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

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LA MARIA Page Twenty-Nine Junior High Basketball The Junior High haskethall team, under the splendid coaching of lldr. Kijowski, once again brought glory to their division. Trained to perfection this Junior quintet romped through a heavy schedule meeting defeat only at the hands of Tigard. Led by Red Alton this band of sharpshooting artists upheld the traditions of the past, and set a record that future teams will find hard to equal. Defeated hy Tigard in the County Tourney, they were award- ed second place. But sweet was their revenge, for in the dual coun- ty tilt staged by Pacific College of Newherg, these Juniors swept all opposition aside to enter the frnals with 'l'igard. ln a hectic game the Saints emerged victorious to cop the pennant and cup for the second consecutive year. Curtis Ezell at center, Sauser, Coleman, Carrington at forwards, and Alton and Mcirris, at guards formed the personnel of the team. Red Alton won the distinction of being placed on the All-County and All-Tournament five for the second year. To Coach Kijowski great praise should be extended for his tire- less efforts and patient drills which had their effect in moulding this sensational group of maple court artists.

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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.

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Page Thirty LA MARIA uinuioir High Football lf the past is any presage of the future, if the midget of today is to be the varsity man of tomorrow, St. Riaryds athletic standing will soon be even greater than it is now. Small in size but great in cour- age and ability these plucky juniors played their parts well and reached the goal of stardom. VVith the be- ginning of school, football leagues were formed and manned by the smaller boys in the ya1'd. A regul- ar schedule was made and each team was coached by a High School letterman. Matched according to size and hrawn two divisions were establish- ed. The smaller league was com- posed of three teams, Broncos, Lions, and Beavers, captained by Aebischer, lwarrin and Tobin res- pectively. A series of nine games were played which ended in a tie between the Broncos and the Lions. The championship game was play- ed off and won by Captain Aeb- ischer and his Broncos by a score of 6 to 0, thereby winning the pen- nant and the right to be present at the annual athletic banquet. The upper division found three teams so evenly matched that the league ended with both the Husk- 'X ivan ies and Bears perched on top. Captain Alton and his Trojans led the league until the midway mark only to be dropped in the cellar by the fighting charges of the Huskies and Bears. Jack Zirkle, leader of the Bears, tried in vain to oust Billy Schauerls Huskies from the lead. After the regular league was ended these two teams met in championship tilts on three dif- ferent occasions only to have all three end in ties. And so the league finished. lVhen the mole- skins were securely placed away for another season, basketball teams were chosen and schedules drawn up. Again two leagues existed. The American league was won by the Cardinals who swept through their entire schedule los- ing only two games. Captain Tom Coleman, Clifford George, Jack Beste, Philip Hartman and Slim O'Leary made up the personnel of the victorious Cards. The other division was won by Captain Alton's Beavers, aided by Dudley Kennard, Castle, Howard and Bell. This quintet made a record showing by sweepingthrough the entire season without a defeat, winning fifteen straight games. '-5