Hopkins High School - Warrior Yearbook (Minnetonka, MN)

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BASEBALL— Bottom row. left to rlKht: H Dvorak. D. Wledman. C. Jurlsch. N. Abraham. W.Seeley. P. Holy. First row standing: R. Luther. R. Larson. B. Culshaw. V. Miller. B. MacQueen. D. Arndt. R Hansen. J. Archambo. T. Johnson. Back row: R. Maetzold. E. Halleck. P. Plankers. D. Beldelman, O. Wolff. Coach C. Stenback. Baseball is a new sport Baseball has come back to Hopkins High as members of the American Legion team and Franklin Co-op team combine to make one team. As there are only four seniors on the team, the outlook for next year is promising too. The l est teams in the conference at the present, kxik to lx Kobbinsdalc and Wayzata. The first game was with Wayzata April 30. Football . . . continued two minutes. Reminiscing in the locker room after the game it was discovered that only seven plays had been used all evening. 0-0—The highlight game of the season was of course, the Hopkins-St. Louis Park tangle on October 12, at Park before an overflowing crowd of 3,500. The game itself was thrilling from start to finish, but nobody could get the ball into the cherished land. Hopkins completely outplayed Park on offense, as they piled up 12 first downs to Park’s two. The Warriors were always threatening and actually had two touchdowns called back. Neal Abraham, alias the Mighty Mite gathered in the opening kick-off of the second half on his own goal line and with Owens, Arndt, anti Slavin cutting down defenders right and left, raced down the sideline 100 yards to score, only to have referee Ferrill rule that he stepped out of bounds on his own 35 yard line. This play will lx disputed many times as to whether Neal actually did step out of bounds or not. Tschimpcrle, Owens, Empanger, and Hilsen sparked the defense while Abraham and Arndt continued their fine offensive play. 20-0—Wayzata proved tough in the homecoming game, but not tough c n o ugh. Dave Rock and Junior Joswick were Wayzata’s spark with their tricky passing and running which fooled the Hopkins secondary many a time. Neal Abraham scored two touchdowns in the first half on short runs. McQueen and Arndt converted the extra points. The game see-sawed in the second half, and Tom Matteson, Abraham's understudy, finally scored in two plays from the Trojan’s ten in the last period. Owens was a standout on defense again along with Slavin, Empanger, Hall, Tschimpcrle, and Hilsen. Another prime factor was the splendid blocking by Arndt, Culshaw, and Slavin. 35-7—Mr. Maetzold’s superb coaching held the spot-light in the final game at Mound, October 25. He kept the team together to pull an overwhelming victory over Mound, who had been a darkhorse all year. Hopkins led 14-6 at half-time in what appeared as anybody’s ball game. Cxxtch Maetzold’s fiery pep talk between periods must have done the trick, because the Purple really cut loose and ran wild. Other honors besides being champions were shared by Hopkins. Neal Abraham won the individual with 60 points, ens, Warren I and Neal Abral picked for the ference team at left end, left tackle, and left halfback, respectively. The alternate team included Dick Hilsen and Clyde Tschimpcrle. 24 - 1946 Echoes

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FOOTBALL—Top row Mr Armstrong. Luther. Nelson. Dvorak. Anderson. Defore. Coach Maetzold. Korsmo. Larson. Miller. Culshaw. Myhr. Mr Stenbsck. Middle row—Wolff .Moore. Tschlmperle. Arndt. Abraham. Owens. Hall. MacQueen. Slavin. Empanger. Butler. Korbel. Bottom row—Schneider. Archambo. Beldlemun. Alberg. Mntteson. Slyce, Doyle. Holy. Jurisch, McClure. Wledman. Warriors share in 1945 championship BY OBSERVING the final standings for the 1945 Lake Conference football season, it can be readily seen that the Warriors under Coach Maetzold had a successful season in taking a share in the championship with St. Louis Park. This is the fifth straight year they have won it, and the tenth in the 14 years Mr. Maetzold has been here. Seven of these 10 championships have been undisputed. 24-7—With Dick Hilsen as captain and leader, the Warriors moved into their first encounter, a practice game with Chaska. Led by halfback Neal Abraham and fullback Doug Arndt they trounced the Valley team 24-7. Though not very impressive looking in the opener, the team gained valuable experience. 7-6—The Conference schedule got under way September 21, as the high-flying Robins from Robbinsdale invaded the home field. Dick Hilsen proved to be the winning factor in the Warriors’ victory, as he placekickcd the deciding point. After Robbinsdale fumbled on their own 30 yard line in the second period, Hopkins tcx)k advantage of the break and drove to the seven yard line where Abraham raced over for the score. The Robins’ score came in the third period. 26-0—On a pretty, crisp, Friday evening, September 28, the Excelsior Blue Jays entertained the locals, but they were turned back to the tune of 26-0. Doug Arndt and Neal Abraham each scored twice to pace the Warriors, but Gerry Slavin, playing equally as well, had two scores called back because of penalties. A bright spot was the improvement of Owens and Empanger in the line on defense, and Culshaw and Slavin in the backficld. The reserves got a good chance to gain experience. 13-0—Neal Abraham scored both of Hopkins' touchdowns against U High, as the Warriors won on their own field 13-0, October 5. U High had a good line and a rugged back field, but actually were outplayed more than the score indicated. Hilsen, Hall, Luther, Myhr, and Larson all showed vast improvement in fundamentals to help mould a team victory. The second half was scoreless, but a new passing combination Matteson to McQueen clicked twice in the last im Echoes — 21

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BASKETBALL—Front row. left to right (Bitting): R. Wrase. C. Tschlmperle. D. Arndt. B. MacQueen. W. Empanger. G. Slavin. Back row: Mgr. G. Schneider. R. Larson, V. Miller. Conch R Mnetzold, R. Hansen. N. Abraham. Assistant Coach Stenback. Warriors won another conference title TPHE 1945-1946 basketball season started out looking like one of the leanest basketball years Hopkins would have, but the Purple came through in traditional style. Spirit and drive substituted for height and polish. The team opened with hut one regular, Bruce McQueen. Running with McQueen were, Doug Arndt at the other forward, Warren Empangcr at center, and Gerry Slavin and Clyde Tschim-perle at guards. The Warriors dropped their opener to Gill and company by a 33 to 27 score. The rest of league then decided to for about Hopkins, a fact ch proved to be a mistake. )kins turned in one of the defensive games of the year in their next game, holding U High to one field goal in the first half. The final count was 27-17 in favor of the Warriors. The Warriors, in the next game, showed what drive can do by shellacking the prcscason favorite. Park, 41 to 29. The Hopkins victory was more impressive than the score indicates. The game also held other highlights; it wasn't Mr. Maetzold at the helm but the Purple was piloted by Mr. Stenback who had taken over during Coach Mactzold’s absence; Bruce McQueen dropped off his free throw record by missing his 22nd attempt—Boo, in the first three games had made 21 straight. Now, just for the sake of mixing it up it seems, Hopkins and Park dumped the two undefeated teams, Mound and Robbinsdalc. The Purple of Hopkins instead of being underdogs had turned into title contenders. Another factor had entered into the focus—Hopkins had a gcxnl sixth man in Bob Wrase, who could score well when called upon. To wind up the '45 part of the 45-46 season, the Warriors played a bang up team game while defeating Excelsior 35-31. McQueen, Arndt and 1946 Echoes — 25