Grand Rapids Community College - Olympian Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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SEASON RECORD 8 WON, 8 LOST By winning eight while they were losing eight, the Raiders of Grand Rapids Junior college en- joyed an average year in basketball, since they placed fourth in the MJCAC race, winning eight and losing six conference games, with their other two losses coming at the hands of Calvin college. Bright spots in the picture were the facts that Bill- Schriber and Bill Landers placed- eleventh and twelfth in league scoring with 115 points each, and that Schriber, the team captain, was named on the second all- conference team, with Carroll Streeter winning honorable mention. ' Coach Harold. O. Steele awarded varsity letters to Schriber,. Landers, Hart, Streeter and Polako- vich, all of whom played their last game for Junior, with letters also going to Willis Mont- gomery and Marion Golembiewski, freshmen from whom much is expected next year. Jim Banta was awarded a manager's letter. .IAYSEES WHIP MUSKIE FIVE December 9, 1940 - Grand Rapids Junior col- lege tonight opened its MJCAC basketball title de- fense by scoring a 37-29 victory over Muskegon JC. After a hectic first half in which the lead changed some half-dozen times, and ended with a 15-15 tie, the Raiders came back, and in the last period built up a lead that withstood a Muskegon rally. Bill Schriber was high scorer for the game with 12 points, although Golembiewski ran him a close second with 11 tallies. JC's GET NOD OVER BAY CITY December 13, 1940 - Jumping into an early lead that they never relinquished, the Raiders of Grand Rapids Junior college tonight took a 42-34 victory over the Bay City Badgers. After leaving the floor in the first half trailing 23-17, the Bay City lads came back and started an attack that pulled them within two points of the Raiders, only to have Schriber, who led the evening's scoring with 18 points, and Streeter, get hot and put the game in the bag for Junior. GRAND RAPIDS J.C. BOWS TO BAY CITY January 4, 1941 - Grand Rapids Junior college, sustained its first loss of the year at the hands of Bay City Junior tonight, 34-28. Three players went out on personals, Streeter and Morse of Grand Rapids, and Inglehart of Bay City. The locals led at the half, 19-13, but trailed the rest of the way. Meade led Bay City with 13 points, while Schriber and Landers each had 6. ASKET

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-Naajl, T . .fi L' V! -if , . v 1 mmf i i F W w 9.1 ,ii First Row - W. Montgomery, C. Streeter, W. Schriber, W. Landers, B. Vander Klip. Second Row - H. O.'Stee1e, J. Hart, R. Polakovich. M. Golembiewski, J. Banta, manager . . IDER

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BALL 41 GRAND RAPIDS J.C. BEATS PORT HURON January 4, 1941 - Port Huron Junior college tonight took a 49-31 trouncing from the visiting Raiders of Grand Rapids JC. At the half, the score was 20-18 in favor of the visitors, and after a 20-20 tie in the third stanza, they again pulled out in front and stayed there. Schriber led the scoring with 13 points, with Landers coming in second with 9. VISITING FIVE Tors JAYSEES ' January 10, 1941 - A Highland Park five that hadn't won a conference game tonight got hot and gave Grand Rapids JC a 49-37 beating. The Raid- ers, who seemed off form, were on the short end of the .score most of the time, and ,ended the half trailing 29-17. The Parkers held on to their lead in the second half hy racking up 20 points, with JC doing the same. Golemhiewski was high scorer for the Raiders with 12 points. JAYSEES NIP JACKSON RALLY January '14, 1941 1 A fighting Jackson five tonight went down to a 45-41 defeat at the hands of the ,Raiders of Junior college, after staging a 12-point rally in the closing six minutes of the game, only to fall four points short of victory. At the half, the Blue and Gold led 20-13, and main- tained their superiority throughout the game, de- spite the closing rush of the Jacksonians. FLINT J.C. TOPS GRAND RAPIDS ,FIVE January 18, 1941 1 In an overtime game, Flint Junior college tonight took a 43-41 victory over the visiting team from Grand Rapids. The score at the half was 18-14 in favor of the Raiders, hut was tied 39-all at the end of the regular time, with Flint going on to win. Bill ,Landers went on a scoring spree that netted him- 21 points, including nine consecutive free tosses. GRAND RAPIDS J.C. TRIMS PORT HURON January 25, 1941 -- Uncorking a blistering attack, Grand Rapids Junior college tonight swamped a Port Huron five to the' tune of 62-31, after leading all the way. The Raiders ran up 10 points before Port Huron entered the scoring column at all, and continued to pull away until the end. Landers scored 22 points and Schriber 13 for the Jaysees.