Oberlin High School - O High Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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Basketball provides excitement and tension Chaney ll. Bryant I Coniam ungnu F. Palczer G. Powers fCenterJ Coach Coleman SENIORS C. Dewey D. Dewey D. Bungard W. Champe C. Willizams. Mgr. i241

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plenty 0 chance to show our school spirit EIGHTH GRADE SEVENTH GRADE Amherst O -- Oberlin 15 Amherst 0 - Oberlin 13 Wellingttmn 0 - Oberlin 27 Wlellington 0 - Oberlin O JUNIOR VARSITY Back rzmx' Richard Koshar, Bob Berg, Mr. Bedell, jay Coniam, Ray Brown, Middle rozzz' Stu Fauver, Stanley Kunk- ler, Eddie Randle, Carl Barnard, Bart Hancock, Frou! ronz' Albert George, Bob Konesky, Denny Chamberlain, Howard Codney, Lynn Champney, Ned Gott. The V. Squad had only two in- ter-scholastic gamesg nevertheless, they practiced faithfully during the whole season and gained valuable experience. Wellingttmn 24 - Oberlin O Wellingtcmn 6 - Oberlin 7 8th GRADE TEAM Bari rnux' Mr. Geiger, john Stephens, David Cox, Doug Harrison, Glen At- wood, Art Murphy. flliddfe flllll' john Vander Pyl, Dick Cloudt, Berry Bourne, jerry Fitzpat- rick, Lee Townsel, Bill Robinson. Front rung' jeff Kilmer, Del Spurlock, jim Nagyvathy, john Dovin, Roger Feakins, Ernest johnson, 71h GRADE TEAM Buck wily' Mr. Geiger, Gary Podwalny, Carl Mezurek, Laird Harris, Richard Adler, john Wliitfieltl, Clark Champ- ney, ulliddle mira' Ritky LeCraft, Gary Cowl- ing, Bob Oliphant, Andy Comings, Charles Butts, Steve Kilmer, Ray Clay- ton. Front roll: Bob Singleton, Dick Sanis- low, joe l-larris, john Maroney, Tom Atkinson. Concrete evidence of greater strength for future football teams is given by the record of the 7th and Sth grade teams. The 8th graders had a perfect record keeping their goal line uncrossed while they played two and won two. The 7th graders also avoided defeat, winning one and tying one. l2 3

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the spectators as well as or the teams VARSITY TEAM -lack Coniam, joe Tatum, Chuck Dewey, Bud Champe, Guy Powers, Bill Scott, Harry Bryant, Dick Dewey. Seph Hungate, Frank Palczer, Don Bungard, Henry Chaney, Coach Wally Coleman. Oberlin started out the l955 season very well. winning the first three games. Then the team hit a streak of bad luck, dropping every remaining game except the final one. Thus their record looks rather bad, but the record doesnt tell all the story. About half of the games were won or lost by a margin of only a few points. In fact, there was one overtime and one double overtime game. Several other factors that aren't shown in the record book are the tribes increased team spirit over the last few years, the good sportsmanship shown this year, and the steady This im- improvement that the team has displayed. provement leads us to believe that the team will have a much better season next year and that there is real growth and development in good basketball playing in our school, Coach Coleman deserves high praise for this. The season had two surprising events. The first was Oberlins victory over Fairview, the league champions, in which Oberlin piled up its largest vic- tory margin of the year. The second was in the State Basketball Tournament. Though Oberlin drew a large Cleveland high school, Lakewood, as its op- ponent and finally lost the game, the teams record and quality of performance are ones of which we can justly be proud. Top scoring honors this year were taken by lack Coniam with 510 points. Dick Dewey scored 196 points to be the second highest scorer. VARSITY SCORES Oberlin- Oberlin-- Oberlin- Oberlin- tii Amherst A14 4i9 Wellingttvn 53 5,1 Fairview 77' 'll Olmsted Falls 68 E6 Medina 55 -12 Westlake 50 '6 North Olmsted 78 60 L ke V i M, is iaafview -ri ss Bay Village se sa Rocky River as 3 Wm - SH North Olmsted 84 68 Olmsted Falls 69 66 Westlake 59 'M' 'Q 46 Rocky River 65 55 Medina 60 55 Bay Village '7 958 ll05 l25l