagley in the final game of the tournament. 1948 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Halstad ....... 7 Ada Hendrum ...... 2 Ada Mahnornen Ada Bagley ........ l l Ada Crookston Ada Halstad . . Ada Bemidji . . Ada Mahnomen Ada Fosston ........ U Ada Baqley ........ 5 Ada Crookston Ada DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Fosston ........ 6 Ada Bagley ........ 8 Ada Page 24 4' 81

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Football .if F is Page 26 Kenneth Larsen Quarterback Ronald Rasmussen Halfback Robert Wichern Center Duane K. Olsen Halfbaclc Virgil Fettinq End Graydon Storms End Art Olson Center Delmar Benesh Halfback Marland Kloety Quarterback Ben Fischer Halfback Captain Noel Haaland End UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS' The Viking football team had a very successful season this year. The season opened with the defeat of the Hendrum Huskies and closed with a vic- tory over the Fertile Falcons on homecoming day, October 31: thus Winning the conference football trophy. This is the first championship for the Vikings in the recently organized Wild Rice Valley conference. The homecoming game end- ed the football careers of five senior lettermen: Noel Haaland, Robert Wichern, Kenneth Lar- sen, Virgil Petting, and Art Olson. Not pictured: Ronald Baker, End.