Mount Saint Marys College - Eagle Yearbook (Orchard Lake, MI)

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GULF The first golf team in the history of St. Mary's High School made its debut in 1955 under the able direction of Fathers John Rakoczy and Edward Skrocki. Members of the initial foursome included Seniors Pat Ryan, Ken Lerczak and Donald Horkey and Sophomore Richard McLean. The first meet was held on the River Rouge course in Detroit on April 21 against St. Bernard's. Paced by Captain Pat Ryan's 49 for the nine hole event, the Eaglets took the match easily, winning by 38 strokes, 24-0 to 278. Six days later, again at River Rouge, the SMOL quartet faced a team from St. Paul's that edged St. Mary's by two strokes, 215 to 217. On May 3, Royal Oak St. Mary's handed the SMOL golfers their second defeat, this by six strokes in best ball play. The Lakers had a tough time on the long Sylvan Glen Course with Pat Ryan registering a poor 57 on the first nine but coming back strong with a 44 for a total of 101. St. Frederick's of Pontiac finished 27 strokes ahead of the SMOL quar- tet on nearby Edgewood Golf Course for the Eaglets third loss. The Eaglets finished the season on a happy note, however, when they were 13 strokes in front of Cathedral Central at the finish of 18 holes to give them their second win against three defeats. Pat Ryan, back on River Rouge, wiped away all unpleasant memories of the course, by firing an 87 to be medalist. Fu. E. Sxnocxi Coach ., fm-F .5f',1' 4 '7' we - w Pat Ryan lines up a putt as Don Horkey Q: ',' -7 A , and Kenny Lerczak look on. .. .iJ-As--.. . ..- 1- .,- .- . -- .- ...l Don Horkey, Pat Ryan, Dick MacLean, and Kenny Lerczak with Coach Fr. Ed. Skrocki. 'f' l

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RESEHVE B SHETBALI. RESERVES The Reserves of St. Mary's, in compiling a 12-5 record, earned the title of Co- ohamps of the Suburban Catholic League. Piloted by coach Al Kisluk, they squeezed out a 35-33 win over West Bloom- field in their initial encounter of the season. The Eaglets were victorious in their next three tilts, registering victories over St. James, St. Stanslaus, and St. Benedict's. This gave the Reserves four straight wins before the Christmas holidays. The Lakers returned from the holiday intermission to hand St. Clement's a 62-39 walloping. Then in one of the most thrilling contests of the year, the Eaglets pulled the freeze play against St. Michael's in the last 90 seconds and iced the con- test at 43-42. Dick Strucinski hit a season-high -with 20 markers. The Reserves appeared unbeatable as they powered over a hapless St. Rita's quint, 63-31. But the winning streak was dissolved when they bowed to Royal Oak St. Mary's in a tight one, 41-39. However, the Lakers came back strong against St. Frederick's, taking the game 42-34. Then came another heartbreaking defeat which saw St. Benedict's on the top of a 37-35 score. St. James then lost again to Orchard Lake, 58-39, as did St. Michael's, 40-28. Before their playoff game, the Reserves beat St. Fred's in a game which saw Richie Oszustowicz hit for 18 points. In the playoffs against St. Mary's R.O., the jayvees hit only 15 of 31 charity tosses to lose a heartbreaker, 45-43. However, when Royal Oak forfeited its right, the Eaglets represented the SCL and lost to a strong St. Andrew quint, 54-45. The remainder of the schedule saw a High School intramural team lose to Sweetest Heart, 32-24, the Reserves lose a 53-41 ball game to Wyandotte Mount Carmel and win a tight 46-43 contest from Royal Oak Shrine in the season finale. Rev. Mr. Al Kisluk, Coach, and his scrappy Reserve Basketball team. L-

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Tllflllli Father John Gabalski's well-trained Eaglet track team of 1955, playing the toughest schedule in recent years, proved themselves to be a strong squad. Led by such stars as Gerry Leszczynski, Stan Majewski, Gerry Ostrowski and Daniel La- zowski, St. Mary's compiled a won-lost record of 7 and 9 against powerful Class A schools of Detroit. ln the April 5th opener, St. Mary's topped Southfield, 67374 to 67174. Oak Park, the third team in the triangular, scored only two points. Strong Walled Lake beat St. Mary's, 75 to 34, as did powerful St. ,loseph's High from Detroit, 57 to 52. The Eag- lets returned to the winning way by defeating St. Mary's of Mount Clemens, 69175 to 39475. Another power from Detroit, Servite, handed St. Mary's its third loss, taking the meet easily, 70172 to 38172. The Eaglets really evened up their season's mark at 3-3 when they walloped St. Mary's Redford and Cathedral Central in a triangular at University of Detroit. The final score, a new record for SMOL, was 100172 to 40 to 38172, respectively. For the second time, Servite defeated the Lakers in a triangular meet at the U of D oval. The Panthers totaled 70174 points to Orchard Lake's 56 to Cathedral Centralis 10 374. Waterford also handed OL a loss, winning 59175 to 45 575. St. Mary's Mount Clemens had 30 points. St. Michaells of Pontiac were easy pickings for OL, as they lost 71172 to 37172. However, Cranbrook managed St. Mary's just as easily, taking the dual meet by a score of 75172 to 33172. ln the Class B Regionals held at Ypsilanti, SMOL finished in eighth spot with 6172 points. River Rouge took the Class B honors with 4-8172 points. ln the Catholic League lnvitations, Servite won with little trouble, racking up 62 37 7 points. The Eaglets finished in sixth posi- tion with 6 points behind St. Joseph's, DeLaSalle, St. Bernard's and Austin High. N I FR. JOHN GABALSKI Head Couch The 1955 Eaglet Thinclads B. Masztakowski J. Telesz