Chosen Valley High School - Burr Oak Yearbook (Chatfield, MN)

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Football First Row B Scott B Scott E Dempsey H Garry D Lewus C Coe D Wurtzler G Dahl D Pruebe M Touhy Second Row L Monahan G Grubb K McRae R Hcrruck D Sobotke J Holets J Hesby T Mot tern D Battey Thurd Row W Fure coach B Mohawk W Mercer D Kohlmeyer J Touhy J Boker J Wutte B Yates J Bonker D Becker G Austun E Souvog coo h Fourth Row P Heoly B Follensbee L Narveson L Greenlee L Garry J Wheeler J Larson D Olson J Pecuse G Wheeler C Healy D Smpson FOOTBALL The i949 Gophers got off to a good sta t under the newly unstalled lights at North sude fueld by whipping Houston 27 7 The fol owung Fruday the boys dropped a tough 7 O ball game to Sprung Valley With the help of an all state back Sprung Grove beat the Gophers 32 6 the furst time un ten years th y had been able to turn the tables on a Chatfueld team Spuruts ran hugh on and off the fueld the n xt week as homecoming was to be celebrated the Harmony footballers fell before a hard fughtung team 6 O The next week the Gophers played at Rushford s homecoming and after comung from behund tued the ballgame up with a minute to go l2 I2 The Gophers split the last two home games by losung to Stewartvulle l3 O and blank In the last conference game of the season the Gophers fell before the powerful Pres ton Blueuays 72 O Then wundung up the season with the annual Armistice Day game, whuch was won by St Charles 20 O Nune senuors graduate off the team that won 3 lost Z and tued I good for third place un the Dustruct I standungs The senuors included co captauns Jum X - Wheeler and Larry Garry Jum Larson 'T' Jerry Pease Bob Follensbee Jerry Wutte Jerald Banker Lyle Narveson Bob Yates and Donald Sabatke -,R . , . . , . . - ' 'U ' 9 I I I ' v 1 ' . . Q . t si . I , , . .' . . l I - , l . . ing Caledonia 26-O to finish the home stand. xii 7 A 7 1 ' S . Q . ', . . ' . 5 B ' U . v I H ' 5 G K - 1 I . I at 4' u f l E , , . I , 4 1 I U A, X54 7 N 1 ' 4. fr Agp! , :LW 'i ' xx 1 ef . of

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A Baslcetball ip gli WJ 9 XTTZ75 sf N-.1 ik., xf First Row J Pease L lsensee D Olson .l Larson J Wheeler L Garry J Witte Second R xv! Furle Coach J Touhy J Holets J Boker J Hesby K McRae E Salvog Assistant Coach Tlexd ow Mottern J Holloran W Scott R Herrick D Sim son R Scott F rth R D H G Manager H Holets D Battey H Bokken G Austin D Kohlmever T Mqdisoun E lg:-ymsev any I949 50 BASKETBALL The i949 SO Gopher Basketeers finished strong in the last few weeks of the conference race to end up tied with Mabel for the conference crown each with ten victories and one defeat. The Gophers also stepped out of the conference four times winning three and dropping the other to Spring Valley 65 to 63 only after two overtime periods had been playcd to feature one of the seasons top cage games. Chatfield drew Lanesboro in the first round of tournament play winning 53 to 38. Then were eliminated by Harmony 4l to 38, in the second round to play. The Gophers officially ended their basketball for l95O by edging Canton 54 to 56 in the consolation game. The Gophers compiled an overall average of 58 points a game while the opposition was held to an average of 4l points per conteest. The six seniors on the first ten were Ca pt. Jim Larson, Jerry Pease, Larry Garry, Lowell lsensee, Jim Wheeler and Jerry Witte. ,V