Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Summary: Hinton and Myers make Associated Press All-State team .... Crain, Bill Jesse, Scott, Hysen make second squad .... Cho- quette gains honorable mention .... follow- ing make letters: Myers, Austin, Berky, Bel- lusci, Caras, A. Cote, G. Cote, Choquette, Crain, Guettler, Hinton, B. Helding, Hysen, B. Jesse, Llewellyn, Pew, Roedl, Scott, Streit, Tremper, Wulle, and Manager Buster Ob- linger .... Bill Jesse and Albie Cote picked as co-captains for next year. The B Squad was big and showed many good prospects for next year's varsity. —Buzzetti. Season Stevens ville drops two to the B's . . . . there 7 to 13 ... . here 0 to 13 .... J. Helding, O'Laughlin, Ghirardo lead attack in first en- counter .... O'Laughlin gallops 19 yards to score in second meeting .... Bill Lee returns punt 68 yards .... on next play Kirkemo slashes through to score. Corvallis downs B's in overtime mix 20 to 14 .... Blue Devils' flashy Don Edwards breaks away for long gains. Thompson Falls loses to B's by 0 to 13 score .... invaders heavily outweigh locals . . . . hard struggle. Butte Reds score early to win 7 to 6 on recov- ered fumble . . . . J. Helding crashes over for Missoula counter. Summary: three wins and two losses. The freshman boys are better than they have ever been before. If they keep plugging, we are going to have a real team coming. —Miller. Season C Squad .... made up of freshmen .... no outside games .... prepares men for future B squad and varsity material .... several moved up to B squad during season. -----★ BASKETBALL The 1941-42 varsity basketball team was the most successful in winning championships we have had in the past eight years, winning two out of three championships, the conference and the Northern Division and missing only the state title. We hope to be able to do the same or better next year. —Eddie Chinske. Conference Season Missoula 42 Custer County 24 here Missoula 39 Billings 31 here Missoula 45 Butte Central 41 there Missoula 38 Park County 35 there Missoula 23 Park County 26 there Missoula 41 Flathead County 19 there Missoula 28 Butte Public 31 here Missoula 38 Butte Central 22 here Missoula 42 Flathead County 33 here Missoula 31 Anaconda 21 here Missoula 27 Helena 29 there Missoula 29 Great Falls 19 there Missoula 22 Butte 48 there Missoula 41 Great Falls 32 here Missoula 44 Havre 38 here Missoula 30 Helena 25 here Missoula 34 University Cubs 40 here Missoula 25 Anaconda 27 there Missoula 38 Gallatin County 24 there 29

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Sports FOOTBALL 'This year's squad was one of the finest I've ever had. —Chinske. Conference Season Kellogg loses 0 to 61 here Sept. 19 ... . Mis- soula makes 23 first downs to one for Miners .... 482 yards from rushing to nothing . . . . Bob Helding three counters .... Crain and Myers two each .... first squad used spar- ingly .... Spartans especially effective on passes. Billings wins 6 to 0 there Sept. 26 in six inches of snow .... Spartans outrush Broncs 175 yards to 100 ... . Missoula threatens often .... Billings scores on fake punt that turns out to be a pass .... Casualties: Hysen broken hand, Crain broken nose, Myers in- jured head. Anaconda loses 7 to 20 here Oct. 3 . . . . first conference win .... Albie Cote runs back initial kick-off 70 yards, but slips on wet field .... punt blocked by Bill Jesse and fallen on by Guettler for first score .... Myers over after sustained 56-yard drive .... in second half Myers runs 38 yards for third counter .... Anaconda scores in last few seconds of game on a pass. Great Falls: Chinske, If our timing is good on offense, we'll win. .... It was, we did . . . . here Oct. 10 ... . Myers versus Wardien score 13 to 0 ... . Great Falls player deflects Myers' pass to Hunter for first score . . . . ditto to Choquette for second .... Hunter's last game for MHS. Flathead engulfed here Oct. 17 by 0 to 38 score .... Spartans count on first six plays after Scott recovers fumble .... Myers gallops 97 yards for counter on second half kick-off. Helena Bengals tamed 0 to 14 there Oct. 25 ... . first half all Helena .... Myers, put into fray in third quarter, runs 43 yards for touchdown .... Crain blasts 20 yards in fourth for sec- ond score .... trainload of Spartan fans ac- companies team to Helena. Butte blasts Spartan hopes for conference title here Oct. 31 ... . Purples on long end of 33 to 21 score .... at end of half Butte leads 19 to 0 ... . Myers, though handicapped by injured knee, races to three touchdowns in second half .... last game in Spartan uni- form for Captain Myers, Berky, Hinton, Scott, Austin, Hysen, Gene Cote, Crain, Choquette, Guettler. 28

