Lowellville High School - Echo Yearbook (Lowellville, OH)

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In the finals they battled on even terms with Canfield for three quarters but in the last quarter Canfield's speed and marksmanship began to tell and the Blue Devils lost 52 to 30. In the district tournament at McDonald Where they entered as runner-up, the Lowellville Cagers defeated Leetonia 35 to 10 but ended the season with a 36 to 32 loss at the hands of Howland. Much of the praise that goes with such a successful season goes to the Seniors who made up the team. Among these was James Hall and James Caldwell, whose brilliant offensive playing placed them on the All-County team, and also to Venanz Iudiciani, Loyal Milligan, Al- bert Stefano, Joe Marg and Hugh Boyle. Lowellville ................................................ Canfield ...... Lowellville ............ ........ P oland ......... Lowellville Bessemer .. Lowellville ............ ........ M cDonald .. Lowellville ............ ........ B rookfield Lowellville Poland ........ Lowellville ........... ........ S truthers .. Lowellville ............ ........ S cienceville Lowellville Hubbard Lowellville ............ ........ B essemer .. Lowellville ............ ........ B oardman Lowellville ............ ........ S cienceville Lowellville ............ ........ H ubbard Lowellville ........... ........ B rookfield Lowellville ............ ........ N ewton Falls Lowellville ........... ........ S ltruthers .. Lowellville Canfield ..... Lowellville ............ ........ S pringfield COUNTY TOURNAMENT Lowellville ............ ........................... 4 2 Springfield Lowellville ............ ...................... 3 8 Berlin Center Lowellville ............ ........ 4 2 Goshen ........ Lowellville Canfield ..... 152 43 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT Lowellville ............ ........................... 3 5 Leetonia ..... Lowellville ............ ........ 3 2 Howland 67 46 JIMMY: Ending up his high school career as co-captain, Jimmy Hall dis- tiguished himself by being on the all-county team three years in succes- sion. Jimmy Was handicapped by his size but he made up for it with- out a doubt in his speed and accuracy. If it were for his great playing in the Goshen game alone, all the praise possible would be justified. E561

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First row, left to right:-R. Susany, G. Vuletich, J. Marg, B. Boyle, J. Hall, J. Cald- well, V. Iudiciani, A. Stefano, R. Mathews, L. Milligan. Second row:-L. Leardi, M. Marzetti, C. Altiero, W. Harris, W. Ondra, P. Rogers, A. Mariotti, R. Mathews, J. Hritz, A. Kinkela. Third row:-J. Torella, Mr. Demi, Mr. Johnson, S. LaBarba. BASKETBALL Basketball soared to dizzy heights in L. H. S. this year when the Lowellville High School basketeers Won the Inter-Valley Championship. They started the season with two impressive victories over Caniield and Iknand respecdvebn They then journeyed to Besmnner where they lost a thrilling game to the Bessemer lads by a 25 to 24 score. Misfortune seemed to dog the Lowellville lads for they lost a three point lead in the last quarter of the McDonald game and ended up two points behind. The boys lost their first inter-valley game to Brookfield on the small Brookfield fioor. The boys then defeated Poland the second time just before Christmas vacation by a close score of 30 to 22. After the Christmas vacation they journeyed up to Struthers and were defeated, but returned honuethe foHoudng night and defeated a strong Scienceville aggregation by a score of 34 to 31. On the follow- ing week-end the Lowellville lads were up-set by a cocky bunch of boys froniilubbard butcnithe nextrnghtthelocalboysevenged an earher defeat and defeated Besserner by'a 34 to 28 score. 'Fhisxdctory'started a seven game winning streak. This seven game winning streak included victories over such teams as Boardman, Scienceville, Hubbard and Brookfield. Then they closed the regular season by kxnng to Canneld and Springneld. In the County Tournaments after they had defeated Springfield and Berhn Center,they gained the adnnraUon of the lmnveHviHe fans by scoring 15 pointsin the closnig four nnnutes of the last quarter to defeat a fast stepping Goshen five. This victory qualified Lowellville to meet Canfield in the finals for the championship. E551

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,rq,. Most of us are looking forward to the day when Westminster College will be presenting Lowellville with a trophy in appreciation for its star player. CIN GER : Ginger, the other co-captain of the team, played a bang-up sea- son. Besides his great playing in the tournaments, everyone will remem- ber his great play in the Brookfield game when he victoriously stopped an overtime period with a spectacular shot. Although ending his high school career, we feel sure that he is just beginning and that some day Ginger will be big time in the sports world, bringing honor to his class and school. SOUP : Loyal Milligan will always be remembered for his superb guarding this season. In practically all the games, he had the honor of guarding the toughest man. Not only that but he guarded well, enabling Johnson to take his mind off at least one of the opponents' players. Strange things have happened so We won't be surprised if, when Soup is turned loose in June, a Hotel Manager's League will be started in basketball. LEFTY : With all of the good talent leaving each year, one would think that eventually Lowellville would no longer have good teams. This is not true so long as players like Ray Matthews keep coming up. Lefty made the first team this year and still has another year to continue his work. Small and clever under the basket, Lefty found himself high point man in several games. Everyone is looking for great things from this boy in the future. GEORGE: Already a veteran, George Vuletich will also be playing again next year. George, besides having an advantage in his great height is an excellent shot. These two factors are those that all coaches look for and any team that is lucky enough to have such players with them will go places. Thus we have reason to expect great things of next years team. BANANAS : A lot of dynamite Wrapped up in a small package is about the best way to describe Bananas Showing the scrap that he shows in all sports, Bananas proved a great help to the team. Although his height was a handicap in guarding the big boys, he saw plenty of action during the season. Bananas will not be back next year and his scrap will be missed a great deal. SLIM : Among all the players, it can be safely said that the most improve- ment came in Albert Stefano. Slim started out the first of the year E571 4 5 Z 4 f 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 f 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I NNYXNN NXNNXNXNX'YX'YX'YYYYYNtYYXN' NNNX' 'NYYYYYX'YX'YYXNYYXNYYYYXNYYYYYYXNNYXNYYXNYYYY 'YYYX X'YX'YXN'XkN'YY