Oak Harbor High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oak Harbor, WA)

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l , . FRONT ROW: Bob Ronhaar, George Dyer, Joe Reinstra, John Fakkema, Henry Haga, Gerald Ccnaway, SECOND ROW: Le- roy Gahan, Danny Woetje, Elmer Lang, Don Aven, .lack Hansen, Don Looff, Rich Lange, Hans Olson, THIRD ROW: Bar- ney Beeksma, Ray rtulst, George Lam, .lack Burnham, Ted Zylstra, Jim Behlke, Bill Thacker, Gary Love, Dudley Johnson, Harold Eaton, Vernon Kingma, Ramon Heller, Bob Kemp, Ed Koetje, Coach Martin. FOURTH ROW: Bob Fisher, Dick Vander Voet, Virgil Larsen, Robin Howell, Billy Davis, Bob Walter, Ed Vander Stoep. Baseball Seasons Record Oak Harbor O Sedro Woolley 0 Oak Harbor Langley Oak Harbor 3 Darrington 4 Oak Harbor Langley Oak Harbor 2 Anacortes 3 Oak Harbor Lake Stevens Oak Harbor 0 Stanwood 0 Oak Harbor Anacortes Oak Harbor 3 Coupeville O Oak Harbor Stanwood Oak Harbor 10 Granite Falls 4 Oak Harbor Mt. Vernon Total Oak Harbor runs .l...,..,,....,..... ........ 3 l Total Opposition runs ..l,,,,, ,.....l,,l,,,,,,, , H22 Pitchers' records: Ray Hulst ..tt......,...,,,,,..,,..,,. Won 0 Lost 2 John Fakkema ........ ....... W on 1 Lost O Don Looff ..,..,.........,.,..,.,,.. Won 4 Lost 3 LINE-UPS, Joe Dyer, catcher, Ray Hulst, John Fakkema and Don Looff, pitchers, Don Aven and Jack Hansen, first base, Rich Lange and Ed Vander Stoep, second base, Hans Olson and Bob Ron- haar, shortstop, Dan Hoetje and Bob Hemp, third base, Elmer Lang, Joe Reinstra, .lack Burnham and Edwin Peck, outtielders. Although the team got off to a bad start early in the season, they made amends for them- selves by topping several favorites in the league. Among them was Langley, a team which was unbeaten up to that time. The Wildcats played in three no-hit games during the season. Don Looff pitched a no-hit game against Coupeville for the Oak Harbor nine. Hyatt of Darrington and Dick Pederson of Stanwood hurled no-hitters against Oak Harbor. The season offered a variety of everything, including no-hit games and literal track meets.

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I FIRST ROW: Virgil Larsen, Henry Haga, Bob Ronhaar, Raymond Hulst, Gerald Toler, Bill Coffey, Jack Hansen, Don Aven, Joe Reinstra, Bob Kemp, Ed Vander Stoep. SECOND ROW: Eugene Hoppe, Bob Van Dyk, Elmer Lang, George Dyer, Ralph Kingma, Jim Behlke, Danny Koetje, Don Olson, John Fakkema, Hans Olson, Rich Lange. Basketball The Wildcats had a very successful season with eight wins and four loses in the tri-county league. They entered the Northwest B tournament as the fourth place team from the tri-county league. The first night they lost to Friday Harbor, then came back and beat Sultan, Twin City, Concrete, and Lake Stevens for second place in the district and a place in the State B tourna- ment. The Wildcats lost the first night to St. John 23 to 40 and the second night to Harrington 35 to 43. This is the first time in 17 years that the Wildcats have gone to the state tournament. Dan Hoetje made the first team for the District and Honorable mention in the State B tournament. Rich Lange and Hoetje placed on the All-Opponent Tri-County first team. The second team had a good season with 12 wins and 4 loses for the year of playing. Mr. R. Dean Martin, Coach, came to Oak Harbor to teach and coach Basketball. Before coming to Oak Harbor he was in the Navy. He graduated from Pacific Lutheran College. Oak I-Iarbor's Season Record Oak Harbor Meridian 20 Oak Harbor Darrington Oak Harbor Skykomish 17 Oak Harbor Concrete Oak Harbor Monroe 26 Oak Harbor Langley Oak Harbor Coupeville 23 Oak Harbor Skykomish Oak Harbor Meridian 19 Oak Harbor Monroe Oak Harbor Granite Falls 34 Oak Harbor Coupeville Oak Harbor LaConner 42 Oak Harbor LaConner Oak Harbor Twin City 38 Oak Harbor Concrete Oak Harbor Langley ' Overtime D1str1ct Tournament Oak Harbor Friday Harbor 36 Oak Harbor Twin City Oak Harbor Sultan 33 Oak Harbor Concrete Oak Harbor 46 Lake Stevens 45 State B Tournament Oak Harbor St. John 40 Oak Harbor Harrington

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RALPH KINGMA DEWEY CUTI-IBERTSON HARDY GATES BOB VAN DYK ED APAMSON BILL COFFEY Missing: BRUCE WEIDENBACH Track The 1948 track season was very successful tor the OHHS track team. Of this group five mem- bers are ot the senior class. Ralph Kingma, who ran the mile is perhaps the outstanding member ot the squad, having won his letter in track for three years in this event. In his junior year he took three first places and a second-one of the tirsts was in the county meet and the second was at the Northwest District meet at Sedro Woolley. In his senior year he had two tirsts, two seconds and a third. One of the tirsts was in the county meet at Ferndale and the' third was at the Northwest Disrict meet at Ferndale. Hardy Gates, one of the two non seniors on the squad is a junior and has turned out for three years not placing in his freshman or sophomore years. As a junior he placed a first and third in regular meets and a tlourth in the county meet at Ferndale. Dewey Cuthbertson, also a senior, has run the V4 mile since he was a freshman and is a three year letterman in track. In his junior year he took a first, two seconds, and a third. In his senior year he placed a tirst and two seconds. One of the seconds was at the county meet allow- ing him to go to the district meet but due to the keeness ot the competition he failed to place. Bob Van Dyke, Bruce Weidenbach, Ed Adamson, and Bill Coffey completed the track squad and although failing to place they showed a fine competitive spirit.