St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Who are they? Top Left: Eric Lincoln. Top Right: Greg Gray and Dave Thomas. Bottom Left: John Murakami and Dave Strombeck. Bottom Right: John Murakami and Al Wachutka. Who was in charge? The intramural program was sponsored by the Athletic Department. Anita Silbert was present at all the games to make sure things ran smoothly. She was also in charge of getting people to sign up and of arranging the tournaments. Was it too competitive? There were two views on the competitiveness of intramurals. Some thought that it got too competitive and quit, while others thought it wasn’t enough competition. It all depended on whether you were playing to win or whether you were playing for fun. What intramurals were offered? There was volleyball, basketball, and broomball. Volleyball and broomball were on Monday nights and basketball was on Wednesday nights. There was also soccer and softball intramurals but the first three were the most popular. Inlromurolt: 28 29

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Who are they? Top: Dick Egeberg. Center Left: John McIntosh. Center Right: Mike Jacobsen and Mark Wei-lens. Bottom: Doug Gray and Dave Meyers. How were the teams formed? Some of the teams were composed of people in an organized group, but many of the teams were made up of friends. There was no limit to the number of players on a team as long as during play the correct people were on the floor. Like A Pro Why join intermurals? The main reason was for something to do on a Monday night. Others joined because they liked to play but weren’t good enough or didn’t want the discipline involved in an inter-scholastic team. Yes. The last night of the volleyball tournament when it came time for the playoffs, one of the teams had gone home. The game was rescheduled for the next Monday night and the tournament was finished. Up Front

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Small But Strong Check . . . checkmate . . . words that the Chess Team dreaded to hear but delighted in saying. Strategy is a key to being a successful chess player. Members found that they had to have an answer for every move their opponent could make throughout the game. The team, though small, was an active group, playing games every Tuesday at Robbinsdale. There were nine members in the club. Five of these nine competed with area schools in the Tuesday meets. The other players substituted when needed. Making the Twin Cities Play-Off. was the aim of the whole team. Pete Ringsrud, in his second year as adviser, was pleased with the team’s accomplishments in game play this season. Top Left: Diagraming chess moves on the board. Pete Ringsrud. adviser, tries to help the team pull off a victorious season. Top Right: Wondering what his opponent will do next. Jeff Vogel, senior, hopes he call pull off a win. Middle Left: Colin Tsuchiya. junior, advises Dave Brown, sophomore, of which move he thinks would be the best possible one. Middle Right: Joe Berman, senior, in a tough fight against Colin Tsuchiya. junior, is coached on by other teammates. Bottom: CHESS TEAM: Bottom Row: J. Vogel. G. Flodin. Row Two: D. Brown. C. Tsuchiya. Top Row: S. Nash. I. Lampert. G. Forseth. J. Berman. D. Ranta. “We’ve got lots of good quality in the club, just not a lot of quantity.” Up Front J t, 1 4 4it