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

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“HALF-NELSONS,” AND VICTORIES B Team Wrestlers: ROW 1: L. Seig, R. Helling, Jamieson, W. Kuper, A. Firchau. ROW 3: Manager E. Melheim, M. Ayres, L. Olson. ROW 2: G. Sand- A. Witherall, Asst. Coach Auringer, Coach Sponberg, meyer, T. Lastine, L. Christianson, B. Sands, D. Manager B. Thomas. The St. James B wrestling squad, coached by Mr. Auringer, finished the season with a perfect rec- ord. The team tallied 423 team points to their opponents 74. From such an impressive record, it would seem that St. James will have a winning A squad for years to come. Only underclassmen are allowed to wrestle on the B squad, since the purpose of the group is primarily to gain experience for later A team contests. The St. James B's started by tromping Waseca, 38-5. They went on to skunk the next three teams, clobbering Lake Crystal, 58-0; Madelia, 54-0; and Windom, 58-0. These scores are exceptionally good because the highest possible wrestling score is 60-0, and the B's missed it by only two points! ABOVE: Rognlie displays championship form by pinning his opponent. St. Peter crumbled, 32-14; after which the reserves pounded the Madelia matmen a second time, by a score of 45-8. Even though their A teams were victorious, Blue Earth (31-19), Redwood Falls (30-17), and Mankato (40-10), were vanquished by the Junior Saints. The B's wound up the season with a victory, jinxing Worthington 37-11. ABOVE: Olson (Standing) tries valiantly for a take-down.

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DIETS AND MAT BURNS; Varsity Wrestling Team: ROW 1: Manager K. Klutz, J. Rognlie, D. Madison, R. Sturm, B. Westman, W. Zarn, J. Bowers. ROW 2: B. Hoppe, J. Spitzner, G. Rettke, D. Schiller, D. Olson, C. Sorenson, H. Ander- Under the expert supervision of Mr. Sponberg, the new head wrestling coach, and his assistant, Mr. Auringer, a rookie wrestling squad developed into an efficient team. Our team finished with a seven wins--six loss record, took the Conference title, and finished runner-up in the District. Jim Rognlie and Doug Olson were the team co-captains. The team won the first six dual meets by consis- tently lopsided scores. These were: Waseca, 38-6; Lake Crystal, 44-10; Madelia, 43-3; Windom, 32-11; St. Peter, 37-10; and Madelia, 29-13. We were on the short end of the scoring in the next three, suffering defeat at the hands of Blue Earth, 15-29; Redwood Falls, 17-31; and Mankato, 16-33. Conference team standings are determined in Warling displaying tactfulness in escaping. son, J. Warling. ROW 3: Manager A. Witherall, Coach Sponberg, Asst. Coach Auringer, Manager B. Thomas. wrestling by a separate conference tournament. This year, St. James High played host. Our team stole the honors for the second consecutive year, and crowned five individual champions; Jerry Bowers, Dennis Madison, Jim Rognlie, Jerry Spitzner, and Gary Rettke. In the last dual meet of the season the Jimmies defeated Worthington, 27-14. At the District 6 Wrestling Tournament, St. James placed second to Mankato. Dean Schiller and Jim Rognlie were individual champions, thus qualifying to enter into the Regional Tournaments. Jim went all the way to the State Tournaments, where he placed second. District Conference Champs: J. Rognlie and D. Schiller. South Central Conference Champs: FRONT ROW: J. Bowers, D. Madison. BACK ROW: J. Rognlie, G. Rettke, J. Spitzner.

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FILMS KEPT THEM BUSY PHOTOGRAPHERS CLUB: L. Olson, T. Hovde, R. Duffy, J. Mishler, D. SEATED: B. Offerdahl, T. Crosgrove, B. Stamp, Weidenbach, E. Blackstad. D. Davis, C. Owens. STANDING: B. Nelson, When we enter a classroom and see a projector setting on a desk, we know that we will have an interesting hour. Will the film demonstrate an Eng- lish lesson? or will it be biology? or history? This is an interesting extra-curricular activity for boys. They leam how to run the tape recorders, movie projectors, and slide projectors. Without the work and time of these boys our visual aids department could not function smoothly. Our hats are off to this group of boys and Mr. Widmark, their adviser, for giving so much of their time for our benefit. Have you ever wondered where the pictures of events came from? Well, these are the photographers hard at work. Most of us do not realize how much work these boys really did during their free periods and their spare time. The pictures you are looking at right now are the product of the hard-working photography staff. The informal pictures usually were the most fun, especially when someone was found sleeping in class. Also they were on hand at all the sports events taking pictures for the paper. Without these boys there would be no pictures for the annual for the Saints Reporter, no pictorial record to whet your memory. Thanks to Mr. Stoesz for advising them in a difficult task. PROJECTIONISTS CLUB: SEATED: M. Nelson, L. Koenig, Mr. Widmark, D. Roxin. STANDING: H. Peyton, E. Johnson, L. Arnold, G. Johnson, K. Bjerke, L. Larson, K. Mollenhauer.