Starbuck High School - Chippewan Yearbook (Starbuck, MN)

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ll El Il X ,THE Q' On December 29, we played the Alumni, com- posed of veterans of the last three year's grad- uates, in a more real basketball match than ever. After 28 minutes of play, the high school emerged victors, making the wins and loses, five all. When the new year rolled around, we began to chalk up the victories for ourselves. Chokio fell as our first victim, by a score of 35 to 22. Next Hancock bowed in one of the cleanest games ever played between the two schools. Wheaton came here for a return meet, confi- dent of victory because of their wonderful re- cord compared to ours. Victory was our cue, and we rolled over them by a comfortable mar- gin of fourteen points. Herman and Alberta were the next ones on the list to be put away, but these victories were spoiled when Herman upset us on their home floor. Chokio, Hancock, Alberta, and Elbow Lake were wins, and Ben- son took us on their floor. In the middle of the third quarter of the Benson game, all the reg- ulars had committed three fouls except Otteson, making it difficult to play the regular style of ball. The last game of the season with Glen- wood was being looked forward to by everyone with the hope of victory. The gym was packed to capacity and the crowd was satisfied to ex- pectations. Glenwood led us 17 to 18 at the half but we took the upper hand in the second half and walked away with the bacon by giving Glenwood the worst defeat ever been given to them by the S. H. S. Hancock put us out of the picture in tlze first game of the sub-district tourna- ment in an exciting, overtime combat. In the first quarter we outscored them 7 to 3, but lost that lead in the third quarter of two points and the fourth proved to be a thriller. We were trailing by three points with but 20 seconds to go. Myking sank a gift shot and Merrill a long one which was still in the air when the gun went off. An overtime period resulted, but old lady luck seemed to be against us for we re- ceived shot after shot and missed, so Hancock look advantage of this to receive the right of further play in the tournaments. Benson should- ered the sub-district honors but was defeated by Breckenridge in the district. The team felt themselves going into a slump because of the lack of routine instruction dur- ing Mr. Nygaard's illness, which kept him away from directing the team for almost a month in the middle of the season. Mr. Lunstad super- vised practice during this critical period, but he was handicapped by not knowing how Mr. Ny- gaard carried on his practices. The regulars won 11 out of 18 games for a sef1son's percentage of .611. The B team Won 10 out of 17 games for a season's percentage of .588. HIPPEWAN.. Page 17 The regulars lost four games by a one point margin. These were Benson twice, Wheaton and Osakis. Other defeats were Clara City, Glenwood and Herman. .The B team lost to Glenwood twice, tied with Morris, lost one game to Benson, one to Wheaton, one to Villard, one to Herman, one to Elbow Lake. The regulars scored a total of 486 points for the season, excluding the alumni game and the tournament. This is an average of 27 points per game. The opponents scored a total of 403 points, for an average of 22 points per game. The B team scored a total of 320 points or an average of 18 points per game. The oppon- ents scored a total of 278 points or an average of 16 points per game. We played 10 home games and 8 out-of-town games this season. The receipts at practically all these games were very gratifying. Elbow Lake and Morris were added to our schedule this year and Hoffman was dropped. Clara City, the team which is coached by Ovid Smedstad, gave us another defeat not included in the regular schedule. This was a fast game ending in a overtime period. The final score was 32-30. It hardly seems possible that the senior players will never carry on again for the Star- buck High School and their alma mater. It is a very difficult task to check in one's suit for the last time, never to have the chance to don it again. So to all those who still have the chance to wear a suit, don't pass it up for petty griev- ancesg and use the privilege the best way you know how. To future basketball we wish the best of luck! RESULTS Osakis 25 ....... .................... S tarbuck Glenwood 26 ..... Starbuck Morris 19 ....... Starbuck Benson 20 ......... Starbuck Wheaton 22 ...... Starbuck Chokio 22 .......... Starbuck Hancock 25 ....... Starbuck Wheaton 17 ....... Starbuck Alberta 11 ..... Starbuck Herman 20 ..... Starbuck Chokio 9 ......... Starbuck Hancock 27 ....--- Starbuck Alberta 15 ......... Starbuck Glenwood 24 ..... Starbuck Benson 28 .......... Starbuck Herman 24 ..,......... Starbuck Elbow Lake 16 .,..... Starbuck Alumni 27 ............ Starbuck Clara City 32 ............................ ..... S tarbuck Tournament Hancock 32 ........................................ Starbuck

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l'ill-1 Hi -'lllll-I 1'llIl'I'I4lX5'.lN- 1 zu : s BASKEBALL H937-1938 Front Row-tt'oas-li lf. Nyganardl, lirenten Blyknpr, co-captain, Arcliie Utteson, .lolm Mi-rrill, I-o-4-uptain, Vernon Larson, lloyd Uplu-ini. Marvin llzigen utlile-tie nmmurer. Si-1-oml llow-Norman llap.u-n. I'zlul Jolxnslioy, llm-nry Nodlund, lilllllll Norlzind, 'I'hom4n Sim-nl 4'l2ll'lll0Ill lmlilseng, XVultm-r Nelson. linvk Row-Aldred Uplu-im, Arden lin-nden, l't-rry Berg. l'zlul lim-nimcq, Ernest lloium .lumn-s l'Iri1'li:s1m, Iivsts-1' l,or'X'ii-K. Another year whizzed by, and Coach Nygaard issued his second call for basketeers. Respond- ing to this call were 30 boys, eager for a chance to show their real blood. Of these three lettermen returned, namely, Brenten Myking, Andrew Thorstad and John Merrill, to carry the greater part of the bur- den for building a winning team. After several weeks of constant practice, Coach Nygaard as- signed berths to Archie Otteson, Brenten My- king, John Merrill, Vernon Larson and Boyd Opheim for pulling strings with Osakis, who invaded our domain, eager for revenge of last year's defeat. The two teams lined up for the tip-off, then the shrill of the referee's whistle and basketball season was in full swing. A close hard-fought battle followed, which led up a thrilling climax. We were leading by the nar- row margin of one point with about five se- conds to play and to our advantage, we had possession of the ball. A bum pass gave our op- ponents the edge with one second remaining and they scored. The ball was in the air when the gun went off, taking all the spoils for which we were craving. They gave us our first lesson and most necessary lesson of the season: need of cooperation. The team showed that it had all the necessary elements for building a winning team. We were downed by Glenwood in our next game, 20 to 26, but came back to whip Morris for our first win of the season, Ill to 19. ln :1 fast, hard-fought engagement with Benson, we were defeated for the second time by a margin of one point. We lead our opponents at the half by a two point margin and at the end ot' the third quarter by a five point margin, but we were shoved out of the picture in the last, few moments of play by a score of 19 to 20. We went through the same nerve strain when we played Wheaton, there, and were defeated 21 to 22, completing our pre-Christmas schedule.

