St Jeromes College - Lion Yearbook (Kitchener, Ontario Canada)

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Left to Right: Coach Clem Faust, D. Heintzman, A. Schultz, A her, J. Simon, B. Fritz, N. Rintche, J. B. M Patterson, J. Peterson. Not willing to be outdone by the Senior Lions, the Junior Falcons brought home the Junior basketball championship of the O.C alleck, J. Lei- usually led the scoring, Jack by his excellent ball-handling, Bob by his dead eye shooting. A.C. After a thrilling series with Del The season was made somewhat more interest juniors, our Juniors emerged the victors . ing by the seried with K.C.l. Traditional by a substantial margin. Perhaps it was rivals of St. Jerome's, the local high not an easy matter to conquer, but the school likes nothing better than to trim us team had plenty of skill and spirit for now and then, and they were satisfied on the task. one occasion this year. Our team showed - Many of last year's stalwarts again up quite well against.them nevertheless. donned the Green and Gold for the Junior We are proud of our Junior Champions: w team. In addition there were several new- hope that many of them will play for the comers who stood out for their excellent team again next year, but if this is im- play throughout the season. Tex Patter- possible, they our second choice is that son proved that he was dependable under the they move up to Senior ranks and continue basket and a threat at the other end of to bring honor and glory to the Green and the floor as well. Peterson and Heintzman Gold. vs 5 2 mm H37 t fu 11 J i fy' J -, nf -Q n e , M J These are the principals of the annual classic of the basketball world: one look at them should convince even the most sceptic that the most lively looking of the two teams won - as usual, the Faculty took the student fraternites by a small margin.

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lf, 4 is 5 il 1 if I I mf1i'f 5i E if R Ex: Kneeling: A. VanHee, D. Putnam, J. Fehrenbach, E. Fernandes, S. Schnepf. Standing: Coach Clem Faust, J. Power, P. Stark, J. Smith, J. Calzonetti, J. Shinstock, R. Eli During the 1952-53 basketball season St. Jerome's Senior basketball team, the Lions, continued to enjoy the fine cage reputation which it has merited since basketball was in- troduced to St. Jerome's. The team was prob- ably the most powerful that ever played in Green and Gold spangles. Coach Clem Faust had some difficulty at the season's start to em- ploy that power to its best advantage, but once the Lions hit their stride their combin- ation of dead-eye shooting, smooth passing and all-round 'heads-up' basketball was a formid- able threat. The Green and Gold made a clean sweep of their own league, the O.C.A.C., losing but two of their scheduled games, and these to St. Mike's by close scores. The Lions set a new all-Ontario high scoring record when they defeated DeLaSalle 125-L9. In the playoffs St. Jerome's found little difficulty in re- taining the O.C.A.C. championship which it has held since the inauguration of the league St. Mike's attempt to wrest the trophy from St. Jerome's proved inadequate in the first playoff at St. Mike's when they were defeated 58-56. In the second game the Irish seemed to collapse before the flawless performance of the Lions on their home floor and relinquish- ed their bid for the title, being thoroughly trounced 91-56. The Lions also ition series with first game to the after playing one season. The second game was a different story and saw the Raiders shudder to a defeat by the rejuvenated Lions. In spite of some minor setbacks, 1953 proved to be another great year for the un- con uerable Lions. played a sparkling exhib- K.C.I. They dropped the Collegiate by a close score of their worst games of the Left gg right: J. Soltes, C. Wilson, J. McFadden, G. Herringer. Left tg right: L. Ruby, J. McNab, K Brenner, J. McFadden.

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