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

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Running through preliminary exercises prepares the junior members of the squad forthe up- The Shorter Of the two Oliver brothers coming meet with a non-conference toe, St. Anthony. Heights goes on to win, Rollie, leads the pack at Como Park. :CROSS COUNTRY: FRONT ROW: Rod Marquette, Rollie Oliver - co- Harris - manager. BACK ROW: Gary Elwell, Danny Tich, Rick Downey, captain, Charlie Christopherson, Clyde Oliver, Charlie Parsons, Steve Drew Weber, Mark Dahl, John Stene, David Basham, John Kolb, Marvin Anderson, Tom McShane. SECOND ROW: Jim Melcher, Mike Secord - Sleppy. co-captain, Dave Emerson, Jim Miller, Ken Torvik, Mike Dedering, Dave

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Sole sophomore letter winner Charlie Parsons sprints over the last stretch of the two mile course during a triangular conference meet at Como Park. Vigorous Cross Countrg Squad Runs Up Best Conference Record to Date BEST TIME OF TGP TEN RUNNERS RUNNER xClyde Oliver Rollen Oliver Tom McShane Ken Torvik Rod Marquette Jim Miller Chuck Christopherson Mike Secord Charlie Parsons Dave Emerson +New record holder TIME 10:24 l0:36 l0:36 l0:39 l0':42 l0:48 lO:49 lO:53 ll:0l ll:0-4 According to Coach Lundin, this year's cross country team was the best ever. ln- dividually, the boys ran a total of over 800 miles. This included practices and participation in thirteen meets. The squad placed second in both the Robbinsdale and Brooklyn Center invita- tional meets, eighth in the final confer- ence meet, and sixth in the districts. ln a meet for sophomores and iuniors, CHHS iuniors placed second and the sopho- mores seventh. Jim Miller, Rollie Oliver, and Mike Secord limber up before the St. Anthony meet.

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mf.. Despite Hylander tacklers outnumbering and overpowering him, Knight ball carrier man- ages to hold on to the ball while being dragged to the ground, retaining lrondale possession Hglanders Falter in Earlg Season Plag. but Gain Confidence at Mounds View Although the football team had been predicted to finish high in the new North Suburban A Conference, the season ended with a disappointing 2-4 record, 3-5 overall. Coach Raveling felt that many of the team's problems could be traced to the first game against Stillwater. We made a lot of mistakes and lost, he stated. This seemed to get us off on the wrong foot. Because of fumbles and miscalcula- tions, the Hylanders remained scoreless throughout the first three games. Thus, they were defeated consecutively by Stillwater, Kellogg, and Ramsey. The team began to make progress when they led Mounds View for the first three quarters of the game. However, the final three minutes brought defeat by a score of T4-17. Heights' first victory, 7-O over lron- dale, was followed by a comeback win over South St. Paul, 20-6. Quarterback Dan Thul contributed to the victory with his completion of l2 passes for T86 yards. Clements and Jeska achieved rec- ognition by being named to the all con- ference team. According to the coaches, next year's football season promises to be a good one with the returning lettermen and with this year's successful sophomore team. Heights ball carrier struggles to maintain his momentum as lrondale men attack him.