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

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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

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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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THE MARINER 81 TRACK 1940 Over a period of two years, Marine City has won 9 and lest 1 duel track meet. This year the boys placed well up in such meets as the Central State Relays, the County Meet, the Regional Meet, and the State Meet. One senior will be lost by graduation from a squad of 35 boys. The pros- pects for the next few years are very encouraging. Coach Pfingst sent a squad of 35 boys agianst Romeo on a cold rainy day to open the 1940 track season. Due to weather conditions the last 3 events on the program were cancelled. Outstanding achievements were: Liebaerts 45ft. 3in. heave of the shot put and Jay DeCou’s two record breaking feats. Running the high hurdles in 16. Q and the low hurdles in 21.6 for two school records. Score, Marine City 47, Romeo 37. DeCou was high point man with 15 points. In the second meet of the season, the Mariners journeyed to Lake Shore and out-scored the Lake Shoreman 49.5 to 44.5. Bob Bean ran the mile in the excellent time of 5.13.5. Other men who placed well were: Cooper, Boullier, Schackett, Flemming, Arnold, Bogdonavic, Liebaert, and Beach. With a weeks rest due to an open date in the schedule the Mariners met their rival Algonac for the first duel meet between the two schools for a period of ten years or more. No county track team had defeated Algonac’s track team, who were state champions for the past two years, for many years. The Mariners were quite proud of themselves when they did the trick by coming from behind to win the the relay and meet 54 to 50. The outstand- ing boys who won first places for Marine City were: Jay DeCou who gather- ed 12 points to lead the scoring, Liebaert who won the shot put, Bean the mile, Boullier the 880 yd. run, Schackett the broad jump. Coach Pfingst took 15 boys to the Central State Relays on May fourth at Mt. Pleasant. The boys stayed over Friday night and competed in the meet Saturday - placing 6 th out of a field of 33 schools entered. Maurice Liebaert of Marine City took a first place in the shot put by setting a new Relay Record [of 44ft. 6 in. Jay DeCou placed 4th in the high hurdles and fifth in the pole vault. The mile relay team of H. Lozon, H. Beach, R. Shackett and M. Bogdonavic placed fourth, the two mile relay team of E. LaBuhn, D. Barringer, J. Boullier, and B. Bean placed sixth, the shuttle hurdle relay team of B. Arnold, J. Kruschwitz, J. Barber, ?nd J. DeCou placed sixth so did the 880 yd. relay team of Arnold, Liebaert, Flemming, Shackett. As a warm up for the coun-.y meet the Mariners met Richmond and Marysville in a three way meet. The local lads came through by winning twelve first places besides makir g a clean sweep of both hurdles. The final score being Marine City 89 Richn ond 10.5 Marysville 9.5. DeCou lead the scoring for Marine City with 17 points followed by Schackett and Bogdonavic who collected 16 and 14 p. ints respectively. (Continued on page 22) CLASS OF 1940