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

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.- gg-3-v - - R. ,.. ,.,- - . L2-3 W ' -mfs-5 ff ' al-52: B4 1 fe if ' Second Row-Coach Becker. Arimlcl. Seamans, Hardy, Beecher, Bolton, Pelton, Stewart, NYatson. First ROW-Barr, Rick:-r, Kelly. Beaudom. Olilzmi, Maxwell, Menozzi. Flanuigan, Bishop. HEAVYWEIGHT BASKETBALL Four non-conference tilts show us we will have tough sledding ., speed lacking, scoring punch inconsistent ..Roosevelt after six starts, wears us down Irish, Mack and Dinny show scoring spurts, but we lose 26-19. Harrison came and lost 21-20 Menozzi hot, Irish good . . .team play much improved. Lindbloom is next Oldani hot first half, Beaudoin steady under basket in final quarter, , so we win 21-20. Followed by Carl Schurz and another win 26-12 Oldani dead on long shots , Bishop red hot, totals 15 points ,.,, Too many scouts in stands against Normal, we play listlessly .... and let the scouts think what they wish. Conference opener with West Aurora ,..team cold on shots ,. Oldani, Flannigan out on personals ..West massed her defense .Hbut we manage to hit enough to win 11-9. Slow break offense puzzles Rockford . . vast improvement over Aurora , Flannigan is poison to Rabs, .. Maxwell lost for half of season, cast on leg ....Rabs without Bloomquist. .. sterling defense, led by Dinny, held Rabs to 3 goals ,.., our game 17-ll. More tough breaks .,.. Kelly goes to hospital with blood poison, Hardy subs . ,shift Dago to center .,.. we outscore East Aurora from field, 8 baskets to 5 .Ufree throws turn tide in final minutes for East, when Irish and Bishop go out on fouls. Injuries cause shift again .... Oldani sent to guard, Mack at center .. ,new men crack in second half ..,, Pretzels too big for them, so we lose ,.., Bishop shows well in final game. Maroons get surprise of life at home, , . both teams score 7 goals . . .Beau- 88

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