Olympia High School WW Miller High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Olympia, WA)

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Spnfufifl OOTBALL reigned supreme as the Olympia high football team was crowned king of the Southwest conference. The Bears turned in a near perfect season to win the title for the first time in 15 years. After power-driving through the first half of their schedule, the Bears came up against two undefeated conference foes in Vancouver and Longview. In the all-important Trapper game, Rotary-Medal-winner Cam Kyle intercepted a Vancouver pass as the fading minutes ticked off and raced to the end zone. Cam's interception gave Olympia a 6 to 0 victory. The next week the Bears played Longview in the first night game at Stevens field in two years. Lady Luck stayed with Olympia when, trailing 6 to 0 and again with only moments .left in the game, the Bears used the old sleeper play to set up a much needed touchdown. Maguire tied the score and Pat McDonald tossed a pass to Dick Taylor for the winning point and also the Southwest crown. Having romped over Centralia 26 to 6, Hoquiam 13 to 6, Kelso 26 to 0, and Valley 26 to 0, and having eased by Van- couver and Longview, the Bears gave the heretofore undefeated Chehalis team their first setback, 19 to 0. Crowned with the football championship and seven straight victories, Olympia met their Waterloo in the Annual Armistice day game with Aberdeen. The harbor eleven, without a con- ference victory, took advantage of a fumble to score a safety and hand the Bears their only defeat, 2 to 0. The Bears top- ped off their championship year by routing Shelton, 45 to 0. Big O's were awarded to: Stan Peters, Bill Smith, Bob Robbins, Bob Levenhagen, Clint Hovis, Bill Peterson, Darrell Sanders, LeeRoy Sherack, Jim Maguire, John Mills, Jay Rockey, Chuck Baughn, Jim Short, Stan Elberson, George Hjelm, Ken Westlund, Alan Carlson, Bob McCoy, Merle Suelzle, Pat Mc- Donald, Fred Towle, Cam Kyle, Dick Taylor and Dale Stedman. vie FQ HIS year's Olympia basketball quintet had an exceptional season, winning all but two of their twelve conference contests, and gaining possession of the northern division champ- pionship of the Southwest Washington conference. They re- presented their district at the annual state tournament in Seattle, but failed to bring home a trophy. The Bears went through the first round of play with an unblemished record by scoring victories over every other con- Plotting a bit of strategy and a few secret maneuvers for the team are football coaches Ralph Lindsay, M. W. Rockey fheadl, and Adolph Larson. Many of the spectacular plays which confounded opponents and t h r i 1 l e d spectators were planned by these sports in- tellectuals. U n d e r their skillful guidance the boys kicked through with one of the most victorious years in O.H.S. football history. ference team. The sea: ed in Raymond, wl Bruins outscored the 39 to 29. In the first 6 on the Olympia mai Bears defeated the Grizzlies, 31 to 30, in a which the Bears had from behind and win ii five seconds. Next stop on Coach list was Elma, where 1 took a 28 to 16 decis the Eagles. The Bruin, the first round with two Friday home games and a W contest sandwiched in at Shelton. Olympia won the t games, the first from Aberdeen, 46 to 41, the othe: strong Montesano team, 34 to 32. They knocked ove victorious Shelton Highclimbers, 84 to 22. In the final round, the Bears failed to retain th feated record, but put on a final drive to clinch the ci crown. As in the first round, the Bears' first engagei with the Raymond five, this time the local team pla and defeating their adversary 62 to 29. The Bruins x defeated in Hoquiam when the Grizzlies ran away wit 23 contest. The Bears came back with a 41 to 28 vic Elma, but failed to keep the pace when they dropj other conference encounter to Aberdeen, 22 to 18. A Bruins came fighting back to defeat Shelton 61 to I3 ished their schedule in Montesano with a 25 to 20 vic of the best played floor games of the season. Jay Rockey, two-year veteran, established a new 1 individual scoring with 166 points in 12 games. Thi more than Rich Wittren, former Hoquiam star, made Wayne Swanson was awarded the Y's Men's Ins medal for sportsmanship, presented each year. Shown in the photograph below are members of the A basketball squad. They kept their record clean by rem undefeated in intramural play and winning the champic Left to right: Risvold, Zumwalt, McDonald, Miller, M2

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HIS YEAR the track season brought to Olympia fans many close and exciting s in meets with other schools. At the of this writing, the Bears already had d wins over Puyallup and Stadium of ma. Dlympia was especially outstanding in mg distance runs due to the meritorious trmances of Bob Dunn in the mile and Mills in the hilf-mile. Also the sprints excellently handled by Bill Shumate in 00- and 200-yard dashes and by Bob McCoy and Leigh r in the hurdles. In the high jump John Chambers, George n and John Mills kept opposition very much on their toes, as done by Bob Robbins in the pole vault. Al Carlson Sob Carpenter excelled in field events. Fttzieli Miller LTHOUGH usually considered a minor sport, tennis this year became a comparatively major event in spite of bad ter. When weather was suitable. the Stevens courts were than packed with enthusiastic tennis fans. No real stars produced from this year's turnout, but there was very competition for top berths on the ladder. Should interest mis improve next year as it has this, it will become an im- nt sport, Those who were fighting for berths were: Bob Gess. Gor- Vlarsh, Bob Dawley, Gene Strandness, Ivan Briggs, Wallie mn, Ray Reed, Del Lewis, Walt Brockway, Ralph Thomas, 'aul, Keith Kisor. Ron Reed, Chuck Rice. Ritchie Zumwalt lohn Becker. .YMPIA linksmen, handicapped by lack of outside compe- ition, participated in intramural play, and played Lincoln tcoma. Some of Olympia high's better golfers have done in tournaments held at the Mountain View links, and it is ed that they would have done very well had they met more f-town teams. Golfers registered on the ladder were: ss Brown, Ken Tannatt, Duke Matthews, Lloyd Nordness, Clements, Norman Wentworth, Keith Kisor, Laurence man, Bob Milbrad, Pete Olson, Ritchie Zumwalt, Eilert ey. - photograph at 'ight is shown ntire O. H. S. b a l l squad. - mighty men tscle overpow- heir opponents ny hard-fought s, Although the w a s often , the boys were iys in there ng and brought t h e bacon. gratulations. Champs! HE BEARS' baseball season of 1944 began to shape up quite well at the beginning of the season. considering the lack of returning lettermen. The first game of the year, scheduled for April 4 with Yelm, was postponed because ot' rain, as was the doubleheader April 11. Here is the lineup of the squad as it started the season: Clinton Hovis, catcher, Don Donnelly, first base: Gib Horton, second base, Glide Smith, third baseg Wayne Swanson, shortstopg Alan Carlson, left field: Dick Taylor, center field, Jim Maguire, right fieldg Jay Rockey, Floyd Thompson, Joe Freitas, and Lloyd Shoblom, pitchers. Others who placed are Gene Premo, second base: Bob Bowker and Dorn Carey, third base, and Don McCuiston, right field. Olympia finally got a chance to play, when the rain let up after postponement of four contests. The Bears beat Oakville, 10 to 6, in a slugfest that was marked by 18 Bruins' striking out in spite of their winning, Thompson pitched a good game for so early in the year, allowing only six hits and whiffing 8. The lack of training caused by the early inclement weather showed up in the boys' fielding, which wasn't always of a flossy nature. The squad as a whole, however, stacked up well with former champ and near-champ Olympia diamond outfits. Below: cub basketball team. They chalked up many victories. Left to right: back row- Risvold, Ray, Anderson. Hollinger, Westlund, Martin and Rogers. Front Horton. Williams. Peringer, Strandness, Suelzle and Lyne.