Blaine High School - Borderite Yearbook (Blaine, WA)

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'52-'53 SIASII SEASON SCORES Blaine Blaine U.B.C. Victoria Blaine 55 Blaine South Burnaby 76 Dukes Blaine Blaine Mount Baker Meridian Blaine 45 Blaine Ferndale 39 Bellingham Blaine Blaine Nooksack South Burnaby Blaine 60 Blaine Lynden 49 Mt. Baker 41 Lynden 64 Blaine 40 Blaine Bellingham 44 Meridian DISTRICT Blaine 59 Biaine Blaine Blaine Dukes 52 Nooksack Everett Mount Vernon Blaine 67 Blaine 39 Oak Harbor 51 Ferndale Bellingham 54 '5- Managers: Bud Godmunson, Ronald Cadman. STANDING: George Kanekkeberg, Dennis Olason, Bill Baldwin, Dale Kruse, Gordon Easterly, Dick Hull. KNEELING: Bobby Moir, Maurice Neudeck, Leroy Ahrens, Bobby Thomas, Bruce Anderson, The second string coached by Mr. Claymore played seventeen games this season. They had a win, loss record of eight and nine. They defeated Lynden and Ferndale twice, and split with Bellingham, Mount Baker, and South Burnaby. The second string also defeated Oak Harbor in a Saturday night game, they were defeated twice by Meridian, Nooksack and Duke of Connaught. Some promising players for Coach Bishop next year are Bill Baldwin, Art Nyhus, bee Roy Ahrens, Bob Thomas, Bruce Anderson, Denis Olason, and Dick Hull, who provided strong opposition in practice throughout the year for our first team.

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liASKHBAll The Blaine club took the next game from Mt. Baker, at Mt. Baker High. For Blaine was Hull with 13, Durnan followed with II . At Blaine, in a jammed packed gym the Borderites lost a tough one to the Bellingham Raiders. The Borderites took the lead in the second quarter but just couldn't keep the pace. The raiders took the lead in the third quarter and went on to win the game by four points. The Borderites came back to defeat Meridian and thus racked up their fifth victory. Blaine took a trip to New Westminister to defeat the Dukes without too much trouble. Hallson was high for Blaine with 20, followed by Fine with 13. At Nooksack Valley the Borderites ran up their highest score of the year, Though Blaine came through on top, the Nooksack team didn't let down and fought hard all the way. High point men were Durnan and Fine with 20 apiece. Led by Bob Sherby the Borderites outran Oak Harbor on the local floor. Although behind at halftime a third quarter scoring spree sent Blaine on to victory. Sherby and Hull had Il apiece. The U.B.C. Jaycees handed Blaine their fourth defeat with a one point decision. The following night the Borderites played what was considered by Coach Bishop one of their best games when they defeated Victoria High School. The quarter scores were 20-20, 33-33, 41-40, and Blaine moved out to win 65-58. The Borderite quintet, hampered by injuries and sickness, traveled to Lynden and met a red-hot Lion team. Lynden evened up the series and at the end of the season the two teams were tied for the Championship, Blaine took the next four games in succession over Mt. Baker, South Burnaby, Meridian and Nooksack Valley. In the last three games Bob Robbins, a junior, was high with 16, 17, and I2 points, In district play the hustling Borderites lived up to their name by coming from a IO point deficit to defeat the Everett Seagulls 54-52. This win put them into the semi-finals where they dropped a hard fought game to the host Bellingham team. Barrie Hull and Don Fine fouled out in the third quarter severely hurting Blaine's chances. The Blaine five returned the next night and met a red-hot Mt. Vernon team which eliminated Blaine with a 72-54 score. Throughout the year, Blaine reserves, Wayne Oertel, Dennis Olason, Art Nyhus and Dick Hull contributed much to the successful season. COACH'S COMMENTS: By Gale Bishop Blaine will be hit hard by graduation, losing four of the first six men, and six out of ten. We will certainly miss the seniors in basketball and all other school activities. I want to wish the best of luck to Durnan, Hallson, Odle, Hull, Sherby and Oertel. We hope to overcome some of the loss of this year's team, by the height we will have next year. Blaine will have three very capable starters back in Fine, Robbins and Blauser. Art Nyhus, Dick Hull, Dennis Olason, Bill Baldwin and some others should develop to make Blaine a threat. 'M ,lv 9 1 so 1 I will he make it- I had it firstl' He s not so tall. 58

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Hlllll-li BUHIIIHIHS LEFT TO RIGHT: Bobby Jones, Ronald Arntzen, Wayne Ehlers, Chuck Flint, Rodger Kunapp, Jack Odle, Ralph Johnson, Doug Hansen, Dick Kitzel, Herb Dahl, Donald Johnson, Donald Arntzen, Bucky Beatty, and Coach Nunamaker. MANAGERS: Jim Bingman and John Bingman. This year'5 Junior High team probably upheld the traditions established by former Blaine Junior High fives. Boasting an all-freSh- man first five, the team, under coach Bob Nunamaker ended the season with an 8-3 record. Once again they were West Side Champions which they won by overpowering Fairhaven 44-48 in a playoff game. The team then traveled to Nooksack and met Mount Baker, the East Side Cham- pions, in a single game elimination for the County Championship. The Junior Mountineers outlasted them however, and won a hard-fought Z5-Z3 victory. Ralph Johnson, first string forward, set an unofficial Junior High scoring record when he made Z8 points in the Fairhaven playoff ggame. if CHEERLEADERS: Genee' Haws and Jackie Sabourin, Sth grade 60