Holy Family High School - Spires Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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Go To the Tourna Hol l' amlly in 104-50 111 With Ronnie Briilhart setting a red-hot pace. the Holy Family -11 Crusaders rolled U9 the laiigeiii Point mm by H Tulsa lfefedeast zmshsefiof' of fiiiliifygcaf 104-56 Mic ac - . - , Wednesday flight m the Cagmd rf-ynl' U1 e r QQ-pf1'al Bgiiiiihgggvii lxllrliil Held 233825 anit tlwee from throwS1 fm' 3 33521 41 vointg Mike Brown? adclsdu-S V H Q it 'n: Irma K1 - lair for the canceled H011 ramny-mm game, Th? Kim, was railed off bctlaufimfl the flu attack 81 OM ' ,mm Holy Family-Henryetia A in .f was quickly Sffanfgd t::,Ql,i.g gn 'Bossertn 1091395 , ts hit mme wllh 1-' Pom It mum gon for Holy Famm' lget GCNCU R5 KNO 0 F Ima K T0 GAIN f HAH W. U ffzl yn Th A P T 1 ., H 1 HOWIA 9' ascii Hoff de!-endaderg 1 . he .- of th gal!! a gpo .Pe Q3 Hgaxniasliite Cafbo 't In 'he . 9 f ' gnals Cliliiiteaiaineaoa 3 NY? St' Jo affem of Musk ax-Eonme Bfillhapf 4' Snail:g1pf,ff0fmeri0fHh HUnnf 5' to their V? Su,-p1.ismg0gr Fam Points Cfor o lug . 3 Zfsoaffgfiiitffzazff?'f1 'if1'2d:., f:,fl Co' usf ber yfflvkeha 1 Cllezilinandos Devgi:i..f9!m'U age oy F Cmj W knockegmily S cms Mar, High: m au' 52-43 mg Cl' 1 Mar afquefz he mum 2' 1. seplrg 000 vii i ,us ...., both boand Srariyh He sf' adam 5-. Our man Brillliart sinks one IIIOTP' l.ast-Minute instructions from Coacll lxirlwrver ,. . Browne fmiree tl . z . ie ball with help from Conley. Sf-ails will get this one! Rainnie goes up for another tip 0 . ment

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When We conquered the Meteorg ll? 123 433 141 i Palll shoots points. iwike makes the basket in for another two HF Surprises Metcors 49-37 The Holy Family Crusader: kept their cage winning streal alive Thursday night in the Gas cia Hail gym, as they rode a red thot third q1.xari.ei' to a 49.37 wh lover the Marquette Meteors. After a n1p'an-incl: first hal! the Crusaders pulled away in thi third stanza to post their 51943931 - win of the season over Marquetts and record their seventh strai it l 1 g victory, Holy Family led 8-7 at tho end of the first quarter. and held an 1843 halftime lead. They pulled away to a 31-23 msrgin at the three-quarter mark. Robert Swab, Marquette guart milk high point honors with 11 points. lie hit 13 of his points it ifhe final Period. Dick Wall: paced the winners with 1T'15oints 'lpflte of the heavy guarding, i Holy Family now has 1-conf b e Pep Squad cheered the gference record of 5-2, while tha oys on to victory ihieteors are 6-3. Dickvs 69 49s saved.the day. -Ill- Hnly Family, in an all-out por-die effort for the pulled ii colosSalFranlt lfeat by winning their last gamgs, 5 ot them in the rugged atholic The tion of f iliiiicwi iillg V tnmoizs. 19-31. T0 elm PLAYOFFS , By DICK MURPHY Of 'rm ivma sniff Bob 'Kirbergens red hot Holy Family Crusaders clinched l po- sition in the state Catholic play- offs by blasting the Marquette Meteors to the thumping tune otg 49-37, Thursday night. before al capacity crowd at the Cascia Hall 1 gym. ,. l Brillhart COBDCCH k Defense was the keynote ln the y initial period which saw the Cru- saders on the upper end of an 8-'I count at its close. The twoi squads continue-d to show respect for each other in the second quar-i ter as the score was knotted' twice and charmed hands fouri times. The victorn. however. lookl advantage of a pair of timely set! shots from guard Ronnie Brillhart' lo hike their intermission lead tai 13115, N In the third frame, the Meteors were almost completely helpless in solving the aggressive Crusad- er defense and were repelled with a lone field goal during the gruel- Family led, 31-23. The Meteors employed a suc- cessful fast break in the tlnal heat but the highly-inspired Crusaders than matched their scoring with' luldo ae- ing eight minutes. Here Howl

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And Bring Home A Trophy! The Crusaders of '55 after a dismal Start, losing the first six games in a row, finally began hitting on all 5 cylinders and reeled off a winning streak of 7 straight games, and ended up with a respectable 10-9 record. Sparked on their drive to the State Tournament by Ronnie Brillhart, and Dick Walls, the Crusaders defeated their arch rivals Marquette twice in Conference play. This year,s team was perhaps the best in the history of the school as they set 4 records: Most points in one game, most points by 1 player in a game, longest winning streak, and the first team in the history of the school to beat Marquette twice in l year. The games were highlighted by brilliant offensive play, sharp, defensive maneuvers, and above all a great team spirit. I 'i ,db THE BOYS LOOK OVER THE TROPHY Tournament At Oklahoma City, the Crusaders played Cascia Hall in the first round and when the gun sounded, they were on the long end of a 52-43 count. This was the first time 'Holy Family had beaten Cascia in basketball in 20 years. Ronnie Brillhart, almost singlehandedly towed the Crusaders through the game scoring 26 points, 11 in the last quarter. Holy Family and Marquette collided for the State Championship and after a hard played contest, Marquette was the victor: 53-46. It was a heartbreaking defeat for the gallant and spirited Cru- saders who won the last 6 Conference games in a row to get in the Tournaments. The team finished runner up, and we wish to say that a finer example of team play, over the whole season, has never been seen before at Holy Family. -113-