St Marys High School - Bell Yearbook (Sandusky, OH)

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Forward Jeff Claar soars up, up, and away. fach Paeth makes his point one way or another. vreboard signals one of the eight overtimes uthers encountered during the season. Team raises their trophy high in celebration of clmchmg Panther Classic crown Panther Varsity make their grand entrance into the den iers set eise eese .app leie 50 le 5!iBSfls'di1Si? iPais essee If 72 etsieiteise 49 T54 seset S iees 1 58 see Q 3284 seef 151 e ie 58 isllsflhvrygsrkiikssidisi T eiseisese i gggy iesee 41 U74 53 e S2 s t at M s t 57 eiaees Frsmfmf siei S14 498 'e ist 55 sseit iiiiif lii gimarsdreffa if iff e152 554 teeie i fe Tiffin Calvert? s g 66 esetese seftl i teis ieisr tf eetseisei ilss Clydesetie ieisstsseieie'ssi c f ieesses 5fawf56 r g sxgsssaf.mf egse 49 reeie '56 rser iHiir0h list i 60 . 65 eie P3111 ISECT- stte t 50 1et ees bhtd0njfISED32De s 58 71 as ttst isii Defense is the name of Dave Millers game.

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You're Gonna Make lt's an experience watching a game in our gym, which we like to call the Panther's den , proved to be the understatement of the year by Coach Paeth, as the Panthers played seven of their eight overtimes during the season in the den . The 76-77 Varsity basketball team, thought by many to be in a rebuilding year with only one return- ing Ietterman, finished their season in fine fashion with a 15-6 record. After disposing of Western Re- serve, the Panthers fell to powerful Mansfield St. Pete's, but rebounded to crush SBC favorite Huron. They beat Fostoria St. Wendelin, but dropped a heart- breaker to Tiffin Calvert in overtime. During the Panther Classic, the team defeated Dan- bury Lakeside, then won a thriller over Old Fort in triple overtime to clinch the championship. The head basketball mentor summed up the win as none is as sweet as this victory tonight. The second half of the season brought wins over South Central and Huron once, and Clyde, Fremont St. Joe COTJ, and Margaretta twice, with the only losses coming at the hands of Tiffin Calvert and Perkins. The Panthers grabbed their 3rd sectional crown in four years, beating Norwalk St. Paul and New Lon- don, and advanced to the districts only to taste de- feat against Tiffin Calvert for the third time. After it was all over, Coach Paeth stated, This is not the best team l've had at St. Mary's, but I can say I'm more proud of what they have accomplished than the others. They refused to quit and just kept plugging away like thev have all year long. :nRgN'lg: Coach- Wally Amburn, Coach Norm Paeth BACK D Sartor Qmgrj D Sharpe M Pfanner D Link av e, D. Miller, J. Claar, C. Stanley K McClure T Schmenk E Sturzmger J McCarthy J Fitzthum J Shepherd Qmgrj. 120

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lt's Going To Take Some Time Coach Wally Amburn's reserve basketball team closed out a disap- pointing season at 7-11 overall, in- cluding a 3-9 SBC slate. Of the eleven losses, nine were one to five point decisions. The JVs showed both strong individual and team improve- ments, bettering last year's 3-8 mark as freshmen. A bright spot for the JVs was the Panther Classic tournament, where they captured first place, defeating Old Fort 56-41 and Danbury Lake- side 38-37. They also defeated Perkins twice, and St. ' Wendelin, South Central and Huron once during the season. Coach Amburn gives dlrectlons from the sidelines FRONT Coach Walter Amburn, BACK: D. Sartor Qmgrj, M. Claar, D. Haar, K. Durbin, J Schlett, G. Hemminger, E. Herman, S. Keller, R. Dominick, J. Elliott, M. Brotzki, J. Thompson, G. Gosser, J. Shepherd 1mgr.J. JVs get final instructions before tip-off. Ed Herman finds the hoop amidst a crowd of Pirate defenders. 122 Kevln Durbin drives hard around his opponent. 5 - mw