St Marys High School - La Maria Yearbook (Huber, OR)

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LA MARIA Page Twenty-Seven County League in which St. Xlaryls was given membership. Composed of eleven strong teams, Vernonia, Scappoose, St. Helens, Clatskanie, and Rainier of Columbia County plus Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Beav- erton, Sherwood, Tigard and St. lVIary's of Washington County, this league 'was considered by all as the strongest unified circle of the state. Playing through the schedule of the league St. lX'Iary's landed in the first division, winning nine and losing eight. Great praise is due the St. ll'Iary's five for their spirit of fight which constantly kept them in the upper bracket. lfeared by all, the Saints made themselves known in every town of the league and were considered by all as the Giant Killers. To begin with only one regular, VVebb, from last year's team was left. Hall, Reynolds brothers, Stassens and Louie Nyssen came up from the ranks of the second team. Ondler and Riverman were new men without experience of any kind. Slowly but surely this group was developed into a potent five. The Saints reached their peak the night of the Tigard game. Un- defeated in nine games the Tigers met their initial set back of the season in a sensational game. This instilled great confidence into the team and from this time on Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Scappoose and others fell before the sharp shoot- ing Saints. Captain Hall was awarded a birth on the All-League five in the position of guard. Hallls great scoring ability and ball handling constantly kept the Saints in the lime-light. jesse lVebb, the midget of the en- tire league, through his floor work, speed and accuracy was placed as forward on the second five. ln the annual Catholic high school tournament staged at Port- land University, the Saints gained recognition far beyond the expecta- tion of all. VVhereas each contest- ing team played three games it fell to the lot of St. llfIary's to draw the hardest bracket of four games to go to the finals. The Dalles, Mt. Angel Prep. and Sacred Heart of Salem met defeat at the hands of the Saints. Tired and wearied from over play the Columbia Preps caught the Saints on a bad night and easily were victorious, thereby eliminating the blue and gold art- ists from the finals. lVebb and Hall played sensational ball to be placed on the All-State Catholic Five at forward and guard res- pc-ctively. Louie Nyssen, at guard was the spark of the team. Lost to the team about mid-season by a leg in- jury, his place was hard to fill. Gscar Reynolds drew the assign- ment and played great ball for the Saints. Stassens, Ondler, River- man, and C. Reynolds completed the squad and their efforts were crowned with success. lVith Riverman, Stassens, and the Reynolds brothers returning next year the 1937-38 quintet should easily carry on.

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Page Twenty-Six LA MARIA Top Row-Louis Nyssen, Chet Reynolds, Ernest Stassens. Middle--fliernard Riverman. Bottom Row Jesse Webb, Bill Ondler, Oscar Reynolds, Ray Hall. Basketball The basketball season of '36 might he considered one of the most interesting in the sehool's his- tory. St. lNlary's has always been strong in this sport and many for- midable quintets have represented the blue and gold on the hasket- hall court. However added impetus was given this sport by the creation of the XVashington-Columbia

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Page Twenty-Eight LA NTARIA Track and Field With the revival of Track and Field great interest has been shown in this sport. Under the tutelage of Coach Robinson and the able leadership of Captain Ernie Stas- sens, the squad were put through the fundamentals of starting, jog- ging and muscle building exercises. Entering the County meet held at Beaverton the Saints gained third place. The feature of the meet was the spectacular work of Captain Stas- sens in the discus throw, who broke the County record with a heave of one hundred and twenty feet. Robert Ezell, Davis and Palmer netted points for St. lWary's, ln the Northwest meet, Stassens took first place in the discus throw, while Vinney Davis in the Dist- rict meet earned the right to rep- resent St. Nlaryys at the Oregon High School meet in Eugene, with a jump of 22 feet. In this same meet Stassens placed second in the discus, thereby assuring himself of a trip to Eugene with his team- mate Davis. A befitting climax was reached in this Spring sport as the Saints blazed to a glorious victory over Hillsboro High in a dual meet held at Hillsboro by the score of 54-50. Jesse Webb, Davis, Palmer, Oscar Reynolds and Robert Ezell by their prowess on the cinder path gained for themselves the coveted winged Nl monogram.