Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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BASKETBALL After three games of the Southwestern College Moundbuilder basketball 1972-1973 season, SC stood 1-2. Their conference record was 1-0. The Moundbuilders opened up their basketball campaign on the road against Northwestern State College of Alva, Oklahoma. SC lost the close game 66-64. It was a tough loss as South- western controlled the game except for the final few moments. Two big plays, a two-point tip-in after a free throw and a lay-up after an SC bad pass helped Northwestern to the victory. Neither team held a lead of over five points throughout the game. The Builders were led in scoring by senior Larry Ewart. The 6'0 guard hit for 15 points. Junior forward Ed Benesh came off the bench to score 12 points. Parke Biby also chipped in with 11 points. Tabor College was 8018 first home game and first conference game of the season. Southwest- ern extended its home-game winning streak to eight games as Tabor lost 69-58. SC led at half, 35-28. Four Builders scored in double figures. Ewart and Biby had 18 points while Benesh and W. R. Allam scored ten points apiece. Allam came off the bench to lead SC in rebounding, too. This junior forward-oenter had nine caroms. In the game the Builders saw their seven-point half time lead dwindle to two, 42-40, with 14 min- utes to go. However, Tabor refused to fold and again came back to within two of SC, 56-54. It was at this point of the game that SC showed its poise to clinch the win. Benesh dropped in seven points during the final four minutes. The next night, Friday, Dec. 1, the Builders traveled to Emporia to play Emporia State and lost the contest, 81-69. Southwestern was behind most of the way in the game and fell behind by 13 points with six and half minutes remaining. However, the Builders staged a comeback and got to within four points, 73-69, with 1:40 to go. But six free throws help put KSTC in control and they won. Gary Hammer, 3 6'6 junior center led the Builders in scoring with 18 points. Senior guard Jeff Boone followed with 17 points. Biby had 16 points and 10 rebounds while Ewart net- ted 10 points. The Southwestern junior varsity mark stood at 2-1 after three games. They defeated the North- western JV 72-64 and the Tabor JV 64-52. How- ever, against Emporia State's JV, SC lost a Close one 58-57. After being down by fourteen at half, the Builder JV came back and led by one with less than a minute, but Emporia scored the final two for the victory. FOOTBALL The Southwestern College Moundbuilder foot- ball team ended the 1972 season with a 4-5 record. The .4-4 KCAC mark was good enough for fifth place in the conference. Southwesternis last three games were played against St. Mary, Bethany, and Kansas Wesleyan University. Out at Dodge City on Oct. 27 the Builders lost to St. Mary 27-14. Three times in the first half, St. Mary's quarterback Randy Jakious and split end Leon Kremer hooked up on touchdown passes of 32, 42, and 19 yards. For the game, St. Mary totaled up 512 yards. 803 first TD came after a nine play, 43 yard drive. On a fourth and goal from the three, quar- terback Stve Knapp hit split end Steve Stone for a touchdown pass. Larry Book kicked the PAT. 808 other touchdown came on a pass intercep- tion by James Simms of 57 yards. Junior tight end Book again kicked the PAT. The Builders last home game of the 1972 sea- son was against Bethany College. Bethany, who hadnlt played up to its potential, came on strong against Southwestern. Bethany's top point prod- uction in any one game had been 20 points. But, Bethany topped that when they scored 21 points in the first quarter. The crushing blows came in the second quarter. On two consecutive punts, Bethany blocked both punts and ran the ball into the end zone for touchdowns. The score was 38- O at half as Bethany also scored a field goal. The 59 points scored against Southwestern was the most since 1957 when SC lost to Pitts- burg, 64-7. It was the largest point spread since 1952 when SC was defeated by St. Benedicts, 91-0. However, in Southwestern's next game against Kansas Wesleyan at Salina, the Builders showed a competitive, never-say-die attitude and defeated KWU 6-0. The Builders made a com- plete turnabout in this game. The defensive unit allowed only 53 yards rushing in 35 attempts.

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The nine returning lettermen are seniors Jeff Boone, Larry Ewart, Gregg Howell, and Rodney Johannsen; juniors W. R. Allam, Ed Behesh, Parke Biby, and Gary Hammer; and sophomore Terry Rhea. Ewart and Howell are this year's co- captains. Other returners from last years team are junior Max Ferguson and sophomores Andy Balerio, Allen Brennan, Craig Dewell, and Ken Goyen. This year's freshman crop are Hal Arikrom, Todd Dvorak, Randy Fisher, Gary McLaurin, Steve Nichols, Dennis Phelps, Willie Salters, Kent Seytried, and Bob Welsh. The Builders are KCAC contenders this year and hope to take the title. Southwestern last took the KCAC title ten years ago. during the 1962-63 season. To win the title this year, the Builders will have to rely on defense and the fast break. SC is hop- ing that the half court pressure defense will throw off the timing of the opponent's offense and produce turnovers. The fast break may be the key to victory. For the past two years, whenever SC has run the Builders have looked good. The fast. break, when done correctly, gets everybody moving and is exciting to watch. Depth should also play an important part this season, as the Builders are two deep in every position. This becomes important when injuries occur and in the latter part of a season. A great team always has a good bench. The Builders hope to have a lot of people watching them this year. The Builders had a seven game home winning streak before the sea- son started and hope to keep it going. Visiting teams donlt like to play in Stewart HThe Pit Field House, especially with a large, pro-SC crowd. it should be a most interesting year for SC basketball. With lettermen, depth, experience, defense, a fast break, and fans, the Builders hope to win the KCAC crown.

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The defensive unit also made its best goal line stand of the season, and it couldn't have come at a better time. With a first and goal from the three, three KWU rushing plays got them to the one yard line. On fourth down, a rolleout pass was knocked down in the end zone by defensive back, Pat Murphy. SC also came up with three interceptions in the game. On the offensive side the Builders had their best rushing game of the season, 253 yards. Leading the way was freshman Todd DVorak. Playing in his first game as a running back, Todd carried the ball 31 times for 128 yards. Junior fullback Vic Mojica had 74 yards rushing and quarterback Knapp also added 49 yards. The offensive line of center Paul Allen, guards Dennis Burkett and Tom Ponzi, and tackles Steve Sav- erese and Jeff Stolpa really opened up the holes for the backs. Southwestern scored its points on two field goals by Larry Book of 27 and 37 yards. After SC intercepted a pass in the second quarter, the Builders drove 30 yards to KWUfs 10 yard line. Book then kicked his first field goal of the sea- son. The second field goal came after 808 goal line stand. Taking over on the one, SC put together its best drive of the year. running all the way to KWU's 20 yard line in 14 plays. Book kicked his 37 yard field goal to put the Builders on top 6-0 after three quarters. KWU had one more serious scoring threat. In five passing plays KWU moved from its 27 to the Builders 26 yard line. But the drive stopped when safety Greg Swalwell, playing his first game this year as a defensive back, intercepted his second pass of the game on the two yard line with 44 seconds left in the game. The win was a real compliment to the Builder players and their coaches; head coach Jim Para- more and assisted by Jake Brennan, Al Holde- man, Robert Karr, and Bill Stephens. It would have been easy to give in for the last game after the Bethany loss, but the Builders showed true Class and came back. The off-season will be much sweeter because of the effort. Coach Paramore commented that, It was a satisfactory season. Ilm glad we had another game after Bethany. The last game was probably our finest and it was real encouraging? Coach Paramore in a strategy session.