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

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WRESTLING . . BASEBALL WRESTLING SQUAD; C. Dexheimer, J. Klaras, R. Jensen, J. Klaras, J. Warling, G. Deegan. G. Seim, D. Roms- dahl, D. Peterson. E. Saunders, D. Hunstad. Row 2; J. Jensen, D. Jensen. D. Randenbough, B. Montgomery, E. Munsterman. A. Hurley, D. Ouren, M. Seig, G. Tapper, P. Moody, G. Nelson. Row 3; Mr. Haws, D. Beck, W. Beckman, L. Warling, J. Swanson. J. Erickson, L. Hudson, D. Mays, F. Hammer, Mr. Whoehrle. Wrestling this year has become a very important and popular sport in St. James High School...This exciting sport has kept us all in suspense wondering if our team and under their captain Dick Romsdahl, was going to win...Through the halls was cried Did you see Dick pin his man last night? ...During the noon hour and activity period you could see these Musclemen practicing for one of their future bouts ...Three cheers for these boys who really did a won- derful job this year! Spring came and baseball was the sport... Foul ball! ... Strike out! ... You're out! ...These fa- miliar cries were heard by the cheering section as the spectators enthusiastically watched this fascin- ating game...Normie's pitching helped make this a very successful year...Who knows, maybe some day in the future you can see some of the Saints in the World Series! BASEBALL TEAM; G. North, D. Peterson, J. Blackstad. M. Burchkart, E. Peterson, B. Loftgren, Coach Veglahn, D. Anderson, N. Anderson, G. Payne, G. Kintzie, D. Hoffman. 29

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TRACK . . CROSS COUNTRY TRACK TEAM: A. Olson, B. Montgomery, R. Ouren, D. Radenbaugh, D. Mays, D. Sandmeyer, B. Loftgren, D. Back, D. Jensen, D. Fastenau, L. LaDuke, W. Sandberg, R. Jensen. J. Behrends. Row 2: G. Nelson, L. Eppeland, K. Rude, L. Sandmeyer, R. Curtis, L. Hudson, G. Tapper, L. Warling, L. Deao, B. Duncanson, O. Baade, A. Munsterman, A. Hurley, J. Swanson. Row 3: J. Erickson, M. Miller, B. Yock, B. Warling, E. Gardner, J. Kading, D. Johnson, P. Moody, R. Anderson, G. Quindel, F. Hammer, Mr. Haws. Row 4: Mr. Renner, N. Anderson, R. Hunstad, G. Kueker, J. Seal, J. Moltsau, H. Olson, K. Johnson, M. Engel, J. Frydenlund, K. Johnson, E. Johnson, G. Evers, M. Sieg, E. Saunders. In track last fall, the team opened the season by placing fourth in the Mankato relays, and then win- ning a duel meet with Mountain Lake...they won the South Central Conference Championship, a duel meet with New Ulm...the Region 2 Conference Championship...and tied for sixth in the State Meet ...the Cross Country teams' season started on October 2 and the results were as follows: won a quadrangu- lar meet at Garden City...a quadrangular meet at St. James...they lost to Minneapolis in a duel at St. James, and a triangular meet at Nakomis...they placed first in the District Six meet at Mankato, and placed 7th in the State Meet at Nakomis...with the first signs of spring, these teams were off with the determination to make the coming season even better than the last. CROSS COUNTRY: Row 1: L. Curtis, J. Klaras, B. Montgomery, L. Rentz, E. Munsterman, L. Sandmeyer, D. Radenbaugh, D. Jensen. Row 3: Coach Renner, J. Kading, B. Duncanson, K. Johnson, D. Sandmeyer, M. Engel, B. Loftgren, G. Erickson. R. Nelson, G. Munsterman, A. Munsterman, A. Olson, D. Johnson. 28

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TENNIS TRAMP TENNIS TEAM: Mark Anderson, Gerry Kintzi, John Jackson, Dave HIT THAT BALL, GERRY! Anderson, Bill Yock. DO A FLIP, CORRIENE! Three of the tramp stars, Marlene Baldwin, Glenys Peterson, and Corriene An- derson. The 1953-54 tennis team has again triumphantly concluded another highly successful year...two of these players, Dave Anderson and Gerry Kintzi, represented St. James in the state tennis tournaments held in Minneapolis...thisgroup has played together for four years, and are all seniors except Mark Anderson, who is a sophomore. Monday night practices kept the trampoline team in shape...those black outfits added a lot to their performances and the spot light was a new feature also...they never seemed to get anything done until the last few days of their scheduled performance...their performances made the halfs of games seem ohl so much shorter... TRAMP TEAM: A. Hudson, G. Peterson, J. Legvold, M. Baldwin, C. An- derson, B. Gross, E. Niemeier. Junior tramp team; P. Meishler, D. Bartsch, B. Engleking, S. Harrison, D. Downs, L. Olson, J. Meishler. 30