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msfa 116175 ave Row I: Coach Vopicka, F. Smoll, D. Marsiglio, B, Gallian, T. Hildebrandt, E. Matuszak, S. NesTer, Coach Soucek. Row 2: J, Kratochvil1Mgr.J,A..lurkus, L. Mack, R. PeTerman, B. Stem, J. Sevcik, R. Tomek, J. Beriakis 1Nlgr.l. VARSITY BASKETBALL . . . InauguraTing The new gym aT lVlorTon VVesT, The lVlusTangs opened The season by down- ing The LaGrange Lions 66-60. Rick Tomek paced The varsiTy cagers, who hiT a .1l5l shooTing percenTage from The floor, wiTh 29 poinTs. Overcoming a slow sTarT wiTh a 22 poinT second guarTer, The MusTangs wenT on To whip York of ElmhursT 57-118 in The second non-conference TilT. The MusTangs coasTed on To a win during The TTnal guarTer of play afTer hiTTing six baskeTs in The closing Two minuTes of The fTrsT half and Taking a solid 30-2T lead. ThornTon's superior heighT and a TighT zone defense was a sTumbling block for The varsiTy cagers as They suf- fered Their TTrsT loss of The season 67-59. AgainsT MorTon's perennial rival, The Oak Park Huskies, The lVlusTangs compiled a 38-T9 halfTime lead, only To be defeaTed 72-65 by a sensaTional 32 poinT rally in The Third guarTer. AlThough falling in Their Suburban League opener, Coach J. Vopicka found a sTarTing cenTer in 6-11 sophomore Larry Mack, who was The game's high scorer wiTh 29 poinTs. In a losing cause againsT a hoT JolieT CaTholic quinTeT, The MusTangs displayed one of Their besT efforTs of The season, alThough losing 73-60. Eddie MaTusak's 20 poinTs iusT weren'T enough againsT The Torrid .5118 shooTing per- cenTage of The HiIIToppers. New Trier downed MorTon 711-70, hiTTing 40 ouT of 48 Tree Throws. This was The decisive facTor in lVlorTon's fourTh sTraighT loss, for The MusTangs ouTscored The Terriers 56-311 from The fToor. Snapping a four game losing sTreak, The MusTangs crushed The undefeaTed Proviso PiraTes 62-118. lVlorTon sunk half Their shoTs from The fToor, while Rick Tomek Took scoring honors wiTh 27 poinTs. The MusTangs evened Their Suburban League record aT 2-2 wiTh a comparaTively easy 66-52 Triumph over The Niles Trojans. Again senior forward Rick Tomek paced The cagers wiTh 23 poinTs. The Waukegan Bulldogs chewed MorTon's varsiTy cagers wiTh a 77-110 vicTory. MorTon gave Their worsT show- ing of The season againsT The powerful Waukegan quinTeT, who laTer wenT downsTaTe and placed fourTh. FighTing a see-saw baTTle ThroughouT The enTire game, The varsiTy TTve suffered a real hearTbreaker when Evan- sTon scored wiTh only 8 seconds remaining To eek ouT a 411-112 win. Highland Park's league sTanding improved as They beaT The MusTangs 68-56, Rick Tomek Tallying 20 pgirngl This was lVlorTon's fiTTh loss againsT Two wins iw The Suburban League. A TighT press backed up by good shooTing from The free Throw line were all The Oak Park Huskies needed T0 Take Their second win from The MusTangs This season. Failing To gain revenge, The siTy squad was edged 53-117. Avenging Their previous defeaT, The MusTangs smashed New Trier 511-28. The Terriers were anemic in Their shooTing as They sunk only seven shoTs OLTT of TTfTy. Page 237
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Comloefifion Eddie Matuszak slips past Proviso opponent to drive in for a lay up. Dom Marsiglio fakes out defensive forward in an attempt to score SCORES Morton LaGrange . . . 6O Morton 47 Oak Park . . . Morton York ..... 48 Morton 54 New Trier .. Morton Thornton . . . 67 Morton 54 Proviso . . . . . Morton Oak Park . .. 72 Morton .... .... 6 O Niles ... .. Morton. . . . . . Joliet Catholic 73 Morton 59 Waukegan . . Morton New Trier . . 74 Morton .... .... 3 8 Evanston . . . Morton Proviso ..,.. 48 Morton .... .... 5 5 Highland Park Morton Niles ...... 52 Regionals Morton Waukegan . . 77 Morton .... .... 5 6 Reavis . . Morton Evanston . . . 44 Morton .... .... 6 2 Argo . . . . Morton Highland Park 68 Morton .... .... 4 9 Hinsdale . . . Although lacking in height, the Morton Eve vvon ther second consecutive game against Proviso. Playing in top form against the Pirates, the Mustangs won 54-47. Rick Tomek scored 32 points in a 60-56 victory over Niles. Despite the closeness ot the Hnal score, the Mus- tangs won easily after leading almost the entire game. Rallying in the fourth quarter only to tall short ot a tie by five points, the Mustangs then were defeated as Waukegan stalled and vvon by the Hnal score ot 76-59. The varsity cagers were iust-outplayed by the Suburban League Champions. Morton's eighth defeat ot the season came at the hands ot the Evanston Wildkits. Superb defensive play held the Mustang scoring punch dovvn to 38 points as Evanston tallied 45. Highland Park came through vvith a 20 toot jump shot in double overtime to tinish Morton's Suburban League play on a note ot defeat. This tinal Suburban League contest was one of the most thrilling ot the season. The defeat left Morton vvith a final Suburban League record ot 5-9 and set Coach Jim Vopicka's squad into the regional tour- nament vvith an overall 7-ll mark. Reavis vvas no match for the Morton tive, as the Mustangs took an easy 56-38 vvin in first regional game. Al Jurkus played his best game of the season, scoring 20 points. In the second game ot the regional tournament, the Mustangs used a pressing defense and controlled the back- boards, breezing past Argo 62-44. Morton was knocked out ot tournament play in the regional final by the tall Hinsdale Red Devils. Although badly outshot, the Mustangs put up a terrific tight in losing 54-49. Page 236
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