Schreiber High School - Port Light Yearbook (Port Washington, NY)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Port Washington 33 Hicksville 43 Port Washington 26 Roslyn 45 Port Washington 27 Sea Cliff 43 Port Washington 52 Farmingdale 49 Port Washington 41 Garden City 61 Port Washington 34 Great Neck 31 Port Washington 48 Mineola 49 Port Washington 47 .Mo nhasset 48 Port Washington 51 Glen Cove 44 Port Washington 42 Great Neck 24 Port Washington 51 Mineola 34 Port Washington 55 Glen Cove 47 Port Washington 41 Garden City 46 Port Washington 45 — Manhosset 43 Port Washington 14 Oyster Boy 20 Port Washington 12 Garden City 12 Port Washington 13 Manhosset 6 Port Washington 13 .... Roslyn 7 Port Washington 20 ——Westbury 8 Port Washington 19 — Great Neck 0 Port Washington 13 .... —— Glen Cove 45 24

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basketball A tap-in during a sudden death period ended the basketball season for Port Washington High School Varsity hoopsters. Trailing by eleven points and entering the fourth and final quarter, Port managed to pull itself into a tie at the end of regulation time. An overtime period was played in which each team scored two points, sending the game into the fateful sudden death ' period. The final tap-in was made by Dwight Otis, Port's leading scorer. The boy who enabled the game to go into overtime was Francis O'Brien, who had spent most of the year riding the bench. During the last quarter he collected seven points. This 45-43 win over Manhasset avenged a previous 48-47 score. Port started off the season poorly by losing its first three non-league contests by large margins to Hicksville, Roslyn, and Sea Cliff. Port, led by Otis with 15 points and Walt Olstad with 14, surged back to win the Farmingdale game 52-49. Opening its league schedule at Adelphi College gym, Port absorbed a 61-41 drubbing at the hands of Garden City. Port bounced back and took at 34-31 contest from Great Neck. The high scorer was Mike McCormick with 13 points. In its first league game at home, the varsity cagers fell two points shy of beating Mineola, losing 49-48, despite the shooting of Mike McCormick and Olstad, who each tallied 17. This was followed by another one point loss, this time to Manhasset. Joe Fasano showed a return to his '48, '49 form by scoring 14 points. Port came up with its second league victory. This time over Glen Cove, 51-44, led by Olstad and A1 Dumpson who connected for 15 and 14 respectively. The Blue and White trounced Great Neck 42-24. Otis scored 10 points. The team then traveled to Mineola avenging its previous one point loss, whipping the Maroon 51-34 with McCormick scoring 15, ten of these in the first quarter. At Glen Cove, Port won 55-27, in its fourth win in as many starts. Three players, McCormick, Otis and Olstad were in double figures with 14, 12, and 10 points respectively. Garden City nosed out Port 46-41, even though Olstad hit for 13. Following the Garden City game was the Manhasset contest described before. High scorers for the season were Otis with 119, McCormick with 115, and Olstad with 95. During the last six games, of which Port won five. Coach Costello, who came up with a grand coaching job, used a two team system. The first team was an all-senior quintet of McCormick, Fasano, Olstad, Henderson and Marra. The second was a junior five consisting of McNamara, Dumpson, Otis, Cutler, and White. Others on the squad who deserve praise are John Wing, Bart Cosolito, Paul Hunter, Vernon Francis, and Francis O'Brien. Port tied for second place in the league with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses. 26