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

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Qvercome Player Loss Despite the fact that they lost four starting seniors from the previous year, Seaholm had one of its finest basketball seasons in many years. Going into the season, John Denning was Sea- holm's only player with a good deal of starting experi- ence and it was questionable how the Maples would perform. Even Coach Villemure, in his second season at Seaholm, was unsure as to how the team would re- act. Most all of the questions were answered in Sea- holm's first game against Groves. Trailing by nine points going into the final period, the Maples never lost their poise and rallied for an important 77-67 victory. They kept right on going with 3 more wins With- out a loss, gaining believers and gradually working their way into the top ten teams in the state. Th6Y

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Wil? Harriers Win SMA Title With the strong support of state champion Mike Gilleran, the Seaholm Harriers claimed the SMA cross country champion- ship for the second straight year. Seaholm's outstanding 6-1 record in dual meet competition is indicative of the team's quality. Opening quickly, Seaholm swept to easy victories over Groves, Ferndale, and Southfield. Only the Groves meet was close, with Seaholnfs top runner, Mike Gilleran, outdistancing all others. Taking part in the OCC Run, the Harriers captured 3rd on the strength of Gilleran's first place finish and Jim Eubanks' sixth. The Harriers suffered their only dual meet loss of the sea- son that same week against Royal Oak Kimball. Despite the fact that Gilleran smashed the Kimball course record by 35 seconds and that Jim Eubanks and Rick Appleby took 4th and 5th, Kim- ball managed to gain a narrow 30-26 win. Running into very little competition in the final three meets, Seaholm coasted to three easy wins over Berkley, Hazel Park, and Cranbrook. The Berkley meet proved to be the season's biggest rout, as Seaholm took seven of the top eight places to win 18-45. Next came the League Run, which Seaholm had to win if they were to be league champions. Kimball, who had placed first during the dual meet season, could only manage a third place behind Hazel Park. Seaholm qualified for the State Run, which was held at Ypsilanti, by tying with Kimball for second in the Regionals. The Harriers found the going to be rather tough at the State Run, but placed a very respectable ninth. Possibly the most important fact of all is that Mike Gilleran covered the course in 12:33 to earn the first place position.

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f52 to Both Win in District crushed Port Huron by 31, beat a good Royal Oak Dondero squad 70-59, and gained revenge for last year's losses by beating the Ferndale Eagles 66-59. Next, the Maples ran up against another unbeaten team, Southfield, the eventual league champions. It took the Bluejays an extra overtime period, but they edged the Maples 78-77. Seaholm's second shot at Southfield proved to be even less successful than the first. The Bluejays dom- inated nearly every aspect of the game in routing the Maples 80-52. Seaholm followed this loss with two un- inspired performances against Edsel Ford, Kimball, and Berkley. They escaped with a narrow 74-72 win over Edsel Ford, but dropped the other decisions by close margins. With tournament time drawing near, Seaholm finally got untracked against Hazel Park with 112 Driving by Scott Paganos from Groves is Seaholm's 6' 4 forward Bob Lyle. 122 Jim Hughes, the team's most improved player. was almost unstoppable on. the drive. 132 In his second year of varsity competition, John Denning outjumps South- fiela s Brad Allen. 142 Seaholm's outstanding coach, Mr. Torn Villemure, has compiled a 29-8 record in two years at Sea- holm. 152 John Petersen finishes on' the fast break with Chuck Hammond close behind. 162 Scott Hammond developed into one of the area's top ball handlers and led the Maples in scoring. 172 Known for his consistent play, Neal Ranstead was SeahoIm's top playnzaker and led in assists. 1 QXX N ,,,p......-af' 155 472 and Place 2nd in SMA a 73-45 victory. Having overcome their late season slump, the Maples were ready to make a run for the district championship. They downed Andover by 11 points and held a usually high-scoring Lahser team to just 53 points to win the district semi-final. The Maples met Brother Rice in the game that was to decide the district champion, and with nearly 4,000 people pack- ing the Seaholm gym, the Maples held off a late War- rior rally to post a 54-45 win and capture the title for the first time in six years. The season finally came to an end in the first game of the regional tournaments when the Maples ran up against the state's top ranked cage power Pontiac Cen- tral. They kept things close for over three periods stay- ing within 8 points with just 3 minutes remaining, but Central finally ran away with a 95-68 win. 81