Rhodes School - Rhodester Yearbook (New York, NY)

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i Coach Keats gives advice to team during time-out. ‘ ia o wt ww All-Star selection Mike Dalley and Most Valuable Player Marc Packer pose for “Rhodester’ camera at Garden Tournament. 92 Rhodes Basketball Team, Garden Tournament Champions (left to right) Brown, Hamilton, Packer, Hayes, Rubin, Coach Keats, Lasaponara, Co-Captain Dalley, Co-Captain Kozak, Ackerman, Cooper, Castro, Copeland. BASKETBALL With only five members of the team returning this year, Coach Donald Keats faced what he believed would be a season of rebuilding for the future. The basketball team, infused with new talent, went on to win the Garden Basketball Tournament to cul- minate a 13-3 season. One of the new crop of players was Junior, Marc Packer. Marc played left guard for Rhodes, and rolled up a total of 270 points during the year. This was the highest individual point total. Marc led the Scholars in individual scoring honors in five of the regular season games and in two of the three Garden Tournament games. He topped off his successful season by being named most valuable player at the Garden Tournament. Another new addition to the Rhodes roster was Charles “Terry” Rubin. Terry sustained an injury early in the season, and was used only sparingly by Coach Keats. He managed to maintain a scoring average of fifteen points a game. Back in action against Highland School in January, Terry played strongly, but two weeks before the Garden Tournament oened, he re-injured himself and had to sit out two of the three tournament games. He made a short appearance in the last game, scoring only six points. Six-foot-six Stacy Brown was slated to fill the cen- ter position for Rhodes, but he injured himself before the season got underway. Rejoining the team in Feb- ruary, Stacy averaged ten points a game and eleven rebounds a game for the balance of the season. Mike Dalley, co-captain, and one of the returning five was a “team player’; he sacrificed his own indi- vidual point totals to set up his team-mates for easy shots. Despite his team effort, Mike managed to maintain an impressive average of twelve points a game. Mike improved as the season progressed, reach- ing his peak at the Garden Tournament, where he was named to the All-Star team. The other co-captain, Mike Kozak, also fell prey to injury. He dislocated his knee and had to sit out four g ames in the middle of the season. His injury couldn't keep Mike down, however, and his big day came against New York Friends in December, when he poured in twenty-five points. Mike was fourth highest scorer and second highest rebounder on the team.

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| JUNIOR FOOTBALL TEAM 4 (Left to right) Manzo, Maggio, Gill, Baker, Parris, Cooper, Ca. garten, Di Pietro, Carter, Melnick. tro, Lotesta, Rosen- allowed the Juniors to capitalize on a Senior mistake, and Ralph Maggio scored a safety for the Juniors. With the score 8-0, and two minutes remaining, the game was, to all intents and purposes, over, but a charging Senior line led by Dom Lasaponara, Jerry Axelson and Myron Jackler deflected a Cooper pass into the arms of Hans Andersen, who tan the length of the field to score for the Seniors. The Seniors threatened again with just a minute left. A timely interception by Terry Rubin halted this threat, and the final score was 8-6 in favor of the Juniors. The next week saw the Eighth Grade meeting the Freshmen to decide the championship of the lower school. The Eighth Graders, led by Glenn Porter, upset the Freshmen in a closely contested game. The future of the intra-mural program looks good because of the talent displayed by all the underclass teams. The championship game started at 3:30 and was called because of darkness at 5:30 with the score 0-0. The score notwithstanding, the game was an excellent display of the teams’ offensive and defensive skills. Kozak started the Seniors rolling against the Juniors. Short passes to Mike Dalley and end runs by Don Freidel were piling up consistent yardage but repeated penalties against the Seniors foiled their attempt to score. The seniors lost Gary Ackerman early in the game when a jarring block put him out of commission. Talented pass receiver Mark Berent was also injured but insisted upon remaining in the game. | On defense, both teams did exceptionally well. The Senior defense, led by Axelson, Dalley, Freidel, Navarro, Lieberman, Lasaponara and Stelzer intercepted many of Cooper's passes. Don Freidel covered Charley Di Pietro tightly enough to prevent his catching but one pass from Cooper. Forced to use his secondary receivers, Cooper did so, and hit Ralph Maggio, Roger Parris and Ken Rosengarten for steady short gainers. Cooper seemed unsure of his secondary receivers, and so the Junior passing attack wasn’t as effective as it had been in previous games. Charley Manzo almost broke the game open when he intercepted a Senior pass and began to race for the end zone. He was caught from behind, however, and on the next play, Freidel intercepted Cooper's first pass of that set of downs to end the Junior drive . Finally, when the game was called, the result was a scoreless tie. Credit: must go to Coach Keats and Mr. Miller, who refereed at all the games, and to Oscar Schmulewitz, who was Head Linesman at the 3 Championship game. The teams look forward to a more active season next fall. oi wil ee 3 Manzo (on ground) recovers fumble for Juniors. Kozak spots Goldfeder open downfield for Seniors, = Kozak’s pass to Goldfeder is complete for a short gain.

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Mike Hamilton, whose main job was to spell Kozak and Rubin, had a hard time finding the touch because of his sporadic fake a Mie averaged Six points a game, gaining ee valuable points ae Rhodes at Badal times with his deadly set shot. Mike would score much higher if he were allowed to play a steady position. He was a valuable asset to the team. Gary Ackerman, playing despite an injury that re- quired the wearing of a face-mask which obstructed his vision, gained seventy-seven points for Rhodes, Gary was fourth on the team in free throws. Mark Cooper, who has another year ahead of him, was the “Iron Man” of the team, playing all regular season and post-season games at me forward position. He was a mainstay of the Rhodes offense, and scored one hundred and six points this season. Coach Keats expects a lot from Mark next year. Dwight Hayes, who filled in for the injured Stacy Brown, did a creditable job at the center position. He was strong on the boards, grabbing over one hundred rebounds for Rhodes, Dwight was renowned for his aggressive brand of basketball. Juan Castro and Calvin Copeland were the weight on the bench, and although the boys didn’t play much, they replaced the starters with efficiency whenever they were called upon. With all but a few of his Garden Champions re- turning, Coach Keats looks forward to a possible repeat season of success next year. Cooper's jumper puts Rhodes two-up in close Garden game. 93 Dalley soars for a jump ball against Stevenson. 7 SS Hayes and Hamilton snag rebound against Garden.