St Marys Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hoosick Falls, NY)

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Individual Records Name FG FB Total R. Yavaniski 102 59 263 R. Morin 76 42 194 J. Millett 47 30 124 R. Closson 47 24 118 R. White 23 9 65 T. Moore 23 11 57 L. Liporace 16 8 40 W. Dougherty 13 7 34 W. Griffin 7 3 17 W. Shaw 4 1 9 Totals 356 191 921 With the impressive record of 7 wins and 3 losses in the Catholic B League, St. Mary’s finished in a tie for second place. In outside the league competition the Purple Eagles had 4 wins and 4 losses for a sea- sonal total of 11 victories against 7 defeats. St. Mary’s most impressive victories were over North Bennington and league leading St. Joseph’s of Albany. With “Butch” Yavaniski scoring 19 points and Jim Millett 13, St. Mary’s defeated the Vermonters by the score of 51 to 48 in a thrilling game that was never more than 4 points apart. Atter having been beaten earlier in the season by the Albanians on their home court the Purple Eagles turned the game into an upset on the High School court by defeating St. Joe’s in an over time game by the score of 52 to 49. With 5 seconds of playing time remaining and trailing by 3 points, Bob Morin was fouled. Bob made his first foul shot clos- ing the gap to 2 points and on the second shot “Butch” Yavaniski taped in the rebound to tie the game at 48 all at the end of regular playing time. In the over- time period of 3 minutes Bob Morin and Billy Griffin both scored 2 foul baskets to St. Joe’s one for a St. Mary’s victory. Bob Morin and “Butch” Yavaniski were high scorers with 19 and 18 points respectively. LEONARD LIPORACE WALTER SHAW

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 COACH JAMES KING WILLARD DOUGHERTY WILLIAM GRIFFIN ( l anitij 195O- 51 The Purple Eagles this year consisted of only four veterans of last year’s squad. Lenny Liporace. Jim Millett, “Butch” Yavaniski, and Bob Morin were the hold-overs. With the help of some very well coached Junior Varsity players such as: Bob Closson, Will Dougherty, Walt Shaw, Roger White, and Tom Moore the Eagles went on to one of their most successful seasons. This year St. Mary’s entered the newly formed Catholic B League for the smaller Catholic schools of our district. The league consisted of St. Joseph’s of Albany, St. Ann’s of Albany, St. John’s of Albany, Keveny of Cohoes, St. Patrick’s of Catskili, and St. Mary’s of Hoosick Falls. In the league St. Joseph’s took top honors while St. Mary’s and St. John’s fin- ished in a tie for runner up honors. St. Mary’s next year will produce almost an en- tirely new team as five of the Varsity players, Lenny Liporace, Bob Morin, “Butch” Ywavaniski, Will Dougherty and Roger White are graduates. “Butch” Yavaniski made a new record at St. Mary’s with the feat of scoring the most points in a single game, (33 against St. Ann’s) and the most points for an individual for a single season, (263). By four men scoring over 100 points in 18 games a record of most points scored in a single season by any previous team was surpassed. St. Mary’s offensive record was 51.2 points per game to the opponents’ 46. We, the Varsity Players, give thanks to Father Lynch for his time and interest, to our coach, Jim King, for the much needed time and hard work he gave and to the two managers, Ed O’Malley and Jack Deegan who did a fine job of helping the team to be a success.

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ROGER WHITE “BUTCH” YAVANISKI S. M. A. 51 North Bennington Opponents 48 40 Wilmington 49 42 St. John’s (Albany) 36 44 St. Patrick’s, Catskill 32 44 St. Joseph’s (Albany) 66 64 Heatly, Green Island 60 70 St. Ann’s (Albany) 33 35 Waterford 41 30 Keveny, Cohoes 37 59 North Bennington 70 51 Heatly, Green Island 37 42 St. John’s (Albany) 49 42 Waterford 61 52 St. Joseph’s (Albany) 49 60 Wilmington 52 77 St. Ann’s (Albany) 46 50 Keveny, Cohoes 46 56 St. Patrick’s, Catskill 43 921 Totals 825