Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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.,,..f ul lceley Wins Beat Owls 51 -47 or Cit Crown Bulkeley found itself in the driver's seat today after gaining a 51-47 victory over Hartford High If the Trinity fieldhouse before nearly 2,000 last night, Coach Lou Bazzano's team accomplished three things with this one victory which helper? heal the wounds from an ea lier 61-46 setback at the hands of the Owls. lIt gave the Maroon the city championship with a 3-1 record. 0Put it in first place in the Pazdar joined Legs, in a one-two punch that J v PQ 'ry much in the scoring column, L NP- e ' K, , contributing a lone free throw. 51 ' A - Also thhe Owls missed tg is scoring of Jim Benedict W ' '91- was unable to get of! his pot- one-hander from thy cog-ngy It's basketball season now, Mark! due to the defensive play of Barry Ieghorn. The Bulkeley center did s :ood Job Ofxkieb' Norwich Free Acads . . . 25 in a row at home again overcame the pesky Simoni, who drilled in 26 this time. Leghornis last game in the Home Chamher was a memorahle one hoth for him and for all Bulkeley fans. A Tl-57 revenge victory over the Jack Kelly three straight unlmlemished home campaigns the inside track to the CDC title . . . Bullie- ley achieved all these heights as our magnificent pivot stufled in 39 points. Une revenge triumph deserved another. and Tilly Bieleltfs soft touch. Mike Yiolette LKEL N,,,-,,1 g:7'l f 1 l 5: -'TFV' 'HH

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niglit's jayvee game, in which the Waterbury club ran up exactly one point in the first quar- ter. Remember Leavenworth? Next on the list was Hartford High, unde- feated and conqueror of state champ Wilbur Cross. Not at all awed by the Owls' imposing reputation, the Maroons displayed a fine team effort in staying even with Hartford for a half, 25-all. But an upset of the Owls was not in the cards. From the start of the second half Hart- ford took command as Ed Griffiin hit a hot spree and Bulkeley,s offense completely collapsed. Despite a fine showing by ,lack Kelly and a late spurt by Leghorn, Bulkeley went down 61-46. Now 6-3, the Maroons had reached a crossroad of campaign. The key game of their schedule was fought at Bulkeley on January 19, against Naugatuck and 6-11 Ed Big Dipper Slom- censki. The game was decided under the boards, where Mark Buonome continually boxed out his towering opponent and flagged down 21 re- bounds in his best performance of the year. Leghorn tossed in 28, but Bieletti was even bet- ter on offense with several brilliant feeds to Pillion under the basket and 24 of his own. The Bulldogs led all the way and won 68-57 despite one of the finest individual performances ever seen at Bulkeley. Naugy's Bill Rado popped in 22 foul shots, and 7 baskets for 36 points, but was weighed down by some wretched support. The Maroons then repeated over Weaver, 64-57. The Beaver zone hogtied Leghorn most of the way, but this only gave ,lohn Pazdar, then just an ace reserve, his long-awaited opportunity to step into the limelight. John was red-hot from the corner in tallying 20 points while Barry was held to 13. Since Weaver had swept a pair from Bulkeley the year before, it was indeed sweet revenge for the Bulldogs. Since he relieved Babe Allen in 1953, Coach Bazzano had never lost to New London in 13 jousts. This tradition was kept alive in the Wlialing City as Leghorn's 23 points led a late rally that got the Maroons under the wire, 52-48. Everybody's All-Slater, Barry Leghorn. -aFD? .'?' Mark Buonome flags one down. Bob Pecott licks the Candy Canes

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+5 34 W That famed Bulkeley drive. x 'Inv La T The Maroons get position . . . slightly. if Rules CDC Top 'Canes, 65-5 The Pnzdar Express roars through. A Leghorn special. Hartford's now-slumping Owls filled this hill nicely. Leghorn's 17 was again the game's high hoth in the hoop and off the boards. Breaking out of early doldrums, the Maroon took a 25-21 lead at halftime and held on as Bruce Maddox and Ed Grifiin led Hartford hack. Bulkeley went into a premature freeze that proved costly, hut the Owls sorely missed ace inside Mann Stan Poole and just didn't have quite enough steam coming in to the wire. Gene Reilly's two clutch free throws clinched it, 51-47. This gave Bulkeley the City Title, but the Maroons weren,t stopping there. New Britain's Central Connecticut State Col- lege became the scene of Bulkeley's first CDC championship. The Maroon again prevailed, 65-57, over the Hurricanes. Boh Smilnak was hot and almost inspired the ,canes to an upset with 30 points, hut Leghorn fW'hat, againll balanced this well with 24 markers. Pazdar, Pecott, and Bieletti contrihuted much to a team effort that stifled a late 'Cane rally. Q Wing, . fxx. X M