McQuaid Jesuit High School - Accolade Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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SCOREBOARD McQuaid Opponents él Fairport 30 48 Brockport 46 51 East Rochester 50 75 Jefferson 31 rr) Fairport 6 73 Webster 62 54 Charlotte 33 65 Penfield 4l 83 Spencerport 51 80 Mount Carmel 59 42 Brockport 53 41 Jefferson 42 63 East Rochester 50 75 Spencerport 28 59 Webster 53 57 Mount Carmel 49 75 Charlotte 38 55: Penfield 40 W117 817 WON 15 LOST 3 Co-Captains Gerry Locklin and Jerry Hickey with Coach George C. Monagan Anxiety on the bench . . . + +. as the fast break begins. 84

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turning point of the season. After two losses in a row, the Knights went on to win six straight. Vince Prestianni's last-second field goal provided the winning two points. It was Brockport's only loss of the season. Two weeks later East Rochester showed its face and opened an eight point lead at the three quarter mark, The Knights rallied behind Gerry Locklin to even the score at the final buzzer and then went on to win in overtime. Artie Meyer scored 99 points in the next four starts. To start Christmas vacation, Artie came up with 22 points to lead the 75-point splurge which de- feated Jefferson. The next night it was off to Fairport to be greeted by a vastlty improved team. Despite Meyer's 23 points, the varsity was handed its first defeat, 61-60. An extra-long Christmas holiday didn't cool off Artie Meyer as his 28 points led the Knights over the host Webster team. At home the next night, Charlotte came to see Artie score 26 points. 83 We're behind! Let's go gang! The second game with Brockport. a Get out of my way!

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For the first of six straight road games, the Knights went to Penfield on January 17. Penfield had spent the entire week on an antiMeyer defense which held him to only three free throws. But while they were con- centrating on Artie, Jack Button hit for 17 and George Vacca for 12. Another v ictory was assured. The next weekend the varsity blew off the steam it had stored up during midyears as 163 points were poured through the hoop. Spencerport fell first. Meyer, Hickey, and Locklin hit double figures as the Knights scored an all-time high of 83 points. It was 80 points the next night, as Mt. Carmel fell. The footballers turned basketball players were happy. During the week of January 26, many eyebrows were raised to inquire about some 200 feet of tape on the gym floor. With the tape the floor had been transformed into the shape of things to be seen that Friday night at Brockport. What was probably the b iggest crowd to witness a high school game in Brockport in years saw that the home team didn't appreciate their one loss. Before McQuaid had even a shot at the basket, Brockport hit on four of their first five shots from the field. The next 29 minutes of basketball were played on even terms as the two teams traded basket after basket. And those first four baskets were the big difference at the final buzzer as the Blue Devils defeated the Knights 53-42, On Feburary 7, a happy-go-lucky Jefferson five took on the Knights expecting nothing worse than what happend a few weeks earlier at McQuaid. Play- ing loosely, Jefferson took a quick lead and then held on to it for all they were worth. Hold on they did, and McQuaid fell. All through these first twelve games a junior by the name of Jack Walsh was playing one of the for- ward spots. He was then the team's leading rebounder with 10 per game. His scoring was spotty: 45 points in 12 games. The next three games would see him score 55 points and pad his rebound total, too. A good number of people didn't expect McQuaid to show its face at East Rochester only four days after Jefferson, But the Knights did show, and Jack Walsh showed East Rochester how to score 27 points and collect 15 rebounds. Snow gave the Knights exactly two and a half hours practice in the nine days before the Spencerport game. But the varsity showed that the fast break wasn't cold as they opened a 20 point lead at the end of the first period, Before it was over, Walsh and Meyer had each hit for 13 points. The beginning of the end was now in sight, as the first of the final four games saw Webster come Two minutes to go... ey , “% FE. . and @ 4 point lead.