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

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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

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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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The Sectional Tournament was held at Storm Lake Albert City beat Alta 23 to 17 to get in the finals while Storm Lake beat Marathon 26 to 17 to gain the final round Would Storm Lake again upset the Hurricanes? Everyone felt that they would because of their size That night brought forth the finest exhibition of basket ball ever witnessed on the Storm Lake floor and the winner was Albert City by a score of 41 to 18 Every boy was a ball hawk and everyone of them gave his best It was the worst beating any Storm Lake team had ever taken on their home floor and a game that shall be long remembered by all Albert City The District Tourney was held at Spirit Lake The Hurricanes ran over Aurelia 40 to 19 ln the opening round, had to overcome a l3 to 5 disadvan tage to beat Hawarden 38 to 34 in the semifinals, and led Spirit Lake all the way to win 27 to 23 and thus represent District 8 in the State Tourna ment With this win the local boys had complied a record of 26 victories against 2 losses Albert City was going to their first State Tournament and local interest was nothing but basketball Captain Miller, Eddie Hlbbs, and Folke Ander son were named on the first Twin Lakes Conference Basketball team Miller and Hibbs received the same honors ln the County Meet Otteman played consistent ball all season and was the star of the locals in the sectional Blomberg was hampered a creat share of the season with boils but was going strong in the final tournaments and looked very good against Ames Satory, Sundstrom, and Jafvert saw a lot of action, especially Satory, who was used at both forward and guard Miller lead the scoring for the season followed by Anderson, Hibbs, Blomberg and Otteman The Albert City seconds also had a good sea son winning 14 and losing 3 Much of the success of the first team was due to the tough competition giv en by the seconds in practice The outstanding sec ond team boys were Jafvert, Sundstrom, Pete John son, Kischer, R Goerner, Erlandson, and K. Johnson -19- MJ vnf4fl FM IJ Ufolfjal SJ DJ..,.,, 'WV !7'Mmm Ellflh 'Zak'