Brooklyn High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Brooklyn, OH)

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Top row: Robert Hovlous, Davies Hayes, LoulsCayet, King Klllln,William Hall, Rlchard Fllslk. Second row: Mr. Rodd, Harvey Murphy, Walter Novak, Keith Klss, William Novak, Robert Slepecky, Rudy Bred- enbeck, David Freeman. Third row: Larry O'Malley, Edward Baker, Donald Carle, Alfred Hadlck, Ted Iablonowskl, Bob MacDonald, Willlam Swann, Carl Wlegand. The Royalton game was anip and tuck battle,wlth the lead changing hands several times until North Royalton got hot and started swlshlng ln baskets from all sides. This upset the Brooklyn quintet 48-44. The Hurricanes' defense was shattered by an overwhelming Dover attack which lead to Brooklyn's third defeat, 38-27. lnvadlng Brooklyn's gym, the Cuyahoga Heights lndlans fell before the Hurricanes by the score 45-43. With only 10 seconds remaining ln the game and the score 43-43, O'Malley dropped ln the much needed basket which brought the game to a victorious end. Strongsville was the next team to come to Brooklyn, and dropped the Hurricanes by a slim margin, 48-42. Jablonowskl was the Hurricane star. Brooklyn was trailing North Olmsted by a few points until the first team took charge and handed North Olmsted a 44-43 defeat. Out to avenge their earlier defeat, the Olmsted Falls quintet started with a fine offensive drlve which was halted too late. When the 4th quarter ended, the Hurricanes were on the low end of a 33-29 count. The game with Bay Vil1age,was another nip and tuck battle,with the lead changing hands many times. But Bay opened up with an attacktn the final stanza that could not be stopped, and went on to win, 51-43. Playing North Royalton, the Hurricanes could not find the range untll the last quarter, which was too late, and were handed their seventh seasods defeat, 54-36. The next opponent for the Hurricanes was the leading team of the league, the Westlake Demons. Brook1yn's quintet took command and were not threatened until the last quarter, when Westlake started hitting from all sides of the basket and tled the game at 30-30, sending lt into an overtime period. Then Baker dumped three of the six points that gave his team the winning 36-33 margin. In a rip roartng game at the Strongsvllle gym the Hurricanes ended a tough season of play by being edged out by the Strongsvllle five, 46-43.

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Y Q Carle ' ' A ' 4 iAll Countyl BULUEH HURHICHHES The Golden Hurricanes traveled to North Olmsted for the opening of their 1946-7 basketball season. Wearing snappy new uniforms of a sharp gold with royal blue numerals, the team lived up to lts name by defeating North Olmsted Eagles 28-25. Bill Swann, the star Brooklyn forward, meshed 16 points to lead the scorers. Olmsted Falls was the next team to fall victim of the Hurricanes' fast moving offensive play. Brooklyn scored the flrstslx points and that lead was never again in danger. The final scor' was 27-23. Bay Village was the third straight victim to be caught flat-footed against the fast, smooth moving teamwork of the Hurricane quintet. When the final buzzer sounded Bay was on the low end of a 26-23 score. On the evening of December 16, the Hurricanes got their first taste of defeat at the Inde- pendence gym by a score of 47-29.

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cmnfn smns ' ., , .. we 1 U '-:CSN i'i'M'9 'i Top row: Smith, Barta, R. Thomas, Hall, Becker, Weiss , Brickman , Kiss , Young, T. Simecek. Second row: Mazey, R. MacDonald, Kostansek, W. Kawieki, Luckianow, Christner, Group, Bredenbeck, B. MacDonald, Nieman. Bottom row: Babarcsik, Hovious, Cross- en, Merhaut, Wiegand, Dennis, Baker, Carle.