Crosby High School - Maroon Memoirs Yearbook (Crosby, ND)

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BASKETBALL Front row: John Andrist, Donald Overbo, Mvron Bothur, I.eRo- kau :, CIvin Andrist econd row : Fredric Hattel, rohn Allen, Milton HomvsteaJ, F..ul Nielsen, Vernon Strandberg, Ronald Hattel. Third row: Coach Parks, ayne Bummer, Charles Barrett, Paul Elsbernd, nek Barrett, Flo d Pederson. Filing r indseth. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Alum.u TT Kenmare T Portal 4 Ambrose c3 1 } r'.enma rt 4 Z ? Border League Tournan Grenora 43 L. ignite 4 Z 30 Stanley 24 Bow bells ol 41 N ,onan 30 ' 11 Columbus 59 55 District Tournament H A 0 D 3 Ke tixn i a re 41 3 A rr; r- sz Z 1 .a nst i ord r J m 34 I - •• nsfi J Me del 3 Z Lv X oo. na 4 3 4 ♦ • s t State To urnam ent M [ir. Mode 1 z. •V alio rd C ity Z 0 -L2 i ; al 3 4 z Ne v L .e ipzig o0 59 E3 bt ■11s 34 £ z thll JO vC oods 2 b 45 1 H SEA SOX IN BRIEF A i : u all, C ro sby J ! 1 ri das uc c essful bask etball SCdSQ in th - r i(‘ began t n Xc r 10, t fo rty men repo r ting f o r p I i ' e r. as th e bc a son P ] r o g r . S C he squu ct vv a s C Ut k Q tournsi play. The squad t hen con: , isted of My ron I • Ro ado, Do r.ald C vet t, Ca 1 At idr: ist, ' ohr .: A IK i r i s t. P ul V’ . 1 i • '■ » « , i V l j Horn e s » C cl Q Hi ‘ v . r, cl u r i n { 3 the Be ardor Le a o u; te Tourn tame nt Ver b e r g Pedt r lac v:d ohn A He: -vj.o •as on it v ith a sprai ned a rtklo, r s also c ires.s ,, ■ d t ( D t this tov irn ament. Late r on in the F. 11 i n p T ir idsc-th. ho it t ■ n r f? ra tir.v from a hr ok o n leg s du rin Ol 1 | w; • a s o plac. id o n t! tc squad ■ s ear. ractice. to t ■ n Bothur., ;i Allen, :t rahd-Floyct in ason, uffered

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FOOTBALL The next game of the season was played on the local gridiron against the St. Leo Lions. It resulted in a hard fought, heartbreaking game with the Maroons coming out on the short end of a 27 to 15 score. The next week the Crosby squad traveled to Bottineau and dropped a 13 to 6 decision to the powerful, hard-driving Braves. The following game found the Maroons facing their traditional rivals, the Kenmare Honkers, on our home field. The Honkers were easy prey for the local boys, however, with the Maroons on the long end of a 34 to 0 score as the final gun went off. The final game of the season was played against the powerful eleven from Minot High of Minot on the local field. The Minot squad, out for revenge after suffering their only defeat last year at the hands of the Maroons, ran rough-shod over the locals, 40 to 0. Crosby also placed several men on the first and second allconference teams. They are as follows: First All-Conference Team John Allen - Quarterback Cal Andrist- Left Guard Myron Bothun - Right End Elling Lindseth - Honorary Halfback Second 11-Conference Team Charles Barrett - Right End Raymond Paulson - Right Guard The Maroons lose co-captains,Johnny Allen and Cal Andrist, Charles Barrett, Raymond Paulson, Fred Hattel, Milo Lokken, Elwood Nordstog, and Allan Smith through graduation. £ $ “Athletic sports have physical values but these values pale almost into insignificance when compared with those greater values which come from athletic sports at their best--values not only of higher significance to the individual than physical prowess or a healthy body but values which mould the character and determine the strength of our national civilization--self-control, self-reliance, perspective, persistence, ability to cooperate, courage, fortitude, honor.”

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BASKETBALL The Maroons also participated in three tournaments this year. The first was the Border League Tourney which opened on February 12 with Crosby overpowering Lignite 42 to 30. In our second game, the Maroons won a victory over Bowbells by a score of 61 to 41. In the championship game, the Crosby quint found themselves pitted against a hard driving Columbus team. This was a close, high scoring game with Crosby coming out on top with a score of 59 to 55. This was the ninth consecutive time Crosby had won the Border League Tournament. Crosby placed two men on the alltournament team, Myron Bothun and Cal Andrist. The next was the District Tournament, which opened at Ken-mare this year on March 4. The tournament operated on a different setup this year with only eight teams participating. This was due to the reclassification of schools and a revision of the districts. The Maroons found themselves facing an inspired Kenmare quint in their first game but defeated them by a score of 40-37. In the semi-finals, the C rosby five defeated Lansford 52-34 which put them up for the finals. In the championship game, the Maroons were beaten by Minot Model by a score of 78-32. Despite the fact that Crosby did not place first in the tournament, we still received a good share of the honors. We received the sportsmanship trophy, a much coveted award, for the third time in four years, which is quite a record in itself. When the all-tournament team was chosen, Crosby placed two of the ten men selected on it. They were Myron Bothun and LeRoy Rude. The Maroons traveled to Dickinson on March 10 to participate in the West State Tournament there by virtue of being runners-up in the district tournament. The Maroons were defeated by Watford City in the opening round 20-42. The next game Crosby won a one-point decision over New Leipzig in a fast, thrill-a-second game. Score 60-59. The final game found Crosby playing the Elbowoods Warriors and coming out on the bottom end of a 26-45 score as the gun went off. Myron Bothun was placed on the West State Tournament Team during this tournament. This team is made up of the eight outstanding Class B teams in Western North Dakota. This was the third time Bothun was placed on an all-tournament team this year. During the season the Maroons played 24 games, winning 17 and losing 7. We scored 1005 points to 916 for our opponents with an average of 42 points per game for Crosby and 38 points for our opponents. The team averaged 42% of their free-shots and 32% of their field goals, with an average of 55 shots per game.