Starbuck High School - Chippewan Yearbook (Starbuck, MN)

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Page 16 CHIPP1-:WAN 1939 QBASKETBALL CONTNUEDD of the game. Larson led a rally shortly after the half but the team was not able to overcome the lead Morris had. The final score was 23 to 19 in favor of Morris. The regulars won 17 out of 18 games for a season's percentage of .895. They scored 632 points for an av- erage of 33.2 point per game. The opponents scored a total of 367 points for an average of 19.3 points per game. Starbuck committed a total of 222 fouls to the opponents 199. The B team won 15 out of 17 games for a percen- tage of .882. It scored a total of 286 points for an average of 22.7 points per game. The opponents scor- ed 211 points for an average of 12.4 points per game. We played 11 home games and 8 out-of-town games. One game with Chokio was postponed because of the bad weather. It is a very difficult task for a Senior to check in his suit for the last time, never to have the chance to use it again. So those who still have a chance to wear a suit, use the privilege to the best of your ability. We wish next year's team the best of luck. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Sub-District Tournament Results Starbuck 23 ............................. . Hancock 11 Starbuck 19 ..,....,,,,,,,,.,,,,..,,,,,,A,,,, A Morris 23 SECOND TEAM RESULTS Starbuck ........................ .... G lenwood 20 St8!'bl1Ck ....... ,,,,,,, O sakis 19 S'CaI'bUCk -...... .. Wheaton 7 St3I'bUCk ---.-.. .. Brooten 18 Starbuck ....... .,,,, B ensgn 6 StaI'bl1Ck ....... .. Alberta 13 Sta1'bUCk -..-.... Barrett 11 St3I'bUCk . Hancock 13 Starbuck ,,.A Chokio 10 Starbuck ....... ..... E lbow Lake 7 Starbuck Wheaton 13 Starbllffk ....... .,,, B enson 9 St8!'bUCk ...... ...... B arrett 10 StaI'bUCk ....... ........... A lberta 0 Starbuck . Belgrade 22 Starbuck Glenwood 24 SEASON INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Dec. 1 ....,.........,............................. Glenwood at Starbuck Dec. 6 ...... ........................................... O sakis at Starbuck Dec. 9 ....., ............. ...... W h eaton at Starbuck Dec. 14 .,..... - ......... ....... B rooten at Starbuck Dec 16 ....... ..... S tarbuck at Benson Dec 21 ....... ............................. A lumni Jan. ....... ....... S tarbuck at Alberta Jan. 16 ,...... ........ S tarbuck at Barrett Jan. 20 ....... ...... H ancock at Starbuck Jan. 24 ....... ............... S tarbuck at Chokio Jan. ........ ...... E lbow Lake at Starbuck Feb ...., .....,.. S tarbuck at Wheaton Feb ..... ..,..,.. B enson at Starbuck Feb .,.... ....... S tarbuck at Brooten Feb 13 ....... ..... B arrett at Starbuck Feb. 15 ....... ....... A lberta at Starbuck Feb 17 ....... ........ S tarbuck at Hancock Feb 21 ....... ,................. B elgrade at Starbuck Feb. 24 ..................... .................... S tarbuck at Glenwood RESULTS Starbuck 27 ........................ Glenwood 24 Starbuck 28 .......... Osakis 24 Starbuck 33 ...M Wheaton 20 Starbuck 33 ....... .... Brooten 18 Starbuck 20 ....... ..... B enson 12 Starbuck 31 ..... Alberta 14 Starbuck 27 ........ ...... Barrett 25 Starbuck 54 ....... ...... H ancock 19 Starbuck 47 ..... ............. C hokio 24 Starbuck 25 ..... ...... E lbow Lake 18 Starbuck 15 ......... Wheaton 17 Starbuck 29 .... ..... B enson 19 Starbuck 44 ..... Brooten 24 Starbuck 40 ..... ...... B arrett 15 Starbuck 46 ........ Alberta 16 Starbuck 38 ...... Hancock 14 Starbuck 40 ......... Belgrade 14 Starbuck 20 ..... ....... G lenwood 23 Starbuck 35 ......... Alumni 24 Field Free Total Goals Throws Fouls Points A. Otteson ...... ...... 1 05 37 39 V. Larson .... ..... 7 4 25 34 173 H. Nodland ..... .,.,.. 3 4 27 46 95 R. Norland ..... ..... 3 6 16 41 83 B. Opheim ..... ..... 1 3 17 46 43 P. Johnshoy ........ ...... 4 2 6 10 J . Erickson ..... ..... 4 1 2 9 T. Stoen ........ .. 3 0 1 9 A. Berg ........ .. 1 1 0 3 A. Opheim ....... ..... 0 0 4 0 A. Brenden ........................ 0 0 3 0 N. Hagen ......................,... 0 0 0 0 All players whose names appear above participated in one or more first team games during the season. '-ul'-lefty!! BOY'S CLASS TOURNAMENTS The basketball season ended officially at Starbuck with the close of the class basketball tournaments. On the first night, the boy's teams of the four class- es played, the Juniors defeating the Seniors by a score of 29 to 16, and the Sophomores defeating the Fresh- men 40 to 12. On the second night, the Senior boys defeated the Freshmen boys in the consolation game by the score of 26 to 12. The championship game was played on the follow- ing night. In the final game the Sophomore boys de- feated the Junior boys to win the championship by a score of 23 to 19. - Buddy

