Fosston High School - Talisman Yearbook (Fosston, MN)

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Back row. left to right.: Charles Aakhus. Glen Whaley. Clifford Norden. Donald Bakken, Harold Bsrglund, Coach Lagather. Sitting: Roger Larson tstudent managerl. Roy Bjornerud. Ronald Olson. Glen Hagen, Dickie Wynne. Bill LaVoi. In front: Wayne Rambol tstudent managerj. BASKETBALL TEAM Glen Crusher Hagen-One of the two graduating seniors on the squad. His quick of- fensive fake is his best bet and he scores continuously by using it. Ronnie Goopy Olson- Push Shot Artist -One of the team's three leading scorers, very aggressive play. Best year coming up. Boy Gus Bjornerud-Team's leading scorer and one of the most aggressive men on the squad, Hit the jackpot in the Bagley game with a 21 point total. Best year coming up. Richard Dickie Wynne-Defensive playing is his key point. Did cf fine iob as a sopho- more regular. William Billy LaVoi-The speed merchant of the team. Team's leading Ball Hawk and scored many a bucket as a result of his stealing tactics. Donald Dude Bakken-Fastest man on the squad. Turned in a stellar game against Bemidji and ended up high point man with 10 points, Harold Boogie Berglund-+Best defensive rebound man on the squad. Coaches' dream as far as attitude is concerned. Too bad it is his last year for F. H. S. Glenn Whaley--A comin' with a natural one hand push shot. We will hear a lot of Whaley in the next two years. Charles Chat Aakhus-One Freshman on the squad lettered in his first years. Should have an excellent athletic future. Clifford Kippy Norden- Midget of the squad but makes up for his size with speed and attitude. X ATHLETICS Page 43

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, . . , 4 if 3, . g..,vf.c5x.,,, RESUME OE THE FOOTBALL SEASON The 1946 football season got under way in September, when our boys put up a stiff fight against the strong Mahnomen team. Although the game was played on our home field, the final score stood 25-U in favor of Mahnornen. The second game was with Gonviclc. Improvement was marked. This game was a victory for our boys with the score standing at 32-12. The next game was with Mahnomen. The game was loosely played by both sides. Forward passes were tried frequently, but were unlucky in com- pleting them. Mahnomen won 32-U. We met McIntosh on their field October 19. Both sides put up a hard fight. The score was 13-U, but those thirteen points meant sweat and blood, as our boys played an outstanding defensive game. The Climax of the football season was reached when Fosston again met Mclntosh. Although we lost 18-l4 it was a thrilling game. Both sides were on their toes and that ball was really kept red hot. According to the games we played towards the last, it was evident that we could have had a better team if we had had more practice before the schedule opened. Although the football season was not a success from the standpoint of games won, yet much credit is due to the team and the coaches, Mr. Bohn- sack and Daisey Hagen for the excellent showing made in the face of odds. Page 42 ATHLETICS

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BASKETBALL RESUME The season officially began Tuesday, November 27, when Bemidji came to F osston and defeated the Greyhounds by 35-21 in an exciting ball game. Friday, November 30, our boys played at Thief River where they played the Prowlers in a close game, losing by a 33-30 count. Gonvick tasted defeat at the hands of the Greyhounds who beat them by a score of 55-23. lt was a big scoring night for the team. Coach Lagather was unable to accompany the boys on account of illness. A A big throng of enthusiastic rooters and the band accompanied our team to Crookston, on December 7. Our team lost by a 29-27. It was a thrilling game of good basketball. On December 11, the boys journeyed to Erskine where they gave last year's district champions a real tussle. Our team lost this one by a score of 35-27. Mclntosh invaded our court and caught our team in one of its off nights on December 14. We were beaten by 21-10, the lowest score our team was held down to all season. During Christmas season, Coach Lagather scheduled a game with a good Morris High School quint. They won the ball game, but had to give their best to do so. Mentor defeated our team on their floor Ianuary 9 by a score of 34-22. The Greyhounds came back and handed Crookston a 27-21 defeat the following Friday, Ianuary ll. It was a big night for Roy Bionerud who hit the net for a high score. Our team lost a heart breaker at Cass Lake the following Tuesday, Ianuary 15, when the Cass Lake aggregation nipped our team by a 29-27 score. Roseau was just too good for our boys the following Friday, Ianuary 18. Iourneying north, our boys came home on the short end of a 39-19 score. Erskine did it again defeating the Greyhounds on our court by a 35-22 score. And then Clearbrook followed suit by defeating our boys by a 39-33 score on their floor on Friday, lanuary 25. The inexperienced Greyhounds showed improvement in handing Thief River Falls a 31-27 defeat at our gym, Ianuary 29. Page 44 ATHLETICS