University of Minnesota School of Agriculture - Moccasin Yearbook (Morris, MN)

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Robert Thiel, Edisteen Strand, Valerian Piekarski, Kenneth Hanson, Harry Flatin, Mr. Edson, Coach. ChOSS COUNTRY Cross country running is an innovation in the West Central School sports program, having been introduced this year. Mr. Edson, who ran on the University of Minnesota cross country and track teams when he was a student at the University, acted as coach of the team. Twenty boys responded to Mr. Edson’s call for cross country runners, issued early in the school year. Out of this group a team of five men and one alternate were chosen. Team members were Edisteen Strand, George Amundson, Harry Flatin, Kenneth Hanson, and Robert Thiel. Valerian Piekarski was chosen as alternate. Members of the track team made two trips this year. The first excursion was to Crook- ston, on November 9, where they were defeated by a more experienced Northwest School team by the extremely small margin of one point. The next week, on November 16, the team went to St. Paul for the Minnesota Agricultural School Invitational meet in which the Agri- cultural Schools at St. Paul, Crookston, and Morris competed, as well as teams from Carleton, Hamline and Macalester Colleges. Among the Agricultural Schools St. Paul won first place; Morris was second, and Crookston third. The event offered the Morris team an opportunity to make up for the defeat of the previous week at the hands of Crookston, and they took full advantage of it. In both events, the boys made a good showing for their first year of com- petition. Four of the six members who competed this year will be back next year. Among them is George Amundson, who was the fastest man on the squad, placing first at Crookston in the dual meet, and third in St. Paul. Aspirants for positions on next year’s cross country team will engage in spring practice as well, and it is believed that with the experience they have gained this year, coupled with increased interest in the student body, the team will have a chance to make an even better showing next fall. The interscholastic athletic program will be culminated on March 1, when we will be hosts to swimming and wrestling teams from the other Agricultural Schools of the state. Also on that date, the basket ball team will meet the Grand Rapids quintette in the final game of the season.

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readme nace As rane -Acencemesonl BASKET BALL SQUAD Back Row—Jack Petersen, Lowell Issendorf, Axel Borresen, Orville Hawes, Vernon Schuster, Robert Kerr, Leo orschumb, Berdeen Hagen, Mr. Heine, Coach. Front Row—Lewis Douma, Harold Drever, Milton Nielsen, Ingvor Buhl, Captain; Kenneth Symonds, Rolfe Skrien, Arthur LeSage, Oiva Siira. CAGE SEASON Coach Heine looked even more gloomy than usual when it came time for the 1941 basket- ball season to get under way. With only a small number of men from whom to choose, and just seven of last year's squad back, prospects looked none too bright. Our boys got off to a slow start, meeting defeat at the hands of the Sauk Centre Junior College and the Donnelly Independents, the latter by one basket made in the last few seconds of the game. The game played at Brookings on December 13 gave our team the first victory of the season. The Brookings team was vanquished by a 44 - 8 score. After a two-week Christmas vacation the boys improved considerably in practice, but when they met the taller, sure-of-foot St. Mary’s men of Morris they were forced to accept the short end of a 36 - 30 score. With a look of determination for revenge in their eyes for the defeat at the hands of the Aggies in football, the Morris High School Team came out to play the Aggies on January 20. In a gym packed almost to capacity our boys met their rivals, who had the advantage of height and a better record of games won. The first half was anybody’s game, ending 19 - 15 in favor of the high school. In the second half the high school boys took the lead and stretched it to a 49 - 24 victory. On the week-end of January 24 our team saw action at both St. Paul and Grand Rapids in the first conference games of the season. Our boys came back from their three-day trip with one defeat and one victory to their credit, having lost to St. Paul and won from Grand Rapids. Two nights later they met the Sauk Centre Junior College Team for the second time, and in this encounter furnished stiffer opposition for the Sauk Centre boys. Coming from behind in the third quarter, it looked almost as though our boys were going to add another vic- tory to their record. However, the Sauk Centre boys came back in the last quarter to pile up a 49 - 34 score. The next two games, with Crookston and with the Montevideo Junior College, proved to be victories for our team. At the time of this writing five games on the schedule have not yet been played. iL. », hh GS G G B4 G4 G4 G G G4 BH GO @G G G G4 GB BGO BG fF GO B B @4b Bb Ba A A

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WTR AMURATL CO-CAPTAINS Cleo Dyer, Arlo Gilbertson In keeping with the belief that students profit from participation in competitive athletic events, the school has adopted a program of intramural sports as well as interscholastic com- petition. The sound of the referee’s whistle issuing from the football field or from the gym- nasium, depending upon the season, is testimony of the fact that the gridiron and the play- ing court are constantly in use. Class basketball teams, in an effort to prepare for the class basketball tournament held early in March begin practicing as soon as the football season is over. Girls as well as boys take part in the tournament, which probably arouses more interest than any other event during the school year. There is also a swimming schedule which gives every student in school a chance to enjoy the swimming pool. Back Row—E. Pelto, L. Lainen, C. Dyer, B. Lafferty, L. Jorschumb, T. Taffe, A. Bethke, P. Smith, Coach. Front Row—A. Gilbertson, L. Bornhoft, C. Bethke, O. Nigg, H. Zimbrick, E. Drake, L. Kent, D. Redshaw.