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1939 CHIPPEWAN Page 15 Basketball 1938-1939 Standing-Mr. Nygaard, coach, Aldrid Opheim, Arden Brenden, James Erickson, Perry Berg, Norris Evjen, Arthur Berg, Noman Hagen, Lester Sanvik. Seated-Ralph Norland, Henry Nodland, Archie Otteson, Boyd Opheim, Vernon Larson, Paul Johnshoy. When Coach Nygaard issued a call for basketeers, about 25 boys, headed by Co-Captains, Archie Otteson and Boyd Opheim, together with Vernon Larson. the third letterman, answered this call. After several weeks of constant practice the boys felt ready 1'or their first game. Coach Nygaard assign- ed berths to Archie Otteson, Boyd Opheim, Vernon Larson, Ralph Norland and Henry Nodland for the first game with Glenwood. A close, hard-fought battle was the result, with the Bucks coming out on the long end of a 27-24 count. In the next game with Osakis, we won by a narrow margin of four points and gained revenge for the one- point victory Osakis scored over us last year. Wheaton and Brooten fell as the next victims by the scores of 33 to 20 and 33 to 18, respectively. In the last game before the Christmas holidays we defeated Benson for our first victory over them since Coach Nygaard took over the coaching duties. On December 21 the annual alumni game was play- ed. The high school emerged victors, making the wins and losses six to five for the high school in the past eleven years. After a rest of two weeks the Bucks again started rolling up victories. The first victim was Alberta. In a close game at Barrett we again won 27 to 25. Han- cock, Chokio, and Elbow Lake fell before the rampag- ing Bucks. Our record of eleven consecutive wins was marred by a defeat at the hands of Wheaton by two points. With their minds still troubled by the defeat by Wheaton, the Bucks outscored and outplayed a strong Benson quintet by a margin of ten points. Now the Bucks took things into their own hands and rolled up five victories by large margins. The victims were Brooten, Barrett, Hancock, Alberta, and Bel- grade. The last game of the regular season was play- ed at Glenwood. The game was fast and rough, with a total of 25 fouls being called. Norland and Opheim left the game in the fourth quarter on fouls. Neither team gained a lead of more than four points through- out the game. Glenwood led 5 to 3 at the end of the first quarter, and 9 to 7 at the half. The Bucks led 17 to 16 at the end of the third quarter but Glenwood outscored the Bucks in the last quarter to win by a score of 23 to 20. The sub-district tournament was held at Morris, March 2 and 3. In the first game against Hancock, the Bucks were forced to play without Larson and Opheim who had been ill with the flu the first part of the week. After a shaky start, the Bucks settled down and soon had a lead. The final score was 23 to ll. Morris defeated Alberta and received the right to play Starbuck in the finals. In the championship game, Starbuck played without Norland, and Larson and Opheim were not strong enough to play true to form for any length of time, so Nodland and Otteson had to carry the greater burden of play. The tall Morris team controlled the rebounds and therefore had control of the ball the greater part

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1939 CHIPPEWAN Page 17 Baseball Back Row-left to right-F. V. Nygaard, assistant coach, Wallace Hoium, Robert Schroeder, Earl Person, Sidney Aslagson, Aldrid Opheim, Perry Berg, Roy Berens, Arvid Sylvester, Norris Evjen, Gerhard Lingen, CH. R. Engebretson, coach.b Front Row-Arden Brenden, Boyd Opheim, Walter Nelson, Arthur Berg, Archie Otteson, Orville Dahlseng, Vernon Larson, Henry Nodland Jr., Norman Hagen. Cyrus at Cyrus ............... ...-.-. M ay 1 Glenwood at Starbuck ..... ......i M HY 3 Benson at Starbuck ..,,... .... M ay 8 Cyrus at Starbuck ...... ..... M Hy 13 Benson at Benson ..... ...... M ay 15 Morris at Morris ......,.,.. ...... M ay 17 Chokio at Starbuck ........... ..... M ay 19 Glenwood at Glenwood .......................... May 24 Baseball practice was started on April 17 under the direction of Coach Harris Engebretson. A squad of about 30 boys reported daily for practice. This num- ber was reduced to 19 after the first game. They are Captain Archie Otteson, Vernon Larson, Norman Hag- en, Boyd Opheim, Orville Dahlseng, Arthur Berg, Henry Nodland, Walter Nelson, Wallace Hoium, Ar- den Brenden, Roy Berens, Sidney Aslagson, Perry Berg, Earl Person, Norris Evjen, Robert Schroeder, Arvid Sylvester, Gerhard Lingen. Lester Sanvik is student manager and Gordon Wiltse, assistant manager. The first game was played with Cyrus on May 1. A large number of errors were committed by both sides. Although we outhit our opponents, we were on the short end of a 10 to 8 count. Our next game was played on May 3 with Glenwood. After the first inning little scoring was done. Glenwood scored four runs and the Bucks five in this inning. The game turned out to be a pitcher's battle between Otteson and Peper. The winning run was scored in the eleventh inning by Glenwood. The final score was 7 to 6. On May 8 we played Benson. This also proved to be a very interesting game. We came from behind in the last inning to Win 11 to 10. A return game was played with Cyrus on May 13. Larson, on the mound for the Bucks, set back the Cyrus players with 4 hits and sent 12 men back to the bench via the strike-out route. The final score was 11 to 2 in favor of the Bucks. Qn May 15 we played a return game at Benson. We emerged victors by a score of 9 to 2. We lost to Morris by a score of 13 to ll and won from Chokio by a score of 6 to 0, Larson pitching a NO RUN, NO HIT game. Glenwood won the final game on May 24 by a 3 to 1 score.