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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J KI u y D. Kngbaum J. Wensinger D. Gunder J Finnegan DISTRICT RUNNERS-UP St. Mary 49-Columbus St. Mary 28 January 9 St. Mary's Fighting Irish racked up their ninth successive win by downing the Ramblers from Columbus. The victory tied the old school record for consecutive bas- ketball wins set in 1941, 1945, and 1948. Two minutes after the opening whistle, the Irish took the lead and were never headed. Gunder paced the Green and White with 17. St. Mary 91 -Mt. Gilead 43 January 12 What a game this was! School officials marked in the books that two former records were shattered. Nine straight wins and 73 points in one game gave way to the new record of ten wins in a row and 91 points totaled. Every St. Mary player, both first and second stringers, found the hoop. Wensinger led the scoring honors with 20. St. Mary 63-Columbus St. Mary 38 January 15 After a slow first half the Irish racked up their eleventh straight victory with a second half spurt. Jim Finnegan hit for eleven in the third period to give the Irish a comfortable margin. Finnegan led scorers with 14. St. Mary 72-Radnor 40 January 20 After being held to an tet, St. Mary came back to Ace forwards Jim Finnegan 11-11 count in the first period by a stubborn Radnor notch a 72-40 verdict to make it 12 straight for the and Jim Kilbury were out with iniuries and thus Jim quin- year. Dunn and Gene Patton drew their first starting assignments. Gunder was high with 24, while Wensinger followed with 19. St. Mary 42-Ada 44 January 26 St. Mary's twelve game winning streak finally came to an end as Ada edged out a 44-42 win. Ada's fast break, coupled with poor foul shooting by St. Mary's, gave the winners their tenth win in twelve contests. Kilbury led with eleven. St. Mary 44-Lancaster St. Mary 56 February 2 The Irish third loss of the season came at the hands of well-drilled Lancaster St. Mary. The hosts built up a first quarter lead which they never relinquished. Gunder led the Irish with 15. St. Mary 47-Whetstone 54 February 5 The Fighting Irish were upset by a diminutive Whetstone crew, 54-47 on the Ioser's court. The Irish, fighting back throughout the contest, were unable to down this little team. St. Mary gained the lead at the half 27-21. The Irish outscored Whet- stone in the third quarter but were unable to sustain a 21-9 fourth quarter rally by Whetstone. Finnegan led the scoring with 14. St. Mary 85-Carey 70 Unlucky thirteen finally consistently for 20 or more 29 points to lead the Irish with 25 and 23 respectively. February 9 came, and it came in a bang. Coach Robbins' charges hit points each quarter. Gunder's deadly shooting arm netted attacks. Wensinger and Finnegan aided the scoring spree