St Mary High School - Astrolabe Yearbook (Jackson, MI)

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Basketball Games . . . Cont'd Lansing St. Mary 30, St. Mary 24 The Big Blues of Lansing avenged an earlier defeat by knocking over the visiting Celts. With three minutes remaining in the game the score was tied, but Lansing met the challenge. Sherwood collected l5 markers. St. Thomas 30, St. Mary 28 The Ann Arbor Irish took the Catholic League title in this game but only after an exciting 30 28 win over a never say die Celt squad lt was close all the way but St Mary s fell out in the last two minutes Sherwood was high with l2 points This ended the regular season STATE TOURNAMENTS District Uacksonl St Mary 40 St John 39 ln the most thrilling game of the season 7 5 ask Bob Walz Jack Sherwood who broke a league scoring record during the current bas ketball campaign with 220 points in l2 games and amassed a total of 325 points during the entire season was placed at center on the All Catholic League team Bob Moose Walz the Celts flashy guard who bolstered the team after the loss of Chuck McDermott received honorable mention St. Mary's finally stopped St, John's after three consecutive defeats. A third quarter rally and Moose Walz' tie-breaking free throw in the last 28 seconds of play were the deciding factors. Sherwood paced the Celts with I6 points. St. Mary 49, Vandercook Lake 35 St. Mary's took its third district title in as many years with a 49-35 drubbing of Van- dercook Lake. The Celts led all the way and completely outplayed the Lakers. Sherwood with l4 markers and Morrissey with l2 spark ed the Celts Regional lYpsilantil Milan 49 St Mary 35 The Celts ended their bid for State honors and closed their basketball season losing to the Class C Champions Milan St Mary s put up a stubborn fight but the Big Reds were always in control Sherwood with l6 points and Walz with 9 furnished the bulk of the Celts scoring RESERVES Coach Ed Cimock is building for the future His reserve basketball squad which though not too successful this year shows plenty of promise These cagers included Terry Crowley Ozzie Holda Harry Layher Jim Murray Tom Walz Bernie Solon Jim Gaebelein Gordon Hoskyns Tom Mohr Jim Carroll and Corky Morris The bulk of these players are freshmen and the rest are sophomores ln the years to come St Mary s will see some excellent basketball These boys along with Pat Cun ningham Frank Samels and Frank Layher who are freshmen and Jim Morrissey a sophomore who played with the varsity will prcvide fine material Dec Dec Dec an an an an an an e e e 9 e e Mar Mar Mar Basketball Schedule Leslie St John Jackson Detroit Cath Central Lansing Resurrection Augustine Kala John Thomas Ann Arbor Mary Lansing Philip BC Philip BC John Lansing Resurrection St Augustine St Mary Lansing St Thomas St John Jackson Vandercook Lake Milan 35 39 34 44 22 29 51 43 20 36 27 47 35 49 35 27 35 39 37 35 34 47 46 29 31 4l 24 30 28 30 40 39 49 35 35 49 'W . I . 1 I 1 A , f 1 - 9 . l7 - - ,.,,,,,,,,,, - - . 29- . , .... - sfo . J 30- J J - - zfggkggg , Dec. 3l - Detroit St. Theresa ---40-30 2' H : A , J . 7 - ' - - - J . 9-sr. ' , . -, - 5 J . I4-St, ........,,. - : J . 20-St. , - y , U 29' J . 28 - St. , ' .... - I y H 4- J .30-St. , . .,---,- - F b. 4-St. , , , ..... - - I ,A I F b, ll -sf, ,.,.,,,,,., - , I F b, 13- ' ' - - - F b. 18- . ' ....... - - F b, 20- . I ' ,--- - ,, ,, G F b. 25- . ......... - I X - . 41 t I ---- - ' . 6- ,,-- - . . v ' , 10- - -,---,------ - 66

