Mandan High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Mandan, ND)

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Acl'1ool . . . Magicians' Huizenga tries to scare a determined Howard Koch with a little black magic as Marv Knoll moves in to break the spell. Braves spend season sharpening Mandan's braves opened their l95-4-55 basketball season with a de- cisive defeat at the hands of the unpredictable Bismarck Demons. This was followed by a string of six more defeats to St. Mary's, St. Leo's, Jamestown, Minot, Williston, and Dickinson respectively before the Braves finally moved into the win column with a resounding 64-31 victory over the league-leading Rugby Panthers. This, plus a victory over Class B New Salem, invigorated the Braves and sent them into the final half of the season with a more optimistic outlook. Bismarck again beat the Braves, this time in a close, hardfought contest. After a defeat at the hands of Jamestown's Blueiays, dumping the Braves into the Western Conference cellar, Mandan was feelin' mighty low. But the Braves rebounded into the win column again by defeating a powerful Dickinson quintet in a real thriller. Shucks, missed the tackle . . . Elmer as the ref calls a Leo's brawl ame. 9 'Tsk tsk - mustn't touch. . . . Lyn Valor of Minot Stan-n-n-n-ly . . . Braves' Elmer Duffey, attempts to block potential two points for Mandan guarded by St. Mary's ace, Dean Sharp, fires as Marv Knoll slides through for lay-up. to Stan Upham for a quick basket. 'l Duffey bites the dust W jump during the St. r .

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hatchets for next year For the next three weeks and four games, the Braves inhabited the loss column with losses to Rugby, Minot, Williston, and St. Mary's pushing them into the hole. Bouncing out of the loss column, the Braves finished the season with two successful out- ings, one against New Salem and the other against St. Leo's. Even though the prediction of many experts, that the Mandan Braves would hold the cellar spot in the Western Conference, came true, the Braves somewhat contradicted the forecasters' ideas as to the outcome of the Western Conference Tournament in Williston, as they upset favored Saint Mary's and went on to give the Bismarck Demons a battle before the Bismarckers finally won the Consolation Championship. The Western Conference is well aware of the fact that the Braves will only lose three men through graduation, and that this was only a season of sharpening hatchets for the Braves in prepara- tion for next year. A SQUAD: ROW ONE: Norman Krueger, Howard Koch, Marvin Knoll Elmer Duffey Roland Vredenburg coach Paul Brostramy ROW TWO: Richard Syvrud, William Boehm Larry Myers Stanley Upham John Frala Dorian Cordes, Rodney Gieser. , v A -4 Q A X 4- ,e aw .. in !Yv'w.x ff! x J ' 4 V ' 4 - 1 ' ' .r 1 E Q ' A - Q X ., J -. W W 51 kj: ' A..-4- -I: 1 X- 5: