Starbuck High School - Chippewan Yearbook (Starbuck, MN)

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awfz F1-'f F ,J A.. nf W ,. Hx 5 .1- , 1 1941 ' CHIPPIEWVANA Pageltl v U Basleetlnall 1940-1941 Back row-E. Brevig, R. Schroeder, N. Evjen, H. Nordstrom, P. Berg, H. Nod- land, J. Erickson, A. Opheim, C. Gorder, H. Hagen, Coach Nygaard. Front row-O. Thompson, L. Nelson, H. Larson, C. Peterson, E. Thompson, T. Ross, D. Hagen, J. Quanbeck, E. Wollan. 'l'he basketball schedule for 1940-41 season was one of the longest and toughest that Starbuck has had in its history. A total of 24 games were played, including the Alumni game, besides the tournament games. The team was well balanced along with having good height, There were five returning lettermen, namely: ficniy Nodland, Aldrid Opheim, Jimmy Erickson, Perry Berg and Norris Evjen. Henry Nodland and Al- L rid Opheim were chosen co-captains. The first game was played at Osakis, with Osakis on the long end of a 30-36 score. The unusually small gym slowed down the Starbuck boys considerably. After their first setback the Bucks came back to play a good brand of ball against Elbow Lake, leading by 10 paints up to the last few minutes of play. The final score, Starbuck 31, Elbow Lake 29. Breckenridge, 1940 State Champs, was the next to go down in defeat at the hands of the local basketeers. The game was played on even terms, but at the final gun the score was Starbuck 35, Breckenridge 33. After defeating Wheaton 35-23, the Bucks, on an off night fell victims to the Benson quint. Before a capacity crowd at Starbuck, the Bucks were defeated by Glenwood 26-24. The game was closely refereed, with two veterans being put out on fouls early in the game. The Alumni went into the lead, by winning their 7th game of the 13 game series. 28-32. ln the first game after Christmas vacation Barrett defeated Starbuck in three overtime periods, 39-37. The locals then won eight straight games, defeating Hancock twice, Herman, Alberta twice, Wheaton, Mor- r.s, and Benson. The Morris game was one of the best games played on the local floor in recent years. The game was unusually well played, with Starbuck emerg- ing the victor by a score of 42-43. For the last 30 seconds of the game, the Bucks fairly made the ball siz2:1c with an excellent stalling game. The prepsters reached a peak at Benson defeating the Plowboys handily by a score of 47-28. Mr. Nygaard was taken ill during the game and was absent from practice for ten days. The team, lacking his guidance, went into a slump, from which they did not fully re- cover for the remainder of the season. The winning string was broken when Barrett invad- ed the local court, the score being 26-31 in favor of Barrett. After an easy win over Cyrus the strong Elbow Lake aggregation defeated Starbuck 33-48. We defeated Cyrus next by a score of 33-58. The last week of the regular season was marked by two losses and one win, Morris decisively defeating us 28- 42, and Herman winning by a score of 29-31, Starbuck margin of 14 points, in the defeated Glenwood by a final game of the regular schedule, the score 35-21. The following week the Bucks entered the Sub-Dis- trict tournament at the A. C. gym in Morris. Hancock This proved to be an easy seeing service. The final on Page 205 was our first opponent. victory with all ten men CContinued

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P88020 CHIPPEWAN 1941 BASKETBALL-QContinlledb score was 57-22. Starbuck won the toss giving them a bye for the next night while Morris and Alberta play- ed for a chance to play in the finals. Morris defeating Alberta, met Starbuck the following night in the championship game. Starbuck got off to a bad start and was behind by a margin of 12 points at half time. Coming back strong in the second half the Bucks outplayed, outfought and outscored the Tigers, but they were unable to close the large gap in the score and were defeated 44-39. The regulars won 15 out of 24 games for a percen- tage of .652. They scored 851 points for an average of 35.5 per game to their opponentfs 728 points an aver- age of 30.3 points per game. The B team won 11 out of 19 games for a percen- tage of .636. They scored 376 points with an average of 20.9 to their opponent's 337 with