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

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1946-1947 SEASON S. J. A...25 S. J. A.32 S. J. A......39 S. J. A,........ 59 S. J. A.......48 Fair Oaks......44 Morgan Park..27 Brook ..41 Knox....52 Sacred Heart.30 KANKAKEE VALLEY TOURNAMENT S. J. A,............44 S. J. A.......41 S. J. A 49 S. J. A 41 S. J. A 36 S. J. A.......40 S. J. A,........55 S. J. A...........40 S. J. A 49 S. J. A 31 S. J. A..50 S. J. A........33 Wheatfield ..21 Tefft ..25 San Pierre 33 Brook . .44 St. Paul .29 Remington 29 Demotte.21 Morgan Park 43 Sacred Heart 26 Oxford . ...44 Wheatfield ..32 Francesville ..19 STATE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT S. J. A.50 Mt. Ayr.32 S. J. A..37 Rensselaer...39 PERSONAL STATISTICS Name F. G. F. T. Total John Raster .. ... 73 34 180 Alfred Cantieri. ... 73 23 169 Jerry Diver.... ... 59 41 159 Don Kasperan.. ... 31 30 92 Robert Woodcock... ... 37 10 84 Robert Nolan ... 13 6 32 Lee Hess ... 12 1 25 Charles Russell ..... ... 10 4 24 Louis Rossi.. ... 7 6 20 Lynn Evans ... 8 4 20 Others ... 9 8 26 TEAM STATISTICS Total Points Opponents Points 832 646 Wins 13 Losses 6

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S. J. A., 40; MORGAN PARK, 43 With the look of revenge in their eyes, the Morgan Park Military quintet marched onto the floor and forced the Cubs to retreat for their fourth setback of the season. Don Kasperan and John Raster served as pace setters for the St. Joe five. S. J. A., 49; SACRED HEART, 26 Don Kasperan, the Puma’s most sparkling defensive player throughout the season, proved he could also pull some offensive punches by scoring 13 points against the Spartans of Sacred Heart, Indianapolis. With the help, also, of Woodcock, the Pumas had little trouble winning, 49 to 26. S. J. A., 31; OXFORD, 44 Acting as hosts to a scrappy Oxford team, the Pumas suffered their fifth and last loss of the scheduled season. With Edmonds of Oxford scoring 22 points, it was difficult to match the pace. The Pumas lost 44 to 31. S. J. A., 50; WHEATFIELD, 32 Meeting for the second time, the Cubs won an easy 50-32 victory over the Wheatfield Devils. The academy varsity five played in only the first and last quar¬ ters of the game. Johnny Raster, how¬ ever, led the Cubs with 20 points. S. J. A. 33; FRANCESVILLE, 19 Ending their successful basketball season by a win over Francesville with several sparkling defensive plays, the Cubs began to preen for the sectional tournament. Don Kasperan was display¬ ing fine defensive form, and Raster was looking good on the offensive. tcite Sectionci (3 ournamenl S. J. A., 50; MT. AYR, 32 Well groomed and in excellent condi¬ tion, the Puma Cubs began the first game of the Sectional. After a very slow first quarter the St. Joe quintet soon hit their stride and were leading Mt. Ayr by 3 points in the first half. With a chance to play Rensselaer on the following day, the Cubs played a fast second half and left no question as to who had won. The score was 32 to 50, 17 of which points were scored by Woodcock. S. J. A., 37; RENSSELAER, 39 Never in the annals of St. Joseph’s sports history has a basketball game compared to the bitterly contested game between the St. Joe Cubs and the Rens¬ selaer Bombers, an undefeated team and tourney favorites. St. Joe had for years looked forward to the chance to pit their skill against them. In the first eight minutes the Bombers managed to gain a single point lead, 11 to 10. The halftime score was different, 24-20, the Cubs leading, with Jerry Diver heading the Cub offensive and Don Kas¬ peran showing his opponents an excel¬ lent defense. The third quarter was fatal, however, as Jerry Diver was disqualified, and replaced by Lee Hess. The tension of the crowd greatly increased as Rens¬ selaer stock went up a number of points. Forty seconds! The Bombers were leading 38-35. Twenty seconds! Kasper¬ an races up; 38-37. Ten seconds! Johnny Raster tries for a goal. The Bombers gained possession on the rebound and started down the floor as a foul was called. The crowd covered the floor as the Bomber guard, Malone, made the score 37-39.

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,J . ——- — - Back row—Burton, capt., Worden, Gehring, Thurin. tram Lira Is An intramural program enables the less talented and ineligible students to participate in athletics. Under the able supervision of Fred Jones, a spirited intramural basketball league was conducted. Pat Thomas, Dick Carrabine, John Rowell, Glenn Burton, Bob Schaefer, and Steve Dulack captained six teams through a schedule which featured many scrappy games. The Avengers, Capt. Schaefer, John Cerimele, Giles Kinsella, Gene Walsh, Jess Howard, and Joe Duval, captured the intramural crown with an unde¬ feated season. This team was honored at the Annual Basketball Banquet and was awarded small gold basketballs. Burton’s Eagles were second place champs losing their only game to the Avengers. Below, standing—Mann, Hession, Zott, Spraley. Kneeling — Donahue, Carrabine, Heitz. Below, standing—Brio dy, Dulack, Pacholski Below, right to left— Flynn, Lamkin, Thomas, Gaynor, Ziehler. Kneeling—F a i n, Galli van, Polczynski, Polizzi. Front row—Tonner, Sellari.