Brunswick High School - Devils Diary Yearbook (Brunswick, OH)

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The Brunswick Blue Devil cagers of 1957-58 com- piled an unimpressive 5-122 record. However, there is more to the story than just the won-lost record. The blue and white basketballers showed flashes through the season of the greatness predicted for them by many, but they were never able to maintain the consistency needed. Coach Platz rotated a seven man first unit com- posed of four seniors and three juniors. Of this group only seniors Dick Mueller and Alex Argirakis and junior Dick Bouman were lettermen. The others were Gene Katona and Chet liwald who were seniors and juniors Jim McMillan and Bernie Palmatier. These last two were promoted at mid-year from the reserve squad and showed considerable promise. Playing again in the Medina County League, Brunswick finished in the lower half of the stand- ings. The high light of the year came, however, in the tournament. This year was Brunswick's debut into the AA athletic ranks, and their showing was not one to be ashamed of. Drawing Fairview as their opponent at the Baldwin-Wallace Field House. the locals for three periods threatened to upset their favored rivals. But, the lack of bench strength hurt in the final period. Another factor on the debit side was the lack of a home floor. Even though we played on the excellent Buckeye court, the basketball team never felt as if they belonged. Possibly. the new building program which includes a modern ,fzymnasium will give added incentive to future Brunswick basketball teams. arsit Baskc

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First Row: Martin Polakowski, Alan Hamer, John Sestina, Nolan Baisch, Jerry Buy, Paul Sestina. Second Row: Ed Skinner, Don Kiene, George Elwood, Forest Fields, Gary Wilkinson, Norman Barnes, Bob Duche, Coach Smulbach. Not Pictured: Ron Sheperd. unior Varsity Giving added impetus to the thought of brighter basketball future was the fine show- ing made by the Brunswick Reserve basket- ball squad. This team, coached by Mr. Slnul- bach, was sprinkled generously with promis- ing freshmen and sophomores. Playing usu- ally in the preliminary games they compiled a 10-4 record. At season's end Coach Platz took a fresh- man team composed largely of reserve mem- bers and competed in the Buckeye invita- tional tournament. In this tournament they were edged out in the final game. These reserves should add luster to the future Blue Devil basketball records. - Strong Reserves B.H.S. Opp 50 Leroy 39 29 Seville 24 45 Highland 26 47 Spencer 33 25 Lodi 29 28 Homer 30 27 Buckeye 28 41 Leroy 45 26 Seville 41 42 Highland 28 28 Spencer 23 32 Lodi 33 45 Homer 29 31 Buckeye 30