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1939 - '40 Cl-IEER LEADERS Ruth Emich, Mavis and Loretta Maetzold FOOTBALL SEASON 1937 Silver Lake 14 Lester 19 Brownton 6 Lester 24 Silver Lake 6 Lester 21 With the fall of 1937 one of Lester Prairie's most successful scholastic activity was organ- nized. In six man football equipment, coach, and players were experimenting with an unfamil- iar sport. Coach Roy Foster, a Concordia College graduate, did a splendid job in developing an en- tirely green bunch of boys. Six man football being a new sport, games were hard to get. Three games were scheduled the first season, and the boys went through the season undefeated, starting a string of vic- tories yet to be unmarred.
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FOOTBALL SEASON 1938 Silver Lake 18 Lester 38 Delano 14 Lester 44 Brownton 19 Lester 50 Delano 19 Lester 85 Silver Lake 0 Lester 38 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Renville 24 Lester 31 From the previous season's records in football, fans in Lester Prairie realized there were football players as well as basketball and baseball in Lester High. The season opened with the entire squad of lettermen returning with the exception of Howard Ernst, center and capt. of the previous season. Other returning lettermen were Kenneth Norman, halfbackg Oscar Rolf, centerg Bud Daggett, endg Clyde Beise, quarterbackg Agmar Spleiss, end: and captain Eldor Spleiss, Ardin Gutzman was the first man to receive a serious inju1'y. A1'din received a broken arm during '38, Games were scheduled much easier in the '38 season with an increase in the interest of the sport. Five games were scheduled: two with Silver Lake, two with Delano, and one with Brownton. Coaches of the ten six-man teams in District Twelve elected to hold the first six-man tournament in District Twelve history. The winners of the eastern half to meet the winners of the western half in a grand finale at Hector. Lester being undefeated in the eastern half we1'e to meet Renville winners of the western half. The day scheduled for the championship play-off was handicapped by a wet field. Lester edged out victorious by a 24 to 31 margin. Eugene Daggett, end, and Eldor Spleiss, captain and full back received all-district nomina- tiong this completed another year of undefeated competition. .f 2 ,Af ' . .lf rs xXt Q7 L5 5 iflitgiii YLLNTS L-:ST STQMJ
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