James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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'nga M Qslsykfs il' gn AQAX 'Mi-cy 45 No, you can't have it, says Charlie Grundy. Tom Poholski, Dave Gunn and Dan Barnes rush in to help, Charlie. Danny Barnes makes it look easy as he goes in for another lay up against Lebanon. gn' 5521 lb-f Y X :Q , N Dave Gunn goes up high for a easy lay up as Tom Poholski and George VanDerHayden looks on. Sorring like a bird, Dan Barnes scores a crucial bas- ket during Riley-Adams games. xk ,.,,, ,unify I

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BASKETBALL TEAM lst row-H. West, D. Hanish, C. Grundy, P. Grundy, T. Poholski, D. Barnes. 2nd Row-G. VanderHeyden, G. Nevelle, R. Evard, J. Campbell, L. Wilson, D. Gunn. Along with a new head football coach, Riley welcomed its new basketball coach, Bob Biddle, who came to us from Middlebury, where he had turned out highly successful teams. Riley, with five return- ing lettermen, started the season by whipping Froe- bel only to drop the next three to Glenn, Auburn, and Lakeville. By playing heads-up ball, the Wild- cats gained prestige as a scrappy team by beating a strong Mishawaka team. The team then seemed to run into a iinx when they encountered any school named for the first president of our country. ln succession they dropped tilts to South Bend Wash- ington, East Chicago Washington, and Washington Clay, before a winning game against North Side of Fort Wayne. From here on they found them- selves and began to play the type of ball they were capable of. They beat LaPorte and almost upset defending champions, Central, in an overtime game. After beating Niles, the Wildcats dropped the next three to Adams, Garfield, and Elkhart, which were Varsity all nip and tuck games. Lebanon and Goshen prov- ed to be victims of the Wildcats, when then wound up the season by losing to a strong Michigan City team. Sectional time arrived again and the Wildcats defeated Lakeville easily in their first game, but ended their basketball year by losing to the tourney favored St. Joe team. The outstanding player of the squad this year was Dan Barnes, who was the second top scorer in the conference. However, as in any sport, no one man is a team and the Riley squad was backed up by several very capable seniors in Chuck Grundy, Tom Poholski, John Campbell, Ron Evard, and Dave Gunn. With a lack of height and experience, the Wildcats proved to several of the top teams this year that desire and a never-dying spirit are substitutes for these two things.

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sux,- Coach Bob Biddle talks about the Baskelbclll situa- tion with Lennie Rzeszewski, B. Team Coach, Don Barnbrook, Freshman Coach, Harry Lewanclowski, Junior High Coach. . , BK N '+G -NM... ik... , C E! aw, V N. -. Q? 1 I X . B-TEAM Back Row: Jim Morgan, Rodney Sike, Tom Ellison, Bill Toles, Ray Winenger, .lerry St. Germain, Leon Casper, Mgr. Bob Peli. Front Row: Denny Woodcox, Mike Granaf, Merle Boyer, Bob Davidson, Bill Collins, Dick Niemann, Jim Cook, Bill Nelson.