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

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QTOPD: Tom Darcy, capable lightweight ccntcr, executes his inimitable hook shot against a baffled Dragon pivot-man in the George fracas. CCl .N'l'l'1Rj: ln the Trinity Hurry, George Webber leaves everybody Hat-footcd with a twisting, turning hesitation from the free-throw circle. QBOTTDMJ: Pivot-man Darcy speeds by three Mustangs to lay up another lair-kt-r as tht- referee gives his O.K. Q4 LIGHT N - CARMEL 8 fl I3 l6ee-16 LEO 13 I3 I6 8R50 ln the first League game, Carmel went up against a highly-touted Leo aggrega- tion and performed admirably before losing 50-46. The Lions, led by Donegan, built up a comfortable 26-I7 lead at the half. With Webber and Darcy bearing the brunt of the attack, the Caravan man- aged to keep fairly even in the third period, but trailed by I2 points going into the last quarter. From here, the Carmel- ites gained steadily until the final gun, but the lead was too much to overcome. Leo's Donegan hit 19, as Webber rallied I7 and Darcy H. CARMEL I5 12 10 I2 e-ffl ST.GIiORGL 8 7 I2 8--35 XYith Darcy netting 20 points, the Brown and White outclassed St. George in Carmel's gym. The Caravan started fast and led at the quarter I5-8, and 27-l 5 at halftime. Hasing up , the Lights were content to keep their lead during the third and fourth periods. Meanwhile, the Dragons tried hard, but Horn was the only man who could tally consistently. He countered I3 points for the night, while Hatfner and Neylon each scored 9 for the Caravan. This impressive victory proved that the Lights would be a team to watch. CARMEL 2-l 7 7 7---25 DIiIASAl,l.Ii lt? 9 12 I2 -L3 Playing against the polished De La Salle quintet on the enemy court, Carmel got off to a bad start and nothing they attempted worked right. Although the bleteors led by only 8 points at halftime, the Caravan didn't score from the field in the first 10 minutes of play. lfrequent miscues prevented the Brown and White from making any serious threats, as De La Salle made use of their confusing press . The Meteors poured it on in the last half and won easily. yyeiiiier shared honors with De La Salle's XYengelewski at ll points each.

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NECO D ROU D CARMICI. I0 I4 I3 15 452 HOl,Y'l'RlNl'l'Y I8 I2 I0 7 47 Carmel kept its playofi' hopes alive hy routing the Tigers of Holy Trinity on their home court, 52-47. The Tigers started ofl' fast and huilt up an IS-I0 lead at the quarter. Paced hy Guzick, Trinity was deadly from all angles of- the court, and forged out a 30-24 margin at halftime. The Caravan hegan to cut down the lead and passed Trinity midway in the final period. Stephens and lfoley topped Carmel's scorers with 17 and l0 points apiece. Cluzick took honors, however, with I9 counters. CARNIIQI, I2 I8 fl I0 40 ST.RlT.-X I0 I3 I5 I3 51 Un the hlustang's court, Carmel's hopes for a playoff herth were hlasted hy a 5l-49 score. XYith Stephens and lfitz- gerald leading the attack, the Caravan led at the quarter 12-10, and at the half 30-23. It was then that a lad hy the name of ,lasky waged a one-man war against the hapless Carmelites and poured 19 points through the hoop during the second half.. Rita passed Carmel in the final period and won in a hair-raising finish. While Step- hens and lidgeworth tallied I4 points apiece, .Iasky equalled their total with 28. C.-XRMHI. 6 I6 I5 I5 452 S'l'.li'.l.lZAl3H'l'H 7 5 10 28 50 1 ' 1 ln the seasons finale, the Caravan captured fourth place hy huilding up a hig lead in the first three quarters and staying ofi' l'llizaheth's late rally. A hig second quarter left Carmel a 22-12 lead at halftime. During the third period, liidge- worth paccd the Brown and White to a I5 point lead. The final quarter saw the lronmen's George Phillips scoring I2 points to lead lflizaheth to a 28 point quarter. However, Edgeworth kept the Caravan ahead with flour haskets. Phil- lips hit 20 points, while lfdgeworth topped Carmel with I7. Olll KTUPD: Bc-fore a wildly cheering crowd, .lim liidgt-worth ourfakcs 1 Nlustang guard and goes Ill for an casv layup, at St. Rita. Dllllil: .-Xt thc Shit-I llousc, junior Stcphtns attempts to wrcst the hall away from two cagcr lronmcn, as lfolry, lfagan, ant ltdfgcworth look on. -CBQ'l l'ON1J: .-Xs Stephens' shot got-s awry, Urscskc and l'int makc usa of thcir hcight in an effort to tip thc hall in against lit-l,aSallv. U3

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FIRQT RO CARNIICI, ll H ll ll 2 43 H.TRlNITY T I3 7 I4 0 41 A climactic hook shot hy Darcy, with I5 secontls left in the overtime periotl was enough to allow Carmel to win its secontl l,eague game. ln the first half, llarcy anal Hatfner pacetl the Caravan to a 22-'20 leatl at halftime. The l,ights saw a 6 point leatl melt away in the final periotl, as Trinity surgetl aheatl with only Ill secontls re- maining. .-Xt this point, Wiehlwer nettenl a free throw to sentl the game into over- time. Darcy antl l-lallner topped all scorers with I 7 antl I4 points respectively. C.4RMlil, 8 Ill I4 ll 443 ST.RlT.-X I8 N I3 Il 450 .-Xgainst the smooth Mustangs of St. Rita, Carmel matle a gallant effort, luut coultl not overtake them. With Trantlel as the spearheatl, the Mustangs letl at the quarter IH-8, antl at the half Zo-IS. The scoring lvetween the teams remainetl nearly even in the secontl half antl fre- quent Carmel rallies were haltetl lay the Ritans. Trantlel took scoring honors with IU points while Piccione tallieal Ill for Rita. Wlelwlier hit I3 anal Darcy ll for the ou tgunnetl, hut never-quitting Brown anal White. ciuewiiai, W Q s iz iz i .vi bl. l'.l,lZ.4lililH f 4 fl I8 5 43 Oyerconlitlence toltl the story, as the Caravan linishetl the first rountl hy lweing upset lvy the lronmen in an oyertime. Carmel took atlyantage of the lwreaks antl letl at halftime I4-l l. The thirtl quarter saw the Brown antl White increase their leatl to 6 points and that looketl like the game. However, the scrappy lilizalweth tive was not to he tlenietl, antl XYare antl Ring paeetl a lvlistering attack that hail i Carmel on the ropes as the regulation l game entletl. ln the overtime, King ,, . , . . I l , l H P llUl'j: Rt-lialvle Rich Mc.-Xlllster lakes out a Klittoi intl whip 1 l'11lllCtl D 110111 ts to Clll1Cl1 fllti Lflllllfd. TXIIMI stinging pass to Cliarley Hatfncr in thc corner. Lllhl Xh'lll'C hit lc, llllkl fill' l4iliZ1ll5fjI'l1' KCI-1N'l'lCIU:'Ibm Harry executes ll near iiumprshot ILIIH t Ili Rita quintet while Rich Mc.-Xllisrcr races in for tht- rt-hou while Haffner antl Darcy counteretl IU , - A llilliliilifilxllz Uvorgc Xvchlxer slashes through the llllil R l'CSllCftll and lets the hall trickle off his ringcrrips lor a swish