Ilion High School - Mirror Yearbook (Ilion, NY)

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Wrestling 1962 FRONT ROW: Dunckel, Matthews, Adamsg SECOND ROW: Yule, Moore, Gogolg THIRD ROW: Smith, Burch, Tjeerdsma, Heneka, Lints. Ihons Golden Bomber Wrestling Squad, under new coach, Mr. Orthman, completely reversed a l-9 season of 1960-61 and Hnished second in the Iroquois League. The Ilion Grapplers racked up 7 stmight wins before bowing to Frankfort, the league champion, 24--21. The season saw Ilion win lopsided victo- ries over Van Hornesville Q43-5l, Little Falls Q45-105, and Oneonta Q32-l3j. The Bombers also won the close ones, edging Herkimer 26-20 and Mohawk 30-20. At the season's close, Ilion journeyed to Herki- mer for the league tournament and took third place in the meet. Tom Matthews, Bob Dunckel, and Dick Adams became the champions of the Iroquois League in their respective weight classes. In one of the most exciting matches of the eve- ning, Dick fthe Rockj Adams pinned F1-ankfort's Bennie DiPiazza in the Hrst period. Other members of the squad included: Yule, Moore, Gogol, Smith, Burch, Tjeerdsrna, Heneka, and Lints.

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J.v. Ilion's Junior Varsity squad, under Coach Salis- bury, racked up a 9-9 season which gave much experience to freshmen, Owen Roberts and Bob DeMartine, potential Varsity stars in the near future. The J.V. cagexs lost and won several games by 5 points or less and provided fans with a good deal of action. The team whipped Herkimer twice, 58-53 and 56-43, to indicate trouble for the Magicians in future years. The squad lost tough ones, too, to Oneonta Q36-323, Norwich Q47- 41l, and Mohawk H4-39j. FRONT ROW: Wardle, Haggerty, Morris, White SECOND ROW: Burkhart, Pickett, Weiss, McGrath Maneeng THIRD ROW: Coach Salisbury, Keddell, DeMartine, Slocum, McCormack, Roberts. Basketball 1962 Willey Rebounds DeMartine shoots for J.V's.

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Ilion's Cross Country Squad, coached by Mr. Track 1961 FRONT ROW: K. Sweeney, McGrath, Morris Rapenske, Morris, Tresohlavyg SECOND ROW: T Sweeney, Haggerty, Lyman, Tjeerdsma, Murray, Dunckel, Kelly, Tibbits, Pierce, THIRD ROW: Mc- J Grath, Slocum, Hoffman, Ross, Holden, Lints, Coyle, Adams, Snedekerg FOURTH ROW: Burch, Gregg, Thomas, Shelley, Willey, Bouck, Rose, Keddell, Reid. Cross Country Sorge, compiled an excellent record in 1961. The squad defeated Oneonta and twice whipped Herk- imer's Green Magicians for important victories. The harriers from Ilion also won the Cobleskill Invitational Tournament with sophomore sensa- tion, Terry Sweeney, setting a new record for the course. As a climax to the season, the Bomber squad copped the Section III Class A Championship, with Sweeney once again finishing first and setting another record. The squad included Nowacki, Hall, Rapenske, T. Sweeney, Willey, Morris, Weiss, Streeter, Dodge, Getrnan, Sweeney, Watts, Slocum, Keddell, Spencer, and Burkhart. 101