New Troy High School - Trojans Yearbook (New Troy, MI)

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F sk tba!! New Our team consisted of ll players, 5 of which Peterek, Stan Pazder, Fred Schmaltz, juniors: Gene Johnson, Bill Baney and Ron Schuck. were seniors. They were: Gordon and Bob Wisner. There were 3 Dean Boyd was a lone sophomore Harry Olson, Jerry Schaffer and Fritz Jones were freshmen. Our season ended with 10 wins and 7 defeats. had a good season, for most of our 7 All-in-all the boys thought they defeats were close contests. Just as our basketball season was to open our coach Don Gray was called to service and Art Guse, a fellow who is well liked in this area and had coached the Trojans in 1950, was called to take his place. Coach Guse took over the team on a Monday and on Tuesday night we had our first game. Our opening game was with Stevensville on our home floor. Our best offensive player was Gene Johnson who scored 2h points. Gordie Peterek also did a good job for the Trojans in his backboard work. The final score was M2-39 in the nCardsn favor. Our second game was with Edwardsburg on their floor. New Troy had control of the game all the way. The Eddies gave a good but not good gncugh last quarter spurt. The score at the end of the first quarter was lh-8 and at half time the Trojans were leading 28-17, and hl-30 at the end of the third quarter. Jerry Toth and Bill Mackling were high scorers for the losers with 11 points apiece. This was the Trojans first win of the season. The next game was on the New Buffalo hardwood. New Troy trailed the first three quarters but made a successful final period spurt. At the end of the first quarter the score was lh all and then the Bisons pulled away and at the half-way mark the Biggng lead 29-22. By the end of the third period the Trojans had begun to show them we could play ball. Our team was crippled by Gene Johnson being out of the game because of fouls. The Bisons also lost 2 players for the same reason. Gene Johnson collected 15 points and Stan Pazder and Gordie Peterek had 12 points apiece. Buffalo's new center, Howard Rose, was high for the losers with 21 points. The final score was New Troy 57, New Buffalo 53, Our fourth game was with Eau Claire on our home floor and the Beavers suffer- ed a defeat. Gene Johnson lead our offensive play and Gordie Peterek did a good job on the backboards. The game ended 63-39, New Troy's favor. Next New Troy traveled to Bridgman and showed the Bees who could do the sting ing. The Bees tried to stop our great offensive player Gene Johnson, but he was still able to gather ll tallies. Dean Boyd was top man with 17 points, and was followed by Baney and Pazder. Ron Batson topped the losers with 13. The game ended 63-39 in the Trojan's favor. After our Christmas holiday our high Fred with first game was with Baroda on our gym. Our scoring center, Gene Johnson, wasn't able to play, but substitute center Schmaltz did a good job. Stan Pazder lead our offensive play in this game 17 points, and was followed by Peterek's 12. Baroda's big man was Handle- man with 22 points. The final score was M5-35 in favor of Baroda. After Baroda's game New Troy traveled to Three Oaks. Our center Gene John- son was still unable to play because with the measles. New Troy was able of carbuncles and Fritz Jones was also out to keep pace with the Oakers till the mid- dle of the first quarter when 'Z1gg19s' team pulled away. Stan Pazder was our big gun with 16 points and he also played good offensive ball. Substitute cen- ter, Fred Schmaltz did a good job in the center post and Baney played a good de- fensive game. The Gusemen out-scored the Oakers in the final period 15-9. but they were still able to beat us 60-hh. Don Martus lead the Oakers in offensive play with 26 points. Our eighth game was with Galien Galien looked good and at the end of on our floor. At the beginning of the game the first quarter they lead 12-8. By half time we were able to catch them and the score was 19-19. With Johnson and Boyd scoring we were able to go ahead 35-32 at the end of the third period. Along with the scoring went Peterek's work on the nBoardsN. The game ended M8-M2 in our favor. The next game was played at Stevensville and seemed as though all of our boys were noffn. The first quarter was good as we lead them 15-7, but after that, with the aid of Flor1an's 32 points the Carden lead the rest of the game and beat us oh-h6. Our second game with Edwardsburg was played in New Troy. The game was a close contest all the way and at the 18-16. At intermission they lead 33 Eddies 12-M, but in the final period seconds went ahead to beat us 5h-52. On the following Friday we were end of the first quarter we lead by 2 points, 31. In the third period we outscored the the Eddies closed in and in the last thirty the hosts to the New Buffalo Bisons. The first half of the game d1dn't look too favorable to the Trojan followers as the Bisons lead 25-19 at half time and in the third quarter they lead by 10 points.

