Mount Carmel High School - Oriflamme Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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FIRQT ROU CARINIIQI, V I6 I5 I7 57 HOl,Y'I'RINl'l'Y I-I II Ill fl -I-I Carmel finally liroke its losing streak against Holy 'l'rinity's Tigers, 57--I-I. A-X secret weapon was unveiled in the person of Sophomore Dan Orseske, who hit on five out of eight shots from the field. It was nip and tuck in the first half as lioth teams tallied 25 points. During the third and fourth quarters the Brown and White turned on the steam and easily outdistanced the Tigers. 'llrinity garnered some consolation as Reilly was high point man with IU. Stephens tallied IS and Urseske countered I2 for Carmel. CARMIQI, IS I8 I5 I5 66 S'I'.Rl'lIA II III I5 20 56 On the home court, the Caravan won their seeond in a row as they trounced St. Rita 66-56. Carmel was hot in the first half as they rolled up a I5 point lead, paced Ivy Orseske, Stephens, and Rie- mersma. The Brown and White eased up slightly in the third period as each team tallied I5 points. Rita rallied in the final quarter, hut it was too late to do any damage. .although Barry sunk I-I points for the Mustangs, Stephens took honors with I 7 rallies. CARMHI, 23 5 II III -IU S'l'.Hl,IZAl3li'I'H III I3 I7 Tees-I7 :X lilazing first-period attack, followed later hy a last-quarter rally was enough to sulidue lilizalieth, -I9--IT. Stephens and Pint led the 23 point onslaught with 8 and 7 points respectively, and the game started to look like a rout. However, in the following two periods, the lromnen rallied to lead at the third quarter -IILW. ln the final period, Stephens seored 6 points to give Carmel its well-deserved victory. Ir was the great play of liiliza- lveth's l,eonard, who rallied 20 points, that kept the lroninen in the game. Stephens scored 6 lwaskets and 5 free throws for the Caravan. ,ji Stellar, junior Guard, Gerry Riemersma hy-passes a whult host of I,ions and executes a tricky hesitation shot for a much needed two points. lDl,l'iD: .-XII eyes focus on Carmel captain. -lack Stephens, as ht outjumps lirank lihmann in thc heart lireakmg Dragon melee. CBOTIIONII Sophomore star, Ilan Urseske, springs off the hardwood ' ' 's in another liasket in the Holy lriniix slaugliitr. 'II

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fTOl'l: As two astounded lgnatians look on, guard Jim Fitzgerald drives in and prepares to lay it up in the St. George Tourney. fNlll7l5l.l'il Fighting tooth and nail, Brendan lfoley leaps high in the lu 1 unst two snarling Lions. It is ro no avail, however, as Leo ousts . .gt Carmel from the St. George Tournament 41:--ll. iBO'l I'ONll: ln the first League game against Leo, ,lim Edgeworth lrchcs a lx-autiful hook over tht- outstretched fingers of a Lion, as Stn'- phcns prepares to rt-hound. 1 ' HEAVIEQ -- C.-XRNIHL I6 I2 8 ll 47 LEO I3 ll fl lo 49 r 1 . . . The League curtain-raiser against the Lions was a crucial one for the Caravan. However, with Fagan and Stephens lead- ing the way the Brown and White lwuilt up a I6-I3 lead at the quarter. They in- creased this margin to four points at the half. The end of the third period found the Caravan clinging tenaciously to a three point lead. lyith only three minutes remaining, the scorelvoard read Carmel- 47, Leo-41, hut the Lions hit four straight lvaskets to win 49-47. Stephens topped hoth teams with 23 points. CARMEL fl IU I2 IU 41 ST. Cililllifili S ll 8 20 47 The Dragons of St. George were next to upset the Caravan. Paced hy Riemers- ma, Carmel held 219-8 edge at the quarter, and a I9-I9 tie at halftime. The Brown and White pulled out in front lay four points at the third period, hut from there, St. George's great star, lihmann, took charge personally and Carmel went down to defeat, 47-4l. .-Xlthough Riemersma tal- lied 15 points, it was lihmann who took honors with lS. Une of the reasons for the loss was the fact that only four fouls were called on the Uragons. CARMEL 8 9 5 I4 36 DISIA SALLIQ I3 I2 U fl 443 Carmel journeyed to the spacious De La Salle gymnasium where they went down to defeat for the third straight time. The hleteors hroke out in front at the outset and stayed there throughout the entire contest. With hntress leading the way, the Nleteors led liy live at the quarter and eight at the half. ln the third period, the Caravan was held to a mere 5 points and was virtually out of the game. Carmel rallied helatedly in the last quarter to make the final score 43-36. lintress took scoring laurels with I4 while Stephens got IZ.

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CTOPD: Handicapped hy a handagcd leg, junior Stephens displays llllllgl agility with a ,lump-shot from the free throw line, in the sccond l co gzunc. OI I l3Dl.l'il: .-Xgainst the lione, Kit-rrp Ricinersnia aids Carmt-l's caust hx casing in anotht-r tivo points. CliO'l l'UNU: Howie lsllllilll nicely pt-rfiornis a one-handed push-shot cr the hand ol' an anxious la-o guard, yvhilc Ricmerslna and lfdgeworth lN1llf possililv rt-hound. HEAVIEQ -. C.-XRMHI. I2 I2 5 fl 38 LEU 4 7 I3 6 30 Carmel's aspirations for a playotl' herth were heightened hy a 38-30 rout of l.eo. The Caravan held l.eo to ll points in the lirst half, while scoring 24 themselves, with Edgeworth spearheading the assault. The lucliy l,ions pulled to within 5 points of Carmel at the third period, hut the Brown and XYhite ran away in the final quarter. The Caravan could not halt l.eo's Halling as he tallied l4 points. Edgeworth and Stephens paced the Car- melites with ll and ll respectively. C.-XRNIIQI. fl IU I5 U 43 S'I'.Glf,ORCili I6 I5 I3 I4 58 Playing away from home, Carmel's winning streak was stopped hy the high- Hying Dragons of St. George. l.ed hy Hhmann, the livanstonians grahhed an early lead and clung to it. Halftime found the Caravan on the short end of a Sl-lf! score. The scoring remained fairly even in the second half, hut Carmel couldn't catch up. The major factor in the defeat was ltranli lfhmann, who drihhled, shot, and rehounded with great dexterity. lfdgeworth sunk I4 and Stephens ll for the outclassed Caravan. CARlNlF,l, I7 'I ltl I7 U 53 DlflASAl.l.li 9 fi I4 QI 4 57 Once again it was the story of an early lead overcome in the waning moments of the game. ljaced hy Riemersma and Stephens, the Caravan romped to a 26-I S halftime lead. Carmel was still ahead when the third quarter ended, 36-32. After that, De l,a Salle's Sullivan went on a scoring spree and the regulation game ended in a tie 53-53. During the overtime period, Sullivan sunk 2 hucliets and the Xleteors went on to win 57-53. Sullivan scored I8 points, hut Stephens tallied lf? and Riemersma I6 for the Brown and White.