St Mary High School - Marian Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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BASKETBALL SEASON ST. MARY'S CAGERS SET TWO SCHOOL RECORDS IN POSTING AN IMPRESSIVE 16-4 SEASON MARK. THEY WON TWELVE GAMES IN A ROW AND TOTALED 94 POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME TO BETTER PREVIOUS HIGHS OF NINE CONSECUTIVE WINS AND 73 POINTS FOR ONE CONTEST. St. Mary 42-Delphos St. John 46 November 24 Coach Ray Robbins and his Fighting Irish opened their 1950-1951 basketball sea- son by losing a heartbreaker to Delphos St. John. The Green and White lumped to a first quarter lead which they kept until the closing minutes. The Delphos crew then forged ahead and neatly caged out the Irish. St. Mary 57-Columbus Aquinas 55 December 1 Trailing 55-52 in the final minutes of play, the Irish stormed back to win 57-55. Gunder hit on his favorite push shot. Finnegan stole the ball and was fouled, he knot- ted the score. Gunder hit again to put the game on ice. Jerry Wensinger, playing one of his best games, held all-Ohioan John Masdea to four points. Gunder was high for the Irish with fourteen, but Bean from Aquinas took honors with seventeen. St. Mary 41 -Columbus Holy Rosary 31 December 5 The Irish warmed up in the last half to hand Holy Rosary a stunning upset, out- pointing them 41-31. It was the second win of the season over a Class A school. After leading by only four points at halftime, the Marion crew caught fire and forged ahead by 16 points. Coach Robbins then put in his second string to finish the contest. Gunder took scoring honors for the evening with 15. St. Mary 65-Radnor 40 December 9 In winning their third straight game of the season, the Irish were very impressive. Gunder scored before twenty-nine seconds had passed, and from then on it was all St. Mary's. Every man on the Green and White squad broke into the scoring column, Wensinger led with 17. St. Mary 57-Westerville 37 December 15 St. Mary got off to ci slow start, trailing 16-11 at the end of the first period but came on strong and won going away. Their fast break was well-geared in the second half as they marked up their fourth straight victory. Wensinger led the Irish with 15. St. Mary 60-Richwoocl 38 December 19 St. Mary's Fighting Irish took a first quarter lead, added on to it and were never passed in the remainder of the contest. It was the fifth straight victory of the year for the Irish, and they played faultless ball. Finnegan, Wensinger, and Gunder led the Green and White attack with 15, 14, and 12 points respectively, while Griffith was high for the evening with 19. St. Mary 58-Claridon 41 December 29 In the opening game of a two-day basketball carnival at the Coliseum, St. Mary decisioned Claridon 58-41, while Morral edged out Pleasant 40-34. The Irish had trouble in the opening half, but once on top they were there to stay. Gunder and Wensinger were high with 14 and 13. St. Mary 68-Morral 39 December 30 In the second game of the carnival, the Fighting Irish overpowered Morral 68-39 before an audience of 1900. St. Mary scored over 15 points in each quarter. Coach Robbins' second string turned in a smooth performance the last half. While Wensinger led the attack with 15 points, all ten Irishmen scored. St. Mary 63-Carey 38 January 5 Using a two platoon system St. Mary made it eight straight by bowling over Carey 63-38. Ten Irish players broke into the scoring column. The first five played the first and fourth quarters and the second string played the second and third quarters. Gunder was high with eleven, while Orians took top scoring honors with thirteen.

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St. Mary 0, Columbus St. Mary 13 A bad case of fumbles cost St. Mary a 13-0 setback to a lightly rated Columbus St. Mary team. Although this was a disappointing loss for the Irish, for the Ramblers it was the end of a win drought. It marked the first score for the visitors in five games this season. Seven fumbles, three of which were deep in Columbus territory, prevent- ed the local team from scoring. The New Bloomington 60-piece band performed at the half. St. Mary 40, Richwood 20 St. Mary's Fighting Irish combined a powerful running attack with well timed passes to pile up their largest score of the season at Richwood. They spoiled Richwood's homecoming with a 40-20 score. On the first Tiger running play, Ted Richards broke through and recovered a fumble for the first score. St. Mary gained 321 yards to Richwood's 167. St. Mary 7, Carey 28 A speedy, well-oiled Carey football machine clipped iniury-ridden St. Mary before 1,200 Parents' Night fans 28-7. Despite the lop--sided score the game was a good one to watch. Carey's experienced back field, with halfbacks, Yingling and Hall, leading the way, put on a ground-gaining show. The Blue Devils through rushing picked up 296 yards of their 325 total. St. Mary put up a good fight until they were snowed under in the third quarter. At halftime, parents of the Fighting Irish were introduced and honored as part of Parents' Night ceremonies. St. Mary 7, Mansfield Madison 33 St. Mary finished the season with a 4-4 record by falling 33-7 before the power- ful, Class-A Mansfield Madison. Led by big Ed Chelski, Mansfield fullback who accounted for 277 of his team's 375 yards, the home team ran up a 20-0 half time lead. The only Irish score came late in the ball game when they took the ball on their thirty and marched 70 yards. Kilbury's placement was good.

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