Albert City High School - Echo Yearbook (Albert City, IA)

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HURRICANES PLAY IN STATE TOURNEY AT IOWA CITY LINE UP Folke Anderson Roger Satory Everett Blomberg Lloyd Jafvert Marvin Miller Ray Goerner Delwin Otteman Merlyn Johnson Eddie Hibbs Billy Sundstrom Rodney Satory Mgr SCHEDULE DeWayne Beckfield Romaine Kischer Eldon Erlandson Keith Johnson Roland Nordlund Albert City Alumni Pomeroy Gilmore City Newell Laurens Lake City Albert any Sioux Rapids Alta Rolfe Rockwell City Marathon Sulphur Sp Storm Lake Marathon TOURNAM NTS Pocahontas Twin Lakes Tournament Albert B V County Tournament Albert Sectional Tournament Albert District Tournament Albert State Tournament Albert City City City City City Manson Rolfe Laurens Alta Sioux Rapids Storm Lake Alta Storm Lake Aurelia Hawarden Spirit Lake Ames F. F. C. G. G. N I1 ll ll .. .. gg .. .. QQ ll ll ll ll x : 46 17 : : 27 tt u I n n . 43 Rembrandt 32 37 Manson ll ll ' 26 23 U ll 26 24 . . : 22 17 li ll ll ll ' ' 23 17 ll ll ' 40 19 n n 38 5 34 II I1 ' lO 22 -3-7-

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4 Peterson came to town and tied the Hurricanes 6 to 6 Albert City scored when Everett Blomberg smashed off tackle for ten yards, then lateralled to Roger Satory who galloped 60 yards, for the touchdown Frank Goerner and Marvin Miller played fine defensive games this day 5 In 1958 Marathon spoiled the Hurricanes record after the locals had won 4 straight, so the locals were out for revenge They got it, 6 to 0 The Hurricanes scored in the last quarter First Sunny Sundstrom intercepted a Marathon pass on the 40 yard line Then Anderson passed to Hibbs for 20 yards and then to Miller for the touchdown Delwin Otteman played in his first game since the Gilmore City game and was really good for lots of yardage through the line, until he sprained his shoulder 6 On the first really cool night of the season, the Hurri canes ended up on the Laurens field with a 0 to 0 battle Both teams made lots of yardage, but no score Roger Satory made one nice run of 50 yards 7 Manson came to conquer, but lost 14 to 7 Soon after the opening kickoff, Sundstrom intercepted a Manson pass, Sator went around end for 25 yards and Miller passed to Hibbs for 50 yards and Hibbs went over for a touchdown In the second quart er, Satory, on a double reverse went 45 yards, Hibbs made 15 yards, and Miller went off tackle for the touchdown Manson scored on an intercepted pass 8 The Big Game of the Season Two undefeated teams clashed and when smoke cleared away after the battle, the mighty Hurri canes had been toppled by the Sioux Rapids Indians 7 to 6 The Hurricanes scored in the first half when Miller recovered a fum and drive went eight yards over guard for the touchdown The try for extra point was stopped cold The Indians scored in the last quarter 9 In the final game of the season the Hurricanes really opened up and beat Pocahontas 55 to 0 Otteman really had a great day to score two touchdowns Satory, F Goerner, and Blomberg each got one Late in the game Hibbs caught two passes from Miller for 25 and 50 yards The locals won a tie for first place in the Twin Lakes Con ference with Rockwell City Miller, F Goerner, and Roger Satory were chosen on the first All Conference team at end, tackle, and halfback respectively These boys also received Honorable Men tion in the State Roy Johnson and Ray Goerner played guards, with Roy doing some fine blocking Ray played end on the defense Folke Anderson and Sundstrom did most of the passing which was the Hurricanes chief weapon Folke also did all the punting Keith Johnson and Romaine Kischer played hard tough oall games at tackle and guards Merlyn Johnson played practically all the time at cen ter with Carroll Dilocker helping him out on occassions Jafvert saw a lot of action as a back field man, and did some fine work while he was there 16 ' Y Q 0 ble, Otteman went off tackle for 42 yards, and later on sheer power I

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in J 5'yf J , f?Jb K ALBERT CITY MAKES GREAT RECORD IN BASKETBALL The Albert City 1939-40 Hurricanes led by Captain Marvin Miller, and flanked on all sid by such outstanding players as Otteman, Blomberg, Hibbs, Anderson, Satory, Sundstrom, and Jafvert, made the best showing of any local team in the history of the school Last year s team lost in the second round of the district, the 1935 team lost in the finals of the district, but the 1939 40 team went to the State Tournament at Iowa City They were defeated by Ames, who lost in the finals of the State meet to Mason City, the greatest team to ever win the State Tournament Ames beat two other teams in the tourney including the defending State Champions, Creston, by a larger margin tha they did the locals Albert City lead Ames 8 to 4 at the end of the first half but were absolutely cold on their shots in e second half and there fore dropped the decision to the second best team in the State Meet The Hurricanes started the season with a nbang winning 16 games in a row before being stopped These victories included a swell 39 to 26 win over the County Seat team, Storm Lake, Rembrandt was taken 43 to 32, the only game they dropped duri their season until eliminated in the finals of the District Their winnings also included the Twin Lakes Conference Tournament at Rockwell City by whipping Manson, Rolfe, and Laurens A week after dropping their first game, the Hurricanes lost to Storm Lake 35 to 25 This de feat was at Storm Lake ln the County meet The local boys got in the finals by beating Alta and Sioux Rapids Later the boys seemed to be in a slump and barely managed to nose out Sul hur Springs The following week saw a decided change in the Hurricanes play They hit their stride by running over Pocahontas 59 to 24 and Hanson 37 to 30 to win the Twin Lakes Conference schedule and their second trophy of the season The local boys had replaced Rolfe as Champions in the conference 18