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

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BASKETBALL Front Row: Beattie, Hustman, DeCou, Vallier, Cooper, Browning, Baker, Rood, McKellar, Flemming Second Row: Westrick, Tennant, M. , Arnold, McKay, Britz, Coach Pfingst, Tennant, R. , Nichols, Boullier, Cohrs, Shackett, Newell Third Row: Shaw, Bassett, D. , Cainstraight , Bassett, G. , Barber, Anderson, Booth, Mocock, Van Zandt SCHEDULE 1940-1941 M.C. OPP M.C. — Clawson 23 20 ■i M.C. -- Lake Shore 21 17 M.C. — St. Stephens 33 21 ■a M.C. -- St. Clair 14 12 M.C. — Marysville 24 22 M.C. -- Richmond 17 8 • M.C. — Algonac 68 21 • M.C. -- Yale 61 14 M.C. — St. Clair 29 24 M.C. — Marysville 25 30 M.C. — Algonac 32 21 M.C. -- Clawson 41 30 • M.C. — St. Stephens 35 21 M.C. — Yale 39 12 Home Games Marine City 1 s basketball squad did exceedingly well this season, capturing thirteen games and losing one They won nine straight games before losing to Marysville, a well pepped team, while our, squad was suffering from a mid- season slump. This string of victories won them the County Championship, the first in the history of the school. (Continued on page 22) 21

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FOOTBALL Front Row: Lyons, Tennant, R. , Llebaert, Cooper, DeCou, Springbom, Baker, Beattie Second Row: Coach Catt, Lutz, Elder, Schutt, Smith, Hustman, LaBuhn, Barber, Shackett, Newell Third Row: Tennant, M. , Corden, Mocock, Cainstraight , Booth, McCartney, Phillips, Miller, Anderson, Barringer SCHEDULE 1940 September 20 •a- M.C. 0 Memphis 7 September 27 •a- M.C. 18 Oxford 0 October 4 M.C. 6 Marysville 0 October 11 M.C. 13 Algonac 0 October 18 • M.C. 26 Yale 12 October 25 M.C. 6 St. Clair 0 October 31 •a- M.C. 0 St. Stephens 13 November 8 M.C. 13 New Haven 14 •a-Home Games The Marine City High School football team literally n went to town in the 1940 football season The gridders won five and lo 3 t three — the best football record seen in old M.C.H.S. in quite a few years. With seven seniors, three juniors, and one freshman in the starting line- up, and good reserve players for each position, the local lads faced Memphis at Ward-Cottrell Park on September 20 in the opener, losing by a 7-0 score. On September 27, however, the Mariners hit their stride in defeating Oxford, 18-0. Still on their home field for the third game, the Mariners played host on October 4 to Marysville. This was the county league opener — a thriller all the way that was clinched when Jay DeCou slipped over for the only touchdown of the game. The final score was 6-0. (continued on page 22) 20

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FOOTBALL (concluded) A week later, on October 11, the boys boarded the new bus and journeyed to Algonao to play the Muskrats - - traditional rivals who reigned supreme over Marine City for over ten years. The story changed this year, and Marine City came out on top with a 13-0 victory. DeCou and Shackett went over for the touchdowns. The streak continued the following week when the Mariners, back on their own field, defeated Yale 26-12 in a county game. On October 25 the local lads trekked to St. Clair to play a crucial game. It was a crucial game because they would play the Saints from Port Huron for the championship, providing they eliminated St. Clair. Well, they did it, but not until Liebaert plowed over, following a blocked punt in the last quarter. The final score was 6-0. Now for the championship 1 A brisk wind swept over Y ard-Cottrell Park on Thursday, October 31 — the day of the St. Clair County championship battle with St. Stephens High. Classes were dismissed early, students paraded en masse to the field, merchants closed for the afternoon, and the band played, but our boys went down in defeat by the score of 13-0. It was a great game; full of real, hard, clean football. The final game was played in New Haven, the Mariners losing, 14-13. A short time later the gridders were honored at a banquet with Ronald Finch as main speaker, and curtains fell on football for 1940. Eddy Hu8tman, a smart quarterback, who led the boys n all the way , and Maurice Liebaert, our plunging fu llback, were chosen by their team-mates as co- captains. Shackett was high scorer, with DeCou right behind him. The rangy ends — Cooper and Baker — played well consistently. Beattie, Springbom, Tennant and Lyons, all big boys, charged from the tackle positions. Schutt, Lutz and Arnold, speedy, hard-hitting guards, were in the thick of the battle game after game. LaBuhn, with Smith, handled the tough center position in top form, while Jack Barber and a flock of other subs were there ready for any emergency. Yes, a swell bunch, with lots of fight and football ability out there in 40. James Corden BASKETBALL (concluded) The players consisting of Hustraan, Cooper, Flemming, and Beattie at guards; Vallier, Baker, Rood and McKellar at forwards; DeCou and Browning at center; took advantage of their height which paved the way to the championship. Each player was outstanding by himself. Bill Vallier was high point man and broke the record for points scored in receiving one hundred and fifty-one points, four points above the old record. The second squad followed the example of the first by going the whole season without a defeat. The season opened with a f.lylng start, when Marine City nosed out a highly rated Clawson team by a 23-20 score. Next came Lake Shore, another tough non- county team. The Mariners defeated the Shore boys and it looked as though they were In for a brilliant season. The following week they toppled St. Stephens in the first County game, with Bill Vallier scoring twenty-six points. This snappy team, averaging over six feet in height, went on and brushed aside six more opponents to hold a nine game winning streak. Then the blow came. The Mariners, In a mid- season slump, ran up against an aggressive Marysville team that was out to avenge an earlier defeat. They did exactly that in a thrilling game, nosing out M.C. by a 30-25 score in the last three minutes of play. This defeat proved to be the only defeat of the year, for the Mariners decisively defeated Algonac, Clawson, St. Stephens, and Yale in the next four games. Despite the Marysville defeat, the boys won the County Championship, and really showed Marine City the best basketball team of many years. The starting line-up for each game was Hustman and Cooper at guards; Vallier and Baker at forwards; and DeCou at center. These players cooperated one hundred percent all the way, and left many basketball memories.