Decorah High School - Viking Yearbook (Decorah, IA)

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Midget team, grades 7 through 9, won all their regular games-40 boys worked out all season. Coach K jome believes they show unusual promise. displayed some of the hardest running for a. back of his size that has ever been seen in Northeast Iowa. Decoraih 28- Oelwein 6 The Vikings gained their second confer- ence victory of the season by smashing the Uelwein Huskies. Decorah's first touchdown came as the result of an end run by Grant from fifteen yards out. after he had put Oel- wein in the hole by punting out on their one- foot line. NValt Hovey, the Viking right tackle, picked up a loose ball. which was the result of a blocked punt. and raced -ill yards to score. Taylor scored the thi1'd touchdown on a reverse from the 12-yard line, to cap a 60-yard scoring drive. The first time the Vik- ings got their hands on the ball they scored. A pass from -loe Fjelstad to Homer Taylor put them deep in tlelwein's territory. from where Grant took it across for the touchdown. The Decorah seconds played the last quarter and yielded a touchdown to Uelwein after the Huskies had marched the length of the field. For Decorah. the whole team blocked and tackled hard. which resulted i11 many losses for the Huskie ball carriers. Grants booming punts kept Oelwein back on its heels most of the game. Relaxing hetween halts ot' at junior-high game Midgets in action Decorah 35 - Cresco 7 The Vikings came up with their third conference win of the season by pounding Fresco 35 to T. Decorah got oif to a fiying start on Wally Grant's 55-yard dash on the famous naked reverse . Two more touch- downs were racked up before the half ended. Aschim scoring both times. ln the third quar- ter. the Viking onslaught reached its peak. Taylor and Fjelstad each scoring to bring the total to 35. The second and third teams played the fourth quarter and finally yielded a touchdown to the Spartans-Hornberger scoring. Decorah 38-Waukon 0 After a, very slow start, Decorah ended its football season by scalping the Waukon Indians 38 to 0. Uoach lSuckton's talk at the half must. have done something because on the second play from scrimmage Grant dashed 60 yards for a touchdown. Before the third quarter was over the Vikings had scored four times. with Aschim. Taylor and Fjelstad each plunging for another marker. The seconds played the final quarter and held Waukon scoreless. This victory gave the Vikings a record of 5 wins and 3 defeats.

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Hancer's lighting five played a balanced season with a total of 8 wins tion. In all, it was an exciting season with Wally Grant finishing as of the student-faculty game, where wired baskets almost foiled the Three letterinen from the 1943-44 squad answered l'oach A. l . Hain-er's call for bas- ketball prospects. Al was counting heavily on these three seniors, -loe Fjelstad. guard. Homer Taylor. and Wally Grant. forwards. to lead the Vikings through a tough 15-game schedule. The other two positions were filled by Don Roseth, guard, and 6' 6 Dave Nelson, center. Howard Dernatz and Derwin Tufte Top: llill'1ll0I1y game Bottom: Fresco game proved to be valuable substitutes at forward while John Uarlsen was chief handyman for the guard position. Decorah 31 --Lime Springs 16 The Vikings played their traditional open- ing game with Lime Springs. The game was ,slow and was marred by poor ball-handling. but the Vikings dominated play throughout. YVally Grant was high score man with 14 points. Decorah 14-Waverly 18 The Decorah Vikings opened their confer- ence season here by playing the 1944 State Champion Waverly Go-Hawks. Both teams had trouble scoring, but the final gun found the Hancermen on the short end of an 18-14 score. Joe Fjelstad was high man. Decorah 20-Harmony 19 Decorah entertained the Harmony boys and came out the victor in a hard fought bat- tle. The game was close, with the Vikings pulling up in the last quarter. With one- fourth of a minute to go, Roseth sank a free throw to spell victory for the Vikings. Decorah 14-West Union 27 Decorah lost its second game of the season to the VVest llnion Bombers in a non-eon- ference tilt. Coach Hancer inserted -lohn Carlsen, second team guard, into the center position, but he didn't have the experience or height to match the 1Vest ilnion center. The team. however. had trouble solving the West Union zone defense on the Bombers' small fioor. Decorah 22-New Hampton 16 The Hancermen gained their first confer- ence victory of the season by defeating the New Hampton Chicks on their floor. After surging into a 12-8 half-time lead we were able to light the Chicks o11 even terms to come out the winners by the score of 22-16. -loe Fjelstad scored 9 points for Decorah. Decorah 22 - Oelwein 45 Oelwein defeated Decorah in a conference game on the home floor. The Huskie team played good ball. with their star. .lack Rice, sinking 21 points. Dave Nelson led the De- corah eagers with 6 points. Decorah 25-Waukon 19 The Vikings played host to the NVaukon