Westlake High School - Panorama Yearbook (Westlake, OH)

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A 'Y ix 4 1 I Q 5 47 A 'WW 5 C Y x 4,1 9.-,I Y v ijgrff 'ffxfl 1,1 A 0: ll' 0 'V ' Q ,504 134 '57 :gig gaaLefLaf 'N The Demons started off the season with a bang by defeating North Royalton by a score of 52 to 50. The lead was continually exchanged until the last thirty seconds when a basket was made by Don Foster. Dick Overmyer scored 18 points. Westlake was also victorious in its second game. We defeated Strongsville 47 to 37. Dick Overmyer sank 13 out of 15 shots to rack up 24 points, and with Jack Forski's additional 16 points the game was clinched. In our third contest we defeated Brooklyn 57 to 37. Tom Michelich was high point man in this game with 24 points. The Demons suffered their first defeat of the season in a real thriller with Olmsted Falls which was ended in the second overtime when the fatal basket was sunk by Olmsted. The final score was 51 to 53. In another thriller with Bay the Demons came out on top. The score was 59 to 55. Michelich was the bop scorer with 17 points. ln our second game with North Royalton, another victory was ours by a score of 53 to 35. Tom Michelich led the scoring for the Demons with 14 points. The next game we went to Strongsville where we met our second upset. They defeated us by 1 point. The final score was 49 to 48. Michelich once again was top man with 18 points to his credit. We regained our prestige in the next contest by out-scoring North Olmsted 63 to 28. Michelich led with 23 points. The Demons traveled to Brooklyn for their next game. They they defeated the home team by a score of 64 to 46. Dick Overmyer was high point man for the Demons with 21 points. Next came the fatal game with Olmsted Falls. We took our second defeat from this team in the 50-51 season. The game ended with a score of 55 for the Demons and 59 for Olmsted. Michelich led the team in scoring with 15 points. Bay came to Westlake for our last game of the season and was defeated in another thriller. The score was tied as time ran out, but Overmyer had been fouled. He sank his foul shot and the game ended 49 to 48 in our favor. The Demons also played three non-league games, two with Elyria Catholic and one with an alumni team. We were victorious in both games with Elyria but were taken by the former Demons of Westlake by l point. With Mr. Duchez's fine coaching the team placed second in the West Cuyahoga League. 1' f X tiki if

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unior qjdfdi Row 1: A.Poh1man, I.Garrity, K.Kauffman, J.Gumbe1, R.Robinson,D.Runser, H.Norris Row 2: F.D1ouhy, E.Rothkegel,R.MacNiven, L.Schneider, R.Keim, Coach Car1Gro11e. As we continue down Memory Lane , we remember the exciting LV. games before each varsity game. This year the Junior Varsity, coached by Carl Grolle, won 8 and lost 4 games. They also won two non-league games and lost one. 496 points were piled up by the J'.V.'s to 424 scored by opponents. Jim Garrity was highgpoint man with 163 points. Next on the list, with 103 points, was Jimmy Gum el. Successful basketball seasons are assured with such players as the J. V.'s to take the place of those who graduate. SCORES OF THE '50 - '51 SEASONX WE THEY North Royalton ......... 43 37 Strongsville ............. 21 26 North Olmsted .......... 35 39 Q' Brooklyn ................. 41 36 I5 J onnsted Fans ........... 40 22 gf X 'Alumni .................... 29 as ,V 5 Bay viuage .............. 48 sa I '4 xi ' Elyria Catholic ......... 39 35 G North Royalton ......... 42 22 Strongsville .............. 52 40 North Olmsted .......... 54 39 Brooklyn ................. 31 29 Olmsted Falls .......... 48 25 Bay Village .............. 41 50 ' Elyria Catholic ........ 23 31 'Non-league games