Hiliners 1960 Championship Team honored February 10, 2017!

A number of members of the 1960 Valley City (ND) High School Hiliners 1960 Class-A Championship Basketball Team and several cheerleaders were honored at a regularly scheduled home game on the evening of February 10, 2017.  Pictured below are those team members present for the recognition ceremony:

1960 Championship Team members and three of the cheerleading squad:  L-R: Front row, Harvey Lerud, Dennis Grubb, Mary Kankelfritz, Barb Rome Gillund. Back row: Ray Bernston, Denny Gillund, Hank Toring, Howard Svenningson, Lee Samson and Sandy Vorhees Toring.

Below, is the official 1960 Hiliners Team photo currently on display at Valley City High School. All of us were, and are still, extremely proud of these guys and the cheerleading squad!

Three of the Hiliners' 1960 Cheerleading squad were honored at the home game on February 10, 2017. Above is a closer picture than the team shot above. L-R: Mary Kankelfritz, Barb (Rome) Gillund, Sandy (Vorhees) Toring.  57 years later, they're still lookin' MAAvelous!

Here's a photo of Carolyn Eggert Samson and husband, Lee. Both were on hand for the Hiliners' 1960 recognition ceremony in Valley City on February 10, 2017.

MANY THANKS to LouVay (Ruemler) White for the February 10th photos! Good job, LouVay, and much appreciated by all of us on the Communications Team!  - Larry Gauper, Blogmeister