Bulkeley High School - Class Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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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

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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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The Maroons next played at Wethersfield and inspired a new saying, Don't quit, even 'after you lose the ball game! Despite Leghom's 32 points, the Eagles had apparently presented their frenzied fans and head cheerleader with a 73-71 victory, their first ever over Bulkeley. But almost a week later, the Maroons suddenly found themselves the victor. Hapless Wethers- field had been sabotaged by an ineligible player, and handed Bulkeley a forfeit. A sizzling and inspired East Hartford quintet set the pace nearly all the way in the season finale at the Hornet's nest, but the Bulldogs stampeded down the homestretch and eked out a thrilling 65-63 win. Bob Pecott led the last- minute charge which saw Legh,om's two pres- sure foul shots decide the ballgame. Then it was off to New Haven. The CIAC had granted the Maroons fifth position in the drawing as reward for their 14-3 record. In theory, this meant that Bulkeley would start off against a low-rated club, but here the Maroons suffered a wretched break. Hartford High had gone into a mid-season slump which cost them a high ranking, but Joe Ku- bachka had got the Owls up', just in time for the tourney. And, in the luck of the draw, Hart- ford wound up against Bulkeley. The Owls won, 72-58. Rugged pivot Stan Poole stymied the Maroons in all phases of the game as his team never trailed for a moment. Hart- ford spurted to an early lead, then held on grim- ly when the Maroons unleashed another of their fabled back-to-the-wall rallies. Several times Bulkeley appeared finished only to scramble up again and struggle back to a tie score behind Pazdar, Kelly, Bieletti, or the redoubtable Leg- horn. But the determined Owls could always produce the clutch bombs when they had to, and the fighting Maroons had reached the end of the line. As the final buzzer sounded through the smoke-filled Arena and dejected Bulkeley fans straggled out, the high-school careers of no less than six of the Maroons had ended. '6Legs, of course, led the paradeg who can say enough about this terrific All-Stater? Tilly Bieletti, also, left Coach Bazzano with a huge gap to fill on the 1961 squad, as his superb playmaking and jump-shooting will be long remembered. Another Maroon completing his last game was steady John Pazdar, who suddenly caught fire in midseason just when his team needed him and played a big part in forging the City and CDC crowns. And Mark Buonome, who fought off his injury to perform solidly under the boards throughout the season - who can for- get the job he did on the Big Dipper? Jack Kelly and Mike Violette, too, as reserves con- tributed their bit to Bulkeley's successful sea- son, with Jack especially deadly in that wild second game against Hartford. The Class of 1960, indeed had a first-rate basketball team in itself. And, while the 1960 edition of the Ma- roons may have lacked the great tournament instinct of the Keyhole.Kids, it did prove its mettle and ability with its CDC and City titles. None of its predecessors, through Bulkeley's en- tire history, could make that statement. So, in summing up, The Bulkeley Maroons of 1960 had nothing to be ashamed of and much of which Bulkeley can well be proud. Athletic Advisory Board: Seated, l. to r.: Mr. Mitchel lvanowsky, Mr. Fred- erick Bashour, Mr. Thomas Cook. Standing: Mr. Arthur Allen, Mr. Paavo Atlin, Mr. Edward Korisky, Mr. Louis Bazzano, Mr. Francis D'Amato.