St James High School - Saintonian Yearbook (St James, MN)

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FRESHMEN SQUAD. . .Row 1; Darrell Ask, Chuck Ekstedt, Clifford Olson. Row 2; Tommy Daniels, Jerry Jakobe, Dale Monroe, Bill Carstensen. Row 3; Bill Wilson, Allan Gigstad, Robert Bohm, Robert Sorensen, and David Zender. Freshmen basketball faired all right this sea- son, winning four games and losing three . . .Ro- bert Bohm, center, was high point man for the sea- son by accumulating a to- tal of 49 points . . .Start- ing line-up for the fresh- men was usually thus: Ja- kobe and Zender playing the position of forwards; Bohm at center; and Mon- roe and Carstensen as guards . . . Coached by Mr. Crosgrove, these boys got a good taste of competitional basketball by playing other schools -- Butterfield, Madelia, Tri- Mont, and Sherburn . . . Next year when they move up to senior high basket- ball, they certainly won't be greenies . 7th and 8th grade bas- ketball closed their sea- son very successfully this year . . .Coached by Mr. Strommen, seven outside games played were 100% victorious: St. James 45, Butterfield 25; St. James 35, Madelia 19; St. James 33, Tri-Mont 24; St. James 39, Sherburn 24; St. James 68, Butterfield 22; St. James 33, Madelia 25; St. James 50; Tri- Mont 25 . . .Hats off to them for a wonderful sea- son ! SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE TEAM. . .Row 1; Jerry Truman, Jim Bishop, Roger Sorenson, Tommy Crosgrove, Jim Holm. Row 2: Kirby Nelson, John Vetter, Gordon Bugge, Luther Daniels, Richard Bakke. 24

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Tip it the right way, Maurie! Make a basket, Normie! Ken Swanson's Bee Squad finished the sea- son with a 13-2 record. The two losses were to Windom in the first games of the season and the other to Madelia . . .The Jimbees had a string of ten straight before Madelia gave them their second loss . . .In conference play the Bee squad had a 8 -0 record which will help them in next year's play . . .There were four juniors and five sophomores who made up the team but at the last game of the season two freshmen suited up . . .Skip North started out the season with the Bee squad but was sent up to the A squad on count of his fine play . . .Mark Anderson led the B team with 152 points which makes a 10 point average for the season . . .The starting five at the beginning of the season was North, Anderson, Fryden- lund, Jensen, and Behrends . . . Towards the middle of the season Blumenshein was starting for Behrends and Hoffman replaced North . . .Then when the season finished, Behrends replaced Blu- menshein and Jim Kading was substitutive a lot . . .This year's B squad will be the team which will make up the A team of next year. B” TEAM. . .Sitting; Bob Johnson, Jene Frydenlund, Dean Hoffman, John Behrends. Standing; Mark Anderson, Karl Johnson, Lowell Jensen, and J.im Kading. 23

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AND FOOTBALL TOO ST. JAMES TOP PREP TEAM IN STATE AND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS St. James 70 St. James 45 St. James 40 St. James 33 St. James 56 St. James 40 St. James 41 St. James 37 St. James 50 Trophy won by the Fighting Saints as top team in the state. Glencoe 0 Madelia 0 Worthington 0 Blue Earth 0 Windom 7 New Ulm 12 Fairmont 0 St. Peter 0 Waseca 0 2?