Boardman High School - Crier Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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DAVE REVIEWS We got off to a slow start this year by N losing the first five games of the season. How- M 0 l ever the Sportman made up for this belated jd? beginning by winning the next six games. We had tough luck at East but came back with fiying colors to three more victories. Our winning streak was again broken when we were forced to bow to the powerful Colum- -,NX biana Clippers. Then we easily took Ursuline 'T' in our stride and lost our last game of the season to the higly rated Hubbard five. Holding true to Boardman's custom of drawing seeded teams in the tournament, we took on a practically undefeated Warren five. After leading them for the first quarter 15-2 and also at the half 21-14, they started a pressing defense which made the outcome look doubtful. They also started to find the range, and by unique accuracy pulled away from us and defeating us by nine points with the score 44-35. This year's team was unusual in that it was made up entirely of seniors. Tony Smith. was the only player returning from last year's team and was the spark plug of our ball club. We feel that the team definitely improved as the season went along both offensively and defensively, at times looking almost un- beatable. Lowellville-The jinx of Lowellville prevailed again, and we lost 45-29. However, this team became county champs. North-Again we were on the short end of the scoring to the tune of 39-30. We showed some improvement. Rayen-This was the first time in four years that Boardman had been defeated by Rayen. The score was 51-34. They later became City Champs. South-We continued to take it on the chin to the other City Co- Champs, 44-31. Lisbon-Meeting our first Tri-County team, we still couldn't get going and lost 39-32. ' Louisville-We finally got our workable combination and pulled an upset 40-35. Our zone defense did the trick. East Palestine-Taking on our third Tri-County opponent, Smith was hot with 24 points. Final score 46-35. - 66

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SENIORS Shu rtleif Miller Smith Faulkner Deskin Lawton Tony Smith-Tony holds the school's record for total number of points in one game-34. His approximate number of points for one season equalled 298. He never gives up and was the most outstanding player on the team. - Al Miller-Al has really improved in basketball working his way up by preseverance and plenty of practice. He was second high scorer with 166 points. Jack Shurtlef-Jack has plenty of speed and grit. He played a good all round floor game. He was third high scorer with 102 points. Bill Deskin-Although off to a slow start because of sickness, Bill improved as the season Went on, getting more than his share of re- bounds. Bill was fourth high with 86 points. Jack Faulkner-Jack proved his worth many times as a defense man and in helping to hold the team together as a unit. Ted Lawton-Ted was a hard working player and broke up many of the opponents' offense with his ability to out jump and to get re- bounds. With no letterman back, coming players for next year include: Don Simons Bill Bender Jack King Don Pinhey Fred Zimmer Ray Green Bob McCaughey Bill Nichols 65

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DAVE REVIEWS Poland-For the second night in a row Tony Smith couldn't miss the bucket with another barrage of 24 points. We won another with the score 42-29. Sebring-Another Tri-County win. The game was in the bag from the beginning with the final score 40-27. Fitch-With a combination of Al Miller and Tony Smith for a total of 39 points we just couldn't lose and the game ended 58-33. Memorial-The Boardman five was led in scoring by Tony Smith with 16 points and Al Miller with 15 points. Memorial was outclassed 49-35. East-We took it on the chin with the score 41-33. Wilson-In the win column again, the Spartans handed Wilson a 56-26 trouncing. Bill Deskin was high point man with his unusual one handed shots totaling 12 points. Minerva-This was another Tri-County Win 46-34. The reserves saw plenty of action, in this game. Chaney-In probably the most exciting game of the year which went into an overtime, we eked out a 42-41 victory, Jack Faulkner pulled it out of the five. Columbiana-One of the largest crowds ever to attend an athletic contest at Boardman witnessed a thrilling see-saw battle in which in the final two minutes, luck went to the Clippers with a foul shot and basket turning the tide of the game in their favor. Score 38-30. Ursuline-Here again we pulled an upset winning over the fast Ursuline five. Our zone defense had them buffaloed. Al Miller came thru with 19 points made mostly by long one-handed shots. Hubbard-In our opinion this team was one of the best we played all year, having height, speed, and aggressiveness. Although our team displayed plenty of fight we lost 42-32. ' State Tournament-Warren-After showing an unusual exhibition of both foul shooting and field goals we went behind in third quarter never to regain our lead. Score 42-33.