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

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 B TEAM; J. Behrends, R. Anderson, J. Tapper, A. Bishop, M. Seig, F. Hammer, D. Vogt, L. Jensen, J. Swan- son. Row 2: D. Banse, D. Blumenshein, D. Fastenau, J. Warling, N. Hovdet, D. Kuyper, W. Gorden, H. Olson. Row 3: Coach Wilkinson, G. Deegan, K. Curry, T. Eppeland, L. Bloomquist, L. Deao, G. Keuker. FRESHMEN TEAM: T. Daniels, C. Dexheimer, J. Linden, R. Olson, C. Olson, B. Wilson, W. Gilling, K. Sand- meyer, L. Olson. Row 2: D. Ask. L. Brekke, B. Heppner, C. Riihl, B. Lastine, G. Jakobe, D. Clair, D. Zender. R. Bohm. 26

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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?

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THE FIGHTING SAINTS: Row 1; B. Yock, R. Hunstad, E. Peterson, N. Anderson, G. Kintzi, D. Petersoo, M. Burckhardt, D. Romsdahl, B. Warling, J. Monroe, J. Jackson. Row 2: D. Anderson, G. Siem, E. Gardner, J. Fry- denlund, D. Daniels, D. Hoffman, J. Seal, P. Moody, J. Frydenlund, J. Blackstad, G. North. Row 3: Mr. Cole, Mr. Woehrle, D. Mays, K. Rude, G. Deegan, E. Saunders, L. Jensen, M. Anderson, J. Swanson, L. Warling, F. Hammer, Mr. Haws, Coach Swanson. Under the leadership of captain Dick Peterson and Coach Ken Swan- son, the Saints proved their ability in the game of football by winning every one of their games . . . the team won the South Central State championship, and in December, the Fighting Saints were awarded the sports trophy by Ted Peterson of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, as the state's number one high school team . . . in November, Normie Anderson was picked as one of the all stars, while Gerrie Kintzi, Morry Burck- hardt, and Eldie Peterson were given honorable mention . . . the team totalled 412 points, with an average of 45.8 and the opponents ran up 19 points, averaging 2.1 ... Norman Anderson was named to the national All-Star high school football squad . . . his statistics were fabulous, in- cluding a 15.9 yards a carry average . . . he completed 18 of 30 passes for 500 yards, scored 26 touchdowns . . . and 42 conver sions for 198 points . . . the group who selected him said that if there could have been two from each school, Gerry Kintzi would surely have been picked too . . . the team's statistics are as follows: First downs, 139, opp. 49; total rushing 2,563 yds., opp. 979 yds.; lost rushing, 31 yds., opp. 250 yds.; net rushing 2,532 yds., opp. 729 yds.; net passing, 853 yds., opp. 198 yds.; and total net, 3,385 yds., opp. 927 yds. . . all in all, the whole school and the community was very much pleased with this year's football team. TWO OF THE TOP STATE CHAMPIONS: Norman Anderson and Gerry Kintzi. 27