St Charles High School - Halo Yearbook (St Charles, IL)

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Saints runnin' and gunnin' fBelowJ, Saint Mike Liesman leaves behind a trail of teammates and opponents to convert a steal into a layup. mighty, Rick Garrison C431 tries, to no avail, to block a Sycamore shot in the Larkin Regional tournament. tBelow leftj, St. Charles' Greg Cudworth tosses in a reverse layup against East Aurora, bo-UEC champions with the Saints. fLower rightl, Mark Gattorna cuts to the basket against a Sycamore defender. ...,.., E gr wa AN' 178 I KVIVV , if ,, 'Uhr

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iLeftJ Center Greg Cudworth watches intently as the ball bounces off the rim lLower lefty, An East Aurora player tries to deflect guard Phil Brinkman's attempted shot. fBelowj, Mike McCurdy l22l and Phil Brinkman 1415 can't seem to explain what's going on in what proved to be the Saints' last game of the season at the Elgin sectional. .. 21' -4 .mf , J Q . 4 . A 1 et tte r ' ' at g --1' '- mf- You had to be a basketball fan to appreciate what Saints' coach Ron Johnson and Co. accomplished during the 1977-78 season at St. Charles. The Saints finished second in the St. Charles Thanksgiving basketball tournament after losing to East Aurora 92-87 in the championship game. Next, St. Charles captured its second straight DeKalb Christmas tournament with a 58-43 victory over Sycamore in the title game. Rick Garrison, UEC scoring champion and a 6-3 senior forward, Phil Brinkman, a 6-2 senior guard, and Dennis Warford, a 6-2 senior forward, were selected to the Upstate Eight all-conference first-team. Senior guard Mike Liesman and junior center Greg Cudworth were named honorable mention. St. Charles won the Larkin Regional tournament by defeating Sycamore 67-46. But, the Saints were knocked out of a chance to go downstate and the Elgin Sectional tournament, as well, with a loss to Barrington 61-58. Overall, however, the Saints established the most wins in St. Charles' history by finishing 25-4 to cap a successful season that may never happen again. 177

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I-'g 'Ong Sit tLeftJ, Greg Cudworth adds a soft touch on his free-throw attempt. fBeIowJ, Jim Shepard 1111 and Greg Cudworth 1211 grasp the second-placetrophy won by the Saints at the St. Charles Thanksgiving tournament. T' sg, It 'il Will A iiii 4. 4 2 35335 3 Stiff -uf' if SX E- Sophs encounter tough going in UEC e are sorry that we couldn't provide a sophomore basketball team picture to HALO iers, specifically the team members. Sophomore basketball: Chris And rini, Joe Ayala, a Becker, Stan Bednarz, Kirk Born, Dave Carlson, Jeff Carlson, John Donnelly, Steve Ecis, Bruce Gleamza, Lou Griffey, Reuben Jessop, Dan Krasinski, Bill Messacar, Tim coe, Scott Peterson, Dave Potter, Wayne Roby, Mike Stahulek, Doug Stevens, Jeff wn, Dave Vlach, Eric Wermager, Jim Wicklund, head coach Chuck Rachow, assistant coach Dan Hall. We are sorry that we couldn't provide a freshman basketball team picture to HALO ers, specifically the team members. Freshman basketball: Ken Brown, Steve Carlson, n Carlson, Kurt Dennison, Bob Douglas, Jeff Escamillo, Ted Foster, Scott Gilmore, e Graunke, Wes Groot, Dan Haasch, Ben Hershey, Rob Hoenscheid, Randy Jensen, Johnson, Todd Karas, Jim Knutson, Alan Leap, Dave Morlock, Jim McNally, Ron Neri, e Penny, Bryan Peterson, Jeff Seda, Steve Spriet, Tyler Viernow, Cory Webster, Tom Woidat, head coach Gary Gilmore. Again we are sorry for the inconvenience. The Saints' sophomores went through a disappointing season under head coach Chuck Rachow, although the team did win two tournaments. Dan Krasinski and Stan Bednarz led the way in the Saints' 47-28 victory over Immaculate Conception inthe title game of the Wheaton-Warrenville Thanksgiving tournament. The sophs also won their own eight-team Christmas tournament with a 61-58 victory over Larkin for the championship. But, the sophs completed the season with a 1-9 UEC record after playing well the first half of the season. 179