Mattituck High School - Reflector Yearbook (Mattituck, NY)

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John Hussnatter Varsity Basketball L to R First Row: Tony Hilferty, Larry Crowell, Bob Bolling, Charles Tyler, Ed Moisa, L to R Second Row: Coach Hussnatter, John Krupski, Fred Hasslinger, David Tuthill, (Captain) Herman Strickland, George Hughes, Allen McCaffery (Mgr) Though our athletic program is varied and affords plenty of action at all times of the year, all other sports fade into insignificance, so far as popularity is con- cerned, when King Basketball formally makes its debut at MHS. As Coach Hussnatter called the roll at the outset of the season, each loyal student took inventory of the team in anticipation of getting the advance dope on what our chances were for the Suffolk County Championship. Last years stars were counted on to bear the brunt of battle, while new varsity players were thoroughly scouted out to see if any could be used to re-inforce the ranks. From the beginning of the school term, basketball enthusiasm began to grow and be- came more and more intense as the season got under way and finally reached the climax in the playoff for the championship. To recount this most successful year we must go back to the first game of the season. The student body was behind the team one hundred percent as it went into the first game. After a 66 to 23 trouncing of Southampton it gained even more confidence in the boys. The season was going great with 5 wins, when the team came up against a tough Westhampton team and was beaten 54 to 56. But the MHS student body rallied—the team felt the surge—and learning a lesson from this first loss—determined to fight through to the championship.

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 r Mattituck High School holds with the idea that its function is not that of Riling a station where students after a few years can acquire the requi- site information necessary to graduate, but rather that it is a training ground where students and instructors alike may gain experience in wider and better living. Athletics offer unusual opportunity for the development of habits, atti- tudes, and ideals making toward sound charac- ter. We are convinced that participation in our athletic program contributes not only to the physical well being of those concerned but is instrumental in the development of such person- ality and character traits as poise, confidence, self control, and courage.

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VARSITY BASKETBALL SCORES MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS MHS Southampton Easthampton Southold Half Hollow Hills Bayport Westhampton Center Moriches Port Jefferson Greenport Easthampton Brldgehampton Southold Rlverhead Brldgehampton Southampton Center Moriches Westhampton Greenport PLAYOFF COUNTY CHAMPIONS MHS 76 Sag Harbor 46 MHS 76 Kings Park 44 MHS COUNTY CHAMPIONS 1961 MHS entered the playoffs with a 17 and 1 record and after winning a decisive victory over Sag Harbor 76-46, smashed on to play Kings Park for the County laurels. The day of the game arrived, the school was tense, but confidence in the team never wavered. The large crowd from MHS gathered at Sachem long before the game began—they were well rewarded for by the end of the first half MHS had a 28 point lead. The boys continued to play heads-up ball for the second half and brought home the County Class B. Championship; Kings Park bit the dust after a valiant fight—76 to 44. High scorer for the year was Dave Tuthill with 381 points—John Krupski tallied 310 points—and Herman Strickland sank 208. Robert Bolling with great defensive play totaled 114 and Jerry Sawicki filled the hoop with 98 well placed points.