Columbia Heights High School - Cohian Yearbook (Columbia Heights, MN)

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k'fff, ,,,, ,A Fri 1 ll it be Muscles straining, gymnastMike Secord pre- Long hours of hard work pay off for junior Jeff Nelson as he skillfully performs a back-flip pares to go into his routine of giants. Columbia Heights won this meet by a score of 58-43. Nearing the end of his set, senior John Majerle performs a forward shoulder roll on the paral- lel bars in the meet against Mounds View.

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I8 7 3 .. .gf . 1 T . SAM l ' i , 5 '-,V gm., L'-I bil, V 1, FRONT ROW: John Maierle, Tom Batcher, Barry Gunter, Chris Balamut, Mike Ax- lsomp, VUGHGQGV Gary Schillinger. BACK ROW: Coach Totteland,AJohn Stene., Randy mark, Steve Carlson, Gary Linder, Jeff Nelson. SECOND ROW: Tom Kingston, Mark B0Sl1Om, LUVVY VGSSOD ROQGV Lflpolnlef GV99 Bfemftmgf M'lf9 Pionkf hm SI05elU'S, Morrau, Steve lngavarson, Lonny Abraham, Doug Mosiman, .lohn Chase, Ron Brock- COGCl1 RGSVUUSSSVY G F' d Holding himself at an extremely difficult position, junior Mike Secord follows his routine on the rings with precise form and smoothness. A Class Tough A For the amount of time and experience that the boys had, they performed very well and certainly to the best of their ability and experience. These were Coach Toftelands thoughts about Heights' first A-squad gym- nasts. He also explained that because the squad participated in the best conference in the state, the boys' overall win and loss rec- ord did not look good this year. Because gymnastics is an individual as well as a team sport, he said more coaching time is needed, and further explained that a junior high program is a necessity. The B-squad spent time developing basic fundamentals necessary for more difficult routines. Coach Totteland added, l'The boys did do their iob and they did it well. SCORES TEAM WE THEY Fridley 24V2 BOM White Bear Lake ll 94 Mounds View 58 43 North St. Paul 24 81 Anoka 7M 97W Kellogg 38V2 66V2 Coon Rapids 27 78 Ramsey t6V2 88V2

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A-Squad Hockey Gains Experience Boasting a 3-l conference victory over Coon Rapids, the Hylander hockey team otherwise had a rather unsuccessful season. The first conference victory came when the Hylanders defeated the Cardinals. Hit hard by illness during the early part of the sea- son, the progress of the team was hampered greatly. But, according to Coach Bjerken, the boys progressed quite well as a team. He pointed out that . . as the defense gained more strength, we were able to begin scoring some goals. Because it was the first year of A-squad participation, competition was rugged. Heights struggled with such teams as Mounds View, Suburban champions rated fifth in the state, and South St. Paul, rated second in the state. According to Coach Bierken, the key men on this years team were center Dale Robert- son and goalie Steve Montague, who were awarded honorable mention on the confer- ence team. He stated that these boys were largely responsible for any degree of suc- cess they achieved this year. The coach added, The team's experi- ence will be invaluable to those returning. Skillfully skating through Anoka defense, captain Dale Robertson brings the puck down into scoring territory and attempts a goal. FRONT ROW: Mike Carley, Tom Sullivan, George Boomer, Dave Peterson, Steve Olson, Tim Schmidt, Tom Lal-loud, Mark Ballingrud, Curt Johnson, Dale Robertson, Montague, Al Hans, John Kolb, Rog Tomsich. BACK ROW: Coach Bierken, Chuck Jim Miesbauer, Coach Gehrke. f