Sault Ste Marie High School - Northern Light Yearbook (Sault Ste Marie, MI)

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V' 44. oldzezfs of the rzdufon The 1941 Blue Devll grldders showed flashes of brxlhance dunng the season but they couldnt hlt pay dlrt ln the b1g games and so fmlshed the year wxth four wlns and as many losses After warmxng up on DeTour 27 0 the D uls were snowed under by Escanaba 31 7 although they showed promise of a good passmg attack Ishpemmg eked out a vxctory 13 7 after the Rxpleymen had pushed the I-Iematxtes all over the grldtron however the Sault could not score The Blue Devxls then h1t thenr stride m the game wnth Menommee defeating the Maroons 7 0 nn a gruellmg battle At Mumsmg xt was a dxfferent story for wnth three fnrst strmgers mjured the Sault absorb d Z1 19 0 defeat The Devxls were hot at Marquette where they dumped the Redmen 14-7 but they were cold agamst Mamsttque and were outclassed 12 6 Playmg the fmal game at Newberry the Sault gndmen successfully defended thexr Lnttle Brown Jug and won 13 6 to end the season wnth a 500 average Four Blue Devnls who recenved All State and All UP mentnon were Captam Dnck Bye for the UP second team and Red Waters Bull Imeson and Loyal Behlmg Graduatmg semors are Bye lmeson umn Makl Corey and Andary Next years team should be a potentxal champxonshxp eleven nf all returnmg lettermen are m school however Tceple and orgen son are already mn the armed forces The B team basketeers brought Sault I-Ingh the Evenmg News trophy for wmmng the Mack mac Chzppewa county tournament Th1s was the second tnme m three years the Bees won the champ nonshtp Coached by Langsford Collms the jumor Blue Devnls played good ball all year losmg only three games and placmg second ln the Little Erght Con ference Paul Brabant Earl Rnordan and Chxck Gerrxsh were on the All Conference Team In football the Bees were not as fortunate for they won only one encounter defeatmg Newberry B 19 0 The rest of thexr games whnch were agamst larger opposztnons mcluded Sault Ontano DeTour and St Ignace Because of transportatnon dnffxcultxes there wnll be no Lxttle Elght track meet thls year hence no B team track squad was formed Page 27 3 . . x . . . . . , , . . . . 3 7 7 7 . . . . . . , . 1 x ' ' 1' . 1 1 x - a 9 1 J 1 ... , . ' -7 'I ' ' , me as ' s - ' Y i V y . . ,4 . . ' V n ' - ' 9 x ' u an Y n 1 ' ' I' ' u n - - a T - , ,, - . . . . . ' 9 I Y - , . . 1 ' ' ' ll ' ' li ' I . . , , ' ll D! - - y s n .

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GO ELCZLQS The xarsny football team dnd about as well as could be expected by breaking even this year However accordmg to Coach Dave Rxpley the prospects are very good for next year as thns years team was made up mostly of sophomores and jun 1ors Some of them have been lost to the war or have qult school to take defense jobs but thmgs look bnghz nevertheless The sltuatxon IS much the same for varsxty bas ketball although Mr Rlpley belneves the draft w1ll not take so many boys there He sard W1th ten sh1p basketball team next year We hope there vull be a large turnout rn football It IS a patrnotnc gesture on your part to come out and get rn shape Coach Langsford Colhns coached the B foot ball and basketball team and h1s cagers copped the Chnppevna County champlonshnp Coach Coll1ns came to Sault Hlgh th1s year and aecordmg to some of hrs players IS a good coach vs orks h1s team hard IS well lxked and rf he keeps on coachmg wnll turn out champlonshxp teams DAY ID RIPI hi I ANGSFORD COLLINS Qheerleaders Ehzabeth fcrlbbyp Glbson and Lllllan Innes for three years have bullt up school morale and haxe stlmulated enthuslasm by thexr exceptional work as cheerleaders And work rt has been' We shall mxss blonde Lxlhan s truck jumps and Glbby s mter pretatlon of the old Sault Hxgh skyrocket At rn numerable games and pep assemblnes these two have yelled themselves hoarse as they urged the other fans to do the same Underclassmen who made fme showlngs for themselves were Clarre LaMontagne joe Patton who moved to Detrort th1s spnng From 1940 42 Mrss Fyfe was adx 1ser for the cheerleaders and furmshed many clever ldeas for pep assemblnes Last fall Mr Collms took over the advxsershxp and wnth the help of the cheer leaders organxzed the Pep Club whxch planned and acted out numerous sklts for pep sessxons Clexer cheerleadmg adds not only color and spmt to an athletlc contest but also furmshes the necessary rmpetus that spurs a team on to vnctorx Page 26 . ' . . Y' K . . . A A ' L , . . . . . . V , y 1 . u , , , . . V . . . . . ,, . D . ' Y ' 7 Y letter men returning, we should have a champion- Thelma Welch, Audrey White, and Irene Nisula . . , . -, . V. . ,, . . ' fl Y, - ' ' , . . . 7 . - . . . . V A . . ' , , Y . , . -. , . K . . . , . . . . . ,, Y . . V

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Left to right: Coach Ripley, Lyle A1- rick, Earl Riordan, Vergil La.Joice. Paul Brabant, William Waters, Reg- inald Ermatinger, Shirley Lever, Tony Pevarnic. Don Comstock, Top row Ross Annatoyn Norman Butsch Coach Collins Albert Maki John Doherty Bottom rovs Clark Murphy Bernard Weber Charles Gerrxsh Jim LaPo1nte WQVOQS 0 the Qowft DECLMBER 4 The 1942 43 Blue Devils opened the season at 'Vlanistique vxheie they dropped the game in the ast 30 seconds of play on a free shot The score 27 26 despite Lajoice s 13 points DECEMBER 10 Negaunec came to town to pry the lid off the home season and returned home the yictor The Deyils couldnt slip into gear during the first half when they scored only three points but they prouded thrills in t e second half when they tied the score 16 16 before losing 24 22 D1chMBER 11 Against Marquette the Sault machine functioned perfectly on offense and defense routing the Redmen 38 ll as the home fans cheered them on but lost courageously to the much larger school 21 19 AALARX 15 The game of the year proxed to be against lxeu berry is the Sault dumped the undefeated lndnns apple c1rt 29 26 The town vsent mld after the game JANUARX 16 With tvso minutes to play and trailing lshpemmg by fue points L1 oiee and Abel got together and hit the basket for six points to pull the game out of the fire It seemed as if the Blue Deuls were nov rolling JANLARX 22 Leading Munismg 18 11 at the half the Deuls had fans thinking they ffonllnuml on pax. 361 Page 28 4 i 4 il, T 1 B ' 10' 9 - Z - ' - ' A ' ' f ,, ' 1 7 1 -1 . 11 5 1 g : . A . 2 . I 1 Q , . JANUARY 8: In the initial game after the holidays Brimleyx loaded for bear. almost turned thc trick on the Ripleymcn Jw. V I , Y s ,', 'V v. U , 1 , 'tit - K 1 . V1 7. 'A x . , 1 : ' , ' , , ' ' , , ' , , ' ,, ' ' '- , , , . ' , ' ' 1 1 ' -l g ,, . ' . -' 1 r ' v. A hy . - 2 s ' A ' ' L Q 1 1' A ' -' , s ' , ' rr i I