Mandan High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Mandan, ND)

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C squad . . . formerly known as Fresh- men squad and composed entirely of Freshmen . . . has seen its first year under its new nomenclature. lt is now built around Freshmen and those sophomores not ready for B or A squad. Under the superb guidance of Coach Jim Rolando, C squad players handled themselves like pros although this was the first year in organized basketball for many of them. Just a look at their sea- sons record will prove that they not only played good ball against other C squads, but against more skilled opposi- tion, namely the New Salem B squad, they played an even better brand of ball. 3 6.4 X gas: C SQUAD: ROW ONE: N. Becker, F. Kist, A. Ressler, D. Pope, R. Marshall, J. Costello: ROW TWO: J. Barthel, E. Mulhauser, M. Becker, G. Knoll, R. Dietrich, R. Mosbrucker, ROW THREE: G. Williams, J. Meeker, R. Corey, R. Matz, C. Renschler, coach J. Rolando. Come on, up off the floor you mugs. Referee Jim Ro- lando moves in to unscramble a mixup. Just a scene from another winning cause. Don Hubbard, 'B' squad center, goes up for two more points for his total. B SQUAD: ROW ONE: R. Porter, student manager, R. Ressler, G. Schmidt, K. Cantwell, W. Anderst, R. Gludt, Coach H. Grunseth: ROW TWO: J, Syvrud, G, Gronvold, W. Russell, R. Geiser, D. Hubbard, D. Corey, ROW THREE: N. Krueger, R. Fleck, A. Eckroth, C. Huddleson, G. Coon, R. Vredenberg. B squad . . . our stars of tomorrow . . . is composed of basketball players who are for enough advanced in their basketball to be past C squad, but who are not quite ready for A squad. The Pops, nickname for the small Braves . . . had a final season record of 5 wins and 4 losses, a good record consid- ering the fact that the losses were by a few points each time and could iust as easily have been wins. Coach Hans Grunseth must be praised for working with these boys and for developing them into what we may find as the future stars of M.H.S. ln review it can be said that since most of these players are Freshmen and Sophomores, a person cannot be too op- timistic when looking into the future of M.H.S. as a king-pin of North Dakota Class A basket- ball.

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Go, go, go ....... -'?:,r 'snr-a. Hero '. .. run, run. Dick leingang and Kon Tokach in tho relays. , w . e- .- - 's.w..sfn,w K g Y A- . .Ny ga: .:,.. A And they'ro off. Elmer Duffey and rival jump gun. He flies through the air Dick Thysell broadiumping. And go they did . .. the '54 thin-clads of M.H.S. appeared in three meets the Capitol City meet in Bismarck. . . the triangu- lar meet in Mandan the district meet in Bismarck. The Braves . . . though not success- ful in all their attempts showed that there are many youthful stars that will be shining in years to come. We know that under the most capable hands of Coach Johnny Mach and his assistants, the future Machmen will truly uphold the fighting spirit so prevalent in years gone by but . .. most of all in future years whether in basketball, football, or track we know that the Braves will make us proud to say, yes I went to Mandan High. U-u-hgh--just o little more. Gordy Peterson straining to cross the finish line first. Up and away. Duane Bauer and Ken Tokach high-hurdling on final lap. n