Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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'? CJ Bcisketbcill l.asT year MonT PleasanT's baslceTball Team, under The coaching oT Mr. Richard Suprunowicz, won The Class A TiTle. This year our TirsT game, againsT LiTTle Falls, was a Red Raider vicTory. During The TirsT period, our Team builf up a 27-I5 margin and was sTill ahead aT The halT when The scoreboard read 4I-25. The end oT The Third quarTer saw The score aT 58-36, PleasanT sTill ahead. The Raiders wenT on To win The game 79-54. Howie Berube, varsiTy hoopsTer Tor Three years, had Top score oT The nighT wiTh 23 poinTs. Our nexT vicTim was Glens Falls. AlThough our lads sTarTed slowly They came Through To win 69-47. High scorer again was Berube wiTh I6 poinTs. In Their TirsT class A conTesT, The Raiders added anoTher win To Their record, This Time beaTing Troy High 70-38. PleasanT led aT The end oT The TirsT period I7-4 The halT, 36-I4. and The Third period 63-29. Ernie LoTano, anoTher Three year varsiTy player, scored high ThaT evening wiTh I8 poinTs, Berube coming in second wiTh I7. ln Their second game wiTh Glens Falls, The Raiders won 66-57 alThough They were behind aT The end oT The TirsT period and The halT. In The Third quarTer, The Raiders caughT up wiTh The Fallsmen, and aTTer Tying The conTesT, Don Blaha's scoring puT our Team ahead permanenTly. In This game only six men were used, Milce Keigher subbing Tor Jackie Scirroco. 'iff Hr cz BASKETBALL TEAM-Fronf Row, leTT To righT: C. Neidel, R. PoTTer. H, Berube Mr. Suprcnowicz lCoachl, M. Keigher J. Loudis J. Scirecco. Second Row: R, RenTa, P. Maney J. Pollack R. Mc- Caughey E. LoTano D. Blaha. The Raider hoopsTers wenT on To a TiTTh win by de- TeaTing Adams High 88-65. FxcepT Tor eighT poinTs aT The beginning, PleasanT was ahead all The way. Berube again scored in double Tigures wiTh 26 poinTs and LoTano righT behind wiTh 22. PleasanT's TirsT loss came in The OneonTa TournarnenT. We won The semi-Tinals buT in The Tinals losT To OneonTa 67-65. AT The end oT This exciTing game, The score was Tied and in The exTra Time period was again Tied. However Two Toul shoTs made OneonTa The winner. The hardesT loss oT all was againsT TradiTional rival LinTon High. LoTano made The ouTsTanding showing CTT The evening wiTh 29 poinTs. ln The game wiTh Albany, our Raiders won aTTer some shalcy momenTs. LoTano, Berube and Joe Loudis were high scorers wiTh I5, I2 and I2 poinTs respecTively. In Their second game wiTh LiTTle Falls, our boys again deTeaTed The MounTaineers, This Time by The score 87-62. LoTano scored ThirTy poinTs in Three guarTers. In The lasT quarTer, coach Suprunowicz senT in his reserves, who were ouTscored by The MounTaineers. AT The Time oT This reporT The season is Two-Thirds compleTed. Judging Trom The record To daTe, The re- mainder oT The l959 basl4eTball season should be TruiTTul Tor MonT PleasanT.