an average of 18.7. The following seniors finished their high school Lasketball career: H. Nodland, A. Opheim, J. Erickson, P. Berg, C. Gorder, R. Schroeder and T. Hagert. We, the graduating members of the squad, wish to thank the rest of the squad and Mr. Nygaard for the fine cooperation shown during the season. We regret that we will not be donning the Maroon and Gold next year but we will be watching for the results of each game. May next year's team have the best of luck! TOURNAMENT RESULTS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1940-1941 November 25 .....................,....,................. Osakis at Osakis November 29 .... ........ E lbow Lake at Elbow Lake December 2 ....... ........ B reckenridge at Starbuck December 6 ...... ............. W heaton at Starbuck December 13 ..... .......... B enson at Starbuck December 16 .....,.. .... G lenwood at Starbuck Lecember 30 January 4 .......... January 10 ..... January 17 ..... 20 Alumni Starbuck Appleton at Barrett at Barrett Hancock at Hancock January ..... ..... H erman at Starbuck January 22 ..... ..... A lberta at Starbuck January 24 .... ....... W heaton at Wneaton January 27 ..... ....... M orris at Starbuck January 31 ..... ....... B enson at Benson February 4 ..... ......... A lberta at Alberta February 7 .....,... ..... H ancock at Starbuck February 12 ...... ....... B arrett at Starbuck February 14 ....... .................. C yrus at Cyrus February 17 ....... ..... E lbow Lake at Starbuck February 21 ...... .......,.... C yrus at Starbuck February 24 r,,,.., , .............. Morris at Morris February 26 ....,, ....,......... H erman at Herman February 28 ....,.,.,...,..,.,.............,.. Glenwood at Glenwood INDIVIDUAL SEASON SCORING FG FT PF PTS. James Erickson ...... ..,.... 9 9 20 35 218 Aldrid Opheim ........ ....... 8 7 37 49 211 Henry Nodland ....... ....... 8 8 28 60 204 Perry Berg .........., ....... 3 0 13 60 73 Norris Evjen ........ ....... 2 8 12 31 68 Carsten Gorder ...... ....... 1 0 7 7 27 Robert Schroeder ................ 6 1 5 13 Herbert Nordstrom .......... 1 2 7 4 Thomas Hagert .................... 1 1 2 3 Elwood Wollan ........i......... 0 0 0 0 Luther Nelson .................... 0 0 1 0 QNot including Osakis Gamej STARBUCK 57 ..............,,,,,,,,,,. ,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, H ANCOCK 22 STARBUCK 39 --.-....................... ..................... M onms 44 INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT SCORING FG FT James Erickson .,.,.,, ,,,,,.,. 1 1 5 P5 PTE Aldrid Opheim .....,. .,,,A, 8 2 3 18 Henry Nodland ,,,,,., ,,,,,., 9 1 7 20 Perry Berg .......... ...... 6 2 4 14 Norris Evjen ,....... ,,,,., 3 0 4 6 Carsten Gorder ...... ..... 2 0 0 4 Robert Schroeder .,.,,, ,,,,,, 3 0 0 5 Herbert Nordstrom ,,,.,,,,,,,, 1 0 3 2 Elwood Wollan ,.,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,, 0 0 2 0 Onan Thompson ,,,,,,,,,,,,A, 1, 0 0 2 0 Individual Season and Tournament Record FG FT PF PTS. James Erickson ......,.,.,,,. 110 25 38 245 Aldrid Opheim ....... ,....., 9 5 39 52 229 Henry Nodland .,.,,. ,,,,,,, 9 7 29 67 224 Perry Berg .......... ....... 3 6 15 64 87 Norris Evjen .......,. , .,.,,,, 31 12 35 74 Carsten Gorder ,.....,...,.,.,, 12 7 7 31 Robert Schroeder ...,..,,,,,,., 9 1 5 19 Herbert Nordstrom .........,.. 2 2 10 6 Thomas Hagert .......,. .1,1, 1 1 2 3 Elwood Wollan ....... ....,. 0 0 2 0 Luther Nelson ..,..... ...... 0 0 1 0 Onan Thompson .......,.,...... 0 0 2 0 A TEAM RESULTS Starbuck 30 ........,,1,,,,,,, Osakis 36 Starbuck 31 ........ Elbow Lake 29 Starbuck 35 .,...... Breckenridge 33 Starbuck 35 ..,,.,.,,.,.,, Wheaton 23 Starbuck 26 ....,..,.,.,,,,,,, Bensgn 37 Starbuck 24 ..........,, Glenwood 26 Starbuck 28 ............,... Alumni 32 Starbuck 37 .............. Appleton 2,5 Starbuck 37 ...... Barrett 39 Starbuck 32 ....... ..., H ancock 27 Starbuck 46 ....,.. ,...., H erman 23 Sf2I'bL1Ck 47 ....... ...... A lberta 21 StaI'bUCk 25 ...,... ,,,, W heaton 22 Starbuck 43 ..,.,., ,,,,,,11 M orris 42 Starbuck 44 ....... .,,,,,, B enson 26 Starbuck 38 ..,..,. .1,,,1 A lberta 26 St3I'bl1Ck 43 ....... ,.,, H ancock 31 31 21 48 33 42 31 21 Starbuck 26 ....... ,,,,,,, B arrett Starbuck 42 .,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cyrus Starbuck 32 ........ Elbow 'Lake Starbuck 58 .....,. ...,,,,,,, C yrus Sf,HI'bl.lCk 28 .....,, ,,,.,,,, M grrij, Starbuck 29 ................ Herman Starbuck 35 .....,....., Glenwood B TEAM RESULTS Starbuck 20 ........ Elbow Lake Starbuck 24 .............. Wheaton btaI'bl.lCk 18 ....,,.,.,,,,,,, Bensgn StaI'bl1Ck 20 .,,,,,,,,,,, Glenwgod Starbuck 29 ...,.. ..., H ancock Starbuck 29 ....... .... H erman Starbuck 21 ....,,, ,,,1,, A lberta StaI'bl1Ck 28 ,.,,,,, ,,., W heaton Starbuck 21 .,,,,,. ,,,,,,,, ' Morris Starbuck 25 .,.,.,. .,,,,,, B enson Starbuck 18 ...,,,, ,,,,,. A 11,-,el-ta St3I'bLlCk 25 ...,,,,,,,,,., Hancock Starbuck 13 ,,,,,, .,,,,,,,,,,,, C yrus Starbuck 21 ........ Elbow Lake StaI'bl1Ck 14 ..,.,.,,,,,,,,,,v,,, Cyrus St3I'bl.1Ck 17 ....,.,,.,,,,,,,,, Mgrrig St8l'bUCk 16 ,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, Herman Starbuck 1 7 ............ Glenwood 16 18 15 22 13 13 22 21 22 23 15 12 18 24 11 34 14 24

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Page18 CHIPPEWAN 1941 ix-Man Football Back row-left to right--Luther Nelson, manager, Ellsworth Thompson, Maynard Dahlseng, Herbert Nordstrom, Ortmand Disrud, Ernest Ranum, E1lIng Brevig, May- nard Vinge, Harold Hagen, manager. Front row-Fergus V. Nygaard, coachg Chester Olson, John Evans, Norris Evien, Henry Nodland, James Erickson, Elwood Wollan, Thomas Hagert, Robert Schroeder. Football Schedule September 27 ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,... ..,.............,,,,.,,, C y r us there October 4 ,,,,,, ,,,.,. G raceville there October ll , .,,, ...,.. H ancock there October 23 .........., Alberta there November 1, ,,,,,,, ,,,,,.,.,o,,,,,,,,, .,........., M i lan at Starbuck Football Summary The 1940 football season was one of the most suc- cessful that Starbuck High School has experienced, with five wins and no losses. The team with its crisp blocking, hard tackling, and hard driving stood out from its opponents. With only one year of experience the boys did remarkably well in the fundamentals, blocking and tackling. Nodland, Evjen, and Hagert were the only three re- turning lettermen and around these men Coach Ny- gaard developed a well-balanced, hard driving team. All the games were won by large margins which gave all the boys out for football an opportunity to play. Henry Nodland was chosen captain. This year's team showed a fine cooperative spirit, with every man fighting for a position. During the first part of the season the team showed a lack of polish which Coach Nygaard quickly remedied. The following men reported for football: H. Nod- land, N. Evjen, T. Hagert, J. Erickson, J. Evans, E. Wollan, B. Hagen, R. Schroeder, C. Olson, H. Nord- strom, E. Ranum, E. Brevig, O. Disrud, E. Thompson. M. Vinge, M. Dahlseng, T. Ross, R. Berens. Starbuck 42: Cyrus 19 Starbuck opened the 1940 season with a decisive vic- tory over Cyrus, although inexperience in several positions showed up quite clearly. After a slow start which usually accompanies an opening game the team came back and really got the pigskin moving in the second half. Nodland and Hagert played fine offen- sive games with the latter contributing three long touchdown runs. Erickson, Evans, Hagen, Evjen, Nod- land, and Hagert made up the starting lineup. Starbuck 60: Graceville 0 The Starbuck gridders took their second game by running wild over Graceville. This proved to be an easy victory, as the Graceville lads could not keep up with the grueling pace set by the bucks. An outstand- ing feature of the game was the fine blocking done by both the line and the backfield. The rough spots and inexperience which showed up in the first game were greatly improved. The linemen gave a good ac- count of themselves by permitting only three first downs in the entire game. Starbuck 64: Hancock 14 Hancock was the next to go down to defeat at the hands of Starbuck. The first quarter was 1'ought on quite equal terms with the scoring being 13 to 7 in favor of the local team. The Bucks, however, settled down and played better football as the game progress- ed. The Bucks, although outweighed by Hancock, proved to be in better condition and wore down their opponents as the game went along. Both of the Owlfs touchdowns were made on passes. tContinued on page 275