Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Pirates Awarded State Honors Left: Pirates on the All-Conference team are Richard Wolff, Quint Ehley, Craig Blumhardt, Richard Valentine, and Terry Zetterlund. Above: Leola rests a moment before the next series of downs. Below: The Offense block as the Pirates gain a few yards. 12

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Pirates Head State Poll X The blue and white machine accomplished their goal this year as they led the State Class B - 11 man football poll for the en- tire season. The squad was made up of 45 members. Under the direction of Coach Larry Gauer, and Assistant Coach Bob Schumacher, they went all the way for a 9-0 record. The Pirates came out strong against Ellendale, their first victim of the season. They were in charge the entire game. A week later the team had to put it all together to come from a 12 point deficit to beat the Britton Braves. Leola started the conference with a victory over their archrival Eureka. The Pirates gained momentum after defeating Northwestern in their Homecoming game. They went on to beat Ipswich by 50, and again topped Northwestern for the highlight of Homecoming. In the second Ipswich game, Big Blue again took charge, as the Junior Varsity saw much action. The champion Pirates finished the conference with a hard-fought battle with Eureka. They kept hitting hard, and won the game in the second half. The team wrapped up the perfect season on October 25, when they came from their second deficit of the year to beat the Aberdeen Juniors. 11

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Pirates Journey to State 8 The Pirates, this year under the direction of Coach Gary Hepperle, proved their talent when they earned the right to represent Region II at the State B Tournament in Sioux Falls on March 7, 8, and 9. As the season began, the record stayed quite even. They got by Groton, and lost to McLaughlin. The next two games saw the Pirates defeat Roscoe and Mobridge. Leola then met a tough Northwestern team, losing by one point on a last second shot by the opposition. Bowdle also beat the Pirates by a small margin. In late December the team received second place honors in the Northern Conference Tournament. They beat Ipswich and again lost the Northwestern squad. January was a big peak for the Pirates. They didn't lose a single game in the entire month. Those falling to the Big Blue included llecla, Ipswich, Britton, Eureka, Cresbard, Ashley, and Selby. Herried also fell to the Pirates, before Leola lost to Frederick by one point. They came back to beat Bristol by over thirty points and then lost to the Aberdeen Juniors and Langford. The Pirates took the District Five Tournament in Aberdeen by beating Frederick, Hosmer, and Eureka. In the highly competative Region II Tourney, the blue squad defeated Faulkton by three points and Bowdle by two points. In the state tourney Leola lost to Parker, Bennett County, and Wagner for eighth place. The season record was 18-10. Lett: Center, David Taylor, gets the tip as Jim Thorpe gets in position. 13 Varsity: (left to right) Ricardo Baron, John Swanson, Robert Serfoss, Terry Zetterlund, David Taylor, Mike Mauie, Jim Thorpe, Colin Schaffer, Craig Blumhardt, Lloyd Breitag, Scott Schumacher,Wade Lcchner. Kneeling: student managers, John Guthmiller and Dwight Neuharth.