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

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St. Mary 53-Mt. Gilead 31 St. Mary coasted to their fourteenth win of the season with a 53-31 win over a hapless Mt. Gilead team. At no time were the Fighting Irish pressed. Gunder led with 14. February 14 St. Mary 56- Newark St. Francis 55 Gene Patton, an Irish substitute, proved his worth in this contest as he stepped to the foul line in the final seven seconds of play and sank his only oint of the February I6 p even- ing. St. Marys game was part of a double-header with Harding, the first to take place in Marion history. Both teams were victorious. St. Mary 94-Columbus Holy Family 43 February 23 St. Mary was looking ahead to tournament play at Westerville in winning their final game of the 1950-51 season over an outmanned Holy Family team. The record of 91 points established against Mt. Gilead this year was broken as the Irish scored over 20 points each quarter. Pace-setter for the Irish was Patton with 21. TOURNAMENT GAMES St. Mary 52-Millersport 50 Trailing 29-27 at halftime, the Fighting Irish came back to drop a fighting Millers- 1 por team. The Irish had an eight point lead with two minutes to play when five foot Jan Ditwiler hit for three baskets. Gunder led with 16. St. Mary 58-Columbus St. Mary 44 St. Mary marked up their second straight victory in as many nights with a 58- 44 win over a stubborn Columbus Team. The first and fourth periods showed a power- ful attack as Finnegan led the Irish with 16. CHEERLEADERS Marilyn and Martha McGinnis, Annette Gorton, Linda Gilmore, Connie Finnegan, Angela Krigbaum

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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

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St. Mary 58-Caledonia 46 Caledonia Cinderella team went down before the onslaught of a fast breaking St. Mary team 58-46 in the semi-finals. Wensinger and Kilbury paced a well balanced Irish attack with l7 and I5 respectively. St. Mary 57-Ashley 65 Once more St. Mary reached the final game of the district tournament only to fall before Ashley's fourth quarter spurt 65-57. St. Mary led 20-14 at the first quarter but fell behind 35432 at the half. The Irish led 49-48 at the third quarter but loss of Jerry Wensinger, Dave Krigbaum, and Jim Finnegan weakened the offense and Ashley pulled ahead to win. BASKETBALL HONORS DICK GUNDER -- H.M. OHIO I.N.S. JERRY WENSINGER - FIRST STRING ALL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TEAM i