Iroquois Central High School - Iroquoian Yearbook (Elma, NY)

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BASEBALL ‘Second Place Isn’t Bad . . . If You Like Second Place’ Iroquois Baseball, 1973 . . . team drove out 8 wins ... 4 slip by . . . climbs to second place in Division III, losing to J.F.K. with questionable umpiring. Dan Harris chosen Division III All-Star short-stop Langendorfer, Wilckens (MVP), Bitterman, Schneider make second All-Star team . . . high batter Dave Langendorfer cracks out .429 average . . . Coach Stohrer expected “hustling, running, hard- hitting, aggressive, intelligent championship team tor 1973 . . . “Club worked pretty hard all year, except for let-down losses to J.F.K. for championship and sectional loss to Olean . . . Rain makes for swampy season . . . boulders on the infield . . . Gregoire's fantastic catch: I got it!” 27

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1972 VARSITY BASEBALL Iroquois Opponent 11 East Aurora 3 0 At Cleveland Hill 5 2 At Alden 5 6 Cheektowaga 1 1 At Pioneer 2 4 Cleveland Hill 3 10 Grand Island 5 2 At East Aurora 1 4 Alden 9 5 J.F.K 10 4 At Grand Island 3 3 At Cheektowaga 1 5 Pioneer 4 0 At J.F.K 12 AA Playoff 3 Olean (At Gowanda) 7 TOP: All-star Dan Harris scurries for home. ABOVE: Varsity Baseball. FRONT ROW: Jim Pasco, mgr.; Karl Dembik. Don Young, Dave Giannelli, Jim Murray, Bob Stevens. John Wilckens. BACK ROW: Peter Gregoire, Keith Wilkinson. Tom Emdcn, Charlie Hanlon. Craig Bitter- man, Dave Langendorfcr. Dan Harris, Mike Snyder, Ken Palmer. Bill Willson, Coach Stohrer. RIGHT: Jim Murray tenses for the catch. CENTER. An Iroquois batter swings at an inside pitch. OPPOSITE PAGE. John Wilckens hurls the sphere at Cheektowaga. 26 Sports

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GOLF, BOWLING, RIFLE Marksmen Stage a Comeback With All-Underclassmen Team Loss of 4 starters from last year, 4 straight days without practice, and placement in a tough league hampered this year’s golf team . . . unable to scrape up a win in 9-game season . . . Doug Meyer clubbed low game: 54 strokes in 12 holes (6 under par). . . coached by Mr. Knowles: “Our best match was an 11-7 defeat against Williamsville South, who later went to win the league championship” . . . Kegelers added a win to last year’s record: 15 and 9 . . . 2nd in Division III to Gowanda . . . Rick Yacobush rolled high game (also league hi): 226, and high average, 168.1 . . . Brian Luders bowled high set at league roll- offs, 382 for two games . . . season was “ex- cellent, because it was supposed to be a rebuilding year, and it turned out to be my best season as a coach,” said Coach Emens . . . Rifle team revived this year by Coach Cronk . . . Gunmen, all underclassmen, finished winless, but vowed to return strong . . . “Freshmen and Sophomores will make up the whole team. We’ll be darn good next year” . . . Top Shots: Candee Block, Dave Zasowski, Ron Ferguson, Glenn Fischer, Linda Olsen . . . Rifle. FRONT ROW: Ben Neu, Ron Ferguson, Joel Papke, Glenn Fischer, Linda Olsen. Dave Zasowski, Rich Andol. BACK ROW: Mike Sonnelitter, Coach Cronk, Tom Spaltabak, Candee Block. Bill Schneider, Joe Ryan. Bowling. FRONT ROW: Brian Luders, Scott Young. Rick Yacobush, Dave Pietrzak, Jim Millard. SECOND ROW: Charlie Sauers, Steve Whit- tall, John Hanlon, Arnold Schuetz. THIRD ROW: Mike Gilbert, Bob Zawistowski, Ron Mathews. Ron Olson. FOURTH ROW: Todd Kabel, Andy Chudzinski, John Lang. Henry Lesinski. FIFTH ROW: Tom Hint! Jim Wood. Bob LeRoy, Steve Dolber. SIXTH ROW: Marvin Luders, Marty Metzger, Mark Myszka. Jim Nie. BACK ROW: Terry Kelver, Cur- tis King, Coach Emens. ABSENT: Pat Blizniak. Brian Luders tries for a strike. 28 Sports