LaSalle College Prep High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Left to Right: Raynionrl Nolcn, John Bllorlzianowslii, Eclwarcl Burns, Eclwarnl Shopper. XVilliam Flalxer, ,lliomas Crean, Vin- cent O'Donnell, Gerarrl N1CZGC0lliiI1, .lolin lVlurlculin. CATHOLIC CITY STATE Top Ir-fi inset: Slut-ppvr drihhles in lor two. Bottom 1 ct l l l t riglzl 'ns1: Mpepsn iits tie loop or two points, Top: Hfxliirpliu in action as lie talces za pass, Bottom: uAt'cU snags another rc-houncl. BASKETBALL Four Seniors, three Juniors, and two Sopho- mores under a new coach, Joseph Nleehan, rearhecl the clream cherished lay every Catholic High School student of Philadelphia-fthe Cath- olic League Baslcethall Championship. Coach Nleehan toolc over a veteran quint ol Burns, uwlurphfy Shepper, lxflarlculin, and lvlaher, together with Nolen, Crean, lVlcGeehan ancl Q'Donnell and molclecl a sliveu that dis- played spirit, speed, deception. stamina. and courage. Xvliat more Could any coach aslc lor? ln just triloule lo the starting team, Coach lxlee- lian rated them all Worthy ol an All-Catholic lmerth.

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lue Sz Gold Passers Annex Catholic Crown n lug e of za lacl fy xx lllcil lmskezs, mlm sutillvr bans could lpel' ull' luwurfl thi-ir goal, l li- me ui eulglv out any one indi- Ql for p l' tl in 1 xl e n L recognition Q1 be ai guise injustice Lu the re- ling meinm-rs of the squad. I is uut 'Jw TEAM. Let Us gllfe l. Meelmn Says . p-A115 uns in mrlleel under' ZLSZCQTZLUL 15142 Lu Szxllc, Collvge High Svhf muuli While the will ml slump-- iuzlrkers. gn m tl zmd vo llumrs lwsitlurs gin Hz, 'l'lwn1zis mule 115-1 lwzni lwlklru thc lixpl-:rl-is found ilu'-lr bearings. lmnxb xlvtnunlul for the lone tally l-. ml tl tx than ulpym zl ie- E lluuml mm the cirule and soon zl layup 5 my lwps lllaxrkulin and anullwr foul l by Utlrus put the score at sixezlll. Shop' pork layup and Msllxefs tap-in up for Welclings two Ciallzxgliefs stab shot. The score was lllefxll at the first quarter. pointer and l me recugnitiou that a team dl'0PPC'dH'ihHl'iQf' ing moments cumming h of the league race ami ui Shvpper Byrne Five Joseph Fathollc Xlnl e Q ulmlic 'I Mini- i Clmmpions I onvluble fc-Q nrt against nine-f tem victories uillmut tuurnaments. A-vylnml ww new mln taint-fl for! 1 lwiillm- conquests stlllpu Kiley entered l the lkzxirwylwlrllzl Stale Uzxlllolic Cham' l pinnship 'l'mu'nzuncnt at Williamsport, Im, Tm- mgil: my Curllulic mms of l Vin: slate, baswi on seilsoifs records, will ln uit last Eve years School inline from A1 and Julmatown clvmxpwris On 'tl the Cul lwlin ummm Oli 5 ing zllt- su-rnwtl livv. xwupl in it :sierra v, ganna- ul' ilu at thu l-'nleslrei All IO. The I-lluv Lxml Gold scoring this umm by and Burns. came lrnm 343 edge as usual and garner i0 straight Hill Maller first ll set Shot from Ihr' mit ulin Slippvcl ln to drop Slieppvx' converted uvo Eddie Burns a as thc again D01 gllertg. from the n set shot Shepper got a tap-in and el point was of or nut, repre- representing Support Let last, .ind al tlropptml other during this exhililtlon by Gal- lagher. Final count was 3831. and Murph an- i, I0 9 513-438 F P Sl. Thom!! G F P: , G Waldlny 3 Z S ' 014 Warfield . 0 0 0 0 BIt:Cnr!lly W 1 1 3 S Glue M... .0 0 0 8 llecket , ,. 0 0 0 0 Byrne ,.,.,, 1 -L G 4 Murlrby 0 0 0 3 Gallagher .. 4 ll 14 43 Tom! .M 9 13 31 s I l l l J l E 1 l on rolled around and a one-hander Lu rt layup. score 16-fi. Keogh made Q1 before the came to 11 halt, Flutilo took fcrf 1 efforts wake to Nlurph much for stalwart as our ball the oppune by some phenomenal means the and in. Mnrplz, and Dougherty exchanged fo ' ull. to roll made three O'Halloran score 2318 last period The last for open plrlvrer shots over the C, 3 field gf walked l ' per. Burns. hand, tufiityy with out Totals ..,, ,.. Ls Salle ,, ,, WGS! Caibclli: to '70-14 Maher La Salle under thu leader- La Sullu quintet. st Czltlmlic squad in the Vzxtlmlic Clizunpionsliip West Philly Speed- being far from sl-nw up to 746 at the end Ulf, The Explorers opened the second pei-lotl with a hopeful showing, on a set shot and 21 foul by Ed Slxepper. The outlook and score, however, rapidly changed. The' Speedboys, who had been missing plenty of shots, went on al scoring rampage and piled up a total uf 12 points to send West Philadelphia zillcuu by the score of 18-10, Nelson llolzli, Gene Resnick and Charles Leon- ard, :lll lxolduvcrs from last year. were the big guns in this scoring spree. Thus at thc half the score stood 18 lo I0 in favor of the Spcedboys, ha Salle Rallies' ln Third In me lhlrd session, La Salle lcd by All-lfutlmlic Bill Maher and John Mlodzianowski, rallied with a dazzling carrie-ci them to ax 23-Bl advantage, however, was Bobb followed after La :Attack unix L-dgc, Thu short lnml offense with a Held goal to tie time that Nod. , lg mln- xan and I ilmluling ated the foul. but thlS +1 for- with for a paced the for a Markulln of West ball

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rrI'IOIl IEiS CICHH GCfHfd MCGCCIIWH VIDCCHt ODKDHDC IN BRIEF REV IEW Having emerged successfully from the pre-season games with Central, Gratz, Frankford, and Tren- ton Catholic, the Little Explorers entered the Catholic league with a clean slate. Opening the ieague season with Saiesianum, the Meehan-men sent the hoys from Wilmington home with a score of 48-55 in our favor and then in ciose order defeated West Catholic, North Catholic, and St. Josephs Prep. This iine of Explorer successes was finally broken hy the sharpshooting of the Pirates who tallied 28 points to La SaHe,s 21. St. James, VVest Catholic, and St. Thomas More again fell under the hiows of the Meehanites hy the scores of 44-22, 24-21, and 55-28, respectively. Again the Meehan-men seemed to he on the tri- umphai march hut they had their wings clipped when Kuntz of North Catholic swished the de- ciding taiiey through the hoop in a douhie-extra period thriller making the finai score 52-50. 2 After this second defeat the Little Explorers met with no reai difficulty, for they downed Roman Catholic, South Catholic, St. James, the new entrant in the Catholic League, Saiesianum, St. Plenty of action against XVcsi Catholic, South Catholic, and Roman Catholic. Note nbflushp Wlahcrvs victory gesture.