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

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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.

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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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Baseball Coach Charles Hirshey’s famed Viking: baseball team slugged and pitched its way through the 1944 fall season, beating Perry in the State District, 1-0, and won a chance to go to Kent, Ohio, for the Sectional tournament. The team had a fine season winning eight out of ten games, all of the wins coming in league competition. The main feature of the baseball year was the no-hit no-run game pitched by Jerry Puffer against Andover in the tourney play-offs. Rowe 7 West Springfield 8 TOl’RNEY PLAY Rowe 13 All Stars 2 Rowe 14 Pierpont 8 Rowe 5 West Springfield 1 Rowe 4 Andover 0 Rowe 8 West Springfield 9 Rowe 2 Kingsville 0 Rowe 9 All Stars 8 Rowe 3 Spencer 2 Girls' Intramurals Once again intramural sports held the attention of students throughout the noon period. Teams from the Physical Education classes, freshmen through seniors, put out the “cream of the crop” in order to bring in the honors. In the fall softball was in the limelight for all husky ablebodied “wood choppers.” The first of the two tournaments found the junior girls running away with the “bacon.” The second tourney proved that the juniors were really out for honors when they won the Coca Cola softball awards. With the fall of snow and the sharp wind whistling around all corners, the For Only What is Sound and Strong girls were again battling this time on the basketball floor. There was competition among five girls’ teams; Margaret Kultti’s “Younguns” of the freshman class. Mary Bartlett’s “Fighters” of the sophomore class, Bessie Ring’s “Last Year's Champs’ of the junior class, Jeanne Wheeler’s “Mighty Left Overs” of the junior class and Lois Wallace’s “Last Chancers” of the senior class. The end of the first round found the two junior teams tied, each having but one defeat. To settle that score the juniors fought among themselves with Bessie Ring’s team beating Jeanne Wheeler’s sextet by a score of 28-5. The second round was soon underway with every team trying to get revenge over the victors of the first round. With no losses Bessie Ring’s team came through with the second round and the awards. Those serving on her victorious team were Margaret Dewey, Doris Healy, and Laura Yusko as guards, Mildred Kultti, Katherine Bosick, and Betty Thayer as forwards. As the basketball season closed most of the girls were looking forward to another exciting season in the coming year. Girls' Intramural Ping Pong Another sports attraction during the noon period among both boys and girls was the Ping Pong Tournaments. They held much interest and kept the eyes moving back and forth at a great speed. After a “ping-for-pong”, the girls were off with a bang. With a curve ball and maybe a “slam” the tourney narrowed down to the finals. The finals found Doris Healy and Bessie Ring battling for the needed last points. In the last try Bessie won by a score of 21-12. The boys also showed their skill on the ping pong table—but only for a while. “In spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of”—so the tourney was neglected and unfinished.