Gary High School - Tiger Yearbook (Gary, SD)

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Cheerleaders Ruth Jean Betty Elaine Virginia The boys participating in at-hletics chose Jean Reihe, Ruth Peden, Betty Gordon and Virginia Van Steenberg to lead the cheering at the year's inter-school contests. These girls served for the football season and Elaine Benner replaced Jean Reihe during the basketball season. Valley-Ball Gary High athletes made quite a bit of use of volley-ball as a conditioner throughout the year. In early spring Coach Christiansen divided the boys into three teams for a series of volley-ball games. Teams X, Y, and Z, were led by John Banwart-h, Raymond Eng, and Gus Van Steenberg, respectively. Ban1varth's team was determined winner of the most games out of 25 played and so was awarded the ice-cream cone treat given by the coach, Track The weatherman tried hard to dampen the spirits of the track boys but practice went on despite constant rainy weather. A Deuel county 'track meet was arranged, postponed, re-scheduled, and postponed a second time, because of the inclement weather. A third date was set for May 15, and the following boys from Gary were entered: In the Weights, shot-put and discus: Robert Burns, John Banwarth, Harold Brevik, Alfred Nelson. In the Jumps: broad and hig-h: Gus Van Steenberg, Don Cole, Raymond Eng. In the Pole Vault: Raymond Eng, Don Cole. In the Dashesg 100-yd, 220-yd, 880-yd.: Don Cole, Gus Van Steenberg, Robert Burns. This was the first season Gary High School has had track for several years. Mr. Christianson coached the boys in the events. 14

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Basketball Back row, left to right: Coach Christianson, Robert Burns, John Banwa-rth, Gus Van Steenberg, Harold Brevik, Fred Sueverkruepp, Richard Lovaas, Raymond Eng. Front row, Tom Law, William Taylor, J-ames Denekamp, David Peden, Eugene Moter, Richard Gordon, Jimmy Summers. Fourteen men reported to the Tiger Lair at the opening of basketball season for 1949-1950, and competed in a schedule of eleven games. They played hard, but never managed to win a game. Lack -of height fwas a -great handicap to t-he squad this year, as in recent years. Gary entered the County Tournament at Astoria, They drew a bye and lost C1 game with G-oodwin. This put the Tigers in the Consolation and which game was 1-ost to Astoria. Clear Lak-e took the County championship. h The District 9 Tcurnrment was at Watertown. Gary also had a bye there and lost a close game to Waverly .by a score of 3.6-43. S-Erandburg was the District 9 champion for the second straight year. The system of game captains was -used and no season captain was named. The various team members served as captain at the games. Grade School Baskelball The four male members of the faculty coached four grade school basketball teams chosen by lot, called the Dodgers, Giants, Yanks, and Braves. Appropriately garbed with orange or 'black shirts prepared' expressly for .a tournament on February 17, the boys played games that were exciting and hard-fcught, the championship tussle being a thriller. 13

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Declamaiion l Standing, left to right: Gus Van Steenberg, James Denekamp, David Peden-, William Taylor, Joan Ann Mortensen. Seated: Mrs. Reinecke, Patricia Priest, Virginia Van Steenberg, Richard Gordon, Ruth Taylor, Ruth Peden. Mrs. Reinecke coached ten students for Declam competition in the Humorous, Dramatic, and Poetry divisions. The District Contest was at Clear Lake. Joan Ann Mortensen received a Superior ra-ting in the Dramatic Division, William Taylor rated Good in Humorous, and Patricia Priest received Good in Poetry. Joan Ann later went to the Regional Contest in Madison where she rated Excellent. Her reading was Ther Death of Desdemona, by William Shakespeare. The Declamation students and their coach are shown in the picture above using the tape recorder purchased at the beginning of the term for use in music and speech work. Class Plays The Junior class presented a three-act mystery-comedy, One Mad Night, in December. Mr. Christianso-n directed the play and the entire Junior class took part in its production. The Senior class play, Spooky Junction, was also a three-act mystery-comedy. All of the Seniors were in the play, directed by Supt. M. J. Reinecke, and given in May. 15