Bishop Denis OConnell High School - Shield Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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LAING oiitjumps a Saint. HIGH-SCORER PAT LAING gets the base line fast and drives in for two.

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1964-1965 VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM: Row 1: Coach Sanders, T. Eitt, D. Krafnik, S. Butrym. J. Shommer, Brother George; Row 2: R. McComiack, G. Cooper, M. Trainer, J. Simonik, J. Dooley, P. Wells, R. Asher, P. Laing, M. Forsythe, A. Pease, T. McPherson, T. Rock. E. Martz. KNIGHTS take time out on the way to another victory. Winning Season Dimmed by Loss in State Finals The final horn sounded. The dull red lights of the scoreboard read: Benedictine 57 — O ' Connell 53. Near the stands in the Richmond Arena a blue and white clad cheeerleader began to cry. During the awards presentations Coach Dick Sanders knelt on the floor in front of the bench with bowed head. In back of their coach sat the defeated Knights basketball team, stunned, wearied and bleary-eyed. But the scoreboard did not tell the whole story, the story of a determined team who, trailing most of the game, fought back to tie the score at the end of regulation time and fiercely battled through two overtimes before fi- nally succumbing. It was a bitter ending to a suc- cessful season. The Benedictine game exemplified the fighting spirit of the Knights, who finished the season with a fine 17-11 record. Coach Sander ' s team was a smooth playing group, a composite of individual talents. Laing and Dooley led the scoring effort. Wells and Asher vied for honors in rebound snatching, and Martz and Trainor were the bas- keteers playmakers. It was a winning team, an exciting team, yet the championship plum narrowly escaped its de- termined, clutching grasp.

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ALL EYES ON THE BALL after a Laing juniper from the side. JOE DOOLEY drives through the key and takes an easy six-foot shot. TEAMWORK PAYS OFF again as Mike Trainor sets up Pat Laing for a score.