James Madison Memorial High School - Olympian Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Spartans Confident with Owens 'Uh-wa-,, fa ayaawk ' , ,IW N- f e 'Q .-M-s sig M... ..... Y, 2:4 gas . 7 4, -many ,i,. bv 17 SP tdt' Lx St The 1973-74 Memorial Varsity Hockey Team. QL-Rl TOP ROW: Coach Vic Levine, Jim Parsons? Wally Klasinski '. John Parsonsf. Roger Rose , Gary Stern . Lee Skille? Ben Hable . Steve Holl'. John Knippel'. Glen Maxwell , Head Coach Bill Howard . ROW TWO: Tom Pappas , Mark Johnson? Larry Janicek? Scott Owens . Tom Bluel . Chuck Heffernan . Dave Cookson , Mike Miller', Creighton Hinkes ', Jim Reed . --- Denotes letter winners. Championship Hockey is fast becoming a tradition at Memorial. In last year's action, the Spartans had their greatest season ever, at least up till then, posting an 18-5 finish. This season they raised their totals to an impressive 21-2 effort. Prospectively speaking. the Spartan crew has its eyes on a 23-0 season and its first State Championship next year. Only two losses marred Memorial's Statistics. The first was a frustrating loss to Madison East in triple overtime play in February which left the knotted-stom- ached fans frantically tearing their hair out! The second came at State against Superior in the championship game netting the Spartans a 2nd place State berth. Offensively, the Spartans were led by Sophomore Mark Johnson, who with 71 points set a new city scoring record, Most Im- proved Player Wally Klasinski who accounted for 51 points, and Junior Larry Janicek with 39 points. Together they structured the highest scoring line in the history of Madison comprising 161 points. Memorial also boasts 3 outstanding defensemen in Captain Dave Cookson and Sophomore Creighton Hinkes, who were praised for their withstanding efforts in aiding the goalies in the most tense 112 situations, and Lee Skille who scored 49 points. A large part of the Spartans' success rode on the confidence they had in the mastery of goalie - Most Valuable Player Scott Owens. Owens along with Junior Chuck Heffernan formed a phenomenal 1-2 goalie combination who togeth- er limited their opponents to an average of only 1.6 goals per game! In State Tournament action, the Spartans hold a 4-1 record and outscored the opposition by a 31-7 mar- gin posting three shutouts. Alongside season totals the mighty Spartans outscored their rivals by an amazing 177 points to their 36! f Both are records. Besides such scor- ing laurels Madison Memorial holds the longest winning streak ever recorded in the state boasting 17 consecutive wins, not to mention titles in the City. Big 8, and Sectional Championships. Next season's outlook is very promising as the Spartans are hoping for their best team ever. but, any team would be hard pressed to match the proficiency of this year's squad. Lee Skille will be Captain for next year's team, and Jim and John Parsons were chosen As- sistant Captains.

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Sievert and Wencel Madison Memorial's two All-Staters, Bruce Wencel and Todd Sievert, put the icing on the cake as the Co- Most Valuable Swimmers' and Captains' led the Spartans to one of their best seasons ever. Sievert was not only a double State Champion with records in the 200 Individual Medley 11:59:11 and 100 Breast Stroke 11:01:43 but also Memorial's first High School All-American in both events. Wencel was the State Champion in the 100 yard Butterfly 153:31 which was the second fastest time ever recorded in the State of Wisconsin. Head Coach Gary Kopeen was ecstatic over the achievements of this squad and noted the effort and accomplishments ofhis best State Meet Swimmer's - Andy B.L.A. Hong, 4th Place 100 114 Backstroke, Andy Graf, 6th Place 100 Butterfly, llth Place Diving and Scott Morledge, Most Improved Swim- mer, Tom Picone, Andy Hong and Bruce Wencel, 2nd Place 400 Yard Freestyle Relay to add three more All- State Swimmers to the Spartan contigent. Coach Kollpinn felt the Spartans had an All around excellent season, and along with this reporter, agreed that the season highlight was their third place finish at State and Sievert's All- American selection. Tom Kopp and Gary Frank led the Freshmen Squad through a respectable season as they were chosen Most Valuable Swimmer and Most Improved Swimmers respectively.