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Qasketball games Leslue 39 St Mary 35 ln the season opener the Celts dropped a close decusuon rc Leslue s Blackhawks largely on the lack of experuence Wuth only two veterans un the luneup St Marys put on a thurd quarter splurge that fell just short .lack Sherwood led wuth 22 pounts Catholuc lnvutatuonal Tournament St John 44 St Mary 34 Agaun experuence proved necessary when St Marys was badly defeated by theur old ruvals after fuve straught vuctorues The Celts were behund all the way and only an l8 pount fourth peruod saved them from a worse defeat Sherwood wuth lO pounts and McDermott wuth 8 paced the vanquushed Celts Detrout Catholuc Central 29 St Mary 22 In a tournament consolatuon game the Catholuc Central Shamrocks dumped the Celts 29 22 Even a last half rally couldn t save them from defeat Sherwood was hugh wuth lO St Mary 40 Detront St Theresa 30 ln another consolatuon game the Celts gauned theur unutual vuctory of the campaugn beatung a poor St Theresa squad un a very slow contest Sherwood garnered I7 markers League Games St Mary 51 Lansung Resurrection 43 The Celts opened the defense of theur Catholuc League crown by defeatung a good Resurrectuon team led by the record breakung scorung of bug Jack Sherwood who tallued 34 pounts The Shamrocks gave them a battle but Jack was just too much for them St Augustine 36 St Mary 20 St Mary s absorbed a humuluatung defeat at the hands of the Kalamazoo lrush Jack Sherwood was held to l l pounts St Jbhn 47 St Mary 27 Agaun the Gaels proved that the Celts had no uunx on them by admunusterung theur worst defeat St Marys was never a threat and St Johns completely outplayed them Sherwood managed to get I3 pounts St Thomas 49 St Mary 34 A powerful Ann Arbor quuntet blasted the Celts despute a thurd peruod rally that helped to make the score respectable Jack Sherwood topped the losers wuth l6 markers St Mary 35 Lansung St Mary 27 A tough Lansung club took the floor wuth udeas of trouncung the Celts but were dusappounted as St Mary s came up wuth theur second league wun Sherwood contunued hus hugh scorung wuth l8 pounts St Phullp 39 St Mary 35 After leadung throughout the furst three quarters the Celts fell behund un the last peruod and lost a close decusuon Sherwood netted l7 markers for the Celts St Mary 37 St Phlllp 35 Charley McDermott s long shot un the last 40 seconds of play avenged an earluer defeat by the Tugers of Battle Creek But Jack Sher wood was really the dufference as he tallued 24 pounts to lead the Celts to vuctory St John 47 St Mary 34 ln theur thurd encounter of the season the Gaels dunked the Celts agaun thus tume putting them atop the league St Mary s was behund all the way Sherwood agaun led wuth I4 counters St Mary 46 Lansung Resurrectuon 29 The Celts dumped the Shamrocks un an umpressuve 46 29 vuctory featured by a 28 pount spree un the thurd and fourth quarters Sherwoods 25 pounts topped the scorers St Augustune 41 St Mary 31 ln theur second meetung of the season the Celts bowed agaun to a slack passungKala mazoo outfut even though bug Jack Sherwood tallued 21 pounts D I I ' I , I . .. ., - - I . , . ,. . , . A. . , . , . ' . . , . . ' on . , . I . . . ' 1 I pounts. ' ' ' , . . . , . I . . . , . . , Q I I - ' ' ' a n ' I T I 1 I u I . , , . . . , . . , .

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Charhe on the mound Batter up CZSQ CZ Front row C Brown J Roble J Gaebeleln M Klrwnn D Cassldy J Carroll J Rumler B Murray G Vogt Second Row J Sherwood T ONeul B Walz P Cunnnngham T Crowley F Samels J Mor nsseyG Eder C McDermott Back row Coach E Cnmock J Navarre W Voss J Trepky J Olnver B Stachowncz B Kap llnskl B Ward H Louus B Shearer T McDevitt E Holda Ath Director F Madden The Celt baseballers of l948 opened the season against Vandercook Lake and shut them out 5 O behlnd Tum O Nell s one hut pltchlng They should go on from here and wln many games Ace fastballer Chuck McDermott and southpaw Tum O Nell are the hurlers, bug Jack Sherwood the slugglng catcher smooth fleldlng Pat Cun nlngham at flrst veteran George Eder at the second sack eagle eye Jim Morrissey at shortstop all around player Moose Walz at thlrd base and fresh men Frank Samels and Terry Crowley In the outfleld When McDermott IS pntchung O Nell wull be the other gardener and vlce versa ll 67