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

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GOLF TEAM: FRONT; D. Engelking, B. Butzlaff, D. Downs, D. Trickle. ROW 2; B. Perrier, S. Nibbe, D. Wick, J. James, E. Blackstad, S. Benson. ROW 3; B. Witherall, M. Thomas, R. Truman, P. Schmil- len, S. Strommen, B. Offerdahl. TENNIS TEAM: FRONT; R. Peterson, D. Offer- dahl. ROW 2; D. Burger, J. Clark, C. Zender, G. Fleming. ROW 3; N. Dodge, G. Veith, S. Strom- men, R. Panzer, B. Offerdahl. BUDS OF SPRING, AS NEW GOIFERS APPEAR. cause of an experienced squad, with high hopes also for next season, since only three members will be lost to graduation. There are five conference games to be played plus the District Tourney, so the baseball team will also be very busy the last weeks of school. As an experiment, tennis was a fall sport with the tournaments held at that time. The Jims were second to Fairmont in the conference and lost to Mankato Up - - - and over! ! Gary Mays may look as though he is headless, but it's just his western roll as he clears the high jump bar in the meet with Madelia. in the District Tournament. Next year tennis will again be a spring sport. There are, however, four matches this spring, and the squad pictured above works out every day in prep- aration for them. Golf is a new sport at St. James, and therefore there isn’t too much to be said, except that they won their first match with Madelia. It will take time to build a team, and if its prospects come through, golf should be a strong sport also. Gil Veith doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get to the net. Could it be that Rog Peterson hit the net with that backhand return of his??? 21

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BASEBALL: FRONT; D. Smith, C. St. John, R. Tru- Torkelson, S. Strommen, G. Wolner, D. Keim, D. man, J. Mishler, A. Graupman, L. Peterson, S. Ben- Mickelson. son. ROW 2; J. Luther, D. Anderson, M. Larson, M. OUTDOOR SPORTS RLOSSOMED WITH THE FIRST Since our annual goes to press before the end of the season, final results of the spring sports are not possible, but some general comments can be made. Because of the moisture this spring, sports have been somewhat handicapped since the members were limited in their activity. that piles up second, third, and fourth places while someone else gets first. At this writing, dual meets with Madelia and Butter- field had been won; and a fifth place recorded at the Estherville Relays. With eight more meets to go, it would appear that our tracksters have their job cut out for them. The tracksters had a busy schedule, led by Captain Jerry Spitzner, who was a pole vaulter. Once again, Coach Renner’s men had strength in depth, the kind The baseball team is also off to a good start, winning its first three games from Mankato, Madelia, and Windom. Coach Veglahn expects a fine season be- TRACK: FRONT; G. Rettke, W. Kuyper, J. Warling, H. Anderson, D. Schiller, C. Sorensen, H. Brekke, J. Ball, J. Spitzer, A. Firchau, J. Haugen, G. Mays, L. Schroeder, R. Friesen. ROW 2; R. Moe, C. Anderson, J. Hintgen, D. Anderson, R. Warling, M. Anderson, D. Sandman, J. Sandmeyer, L. Sieg, T. Domino, W. Burke, M. Voosen, S. Hage, W. Zam, R. Sturm. ROW 3; K. Klutz, J. Ouren, A. Askevold, W. Pearson, P. Frankhamp, K. Hanson, G. Curry, R. Anderson, R. Helling, R. Hoppe, M. Hage, J. Renner, R. Needham. ROW 4; P. Kuehl, M. Anderson, R. Espeland, D. Monroe, B. Sands, R. Melcher, W. Wamemunde, C. Greig, L. Dreke, P. Hanson, D. Samuelson, M. Froslan D. Holmquist, T. Smith.

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VARSITY WRESTLING TEAM. FRONT ROW: Willie Zarn, Larry Drake, Ted Anderson, Curt Sorenson. ROW 2: Charlie Bowers, Jim Warling, Merle Ayres, Herb The varsity wrestlers had a fine season, losing only 2 matches in dual competition, to Tracy and Mankato, the state champ. For the 3rd year in a row the grapplers took the conference championship, with Warling, Anderson, Firchau, and Spitzner taking in- dividual crowns. Rognlie, Spitzner, and Hoppe, qualified for the State Meet as the Saints beat out Anderson, Jerry Bowers, Dean Schiller, Ron Strum, Gary Rettke, Bob Westman, Jerry Spitzner, Jim Rogn- lie, Bob Hoppe. Mankato for the district crown. However, Spitzner was busy with the Westinghouse Scholarship, and didn't compete. St. James will lose heavily due to graduation, but next year's team will still be tough if the B squad record is any indication. WRESTLERS TAKE THIRD CONFERENCE CROWN Gary Rettke and Ahrends of Mankato wish each other luck before their match. Ronnie Sturm hangs on to prevent Just of Mankato from escaping. 22