Stevensville High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Stevensville, MI)

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First Row: |un«. J. Bodjack. G. Miclkc. Raib, Cupp. L. Miclkc, Posch Skcono Row: Kollwrg. Gcislcr. Cast. A. Lock witz. N. On, Pioske. Siewcrt, Coach Shearer Third Row: Klackle. Schulz. Kornow. Mark wald. M. On, Huebncr, J. Lockwiiz, Vergot, G. Bodjack HAIL CHAMPS In many respects the year 1940-41 will go down in history as the most successful of a long period of successful athletic years at Stevensville High School Following a year of mediocre achievement, the redoubtable Cardinal athletes served notice last fall that their star was on the ascendency by taking the South Western Michigan D Conference Championship in Softball without the loss of a game. Held to a mere half-dozen practice sessions before the basket- ball season started, the Cards got off to a shaky start. They looked unpolished in their defeat of Edwardsburg and positively ragged on the short end of a 45-26 fracas at the hands of their neighbor, Bridgman They managed to nose out Eau Claire by a close score but were tripped by a fast, rugged Berrien Springs team in the next encounter. In a pre-Christmas comeback they trounced a poten- tially strong Baroda team 47-23, inspiring Coach Shearer to venture a prediction that the team could win the State Championship if the pace could be maintained. The holidays came and went, and the Cards took a pair of easy ones from St Joe Catholics and Galien and then psychologically fell apart in the last half of their second game with Bridgman, absorbing a 50-20 shellacking. They didn't look like Champions then, but came back with a vengeance to administer a second trouncing to Baroda, 42-26 Galien, Eau Claire, Berrien Springs, New Troy (twice), and St. Joe Catholics were taken in stride, to complete a scheduled sea- son of 12 victories and 3 defeats, and to bring home a Conference Championship. Perhaps the most astonishing victory was the Berrien Springs game in which the Shamrocks were crushed 42-22 by a well- nigh perfect Cardinal machine VARSITY BASKETBALL page ticentg-four

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SCHEDULE Team SHS. OPP. Nov. 29—Edwardsburg 36 26 Dec. 3—Bridgman 26 45 Dec. 10—Eau Claire 34 32 Dec. 17—Berrien Springs 28 40 Dec. 20—Baroda 47 23 Jan 14—St. Joseph Cath. 25 12 Jan. 17—Galien 27 5 Jan. 21—Bridgman 20 50 Jan. 24—Baroda 42 26 Jan. 31—Galien 24 21 Feb. 4—Eau Claire 50 38 Feb. 11 —Berrien Springs 42 22 Feb. 14—New Troy 36 33 Feb. 21—St Joseph Cath. 26 25 Feb. 25—New Troy 28 20 Followed the tournaments—District, Regional and State. During the early games of the District and Regional, the boys seemed far from their best. However, they managed to get by Edwardsburg, tough Conference foe, by 4 points, and again rolled down Baroda, 36-17, in the District final. Meeting White Pigeon, a fine, tall, rugged team in the Regional Semi-final the team was extended to eke out a five point victory, while in the finals two nervous and extremely cautious teams-—Benton Harbor St. Johns and Stevensville, Confer- ence foes who did not meet during scheduled play—faced each other in a struggle decided only after Stevensvilie's smooth passing, and working the ball well in for shots proved superior to the long shot attack of the Irish. In the State finals, the Cards downed a strong Whitehall team, pride of the Grand Rapids Regional, 35-25 and progressed to E. Lan- sing where E. Tawas fell 23-14 in the semi-finals and a highly touted Hanover dropped a 42-25 decision in the finals to the not-to-be- denied Cards. Home again—and State Champions1 A record to be proud of. Ending the cage careers of Raab, Bod jack, Jung, G. Mielke, and Hass in a blaze of glory, and setting the highest possible mark for the team of 1941-42 to shoot at. Will the team of 1941-42 be able to hit that mark? Ask Posch, Mielke, Cupp, Krajacic and Lockwitz—three veterans and a couple of valuable replacements—for that is the nucleus around which next year's team will be built. Trust them to keep up the old tradi- tional fighting spirit! Hail, Champs! page tu'enty-five