St Joseph High School - Magnet Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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av; j Standing: J. Passariello, W. O1Brien, R. Packard, E. Gabrish, Coach D. Karaba, J. Dambro,'T. Loohy, M. Lopez. Kneeling: J. Soria, T. Laundra, R. Dunn. Bawetecaee St. John 31 4 St. Joseph 28 In the opening game of the season the Bucs were beaten by the fast-breaking, sharp shooting Big Reds from Essexville. Roy Dunn paced St. Joe with eleven points. St. Andrew 42 4 St. Joseph 14 The Bucs were no match for the well balanced Yellow Jackets. St. Andrew stepped into 7-0 first quarter lead and were never headed. SS. Peter-Paul 42 4 St. Joseph 16 Inability to hit from the floor plus the fact that Art McColgan had a good night for SS. Peter-Paul spelled defeat for St. Joseph. Saginaw St. Mary 39 4 St. Joseph 34 This was the Bucs best showing to date, they jumped into 13-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, but trailed at the half 19-18. The score was tied at the end of the third quarter 28-28. John Passariello paced the score With 14 points. Bay City St. James 27 4 St. Joseph 22 The Bucs led at the first quarter mark 8-5 but were behind most of the final three periods. Passariello once led St. Joe scoring with 10 points. St. Joseph 44 4 Bay City St. Joseph 37 St. Joe displayed its best offense of the year as they beat their Bay City namesake. Roy Dunn aqd Al Soto with 16 and 10 points apiece were the indivxdual stars. St. Andrew 34 4 St. Joseph 31 With Al Soto looping in 14 points, the Bucs almost upset the favored Yellowjackets. St. Joe tired in the fourth quarter and allowed St.Andrew to pile up the necessary points. Saginaw St. Mary 38 4 St. Joseph 33 The Bucs led at the half 18-16, then fell apart. Dunn as the only man hit consistently with 16 points. SS. Peter-Paul 44 4 St. Joseph 31 With Art McColgan and Leo Boyd snagging 30 points between them the Midgets easily defeated St. Joe in their second meeting of the year. St. Joseph 50 4 Arthur Hill Trade 24 All the Bucs were hot in this contest as the score indi- cates. St. Joseph 56 4 Pontiac St. Frederick 55 This was the years thriller. The Bucs had a 12 point lead with four minutes to go but the up-staters came back to pare the lead to one point at the finish. St. Joseph 56 4 Visitation Detroit 37 The Bucs lost the first encounter at Detroit but came back to Win ea51ly at home 56-37. Dunn hit a season high score wuh 22 pomts m the second game. SS. Peter-Paul 46 4 St. Joseph 28 Once again, it was that MAN, Art McColgan, who al- most single handedly beat the Bucs. Big Art hooked in 21 points, as many as the whole St. Joe team could corner. St. Joseph 31 4 Bay City St. Mary 25 Paced by Roy Dumfs 17 points the Bucs overcame a 17-7 half time deficit to win going away. 44

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326,69; Gaaahed ZFw Mr. J. Stelter Mr. D. Karaba During the last two years as athletic director, Father LaMatte has worked hard to improve conditions. Acquiring the new athletic field, remodeling the locker room, and installing steel lockers, were Fatherhs chief accomplishments. Father has also started a league among the boys of the city who could not make the varsity teams. Father is hard driving and is ever working for the good of our school. JOE STELTER Coach Joe Steltefs three years at St. Joseph have given him a reputa- tion as a coach of exceptional ability and a man of complete personal in. tegrity. In Coach Stelter's first two years at St. Joseph he Was assistant coach to Russell tDod Hatch. After Doc took a leave of absence, Joe took over head coaching reigns. Joe is also the baseball coach having the same ability as in football. DOMINIC KARABA Coach Dominic Karaba, :40, an alumnus of St. Joseph held the reigns as Basketball Coach. After graduation Dominic was inducted into the army. After serving three years he returned to take over the reigns vacated by Coach Hatch. Dominic employed the man to man defense and used both fast break and set play attack. Coach Dominic is well liked by the players and is bound to succeed. 45