Orono High School - Spartan / Orion Yearbook (Long Lake, MN)

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!n times of despair. Coach Pesonen was often heard giving his prospective champions encouragement. 1969 ORONO Scoreboard ORONO 6 Blake 13 ORONO 13 Elk River 21 ORONO 20 Eden Prairie 6 ORONO 28 Chaska 0 ORONO 41 Waconia 0 ORONO 13 Shakopee 12 ORONO 27 Golden Valley 7 ORONO 28 Buffalo 8 ORONO 14 St. Anthony 0 THEIR THING WAS The champions of 1969 were a perfect example of dedication. Led by their captain, Tim Haislet, they set a goal and reached it. Their ' thing'' was togetherness. Mark Peltier, the assistant captain, gave us outside speed. Steve Nordin was solid. Brent Alger added defensive play to his quarterbacking. Gary Kreb made the sacrifice of transferring from the backfield to the line. Dan Turnham proved why he was MVP. Members of the winning 1969 Orono football team were as follows: FIRST ROW: G. Kreb. S. Ahlcrona. B. Alger, M. Brown, S. Nordin. T. Haislet, M. Peltier, K. Cooper. M. Anderson. D. Turnham, B. Schularick. SECOND ROW: D. Hamilton. V. McPherson, M. Eckdahl. J. Pesonen, D. Mixa, J. Murlowski. C Roberts, S. Mosher. C. Anderson. S. Bailey, J. Forde. THIRD ROW: Coach Goslin, M. Dealing. T. Tollefson. B. Mes- sner, R. Thorfinnson. J. Van't Hull, J. Tufle, J. Larson. G. Thomas. R. Jacobson, R. Johnson, Coach Pesonen. FOURTH ROW: Coach Jensen, D. Peterson. J. Shannon, R. Carruthers, D. Gant. R. Kyllo, M. Spagenski, R. Nordin, D. Robinson, S. Peterson. P. Voigt, E. Tjomsland. Coach Lainc. FIFTH ROW: B. Carlson. K. Shaughnessy, B. Greenwood. E. Johnson. M. Libby, R. Pigott, R. Solyst, D. Pettigrew, J. Meyer, J. Stemple. 26

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PERSPIRATION VALLEY STANDINGS St. Anthony Chaska Shakopee Buffalo ORONO Golden Valley Eden Prairie Most of the Cross Country members find that the greatest moment is after the race is run and all their work has been worthwhile. Demonstrating the technique of a successful runner, senior Gregg runs. As you see, its all in the way you use your shoe. The 1969 Cross Country team was composed of these ten devoted mem- son. Thor Olson. Rich Anderson, Coach Don Boylan. Brent McPherson, bers: LEFT TO RIGHT: Dan Hamman. Mike Shaughnessy, Dick Robin- Gregg Vieregge, Ed Dumas, Jim Veach, and Captain Duane Glow. 25

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Even though the final score was 41-0 in Orono's favor, Waconia was still able to pull down one of our players. As you see, it did take their whole TOGETHERNESS Mike Anderson was all bonus in coming through so unexpectedly. Steve Alchrona proved valuable to the cause. Bill Schularick was the most under-rated player at 150 lbs. Mike Brown was an unexpected bonus at 140 lbs. Earl Tjomsland, Jim Forde and Craig Anderson made contributions in their own special ways. Orono salutes these seniors and this team of champions. Assistant captain Mark Peltier displayed his exceptional outside speed as he runs to score, leaving his opponents flat on their faces team to perform this feat. All this added to the l9o Orono Homecoming festivities. One of the smaller players. Mike Brown proved his greatness by out running his pursuer and taking Orono closer to its goal 27