Oswego High School - Paradox Yearbook (Oswego, NY)

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Faces any faces make up OHS, with of unique students showi g off then' talents. Stu ent life presents the people who make up our lifebloed for

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Box ealizing that the best way to improve one's skills and to develop one's talent is prac- tice, many OHS Lacrosse players participate in Box Lacrosse leagues. Box Lacrosse helped many Lacrosse players fine tune their pas- sing and catching skills while others improved on their overall game aware- ness and formed a good sportmanship attitude. In anticipation of the spring sports season, Box Lacrosse helped create a positive attitude for success when interscholastic field play began. Box Lacrosse, played on the bare floor of a hockey rink, is a faster paced, scaled down version of field Lacrosse. Six players, compared to ten players in field Lacrosse, often use a basic pass and pick away offense and a man to man or zone defense. All players are allowed to roam the entire length of the rink, with even the goalie joining the offense. Penalties are the same as in field Lacrosse with the addition that checking into the boards of the hockey rink is not permitted. Although field Lacrosse can be a lightning fast game with numerous goals scored in seconds, Box Lacrosse is an overall fast paced game. Players must always be alert and never stop running. During the summer of 1987, Oswego High students formed two Lacrosse teams which played in the Fulton Box Lacrosse League. One team, consisting of varsity players and exceptional younger players, enterd the toughest men's division, division one. Playing Lacrosse builds skills against teams from Oswego State, the Fulton varsity program and several or- ganized Lacrosse clubs such as The Os- wego Lacrosse Club, the division one team learned much, but had a hard time with the pace of the game as seen in only one win. OsWego's second Lacrosse team in men's division two faired much better. Climbing to the top of their division, the second team had a final record of 9 wins and 3 losses. The division two team made it through the playoffs to the championship game, but un- fortunately lost. In January and February, a team of Oswego Lacrosse players joined a league at the Fairmount Athletic Cen- ter. Unlike the Fulton league, Fair- mount's hockey rink had astroturf carpet which made the game feel a bit more like field Lacrosse. Another sim- ilar aspect to field Lacrosse was that the other teams were from various Central New York high schools, which included New York State Class A champion, West Genesee. Once again, Oswego did not fare well in competition, failing to win any games. Due to the distance to Fair- mount which meant a time consuming drive, it was difficult to get a good size team to come play on any given day. With six players in the rink at a time, a situation of having only one or two sub- stitutes led to fatigue and an inability to carry an effective transition game between offense and defense. However, the purpose of getting Hoop for the amateur hoopster or those athletes who enjoy hoop but are unable to make the high school teams either because of their skill level or because of conflicts of time, the city Re- creation Department's basketball leagues provided a means to play the game in an organized, competitive set- ting. The season was filled with ups and downs, and all of the excitement and rivalries that any basketball dev- otee could have hoped for. Colonial Rigging avenged its one point loss in the championship game last year by composing a talented squad that single-handedly won this year's championship. Jerry Dennie's All-State Insurance, the only team to sea- the but sea- beat Colonial during the regular son, not only placed second in tournament championship game, also placed second in the regular 30 Q Set no Limits son standings following their loss to Colonial. This season saw a dominating team in Colonial Rigging that featured a re- lentless pressure defense. They were only downed once and never looked back after that defeat. Powered by cen- ter Steve Martus and forward Mike Rodgers they thrashed smaller teams time and time again. Also under the direction of virtually all the players on the squad, Sport About found themse- lves to be the Cinderella team by knocking out defending champ County Savings in the first round, although falling short of eliminating heavily favored Colonial Rigging. Tim Hibbert's Hoopsters improved greatly with the acquisitions of center Gary Budd and shooting guard John Murray. Overall they were led by star Ccontinued p.31D G' Z everyone's minds on Lacrosse was reached. Nick Canale did a wonderful job in net and George Sechler and Dan Connelly did an exceptional job at the offensive end of the rink. People who had little or no Lacrosse experience like Bob Gilmore, Paul Fantom and Jamie Benzing often came along and helped out with the substitution pro- blem. Many players improved tremend- Quent Cole gets into good defensive position against an opponent. ously as they gained experience, a bright spot for OHS,s Lacrosse pro- gram. Although winning was a pro- blem, at least everyone will be better off during the field Lacrosse season. The mixture of success and failure taught everyone a valuable lessonjby Tony Leotta - .... ,.... if . . 7 3 - -V- . --'M .,.... ...omg Jwwsam-:--f , ....., pxpzk K W,w,,,. ' 'Wwe 'WSW' ., I .ig Jim Rebeor passes the ball while Frank Hagerty plays man to man.