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Northern Division Tournament, Great Falls Missoula 61 Glasgow 35 Missoula 44 Havre 31 Missoula 51 Helena 23 State Tournament, Livingston Missoula 35 Butte 39 Missoula 41 Corvallis 26 Missoula 32 Helena 35 Did not count in conference standing. Non-conference game. Summary: Won Big 16 Conference title for sec- on season with 13 wins and four losses . . . . caused fans consternation by losing to Ana- conda in next to last game of conference season, but Butte faltered and Spartans dumped Gallatin by 38 to 24 score .... won Northern Division Tournament hands down, averaging more than 22 points per game more than opponents .... lost first game in State Tournament to Butte by three points defeated Corvallis easily .... then lost a close one to Helena, a team they had beaten by 28 points in division tournament .... Cap- tain Clawson given all-state berth for second season .... following make letters: Clawson Dick Jesse, Bill Jesse, Bob Helding, John Held- ing, Glen Hinton, Norman Guettler, Tom Nash, Dave Haines, Eddie Ghirardo, Jack Reidy, Dick Pew .... seven lettermen return- ing to play in new gym next year. B Squad The 1941-42 B suqad was not so smooth as the squad of the year before, but came along pretty fast at the end of the season. They de- feated some B teams that were outstanding in their districts. There will be several good men back to replace our graduating seniors. — Chinske. C Squad The purpose of the C squad is to give bas- ketball fundamentals to freshmen and sopho- mores who might become varsity material later on. —Buzzetti. The Season C Team 30 French town ...23 C Team 38 East Missoula ...26 C Team 33 Congregational A ...46 C Team 37 St. Francis A ...29 Summary: three wins and one loss for the season. ★ Track Victory came to MHS because ten boys trained conscientiously and well, not for just one year, but for four. —Stegner. Helena .... Missoula runs up a wide margin in dual meet on Victory Field .... Eby of Helena fast in the hurdles .... Reidy runs well in the sprints .... score: Missoula 86%, Helena 35! . Butte .... locals severely hampered by loss of Jack Reidy in sprints and hurdles .... Myers close to Matthews in the sprints .... mile a thriller with Vigus of Butte out-sprinting Hous- ton by a few steps .... score: Missoula 49 y , Butte 72 4. University Cubs .... a huge score run up against an incomplete Cub squad .... Bow- man stars for the Cubs, taking two firsts .... Reidy chalks up 20 points for Missoula .... Cubs not entered in all events .... score: Missoula 98, Cubs 18. B Team 28 B Team 41 B Team.. ....30 B Team 34 B Team 41 B Team . . 47 B Team 32 B Team 43 B Team 34 B Team. 35 B Team 39 Two overtime Flathead County B 30 Butte Public B 42 St. Ignatius ..........33 Methodist A 24 St. Anthony A........23 Flathead B .......... 28 Superior ..............29 Superior ............ 30 Congregational A 42 DeMolay 41 Boys' Federation.......29 Champs periods. Summary: showed steady improvement dur- ing season .... came back to defeat teams lost to earlier in the season. State Interscholastic Meet Missoula .... wins fourth consecutive Inter- scholastic crown .... canny Coach Stegner picks his men shrewdly .... nine of ten entries score .... Spartans take six firsts .... Glenn Hinton wins the shotput .... sets a new state record in the discus of 150 feet l1 -» inches . . . . Reidy wins first in 220, ties for first in 100, takes fourth in high hurdle, places fifth in low hur- dles to lead Class A scorers .... Zbinden is third in discus .... Eldyn Christensen ties for first in pole vault .... Bill Jacobson wins broad jump and ties for second in the high jump— takes fourth in the javelin .... Bob Helding places third in the javelin .... Dale Gillespie ties for fourth in the 440 .... Wilbur Scott fourth 30