St Adalbert High School - Albertonian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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ST. CASllvflR,' St. A's hasketeers inflicted a 44-32 defeat upon St. Casimir's in a hustling contest of speed and spirit. With the scores close in the first three periods, the Red and White rolled in 17 points in the final quarter rally-the Lithuanians losing mostly at the foul line making only six shots out of a possihle twenty. R. Solarczyk and G. Maciejew- ski had their eye on the hasket as they netted twelve and ten points respectively. ST. JAMES- -Next on the list for the Alhertonians were the tough, highly rated champions of St. james. The West Enders under Dick Diethorn already scored a victory over the A's. This time the A's made it a different story as they met and defeated the W.E.'s 33-31. It was mainly through the fine shooting of G. Maciejewski. St. A's moved out to a 1544 lead at halftime and led 290.4 at the three-quarters mark. Then the visitors dumped in a Hnal four points in the fourth quarter to draw away from their opponents. lvfaciejewski led the goal' ing with 16 points. ST. MARY.--St. Adalhert gamhling gamesters came to life with a terrific roar in the second half to swamp St. Mary's 37f2-4, in a fastfstriking, score-seeking, Hrefhall encounter. The Red and White trailed St. Mary's 16113 at intermission after s ending the first half trying to penetrate a tight defense. Cgnce they cracked it, they had little trouhle in running away with the contest. In the third quarter G. Maciejewski, tallest player on the team, displayed superior performance boosting his point total to 20. ST. JOSEPH.-St. Adalhert's haskethall team edged an inf spired St. Joseph of Natrona quintet, 39-38 in a seefsaw game, that kept a hoarse and hectic crowd on toes until the dying moment. It was the second time that the A's heat St. Joe'sg previously by a margin of 10 points. The Alhertonians held the lead at half time 20f16 hut the scrappy Natrona five fought the Red and White on even terms until the close of the contest, falling short by only one oint. P Gilbert Maciejewskfs ll points paced St. A's to its sixth victory in nine starts. The scoreboard reads 21-18 as A's and C's pause at intermission at the South Side Recreation Center. In this game St. Casimir's lost to St. Adalbert's 44-32. ST. MlCHAEL.f-V-Actually shattering St, lvfichaell champion' -hip hopes, the A's completely outfought and outscored a he' wildered lvlichaelinian team 4744, Though they held the lead in the hrst quarter hy one point. the hard-driving Alhertonians struggled to take over the lead with a production of I4 points in the second quarter. They really put the game on ice when they swished in 17 points in the final period. C, Maciejewski led in the goaling with 15' points while G. Sniegocki played a stellar game on defense. ST. JOHN.-The next game with St. john's gave the Red and White a chance to enter the win column once again, as they met an inspired and hardfhghting St. john's quintet that nearly pulled a hig upset over them, 34'29. St A's got away to a slow start leading at the end of the first period 6-5. and maintaining the lead 14 -J at the half. Then with lightningflike suddenness St. john's tied the en- counter in the fourth quarter when Tupta put on a one man scoring contest hy throwing in nine points. But for once A's won the game at the foul line hy making six charity shots out of a possible seven. ST. CASMIR.--St. Adalhert's team which showed occasional signs of staleness and laziness at the heginning of the season, no douht have come a long way since. for hy lacing St. Casimir's 49-32 it registered nine victories to date this heing their sixth consecutive triumph. Although the contest was close in the first half. the Alher' tonians speeded the game up in the last half hy going on a scoring spree which enabled them to pull far ahead. In the fourth quarter. suhs from St. Adalhert's hench hegan to penetrate the lineup when Hilary Modrak was sure that the margin was great enough. ST. THOMAS.fSt. A's wayfaring haskethall team made a G. MACIEJEWSKI Mack, tall rangy center, high scorerg useful under the boards. T. KACZOROWSKI Kaczy, best defensive player on the team.

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Rooters Dutkiewicz, Nieder, Stasik, and Kozuch. They really got out there behind the baseball players. Golebiewski grabs throw from catcher. . 5.NllXfCl' ., This Baseball Te-am of St. Adalbert's was photographed after losing to St. Mary's 6-7. It was the first game played with G. Sniegocki as playing manager, when Father Maliszewski left. Seat- ed: Kozuch, Stacho- wialc, Golebiewslri, Gryczewski. Standing: Student manager Lu- czynski, playing man- ager G. Sniegoclci, Jedrzejewslci, Kush, Poremslci, Mnrus.