Rowe High School - Viking Saga Yearbook (Lakeville, OH)

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Free hearts, free foreheads - - the grand total of 704. Ed Powell made 148 points and Kultti 124. Coach Charles Hirshey should also be given credit for his excellent coaching and management of the team played an important part in winning the third consecutive county title for Rowe High. The lettermen for the season were Robert Childs, Joe Dickey, Vaughn Herbel, Roland Fisch, Adolph Kultti, Edward Powell, Vincent Smile, Bob Holdson, Harold Wiley, Dwane Wheeler and manager Richard Wheeler. Each was presented with a stunning gold belt buckle in place of the school letter. The reserves received medals for their outstanding play of the '41 season. Dorset 24 Rowe 47 Kingsville 15 Rowe 32 W. Springfield 26 Rowe 41 W. Springfield 22 Rowe 35 Austinburg 21 Rowe 44 Austinburg 35 Rowe 39 Pierpont 11 Rowe 69 Andover 30 Rowe 24 Edgewood 25 Rowe 27 Edgewood 22 Rowe 31 Andover 19 Rowe 34 Kingsville 27 Rowe 29 Jefferson 21 Rowe 24 N. Kingsville 34 Rowe 38 Orwell 26 Rowe 29 Pierpont 26 Rowe 64 Tournament Games Pierpont 26—Rowe 62 Jefferson 42—Rowe 35 Total Points for Season: Opponents—453 Rowe 704. Intramurals Intramurals again held the interest of the school through noon competition between Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors. These teams, selected out of the Physical Education classes, formed almost as exciting games as those by our Varsity team. Intramural softball began the season and ended up around October with the Senior B team champs. They had defeated the struggling Sophs 11-3. Although losing the championship, the Sophs tied for 750 points. The girls stepped into the sports page to try their hand at sliding to the bases. The Freshmen claimed the victory to show a spirit of determination in the new “younguns” 0f Rowe. The Sophs claimed second place. Cold weather breezing in brought football into play. Six-man teams were formed and at the end of the first round HerbePs team had smashed their way to victory with 11 points. Right behind him Wiley held his team. However, at the end of the second round, Wiley’s 316 team blazed ahead to smother Herbel in the finals. Through the winter months the girls again came into the lime-light. The Senior lassies topped the Juniors for a hair-breadth victory. Hill’s Tigers smashed through the other opponents in the boys’ league to place a first in intramural basketball. Ping-pong found many contestants but finally dwindled down to Childs and Glenn. The final game placed Glenn in front to name him Champ of the Table. S s s Ays s s s v s v s sAA VsA V j 25

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The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed II SKKTBAM. TEAM Rear row—Mr. Hirshey, James Walters, Richard Wheeler, Mgr., David Jacobs, Richard Taylor. Fred Hirsimaki, William McCrone. Aussell Knauff. Albert Hubbard. Robert Puffer. Front row—Robert Childs, Vincent Smile. Duane Wheeler, Adolph Kultti, Roland Fiseh, Joe Dickey. Harold Wiley. Richard Springer. Edward Powell, John Holdson. Vaughn Herbel and Philip Puffer were absent. Champs . . . Rowe’s basketball team of 1910-41 added another gleaming trophy to the shelf by clinching their third straight Ashtabula County Championship. The Viking quintet set another fine record by winning 11 out of 12 leage games and four out of four non-league frays, breaking even in the annual tournament with one victory and one loss—a total of 16 victories out of 18 games. With a style all their own they trounced their first four opponents by overwhelming scores, the victims being Dorset, West Springfield, Austinburg, and Pierpont, respectively. Then, as league play toughened, every team seemed to be out to stop Rowe, and the Vikings were pushed hard for the remainder of the season. The Edgewood battle was the first thriller, and the Viking five edged that quintet by two points. From then on it was nip and tuck all the way, Rowe’s team winning all the games, usually by close margins, until they met Andover on the latter’s floor. The Andover quint handed the Vikings their first loss of the season, but the defeat seemed only to put more fight into our lads and afterwards they battled with grim determination to capture the title. Rowe finally wound up the season by again crushing Pierpont to take the coveted championship. Bad luck hounded the Vikings in the tournament at Edgewood and after having crushed Pierpont in the second round of the tournament, they were eliminated by the lads from the county seat, Jefferson, in the third round. Boh Childs was high scorer of the season with 193 points out of

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One equal temper of heroic hearts, Baseball Baseball started with a “bang” at Rowe and sailed through three games with the Blue and Gold the victors. Stopped by the battling North Kingsville boys for two consecutive games, the Vikings soon got a foothold and sped on with new determination to end with flying colors as runner-up in the County Tournament. Batting averages swung high this year with Hirsimaki in the lead with .370 average; Jimmy Wheeler following at .345 and Kultti and Duane Wheeler at his heels with .333. The team, as a whole, “hit” to the average of .285 while our closest opponent was at .145. 1040 lettermen were Hirsimaki, J. Wheeler, Kultti, D. Wheeler, Holdson, Puffer, Walters, Herbel, Wiley and Hill. Summary of Games Kingsville. 1 Rowe —15 ♦♦Edge wood 3 Rowe 4 ♦Pierpont 7 Rowe 17 ♦♦North Kingsville 3 Rowe. 4 ♦Kingsville 1 Rowe ... 5 ♦♦New Lyme 4 Rowe 6 North Kingsville 5 Rowe ... 3 ♦♦Rock Creek 2 Rowe— ...1 ♦North Kingsville 6 Rowe ... 3 ♦Home Games. ♦'Tournament Games. basedali, Charles Hirshey, Janu s Wheeler. Dwane Wheeler. Fred Hirsimaki, Richard Wheeler, Robert Holdson. James Walters, Harold Wiley. Rejno Hill. Robert Puffer. Vaughn Herbel. TRACK Charles Hirshey, Jack Maki, Adolph Kultti, David Jacobs, Fred Hirsimaki, Bryce Bryant, Robert Hold-son. 26