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Pill-'FO 18 -THE CHIPPEWAN- .1 Q .g R Season Individual Records Total Pts. Fouls F. T. B. Myking 196 33 42 A. Otteson 157 27 26 J. Merrill 84 39 26 V. Larson 66 28 ' 12 B. Opheim 12 45 8 A. Thorstad 19 17 4 H. Nodland 9 1 2 R. Norland 0 2 C. Dahlseng 1 0 P. Johnshoy 1 1 B TEAM RESULTS Glenwood 33 ................................,... Starbuck 8 Morris 12 ....... ...............................,., S tarbuck 12 Benson 12 ......... .... S tarbuck 18 Wheaton 15 ....... ..... S tarbuck 13 Villard 18 ....... ..,.. S tarbuck 28 Hancock 9 ......... .... S tarbuck 15 Wheaton 14 ....... ..... S tarbuck 18 Alberta 14 ...... .... S tarbuck 20 Herman 22 ..... ..... S tarbuck 19 Chokio 4 ............. ..... S tarbuck 12 Hancock 11 ....... .... S tarbuck 20 Glenwood 36 ..... .... S tarbuck 31 Benson 13 .............. ..... S tarbuck 26 Herman 5 .......................................... Starbuck 15 Elbow Lake 16 ......,...............,......... Starbuck 23 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Tuesday, November 23 .................... Osakis here Friday, December 3 .................... Glenwood there Monday, December 6 ..... ......... M orris here Friday, December 10 Tuesday, December 14 Friday, January 7 ........ Tuesday, January 11 Friday, January 14 ....... Wednesday, January 19 Friday, January 21 ..,.. Wednesday, January 26 Benson here Wheaton here Chokio here Hancock there Wheaton here Alberta here Herman here Chokio there Friday, January 28 .......... ...., H ancock here Friday, February 4 .........,........,.,. Alberta there Wednesday, February 9 Tuesday, February 15 ...... ....... Clara City here Hereman there Monday, February 21 .................... Benson there Wednesday, February 23 .......... Glenwood here BOYS' CLASS TOURNAMENTS Having been defeated the three previous years in the tournaments, we the seniors took it upon ourselves to turn the tables on our fellow class teams. In the first game against a small but deter- mined Sophomore team we emerged victorious. The next game was to be played with the Juni- ors who had defeated the Freshmen the night before fdespite the fact that the Freshmen felt assured of the tournamentj By means of a petition the losers of the first two games demanded that the two games be forfeited. A general discussion among the mem- bers of the teams gave much heat and little light, so an arbitration committtee consisting of two representatives from each class, coaches, and class advisors met to settle the differences between the classes. At this meeting the teams were evened up by letting only those who had seen little action, if any, during the season and previous seasons, play. The next week we again defeated the Sopho- mores and met the Freshmen fwho finally de- feated the Juniorsl the next evening. This game proved very interesting and each class received splendid support from their remaining classmates. We finally came through with a victory and the championship by downing the Freshmen 32 to 28. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Girls' Basketball has been organized to pro- mote an interest in athletics among the high school girls. In the year of 1934 and 1935, we, as Fresh- men, enthusiastically joined the girls' basket- ball team. We practiced twice a week under the able supervision of Miss Olson fMrs. Irving Helgesonl, our Physical Education teacher. In our inter-class tournament, we surprised nearly everyone by beating both the Senior and Jun- ior teams in hard-fought battles and by win- ning the tournament. In the Sophomore year we hoped to make as good a showing as in our Freshmen year, but fate was against us for even though we defeat- ed the Freshmen team, we lost to the Seniors in a close-scoring game. This was a great dis- appointment to our team, but we had to be sat- isfied with second place in the tournament. During the year 1936 and 1937, we practiced two nights a week at four o'clock under a new Physical Education teacher, Miss Mae Schendel, who proved to be of great help in our basketball practices. Our defeat of the previous year had not made us lose all hope of winning the inter- class tournament. We practiced every chance we could and made a resolution to win. Our ef- forts Were rewarded, for we triumphed over the Sophomore and Senior teams by winning championship of 1936-1937. Our last year of high school was at hand, which also meant the last year of basketball playing for our team. We had won the inter- class tourney twice and this was our last chance. Could we win again? Yes, we must! And we all decided to play our best. When the time for the tournament arrived, we were quite ex- cited, but we kept calmg and by really bearing down, we conquered the Freshmen and Sopho- more teams and carried off the 1937-1938 championship. This victory completed a very successful basketball career for our team, for we had received second place one year and won the championship three years. Our high school basketball playing is now over, but we will always remember the many pleasant times we had with our worthy oppon- ents and classmates.