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

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Cgault Qlfigh cschooljs Cvictorious q3lue qleuil Cvarsity January 7, Collegiate Institute Ivasketeers asked to fill the open dates. The NY'ildcats hit the Devils in an on night and carried home .1 52-19 setback. The following Friday the high-flying varsity men traveled to New- berry to scalp the fighting Indians, 45-23. I-I0s't to Ishpeming the next night, the BIue and White sent the Hematites home with a 37-19 defeat. The Blue Devil steamroller hit an all-time high at Mun- ising on January 21 as they crushed the Purple and White, 68--13. Meeting the acid test at home on January 28 when the Escanaba Eskymos, later to become UP. Champs, invaded the Lock City. the local quintet broke the Esky jinx before a record crowd by doubhng the score, 52-25. Faced by the tough Negaunee Miners the following evening, the Sault five again conquered 145-355 the squad that later defeated them in the district tourna- EAARL ament, In this game the subs were used for much of the tilt. Two men, Lever and Pevarnic, played their last game before entering the armed forces. XVith a nine game winning streak, and now one of the most respected teams in ' ff the U.P., the Ripleymen traveled to Nlanistique on February 4 to wallop again the Fmeralds, 30-21. After visiting Ishpeming on Ifebruary Il for .1 one day stay and .1 38-24 victory, the Blue and W'hite squad returned home for Ll final three game stand with Newberry, Nlunising. and Marquette. La- Joiee. Alrick, .ind Gerrish warmed the nets to send NIURPH the Indians home with a 45-17 defeat, while on Mothers' Night, February 25, the Devils re-walloped the Algers from Munising, 68-14. As Ll climax to their unde- feated season, the varsity took the Redmen, 52-35. In the tour- ney at Niarqtlette the Sault took Ishpeming, 36- 27 hut lost to Ne- gaunee Miners bv .1 score YIRGIQ ' ' FRANK t 9 .J 2 JI' J? . 1 , EVQ g of IJ

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C rozmlly Qvresezfzfzng f'for1querors II? Q36-zsleefoazfl 801005211 . 5 L - Because this has been the most victorious team that Sault High has ever produced, with I5 straight wins, the YH formed hy the pictures on these pages represents VICTORY. Soon many of these hoys will be in Uncle Samls armed services: then watch Ollf. Axis, for this gang fights-and wins. Another reason for the Backing this victory team are the coaches Clower leftj: head coach David Ripley and assistant var- sity and B coach Lansford Collins: the cheerleaders flower rightj: Barbara Johnston, Thelma XYZ-lch, Claire Lamontagne, and Audrey NVhite. Missing from the HV are Shirley I,ever and Tony Pevnrnic, already in the service. Of these players three will be returning: Ifarl CAPT. Riordan, junior, and Chick Cerrish and Clark Murphy, sophomores. Despite the few RED returning lettermen, Coach Ripley says of the future: XVe will have, in the next two years, teams as good as this year's teamn. .-Xfter completing the most suc- cessful hardcourt season of any S,ll.S. squad, the Blue Devils lost in an upset game to Negaunee in the district tournament finals. Undouhtedlv the finest team ever produced here in modern years, Coach Ripley's hoys hrolse several long-standing precedents in winning I-4 straight Ne, K 1 .Q ...- .., fuk. g 2, season games with an average of 48 points per game to an opponent average of 22. This average of 48 points is more f than anv other Sault team ever scored in anv game! f if as i The first fame was at home with Xianistit ue on . W K HI S ., a . 1 9 A iw C Ch December 3. The untried Blue Devils tools the Q , Ifzneralds, 47-Z-4. Tn the first road trip. MM , In lpll Decemher 10-ll, the Devils elsed out a 31-27 victory at Marquette, but M, houneed hack the following night to ring up .1 57-20 score on Negaunee. XY'hen St. Ig- nace, Little Eight con- ference champions, dropped their , scheduled game ms for GUMI BERNII 4 'Z

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