Joliet Central High School - Steelmen Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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ssl eel-2-:fr ff 1 1 A 51,25-iff 1 pi -2241-Av ' Q ' .- ,,-9---ew fr, : - .4- TOURNAMENT TEAM Second Row-Coach Becker, Arnold, Barr. Flannigan, Kennedy, Menozzi, NX'atsou. First R0wARicker, Kelly, Olrlaui, Beauiloin, Maxwell. doin good under basket Oldani brilliant in floor play Barr back, broken wrist healed, staunch defense Walser, Harding stopped. ,.Ricker proves tireless ball dogger . . Born makes winning points on free throws. .so February Five wins 21-18. Second round opens at West High Oldani brilliant at guard, hits four long shots. . . Ricker hot under loop . Barr's defense steady. Menozzi stops Davidson, while Max steadies offense ,,., free throws help turn tide for us, 28-25. Rabs even up series in overtime win, 21-Z0 ...Dago and Bill lead offense . . . Max and Dinny back in game . . Bloomquisr back to lead Rabs his free throw in overtime wins game. East Aurora game a battle of defenses . centers good under basket . . shots hurried by guards ...East wins in final quarter ,.., Pyle gets hot from midfloor. Title bound Pretz held to five goals. .. three fouls on Mack, Dago, Max, Dinny in first quarter .,,. Ricker holds Brewer to 2 goals ..., three men out on personals .... subs take over burden . . Arnold performs creditably. Elgin strikes snag .,.. Blue and Gold in most brilliant performance ...Ol- dani, Dinny hold Maroons to 2 goals. . while Max, Bill and Mack drive offense to victory .... so we trot off victorious 15-7 in final conference game. Came the district tournament. , . Kennedy taken over from lights . . squad shows brilliantly against Argo .... Beaudoin, Oldani lead scoring . Ricker, Max- well, Flannigan, Kelly and Kennedy also contribute .... so we win 31-8. Thornton red hot in first four minutes .... four long shots prove terrific handicap ..,. we step on throttle .. Max and Dinny make uncanny shots, and I fContinued on Page 96l . X X LE be X L, X sQ 4lv ' ' 1 ,Q gg-flu 1 -.' ,1l Ch - - : f ref' 5 E' 89