Bigfork High School - Le Lac Yearbook (Bigfork, MT)

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BASKETBALL Back row: Coach Henry Knapp, Don Morton, Raymond Berg, Tom Barta, Jr., John Robinson, Wayne Whitney, manager. Front row: Bob Anderson, Dee Morton, Don Habel, Gerald Parker. Basketball ruled supreme as the chief winter activity at B. H. S., as the fans packed in to cheer on a team which won all of its home games against high school opposition. Under the guidance of Coach Hank Knapp, the Vikings' record of 17 wins (10 in a row) was outstanding, as evidenced by the earning of two trophies in one season. After non-conference contests with Hot Springs and Charlo, the blue and white squad opened the conference season with wins over Poison at home and Libby there. However, the remainder of the three day trip into Lincoln county proved damaging and the team slid to fifth place in conference standings at Christmas time with two wins and two losses. During the month of January, however, each week-end saw the Vikings playing consistent ball and edging up a step at a time toward the league lead. The Vikings finally moved into first place by downing Eureka, and conference play was consummated with sparkling home victories over Whitefish and Columbia Falls in turn, and Bigfork had captured the Northwest Conference Trophy. The district tournament at Columbia Falls found the team working hard trying to meet their expectations as champions and thus earn a spot in the Divisional at Deer Lodge. As a result, there was a good deal of tension, and team play was not up to par even in winning. Eureka, a squad which had similar trouble until the final day, snapped out of it to come from behind and dump Bigfork 41 to 36, and then went on to win the tourney. The Vikings finally came back during the last half to whip Troy and thus earn the third place trophy. Page 30

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The Vikings scored a total of 1021 points in 23 games with an average of 44.4 a game with our opposition scoring 825 points with an average of 35.9. Junior Barta, forward, led the scoring with 257 points, followed by Don Habel, guard, with 253, Bob Anderson, forward, 223, Ray Berg, center, 151, Dee Morton, guard, 80, Don Morton 22, John Robinson 19, and Gerald Parker 10. The Vikings had a total of 450 attempted free throws and made good on 197 of them for 44 per cent. Hot Springs 29 Bigfork 54 Hot Springs 49 Bigfork 44 Charlo 23 Bigfork 74 Poison 30 Bigfork 41 Charlo 32 Bigfork 56 Libby ........ 23 Bigfork 39 Troy 32 Bigfork 22 Eureka 57 Bigfork 41 Poison . 42 Bigfork 62 Whitefish 35 Bigfork 36 Troy 46 Bigfork 59 Libby 32 Bigfork 42 Columbia Falls 27 Bigfork 33 Eureka 41 Bigfork 51 Whitefish 35 Bigfork 47 Flathead Reserves 28 Bigfork 37 Columbia Falls 27 Biafork 50 TOURNAMENT Libby 33 Bigfork 43 Whitefish 42 Bigfork 28 Eureka 41 Bigfork . 36 Troy 28 Bigfork 39 POST SEASON GAMES Flathead Reserves 36 Bigfork 50 Bigfork Legion 57 Bigfork 37 B SQUAD One and two-point losses seemed to be the rule for the scrappy B squad in their schedule of 10 games. Double wins were scored over Hot Springs and Charlo B teams by large margins, but the team lost two close (not more than 4 points) contests each to Poison B, Whitefish B, and the Flathead Frosh teams. Much experience was gained for future Viking hotshots” in these preliminary games. TRACK This was the second year that Bigfork had a track team since World War II. In the four meets that Bigfork participated in in 1947, the Vikings lost out to Columbia Falls by a close margin, took a close third with five men in a tri-meet between Whitefish, Bigfork and Columbia Falls, and took third in the county meet at Kalispell, and placed in the state meet at Missoula. The point winners for 1947 were Raymond Berg with 29 2 5 points, Bob Ripke 24, Bob Anderson 11, Ralph Ripke 10, Frank Derry 4, Gerald Parker 3, Junior Barta 3, and Leonard Herron 1. This year saw Bigfork with a better track team and more participants in the sport as the team had successful dual meets with nearby schools in April, and the District, County, and Interscholastic meets in May. Page 31

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FOOTBALL The Vikings started out strong, winning their first three games before they were set down by Plains, runners up for the state championship. In our next game with Troy, Bigfork was thought to be on the road to recovery, but the Trojans broke away in the last quarter to score 19 points to win 33 to 14. Bigfork's last two non-conference games against Dixon and Alberton were both close, hard fought games. There was no disgrace in losing as good ball was played by the blue team from the lake. Bigfork finished fourth in the District. Arlee 12 Bigfork 38 Hot Springs .... 14 Bigfork . 22 Charlo Forfeit Bigfork ......... 2 Plains 44 Bigfork 8 Troy 33 Bigfork 14 Dixon 18 Bigfork . 12 Alberton 28 Biafork 20 Bigfork started out the season with only five returning lettermen: Bob Anderson, quarterback-captain; Frank Derry, halfback; Gerald Parker, center; John Robinson and Gerald Jones, ends. Dee Morton filled out the other halfback position to give the team more scoring punch. Don Habel, Bill Huggins, Ray Berg, Bill McQuirk, Frank Swanson, Don Morton, Robert Seymour, Harry Potts and Stephen Bahr each contributed to the team's strong play during the season. Player Statistics: Bob Anderson 48 Dee Morton ............................................... 42 Frank Derry 12 Gerald Parker.............................................. 12 INTRAMURAL SPORTS FOOTBALL The Juniors won the Football championship by defeating the other classes 20 to 0. This is a good sign for next year's Football team. VOLLEYBALL At the close of the basketball season, the annual interclass volleyball tourna- ment was held with the Seniors coming out on top by winning six straight, with the most competition being given by the Juniors. The class of '48 has taken the volley- ball championship for all four of their high school years. Final Standings Won Lost % TP Seniors . 6 0 1.000 90 Juniors 2 3 .400 54 Freshmen 1 3 .250 31 Sophomores 0 3 .000 14 BASKETBALL The Juniors won three straight in a double elimination tournament, in which the Seniors placed second and the Sooh- omores third. Competition was keen in this tourna- ment and many of the games were close. Final Standings Won Lost Juniors Seniors ... Sophomores Scrubs Freshmen ... % 1.000 .600 .500 .400 .000 Pag 29