Hibbing High School - Hematite Yearbook (Hibbing, MN)

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Bert Dent Football Coach With brightly colored flares lighting the gridiron, the retarded football season got underway with the Greenway eleven challenging the Bluejackets on home ground. In the opener, Coach Bert Dent's boys scored a 19-0 victory in spite of the hard-Eghting Greenies. Due to superb foot- ball skill in the well as in the backfield, the Blue- jackets scored once in each of the first three periods, The opposition threatened only once, when it reached the jackets' 10-yard line in the second quarter, where they were repulsed. Eager to double their first win, the Hibbing gridmen threw their strength against Chisholm, the tradi- tional foe. Outplayed in every position, the team was able to muster only five first downs. In the first five minutes of the game, the Bluestreaks had pushed over for their first touchdown, and by scoring again in the second half, they handed the Bluejackets a 14-0 defeat. The game was similar to the one in 1945, for it was played in a drizzling rain. Sparked by Captain Dick Archie, the Hibbing gridders displayed their best form of the season by overcoming a 12 point deficit in the third and fourth quarters to hand the Virginians their first defeat of the season by a 13-12 count. In spite of a snow-covered Held, both teams played good football. In the last game of Range competition, the Bluejackets showed their power, making eleven first downs to the Eveleth Bears' five. Although Hibbing lost a touch- down on a 70-yard run for holding in the second half, the team nevertheless doubled the opponent's score 13 to 6 to win the game. A blocked punt in the last four minutes of play enabled the Ironwood Red Devils to tie the score with the hard-driving Bluejackets. Deep in the Red Devil territory time after time, the squad was repulsed, thus showing the blocking and driving ability of both teams was outstanding. After a twelve-year series, the 6-6 dead- lock evened the records of the two teams that has resulted in five wins for each and two ties. The All-Range football roster showed Hibbing with two berths on the first team and two on the second. Positions awarded were left guard and fullback, left end and center. A at.f'5QEj..1T 60 Carried the Pigskin Down the Field Q

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Row one: Fetzig, Kepler, james Mancuso, Shafer, Davis, Mickelson, Robinson, joe Mancuso, Rice, Laurienzo, Bresnahan, Crowley Row two: Mattson, Calligan, Haidos, Kaim, Sher, Davidson, Klusiau, G. Thornton, Bateson, Cberstar, Choidi. Row three: Hogan son, McComber, Fraboni, Bukovich, Murray, J. Thornton, Ongaro, Godfrey, St. Lawrence, Sullivan, Billick, Coach Grose. The B Squad put accent on basic plays and game fundamentals during its per- iod of training. First clashing with Greenway's more experienced players, the boys were outclassed, 14 to 0. Next tackling Chisholm, the team played the Streaks on even terms until the last half when Chisholm rallied to out- i score them, 14 to 7. In the following , fray under the lights at Grand Rapids, the gridmen were only a few feet from a touchdown when the iinal whistle blew, losing the game, 13 to 6. To complete the football season, the B Squad again played at Chisholm where the boys sustained a 27-7 defeat. Scoring the winning touchdown, Motherway, fullback, drags a Virginia player with him as lie crosses the goal line, resulting in a I3 - 12 victory. Row one: Coach Dent, Rinaldi, Talarico, Kotonias, Monti, jolowsky, Archie, cap- tain, Karahalios, johnson, Heine, Lauri- enzo. Row two: Butler, Nelson, Foley, Golob, Ryan, Costello, Filori, Yukich, Birkeland, Karahalios, Strand. Row three: Zaic, St. Julien, Gillis, DeVaney, Owens, Kleffman, Chamernick, Gorence, Carlson, Laliberte, DesRosier. Fought and Pushed and Seldom Beeled