St Josephs Academy - Twin Towers Yearbook (Collegeville, IN)

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With a record of six wins and only two losses up to this time, Coach Scharf’s netters found the schedule more difficult after Christmas. To start the new year, the Cubs lost 33-24 to Cathedral of Indianapolis. In the Kankakee Valley Tournament, San Pierre, the ultimate winners of the tourney, beat St. Joe 31-30. Then the Cubs came to life as they registered impressive victories over Tefft 49-14, DeMotte 43-23, and Wheatfield 56-28. Recovering quick¬ ly after a 36-34 loss to a revengeful South Bend team, the Cubs became the avengers to beat Mt. Ayr 42-27. In St. Joe’s small gym. the Cubs played perhaps their best brand of ball of the season as they came from behind to beat Remington 37-30. Then a tailspin. The Cubs hit a slump. As a result, Brook and Kentland defeated them 32-11 and 48-32, respectively. In preparation for the Rensselaer sectional tourney, St. Joe beat Oxford 32-23 in the final game on the schedule. Ladd, the Oxford ace and one of the finest players in the state, was held to three points by Tony Serewicz. With tournament fever running high and with the hopes bright for St. Joe to win the Rensselaer sectional, the DeMotte Indians burned the nets with a thrilling but heart-breaking 35-34 win over the Cubs. S. J. A. 20 Mt. Ayr 29 S. J. A. 42 Goodland 28 S. J. A. 37 Kentland 14 S. J. A. 38 Fair Oaks 34 S. J. A. 27 Brook 21 S. J. A. 24 F rancisville 25 S. J. A. 30 So. Bend C.C. 25 S. J. A. 24 Indianapolis 33 S. J. A. 49 Tefft 14 ■ S. J. A. 43 DeMotte 23 lllll S. J. A. 56 Wheatfield 28 : . . . S. J. A. 34 So. Bend C.C. 26 Ipilllp S. J. A . 42 Mt. Ayr 27 S. J. A. 37 Remington 30 MmMm S. J. A. 11 Brook 32 S. J. A. 32 Kentland 48 ill|gig S. J. A. 33 Oxford 23 Kankakee Valley Tourney S. J. A. 30 San Pierre 31 J. A. Sectional Tourney 34 DeMotte

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With eleven victories and six defeats, the St. Joseph’s Academy Cubs basketball team had one of its most successful seasons under Coach Dick Scharf. Playing in twenty games and scoring 188 points, Howard “Doc” Spresser captained his teammates to victories over the Remington Rifles, who won the Rensselaer sectional tournament, and the fast-moving Oxford quintet, which advanced to the semi-finals in the Indiana State tournament. On the starting five with Spresser were juniors Tony Serewicz, Bob Eder, and Con Fecher, and freshman Don Kasperan. Senior Dick Hermann and junior Tex Ritter were the other varsity monogram winners on the team. After losing their opening game to Mt. Ayr 29-20, the Cubs scored wins over Goodland 42-28, Kentland 37-14, and Fair Oaks 38-34. Con¬ tinuing in stride, St. Joe took advantage of a well-executed stall to crack the famous zone defense of Brook. The Cubs won 27-21. Bowing to Francisville 25-24 for their second loss, the Cubs then handed Central Catholic of South Bend a premature Christmas gift in the form of a 30-25 Hofont

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J “B” Team Scores St. Joe 16 Mt. Ayr 7 St. Joe 27 Goodland 14 St. Joe 16 Kentland 9 St. Joe 24 Fair Oaks 20 St. Joe 25 Brook 13 St. Joe 19 Francisville 6 St. Joe 24 C.C. So. Bend 15 St. Joe 34 Tefft 21 St. Joe 19 DeMotte 10 St. Joe 36 Wheatfield 20 St. Joe 25 Mt. Ayr 21 St. Joe 16 Remington 10 St. Joe 23 Brook 20 St. Joe 21 Kentland 17 St. Joe 19 I-M All-Stars 17 Totals 344 301 Freshman Scores St. Joe 27 Remington 11 St. Joe 25 Rensselaer 21 St. Joe 28 Rensselaer 18 A scrappy “B” team almost stole the show from the varsity this year. The cause of all this unusual interest in the secondary five was their amazing record of fifteen wins without a single defeat. Out¬ standing regulars were John Thie- me, Charles McDermott, Don Mc- Innis, Ronald Doherty, and John Baele. Fifty-six