Marine City High School - Mariner Yearbook (Marine City, MI)

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THE MARINER ' ’ 19 BASKET BALL 193940 Jim Rood Not a letter man was available for the opening of the 193940 basket ball season. Coach Ralph Pfingst had the problem of rebuilding a team from last years second team. The boys, although inexperienced, had a considerable hight advantage, as the average of the starting five was six feet or over. This hight advantage made it possible to break a little more than even for a fairly successful season. Winning seven and losing six. The Mariners placed third in the county league race. Not a man will be lost from the squad for next year, so anticipations are running high. THE GAMES The Mariners opened the season against Lexington with a victory. Score 32 to 28. Milt Baker was high point man with 12 points. Continuing on the victory side the local lads registered the number two win of the season by beating their old rivals Algonac 27-18. High point honors went to Baker with ten. St. Stephens stopped the Mariners victory march by the score of 28 to 25. It was a tough game to lose as the locals showed some flashy basketball and plenty of fight but St. Stephens turned back the threats of the locals to win. Baker was again high point man with 8 points. Eastland high school of Roseville came here th next week with a record of four wins and no defeats but the Marine City boys avenged the previous weeks defeat, by running up a one sided victory 54 to 25. Hustman, Baker, and Vallier with 14 points apiece led the Mariners in scoring. Lexington the week after the Christmas vacation was the next to recieve the spite of the Mariners to the tune of 39 to 19. Vallier lead in scoring with 15 points. St. Clair played their best game of the season the following week by beat- ing Marine City 38 to 29. High point man was Cooper with 13 points. The Locals still showed the affects of the 5t. Clair game and Marysville pulled a surprise by beating them 39 to 30. Liebaert led the scoring by col- lecting 13 points. Marine City had hit a slump and gallantly tried to come out of it but St. Stephens set them down for the second time by a 23 to 17 score. Hustman was high point man with 6 points. (Continued on page 20) eE ss r OF 1940

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18 THE MARINER FOOTBALL 1939 Robert Nelson Marine City High Schoolfootballteamshavewononlythreefootballgair.es in the last three years. Tne ! 939 Marine City football squad that answered the roll call for the first time under their new Coach, i.obert Catt consisted of nine returning regulars from tne pevious year. 1 ' nes. boys, being mostly Sophomores and Juniors lacked the necessary experience that only ige tan bring. t he boys finally got going by tne latter part ot .he season and defeated Memphis by a scoie of 14 to 13. With only two letter winners graduating Marine t ity should have a big season next year. THE GAMES Last years 0-0 tie with New Haven was charged into a defeat for the Mariners in their first game of the season by the score of 13-6. The next week Marine City p’.ayed at St. Stephens in the first night game ever played by the locals, taking a licking of 15-0. St. Clair handed Marine City its third set back to the tune of 19-0 on the home field. Marin? City traveling t- Marysville, again came home on the small end of the score, Marysville winning 0-6. Marine City played host to Algonac the following Friday. The locals out played their opponents at rushing but Algonac received a few breaks” which enabled them to take home the bacon by a 27- 7 score. Fianallv with a weeks rest due to an open date the Mariners, came through, beating Memphis 14-13. Memphis an out of the county team and champs of their own county dropped their only game of the season to the hard fight- ing Marine City lads. Letter Winners for 1939 Jay DeCou-So homore-Half Back Ed Hustman-Junior Quarter Back Robert Mcrris Junior-Quarter Back Jack Barber Sophomore-Quarter Back Bren wood Arnnld-Sophomcre-Full Back Milton Schutt-Junicr-Half Back Ray S ha kett-Sophomore-Half Back Lloyd Smith-Junior-Center Milton Baker-Junior-End James Eeatt ; e-£ciT rrcra-Cuau ; 1 l . c ' erald Bassett-Sophoinoie ( uid Den Britz-Sophomore-Cua d Maui ice I.eibaert-Juuior-Tackl. Henry Tctzke-Senior-Tack ' e Henry Rankin-Senior-Tackle Blaine Cooper-Junior-End Fred Springborn -Junior-Tackle CLASS OF 1 Mti

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30 THE MARINER (Continued from pajre 19) The local boys hit the lowest point in their slum p and allowed Eastland to emerge the victor in a rough game played on the too small court at East- land, by a 31 to 23 score. Baker collected 10 points for t 4 h point honors. Fighting back from this stinging defeat the Mariners overpowered Yale 49 to 23. Bill Vallier hit the basket for 15 points fer high scoring honors. • ' ••’’Their high hopes were b’asted the following week when ScClair emerg- ed the victor in a 30 to 21 battle at St. Clair. Hustman Liebaert and DeCou were high with 4 points. - , f Not to be stopped by this the Mariners ran op the high score of the sea- son in shellacing Algonac 55 to 11. Jay DeCou with 15 points led the field in scoring The final game of the season the local boys avenged the earlier defeat giv- Vrthem by Marysville by beating them on their own-floor 45 to 31. Baker was again high point man making a total of 15 points. TOURNAMENT Marine City drew a bye in the first round of the state district tournament a t St. Clair. On the second night the Mariners were matched agianst New Haven, winners over Marysville by a 23, 13 score. The locals started out like real champions and held a 10 to 6 advantage at half time. Due to some tough luck on many shots in the last half New Haven squeezed out a one point victory 16 to 15. Letter Winners Milton Baker-Junior-Forward Bill Villier-Junior-Fr rw?rd Jay DeCou-Sophomore-Center Blaine Cooper-Junior-Guaid Maurice Leibaert-Junior-Guard Ed Hustman-Junioi -Forward Cu; d Jim Beattie-Sophomore-Guard Gerald McKellar-Junior-Forwaid layton Flemming-Sophomore-Guard INTERCLASS TOURNAMENT In the 1940 class tournament the Seniors drew the Sophomores and the Jr. High was matched against the Juniors in the first round of play. The Seniors suprised everyone by giving the-S6phs one of the best games of the tournament, holding the overrated Sophomores 16i(9 ft . While the Juniors w ere v. a king ov r r smaller Jr. High team 42 to 6. vJi? Die final gene was tie c ' assic of the year as the sophmores batt’ed a much ta ' ler Junior team to a standstill for three quarters; only to tire and fade Quickly in the fourth quarter as the Juniors pi t d a comfortable lead of r 5 to Id. Hence, the new school chan pions for 19 0- The Juniors. CLASS OF 1940