Niles Township High School West - Spectrum Yearbook (Skokie, IL)

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6 ' 5 Gordon Urelius scores again, this time against East Leyden. BACK ROW: D. Kalz( Manager), M Muskat, S. Hertzberg, G. Urelius, B. Davis, R. l vin, Coach Schnurr. FRONT ROW: E. Bruksch, W. Hohs, L. Gussis, R. Kreiter, J. Schnidt, M. Wynn. Basketball Winning the first two league games by impressive margins the Varsity cagers looked unbeatable in heading for the Del-Val league tide. But apparendy a team named East Leyden had similiar ideas oftheir own for winning the league crown. The Indians took a big step toward the top spot when diey defeated East Leyden 71-63 on January 24, to tie Leyden and Willowbrook for the league lead. When they met again, it was on Leyden ' s home court and both teams were tied for first place with identical 6-2 records. The Eagles won that game and eventually won theleaguechampionship. In the March Regional Tourney here at West, the Indians won the opening game beating Elmwood Park, and lost to their arch-rival, East Leyden, for the second time. The varsity cagers were coached by Billy Schnurr in his third term as basketball mentor. Lloyd Gussis lays one up against Niles East.

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Varsity Scores Niles West 38 NUes East 22 NUes West 24 Glenbrook South 31 Niles West 44 Maine West 19 NUes West 47 WUlowbrook 16 NUes West 44 Forest View 18 NUes West 35 East Leyden 18 NUes West 37 West Leyden 19 NUes West 40 Morton West 20 NUes West 50 Proviso West Varsity 15 Cross - Country FIRST ROW, Left to Right: W.Christensen,G.Carraciolo, R. Hoheisel, D. Strahan, E. Nuss, D. Stellas, G. Dobbin, A. Schwartz. SECOND ROW: J. Futranski, P. Helford, H. Greenman, A. Gual,CoachHarmon,J. Rodman, S. Kiklin, A. Hinkle, R.Lee. Picking up the slack after the loss of star mUer Bob Bar- ber, the Varsity Cross-Country team managed orriy one victory in the ' 63 campaign. They defeated Glenbrook South in the opening meet 24-31 (low score winning). The varsity country-men finished sixth in league competition and nine- teenth in the District events. FUling the shoes of Barber was Senior George Caracciolo, who was named the harriers Most Valuable Player for the ' 63 season. The Frosh-Soph harriers also had their problems in scoring victories in the long cross-country campaign. They managed only two victories, but finished fourth in league meets. Their overall record was two wins against seven set- backs. Their victories were against West Leyden and Morton West. The varsity squad was coached by John Harmon and the Frosh-Soph team was directed by John Cress. FIRST ROW, Left to Right: M. Edwards, M. Stein, D. Telefson, G. Galluzzo, R. Clemen, B. WooUey, J. Eadon,J. Donnelly, R. Ranbold, J. Hawkins, F. Demas. SECOND ROW: B.Liano, S.Horowitz, R.Johnson, P. Barber, R. Johnson,. Coach Cress, P. Kuhr, M Silvert, L. Krasner, R. Zimbero£F, D. Stone. Frosh-Soph Frosh-Soph Scores NUes West 3 6 NUes East 24 NUes West 36 Glenbrook South 19 NUes West 50 Maine West 15 NUes West 38 WUlowbrook 23 NUes West 43 Forest View 18 NUes West 34 East Leyden 24 NUes West 19 West Leyden 36 NUes West 15 Morton West 43 NUes West 45 Proviso West 18

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Varsity Niles West 76 NUes East 55 NUes West 69 Forest View 45 NUes West 73 Deerfield 54 Niles West 61 Prospect 59 NUes West 44 Maine West 60 Niles West 56 Forest View 45 NUes West 52 Glenbrook South 40 Niles West 81 Glenbrook North 58 Niles West 44 Maine West 63 Niles West 67 Proviso West 69 Niles West 86 Proviso West 49 Niles West 58 WUlowbrook 69 Niles West 71 West Leyden 48 Niles West 71 East Leyden 63 NUes West 74 Morton West (ovt) 67 Niles West 48 Proviso West 62 Niles West 65 WUlowbrook 64 Niles West 71 West Leyden 58 NUes West 62 East Leyden 73 NUes West 64 Morton West 63 NUes West 78 Elmwood Park 67 NUes West 58 East Leyden 67 Straining for the jump are Indian Gordon Urelius and Malcolm Newcomb of East Leyden.