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

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IIASKDALL First row, left to right—Tommy Kantola, Robert Schlaich. Douglas Woodworth, Robert Parker Second row Charles Hlrshey, Poach: Allan Rltari, Earl Healy, Richard Wheeler, Richard Olson. Clarence Kennedy. Clair Bunnell. BI Third row—Duam Punkar, Allan Punkar, Ted Hirsimaki, Jerry Puffer, Jim Kantola, Steve Bosick. TR ACK First row. left to right—Tommy Kantola. Robert Schlaich. Kay Graff. Richard Armstrong, Ray Fogg. Second row—Allan Rltari, Earl Healy. Richard Wheeler, Richard Chambers. Richard Olson. Clair Bunnell. Third row—Charles Hirshey, Coach; Howard Irish, Jerry Puffer. Ted Hirsimaki, Robert Parker. 29

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It ASKP.TllAl.l. First row, left to right—Allan Punkar. Jerry Puffer. Robert Parker. Clair Bunnell, Tom Kantola, Ted HIrsimaki, Cleo Rhodes. Second row—Coach Charles Hirshey. Doug Woodworth. Richard Wheeler, Dick Chambers, Richard Olson. Clarence Kennedy. Russell Peck. And Yet for Speed 1944-45 Basketball Co-Champs They dood it again! For the seventh straight year Rowe High’s mighty basketball cagers have conquered the County Championship by sharing the top honors with Spencer. The Viking quintet had a record of 9 wins and 3 losses in league games. 2 out of 2 non-league games and 4 out of 5 tourney games—a total of 15 victories and 4 defeats. When the season opened the Vikings were off to a good start. After defeating New Lyme and North Kingsville bad luck hounded them. Edgewood gave the Vikings their first defeat. Being inactive for a month due to snow they returned to the floor to be defeated once again when Jefferson edged Rowe out by two points. Cn the same week end they had another two point set-back—this time by Spencer. After this the Vikings were back on their feet and at mid-year Richard Wheeler joined the cagers. The Vikings then came through with nine straight wins until Ashtabula Harbor stopped them. The two remaining games for the season found the Blue and Gold on top. After defeating Fairport by winning this consolation game they closed the season with a victory over West Springfield. The small but mighty Jerry Puffer came through this season with high score Continued on Page 30

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BASKETBALL Continued from Page 28 of 147 points. Tall Ollie Olson contributed 121 points while Richie Wheeler added 110 points for his half year’s work. Clarence Kennedy dropped in 87 points most of which were from the middle of the floor. Tommy Kantola, the fifth regular, shone bright with his defensive play. Jerry Puffer gained first place on the All Tourney First Team while Richard Wheeler placed on the second team. Honorable Mention was gi.en to Richard Olson. In addition to the All-tourney first team, Jerry again was given recognition for his basketball skill being selected for the ALL-OHIO SECOND TEAM. BASKETBALL SCORES Rowe 47 New Lyme 31 Rowe 27 Jefferson 26 Rowe 26 N. Kingsville 18 Rowe 33 Andover 26 Rowe 39 W. Springfield 29 Rowe 23 N. Kingsville 15 Rowe 15 Edgewood 21 Rowe 33 Jefferson 16 Rowe 20 Jefferson 22 Rowe 53 New Lyme 23 Rowe 22 Spencer 24 Rowe 44 Andover 28 Rowe 31 Andover 30 Rowe 28 Ashtabula Harbor 49 Rowe 31 Edgewood 28 Rowe 44 Fairport 36 Rowe 27 Spencer 20 Rowe 39 W. Springfield 27 Rowe 45 Orwell 33 Total points for season: Rowe 627 Opponents 502. 30 Mid Shouts and Cheers 1945 Track To open the season, the Rowe track squad clashed with Conneaut in two dual meets in which Roy Huston gained first place in his spectcular mile run. Later the Vikings met Ashtabula Harbor and Edgewood in a triangular meet. Coach Charles Ilir-shey's trackmen surprised themselves by capturing 4th place among the 15 teams which entered in class B at the Mentor Relays. This meet was sparked by Bob Parker who leaped 19 feet 1 3-4 inches to win first in broad jump. High scorer for the season was Allan Ritari who performed in the 100, 200, 400 yard dashes, high jump, broad jump and relays. Boys' Intramural Basketball The Intramural Basketball at Rowe is made up of boys who aren’t on the varsity team and who volunteer to play at noon. The captains are chosen according to the number of boys by Coach Charles Hirshey. This year there were four teams captained by Kay Graff, Lyle Norton, Donald Ranta, and Allan Ritari. Ritari’s team won the first round, with Norton’s second. Graff’s team was very low in the first round, but, like real Vikings, it refused to stay on the bottom. In the second round Graff shot into the opening and overtook every team including Ritari. Then the playoff between Graff and Ritari. The team winning two games out of three won the intramural basketball season for ’44-’45. The first round was won by Ritari’s team, by a nine-eight margin; Graff’s team insisted that it would take the second round, but, was defeated by a nine-seven margin.