E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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Intramural football wa» capped as the winning league team tool: on the faculty flag team and defeated them 27-26. Don Ahlberg, one of the faculty stars, tries to elude student defenders. Part Time Players Have Fun in Their Own Way One of the fall events was an all school tennis tournament. Not all Cooper students can participate in interschool athletics because of school load, jobs or just because girls aren't allowed to play tackle football. So they become part time players. A part time player may l e an athlete who is getting in shape for the coming season, a girl who likes to keep active and trim or just some guy who likes basketball but can’t quite play well enough for the varsity squads. They all profit from the full and varied activities offered through the intramural program. The fall season saw' flag football flourish with a team led by Bruce Dormanen winning out and then defeating a faculty squad 27-26. Tennis for both boys and girls also gave many student athletes a chance to work out tenseness in fruitful activity. Basketball and volleyball were the main winter sports while softball, tennis a limtied track were all part of the program offered the students of Cooper High School. Always active, always moving, those students l e-came part time players. 18

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Tension mounts as he waits in class. Diving in to make the tackle, Busch (63) plays the lough same against Red Wing. The parade is over, the game has been In t and the end has come to the day of the game.

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Bouncer Bruce tries to shoot over the defensive maneuvers of Dunker Dan Nielsen during an intramural game. Sometimes its better to l e .i part time player, for it allows for a bit more of cut-up time anti horseplay. So part-time basketball players can make like wrestlers with imaginary powerful bodies.