Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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from his Southfield opponents, as Rick Topus, Rick Cope- and Ron Boger position themselves to assist him. f halftime the Maples led Dondero 35-'l7. Rick Copeland add to the maze of players beneath the net. Whit Shea drops one in, demonstrating the form that made him fourth in scoring on the squad. Q L' Rs, fi' T453 if . 'Ny . ,git K. x t V an-, f A 3 ' -: 43 Roger Sibley James Sigler Jonathan Simmons , , mx. E Nancy Simpson Floyd Sims

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Mike Kritsch, Rick Topus, and Rick Copeland scramble to await a rebound just in case Rich Slater misses on his lay up. Richie didn't miss, though, as the Maples rolled over Dondero, 66-46. Experienced cagers take second in SMA The Maple cagers, an experienced and quick moving team, finished the 1966- 1967 season with a respectable 12 and 5 record. With a 7-3 record in the South- eastern Michigan League, they finished behind defending State Champion Ferndale. This year showed a great improvement over the last season, when Seaholm finished at the bottom of the SMA. Starting off the season on a sour note, they lost the traditional opener with Groves by one point. Going into the third quarter leading 50-42, the Maples had a hard time penetrating the Falcon zone defense. With 25 seconds left the score was 61-61, but then Groves hit on a free throw to win it 62-61. The cagers then swept past a slow Dondero squad 66-46, with Dave Cook popping in 18 points. Despite a temporary lapse in sharpness, easy wins followed over Port Huron and Cranbrook. The Hazel Park game followed. The Maples showed what champions should look like in an awesome display of power, smashing the Vikings 72-39. Cook again led the team, with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Then the team met its first set-back in their title hopes, losing to Ferndale by two points, 50-48. Leaping to pull down a rebound, Dave Co: strains to' hang on to the ball and keep , f sie 2 1 Bob Hudson hangs on to the ball under thi basket and moves in for a shot as Ron Boge

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:kv Rich Slater is up for a jump shot against Dondero. Only 5' 10 , Rich's powerful iumping abilities made him number two man on the squad. Seaholm rebounded to humble Southfield 99-89, set- ting a new school and league scoring record. Rich Slater led the Maples with 21 points, followed by Cook and Rick Topous with 17 each. ln their next encounter, the cagers rallied in the final quarter to top Kimball, 66-61. Topus led in scoring with 18 points, closely followed by Whit Shea and Slater, with 15 and 14 points respectively. ln the Berkley game the Maples dazed the Bears, iump- ing to a 22-7 first period lead using a strong full court press. Cook led the scorers with 22, followed by Topus with 16 and Bob Hudson with 12, as Seaholm won, 76-58. After breezing by Hazel Park, with Shea netting 19 points, the Maples downed Southfield a second time. The Ferndale game for the championship was a bitter dis- appointment, however, as SHS lost, 57-46. The cagers then edged by Kimball and Mt. Clemens, but lost to Berkley. After whipping Warren Mott, Seaholm lost in the tournaments to Brother Rice, as Hudson dropped in 16. The season's top scorer was captain Dave Cook, with 231 points and a 13.6 average. Second was Rich Slater with 184 and a 10.8 average. 'T'-X Captain Dave Cook, high point man for the Maples, puts in two of his seventeen points in the first Southfield game, as Ron Boger looks on.