Creston High School - Saga Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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Above, Ieff: .lack Rip5Tra reTurns The shoT while his parTner, Dave De Vries, sTands ready. RighT: Torn Van Wingen shakes wiTh Jack RipsIra afler a qruelling maTch. The I945 Tennis squad. LeTT To rlghT: D. De Vries, E. De Ne-uI', W, McCIymonT, D. Davey, D. Heering, B. Quick, J, RipsTra, P. ThiebouT, T. Van Wingen. I , TENNIS This year CresTon is again resuming iTs Tennis acTiviTies aTTer a year's lapse because oT The exisTing warTime condiTions. This aThIeTic squad is being counTed on To conTribuTe a number oT poinTs Toward The race Tor The All-SporTs Trophy. The Trophy is an honor presenTed each year To The ciTy high school which excels in aThIeTics. The poinTs Tor This Trophy come Trom The place held by The Teams in The ciTy slrandings oT The respecTive sporTs. LasT year, due To The absence oT a Tennis Team, CresTon losT iTs runner-up posiTion in The all-ciTy honors, so we're looking Torward To a considerable conTribuTion Trom The squad. Due To The acuTe shorTage oT Tennis courTs here in The norTh end, CresTon is somewhaT handicapped in This phase oT aThIeTicsg and has been Tor many years. Were iT noT Tor This unTorTunaTe TacT, CresTon would have produced Tar beTTer Tennis Teams in The pasT. The Team is buiIT around a number oT boys who have had considerable courT experience. Tom Van Wingen heads The lisT as The probable No. I man in The singles, Tollowed by Jack RipsTra and Dave De Vries. The No. I doubles combinaTion oT David Davy and Dave I-leering is showing promising re- suITs. They are Tollowed by The Earl De NeuT-Bob Quick duo. Phil ThiebouT is also making an earnesT bid Tor a posiTion. According To Coach RoberT Linden, our boys have greaT possibiIiTies, iT They all only sTicIc in There and do Their very besT. I-Iere's wishing all The Iuclc in The world To our boys Tor a successful season.