Pen Argyl Area High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Pen Argyl, PA)

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Knights Almost Gain Playoff Spot The varsity basketball season of '73-'74 was a topsy turvy one to say the least. One night the Big Green could beat al- most anyone and the next night would prove just the oppo- site. A 9-13 record does not seem too impressive but even at that the Knights came within six points of being the first Pen Argyl five to qualify for the District playoffs. The game they had to win was the second Saucon Valley game played at Pen Argyl. Earlier in the season the Knights had beaten the Panthers 62-58 at Hellertown, so hopes were high for a win at home. However, this was not to be as the Panthers broke away from a 4th quarter 44-44 tie to out-score the Knights 18-12 in the final period to win it 62-56, in spite of 18 and 17 point performances by Mike Wedge and jeff Sparrow. Pen Argyl had perhaps their best night of the season at home against Palisades. The Pirates eventually finished the season at 15-7 and gained a playoff spot. But that night it was no contest as Mike Fiorot and Mike Wedge poured in 24 and 22 points respectively with jeff Sparrow and Glenn Bray chip- ping in with 15 each. Pen Argyl won going away 95-65. The nine wins all came when the Knights put together four good quarters of basketball. Too often, however, one bad period meant the difference between winning and los- ing. In most cases the bad period was the first one as we seemed to be a slow starting team, 1we were outscored 341- 288 in lst period playl spending several games playing catch up basketball. The outstanding example was the first Naza- reth game when a horrendous lst half produced a 34-9 score for the Blue Eagles. But the Knights, who never once quit all year, came storming back with 51 points in the second half to make quite a game of it. Though losing 72-60, Pen Argyl did pull within 5 points late in the 4th quarter. A loss of 8 seniors will mean a rebuilding job next year for Coach Folk. Graduating are Mike Wedge, Mike Fiorot, Glenn Bray, Rhys Williams, jim Seitz, Kim Hinton, Dave Reagan, and Craig Dally. TOP LEFT: Ted Long 1411 tries to distract Stroudsburg's jim Altemose in his attempt for a two pointer as Glenn Bray 1133, Mike Fiorot 145J, Mike Wedge 1335, and Jeff Sparrow cover their portion of the zone defense. The Mounties finished strong to win it 57-56. TOP RIGHT: jeff Sparrow drives in for 2 of his 13 points against Emmaus. The Homets won, however, 72- 65. jeff was the 3rd leading scorer with 244 points. MIDDLE RIGHT: Ted Long 1413 looks for someone to pass to in the Knights lst game against East Burg. Ted tinished with 74 points for the year and was 2nd in assists with 42. FAB MIDDLE LEFT: jeff Sparrow 1203 leaps high to block Parklands shot as Mike Wedge 1327 and Rhys Williams rush to help. Not enough de- fense this night, though, as the Trojans won 89-64. BOTTOM LEFT: jim Seitz looks for Mike Wedge inside the Palisades defense. The Knights were hot in this one winning 95-65. BOTTOM MIDDLE LEFT: Brian Klinger 1301 puts up a shot in the Knights thrilling 44-42 win over Wilson. BOT- TEM MIDDLE RIGHT: Glenn Brav, who dumped in 147 points for the year, makes this one good in 77-59 victory over Pius X. BOTTOM RIGHT: Bob Weber 1141 tries to block a pass by Wilsons Dave Slick. Craig Dally 1245 looks to pick up his man as the going got hectic in the final 2 minutes of the 44-42 Knight win over the Warriors. 25 1 1 l Z