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Then defensive 2 periods Next BASKETBALL NEWS fCont.J the Bisons slacked off and with Johsson and Peterek scoring and the good work of Baney and Boyd the nhometownn outscored the Bisons in the final and beat them H2-39. W0 WCPO the guests of the Eau Claire Beavers in their new Sym, but their nice floor showed them defeat, for our boys were never bothered as Johnson, Boyd, and Pazder lead our Offensive play and at intermission we lead 36-16. Mitchell from Eau Claire was high for the losers. The final score was S7-MO in favor of New Troy. When Bridgman came to play us on our court, we didn't have too much trouble although they upulledn a zone defense. This upset our center Gene Johnson and we had to depend on the out court shooting of Dean Boyd, Stan Pazder, and Gordie Peterek but they did a good job and we weren't in trouble throughout the game. The final score was S5-M6 and Birmingham was high for the losers with 19 points. On February 12 we had a hair-raising panic, at least in the last 2 minutes of play. This game was against Baroda on their court. New Troy jumped off to a 16-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 29-19 lead at half-time. With 35 seconds to go Baroda was leading Sl-SO when Ernie Boldt charged into Dean Boyd and Boyd made both his tries good and we went ahead S2-51. After this we added five points and the Bulldogs h man team only added 1 charity. The final SCOPB WHS S7-52, New Troy's favor, of course. Our only Non-conference game was with the St. Joe Ponies on the St. Joe High School Gym floor. Gordon Peterek was the Nbig boyn on the offensive side and Johnson had plenty to say about who got the rebounds. New Troy lead all the way except the first minute of play. At the end of the first quarter the score was 6-L, our favor. At intermission the score was 21-13 and after the third period it was 33-27. The fourth quarter was the most exciting but the Trojans managed to stay ahead and win M7-M3. February 19 was the big game of the season. It was with the Oakers of Three Oaks. At 5:30 three bus loads of Three Oaks followers were waiting 6 wide all the way to the road just to see if the Oakers could beat the Trojans. At the end of the first quarter the Trojans were trailing by ll points, but by half- time we were only behind by L. The closest we ever came to the Oakers was with- in 2 points. During this battle the Trojans only had M fouls called on them while they held the Oakers to 61 points. In the two previous games they scored over 80 points per game. The New Troy nnet Warmersn were Johnson, Boyd, and Pazder while Peterek was doing a high scorer was Martus with 29. The last game of the season period the Gaels jumped off to a At the end of the quarter it was the Trojans came back strong and minutes of play. Then the Gaels good job on clearing the nboardsn. Three Oaks' The final score was 61-MB. was with Galien on their court. In the first 10-O lead and then our own Gene Johnson hit one. lh-7 in favor of Galien. In the second period were ahead of the Gaels by 2 points within two again lead 27-23 at intermission. At the end of the third period the Gaels lead Ml-38. In the fourth period it was tied Ml all but the final result was M9-M6. in favor of Galien. We shared the third place title with the Baroda Bulldogs- And SO, W0 CHM! to the close of the 1953-Sh basketball season. SCORES N.T. CPP- Stevensville 39 M2 Edwardsburg S2 M7 New Buffalo 57 53 Eau Claire 63 9 Bridgman 63 9 Baroda 25 Three Oaks O Galien h 2 Stevensville L6 L Edwardsburg 2 Sh New Buffalo 2 9 Eau Claire S7 O Bridgman S5 L6 Baroda 7 1 St. Joe Ponies 7 Q3 Three Oaks L8 1 Galien L6 M9 GOOD LUCK TO FUTURE TEAMS!-