Menomonie High School - Menomin Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

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Managerial crew, Mike O'Neil, Ralph Allen, Bill King, and David Diffendorfer, move in. VARSITY The 1959 Indian troop, gradually improving their attack, outscored their opponents 1324 to 1265 points. Although only one regular and three lettermen returned from the previous year, the team excelled its opponents in scoring. Those ac- counting for the largest percentage of these points were Pete Noreen, Dave Sjuggerud, llarold Fletcher, Ron Larson, and Carl Retzloff, These players also constituted the usual start- ing five. Senior and four year letter winner, Pete Noreen, was pronounced honorary captain and most valuable player by his teammates, Dave Sjuggerud, a junior, was selected as the most improved player of the year. The sub-regional tournaments were held at Chippewa Falls. The team's first opponent was Mondovi, whom they had previously beaten twice. The most important game of the year with Eau Claire ended in a tumultuous final minute, In the regional consolation, the Indians showed Stanley their ability by defeating them by 23 points, Six boys of the 12 man team were over six feet tall. This height and the will to win accounted for the successful 1959 basketball season. 54 Menomonie Opponents 46 Glenwood City 53 49 River Falls 51 51:5 Mondovi 56 83 Rice Lake 61 46 La Crosse Logan 64 47 Hudson 65 61 River Falls 63 37 Regis 32 58 Eau Claire 61 79 Chippewa Falls 65 87 Rice Lake 78 56 La Crosse Logan 64 61 Eau Claire 76 73 Chippewa Falls 58 63 Regis 56 63 Hudson 60 89 Mondovi 68 TOURNAMENTS 62 Mondovi 52 71 Eau Claire 79 60 Chippewa Falls 54 75 Stanley 53 Larson and Sjuggerud fight for tip in.

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Kaur A TEAM. FRONT ROW: H. Fletcher, B. Schroeder, P. Noreen, M. Harmston, R. Larson. SECOND ROW: L. Miller, B. Harbour, P. Muenich, W. Sabatke, D. Duenkel, C. Retzloff, D. Sjuggerud. BASKETBALL HANDY HOOPS TERS 53 Varsity Coach Hendrickson

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I 'B TEAM B. Johnson, S. Vande Berg, L. Buckley, R. Retzloff, D, Rue, A, Retzloff, M. Metz ger, T. Husby, B, Husby, L, Otto, J, Weinkauf, W, McLin. While waiting to make the Indian varsity, the underclassmen develop basketball fundamentals under Coa ch Tom Miner. The Indian B's copped eight of their first ten starts but faded in the latter part of the season winning only three out of seven games. The season was highlighted by impressive victories over the River Falls Falcons and a strong La Crosse Logan team, Menomonie outscored these opponents by forty points. Individuals who showed remarkable improvement at the end of,the season were La Verne Otto and Ron Retzloff. Menomonie Opponent 44 Glenwood 15 54 River Falls 27 38 Mondovi 36 27 Rice Lake 33 51 LaCrosse 38 34, 25 Hudson 10 59 River Falls 32 39 Regis 31 27 Eau Claire 32 50 Rice Lake 38 27 LaCrosse 33 38 Eau Claire 60 35 Chippewa 38 47 Regis 57 47 Hudson 35 37 Barron 27 33 Mondovi 46 ASSISTANT COACH, T. Miner FRESHMAN COACH, I. Bowman