Menomonie High School - Menomin Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

Page 69 text:

WILLIAMS TAKES THE JUMP The Indians sailed back with three straight wins from Colfax, 48 to 27g Spring Valley, 47 to 38, and Chippewa Falls, 38 to 32. Attempting to stop a six-foot, live-inch center is bad enough, but River Falls also had four other top notch men. The Falls lived up to their name as top contender for the conference title, dropping a final depth charge, leaving us holding the low end of a 57 to 49 score. A much improved Hudson team was defeated by Archie, Shafer's free throw in the last two seconds of the game, 44 to 43. XV e repeated our former win over New Richmond, 38 to 33. The La Crosse Logan live proved their strength again by running up zz 54 to 36 victory over us. Cellar occupant, Colfax, was walloped'! 41 to 29. With Commander Mcliay and regulars Shafer, Onstad, and Wingert scouting tournament foes, Spring 'Valley very nearly upset what was almost our second team, forcing us into an overtime before falling to a 40 to 39 decision. '48 MENOMIN PAGE-67

Page 68 text:

Top Row: G.Boetcher, I.Be1isle, B. Wagner, D. Chinnock, S. Huftel 2nd Row: Coach McKay, K.Quilling, F.Oberpri1ler, I..Scigstetter, G.Runr1ir1g, Llohnson, B.Gc1briel, Ass't. coach Lee lst Row: R.O1SOI'1, D. Winqert, I.Shc1fer, G. Williams, D. Wcmgen, S. Hcmsen, B.Onsi:1d 'VZ - 4? C' if 'Qi 'Uk Slghted Basket-Sauk -Same, -777 faf 447 V7 Three sea veterans, Ensigns jerry Shafer, Don Wangen, and Mike Wingert, reported at the Armory when Commander Les McKay called the first practice for the 1947-48 basketball season. From an extensive Held of new prospects, Commander McKay selected the tall, dark, sophomore, Gene VVilliams, as the squad's center with Bob Onstad and Ralph Olson alter- nating as starters. Wlieii the season closed, our quint had captured third place in the Middle Border Conference with eight wins and four losses. Looking at the year from an over-all view, the Maroons were successful in 11 out of 20 battles. The Menomonie five had trouble getting launched on the sea of victory, losing first to Sparta, 39 to 31, and then to Ellsworth, 60 to 36. The channel seemed to open up for them as the squad upset iirst Hudson, 40 to 24, next New Richmond, 38 to 28, and then Chippewa Falls, 36 to 27. The M.H.S. crew again tasted defeat from the hands of a cagey Ells- worth crew, 39 to 31, only to drop the next tilt, 37 to 30, at Sparta. State contenders, La Crosse Logan, revenged last year's trouncing, de- feating us in a hard fought battle, 48 to 44. Our Maroons appeared as a better team in this game than in any previous contest. PAGE-66 '48 MENOMIN

Page 70 text:

'ld ,gzyw i ,ijt 1 'J' JA' lu ff! Enfrffy , ,M , If Ojlnflf A A41 fly!! IN In ,JM Mg, 0,914 'fry 'ju ,y JL Wifi cy!!! 9 rhiji Wfflfm v lj ' W lf fi V . A Z A! JL f X., I? ' ii A . i ,A f f L JV JL' 'V , n if liz NW lf! lx ,A , ,M Q Jaw!! 1 A THE MAC'ER Conference champions, River Falls, completed their schedule undefeated by nipping the VVarriors in a double overtime, 26 to 24. Our team looked like a group from the dramatics department as they gave their own version of the River Falls Stall, used by the orange and white against us last year. The Maroons, under a revised W.l..X..X. tournament system, sailed to Mondovi for a chance at the sub-regional crown, which would entitle them to a cruise to Eau Claire for the regional tourney. Durand sank under pressure from our rugged fast-moving squad, but Mondovi's Buffaloes plowed under all hopes of a repeating regional title by washing our decks to a score of 45 to 35. Jerry Shafer, first-string guard, was chosen on the second all-tournament team, while Bob Qnstad received honorable mention. Outstanding features of the squad this year were the even distribution of scoring, versatility of the players, and the use of under-classmen, parti- cularly sophomores. Jerry Shafer was elected honorary captain for the year and was also presented with the free-throw trophy, given annually to the player with the greatest per cent of successful gift shots. PAGE-68 '48 MENOMIN