SUNY at Oswego - Ontarian Yearbook (Oswego, NY)

Page 179 text:

FIRST ROW: R. Pennock, J. Friel, B. Vredenburg, C. Kowalski, M. Brown, M. Kupic, J. Smith, S. Simes. SECOND ROW: G. Meltzner, Coach Glinski, K. Blaisdell, B. Fuller, R. Kobler, J. Colistra, K. Rollins, R. Furmark, B. Harvey, Dr. Nitardy. VARSITY BASKETBALL The ability to rise to the occasion and win the key games enabled the Oswego State basketball team to make history in the 1964-1965 season by becoming the first team to win the State University Conference title in two successive years. lt was a long uphill fight to the top spot, and it took clutch performances and a big helping hand from Potsdam, but the Lakers finally reached first place in the next-to-the-last week of the season when they moved into a tie with Plattsburgh. The team then gained sole possession of the top rung when Potsdam upset the Plattsburgh Cardinals in their final league game, and the Lakers went on to win the crown outright by handing Oneonta a 77-60 defeat in the sea- son's finale. 175 The team concluded the season with a remarkable rec- ord of eight wins and one loss in conference competi- tion and a fourteen win and seven loss overall record. Rich Kohler and Cas Kowalski led the team in scoring with averages of 15.1 and 13 point averages per game, and Rich Kohler and Bernie Fuller accumulated the most rebounds. For the first time in recent years there was no post- season conference tournament, although league officials are currently working to gain an automatic NCAA col- lege division berth for the conference championship. It is hoped that this automatic bid will become a reality in the very near future.

Page 178 text:

VARSITY GOLF FRESH MAN GOLF The 1964 little Lakers, competing for the J. Leo, R. Leo, B. Low, G. Antis, J. Chuatal. R. Leo, Coach Brennan, E. Quigley, K. Robertson, S. Brainard. The 1964 varsity golf team finished the season with a fine five-win and four- loss record, which included wins over LeMoyne, the University of Rochester, Harpur, Brockport, and Oneonta. The Lakers were defeated by R.I.T., Ithaca, Cortland, and Utica. In the Annual SUNYAC Tourney a team composed of Joe Leo, Ed Quigley, Gerry Antis, and Bob Greene accumulated a total medal score of 695 which placed the Lakers sixth in a field of ten teams. In 1965 The Lakers will make their debut in the Annual Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Fall Tournament, and they will of course participate in the Annual SUNYAC Tourney and the usual dual meets. The 1965 team will be formed around three returning lettermen. Heading the list of returning links- men will be Joe Leo, a senior. who last year was voted the Most Valuable Play- er. Other veterans will include juniors Gerry Antis, Ken Robertson and John Chuatal. Bruce Low and Ralph Leo, both sophomores, will also be playing and their addition should provide the Lakers with the needed balance lacking in previous years. second year on an intercollegiate basis, finished their season with a fine 2-1-1 rec- ord. The Frosh defeated Onondaga Com- munity College and Manlius Cadet School, and they then lost to Cornell and tied a return match with O.C.-C. team at the Drumlins Country Club, Syracuse, New York. In the coming season a record turn-out of golfers for the position on the freshman team is anticipated by Coach Thomas Breni- nan. Some of the promising candidates competing for positions this year will be Richard Paiko, John McAleer, Dale Hawk- ins, Warren lrrig, Jim Fahsel, John An- drews, Stephen Shoudy, Barry Spink, Wil- liam Myers, Jeff Fox, Robert Tishler, Robert Williamson, Stan Lisk, and Hank Furgol. FIRST ROW: D. Hawkins, J. McAleer, W. Myers, J. Fahsel, R. Tishler, SECOND ROW: Coach Brennan, W. lrrig, D. Paiko, M. Persson, H. Furgol, J. Fox, S. Shoudy.

Page 180 text:

176