St Cecilia High School - Chimes Yearbook (Englewood, NJ)

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BA KETBALL Under the new direction of coach Harold Boudreau, the Blue and Gold five of St. Cecilia looked forward to the 1947-48 season with Jlenty of spirit and fight although lacking the height and experience to match the majority of teams in the county. It was a season in which the boys learned one thing: you cannot always win, but must also lose, and in losing you must know how to accept defeat. Accept defeat they did, and in doing so, they accumu- lated their share of sportsmanship, fair play, and character. Un the night of Ianuary sixteenth, Saints first saw the light of victory, by decisively turning back a Fort Lee quintet to the tune of 57 to 27. Mike Murphy, Max McCullough, and Ray Reilly were the standout ball players for the Blue and Gold, as they continually hit with set shots from outside, handled the ball well, and dominated the play throughout. Demonstrating what was considered prac- tically impossible, the boys from Demarest Avenue led the highly touted Englewood aggregation at half time, by a 25 to 25 score. Although overshadowed by a big difference in height, the boys literally ran Englewood ragged for sixteen minutes. Sparkplug Patty Best, was the speedy little dynamo who ran up and down the court, as though he was in a track on the court. With Saints hitting its stride, the tension of the fans mounted as both teams returned for second half action. Shortly after the second half was under way, an old story repeated itself. The small, but never say die boys, could not keep up the pace they had set in the first half, and slowly succumbed to the towering height of Englewood, by a final score of 51 to 55. Proving their mastery over the Fort Lee squad, Saints repeated with a 55 to 26 victory In one of their best winning efforts, they were never headed, and led throughout the entire game paced by Mike Murphy and Tony Gal- lagher, who both turned in workmanlike per- formances. Although in his first season at Saints Mr. Boudreau was not too successful in the win column, a group of tall, talented underclassmen make prospects look good for next season. The better than good Iunior Varsity squad is an indication. With the proper material to work with, from here we can't see how Mr. B. can miss, for he is a coach who knows basketball, sets high standards for his players, and is ad- mired by all for his sportsmanship. meet, stealing the ball, making beautiful layup shots, and outplaying every Englewood man fr! g., Q at . Tnny G11 Nllltlllfl' . llikr . llurfffljl Pal Burl 1 H h F,f Q .flax .UM ullnlljlll 19 4

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