Charlevoix High School - Rayder Yearbook (Charlevoix, MI)

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NMC C C Champions With eight of the previous year's varsity returning and bolstered by players from a strong second team, the outlook for the '50-'51 campaign looked bright. The team also received strength when Ron Wojon moved to Charlevoix from Cleveland, Ohio. The Rayders started things out in impressive fashion by down- ing Harbor Springs 55-31, who they also soundly defeated in their second meeting 68-36. Charlevoix followed this first victory by trouncing Gaylord 59-36. Gaylord proved tougher on their home floor but were subdued 48-35. The third game on the Charlevoix schedule brought traditional rivals Boyne City and Charlevoix together., Boyne led throughout the game but a determined Rayder rally eked out a 39-37 victory. It looked like Boyne was going to turn the tables and come from behind to win, but after leading by sizable margins throughout the game, the Rayders had to be satisfied with a 51-49 victory. Next East Jordan, conference champs of the previous year bowed 38-35 in a hard fought contest. The Jordanites, however, came back the second time to administer Charlevoix its only defeat, 38-40, in one of the Rayder's poorest showings of the year. Charlevoix continued its six year mastery over Petoskey by trouncing them twice by 60-38 and 70-50 scores. This was also true of Mancelona who also went down twice before the Rayder onslaught, 75-38 and 72-34. Charlevoix's seventh and final games were with Pellston who was soundly trounced both times by scores of 71-37 and 62-39. Playing only fourteen games they still managed to amass a total of 813 points against 534 for their opponents. This total of points scored was good for a 58 point offensive average, which is a school record The previous school record of 795 points scored for one season of regular play was made during the 1948-1949 season. Four of the graduating Seniors, Hardy, Smith, Fairbanks and Wallace also played on this team. Graduating players have taken part in winning two District crowns .and one Regional championship, and if they keep on playing as they have during this season should add further laurels to their team and school. It's without doubt that Coach Del Terrill will surely miss such graduating mainstays as Charles Fairbanks, Bill Wallace, Don Hardy, Tom Donaldson, Ron Wojan, Dwight Smith, Ron Cunningham, and Jim Bowman. Only Charles Krahnke, Norm Ketchman, Dean Boss, and Bud Barber will be returning for next year's varsity. This year's conference championship was a fitting climax to the basketball careers of the Seniors. During the 1948-1949 season they finished second to Boyne City but went on to defeat Boyne in the Regionals, and then went on to lose in the quarter-finals of the State Tournament to Negaunee, who came down from the upper-penninsula, by a score of 30-37. Last year the Rayders finished in third behind East Jordan and Boyne City. They went on to win their District Tournament and then lost a heart-breaker to Boyne, 38-39, in the finals of the Regional Tournament. Twice in the last three years the Rayders have been voted by Northern Michigan sports fans the top team in the North and the name of Charlevoix has consistently appeared in the top ten in the state. So it's with regret but also with luck that we say good-bye to these graduating Seniors of the Class of 1951. 36