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

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%3as£e{frafl—conti mud S.M.A. Opp. North Bennington 35 39 Keveny 31 59 St. John’s, Rensselaer 41 49 St. Joseph’s, Albany 43 41 St. John’s, Albany 37 48 Heatly, Green Island 36 49 St. Ann’s, Albany 77 73 Waterford 47 68 Waterford 46 53 North Bennington 39 70 St. John’s, Rensselaer 50 63 St. John’s, Albany 42 68 St. Ann’s, Albany 22 49 Heatly, Green Island 47 64 St. Patrick’s,Catskill 61 57 St. Joseph’s, Albany 44 51 Keveny, Cohoes 47 56 St. Patrick’s Catskill 56 45 S. =4. Sautatt Baseball at St. Mary’s has always been a thrilling and exciting sport. Last year it was even more so because of the newly formed Catho- lic B league in which we were represented. The 1951 team was composed of “Butch” Ya- vaniski, ace moundsman; Jake Morin, star third baseman; Bob Closson, Dave Closson, Tom Moore, Lenny Liporace, Dick Fleming, John Moore, Roger White, Bob Grobuski, Neil O’Keefe, Jim Millett, Tom Bass, Bill Griffin, Don LeBarron, Walt Web- ster and Bob Hayden. The season ended with St. Mary’s winning eight and losing six. This year St. Mary’s suffered the loss of Ya- vaniski, Morin, Liporace, J. Moore, White, O’Keefe. LeBarron, Webster, and Hayden. There are a great number of young players anxious to fill the vacancies, and Coach “Flash” McGuire is sure that they will have a successful season. The possible lineup for this year is as follows' Tom Moore, Bob Grobuski, Bill Griffin, Walt Shaw and Jim Millett, and also aided by some underclassmen. BERNARD DAVOCK ROBERT GROBUSKI THOMAS MOORE

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DAVID CLOSSON c U3uili£tfTuff 1Q51- '52 The beginning of the 1951-52 basketball sea- son of S. M. A., brought together an almost entire- ly new team with the exception of three veterans of last year’s squad, Bob Closson, Tom Moore, this year’s captain, and Bill Griffin. Brought up from last year’s J. V.’s, to fill the vacancies were Dave Closson, Bob Grobuski, Bernard Davock. Bill Hay- den, Dick Fleming, and Dave Begin. St. Mary’s opened the season playing host to North Bennington and were defeated in a very close and exciting game by the score of 39 to 35. St. Mary’s led in the first period 12 to 10, they fell behind at the half by four points, 23 to 19. The “Purple Eagles” won their first game at the hands of St. Joseph’s of Albany, who were the winners of the Catholic B League last year. This closely played game was never any more than 5 points apart. The score at half time was 21 to 19 in favor of St. Joe’s but in the third quarter St. Mary’s gathered 17 points to the opponents’ 10 and went ahead, never to relinquish this lead. They won the game by the slim margin of 43 to 41. After a few losses, St. Mary’s won their second game of the season, taking on St. Ann’s of Albany at the latter’s court. It was an exciting game from start to finish, the final score being 77 to 73. This year’s varsity wore new uniforms of gold with purple lettering. For this and all the time put in for the team, the varsity wishes to thank especially Father Lynch, the Director of Athle- tics; Coach King for his efforts and the manager of the team, John Deegan.

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After many years of excellent coaching by “Tony Brandi, “Don” Smith took over the task of coaching the St. Mary’s Junior Varsity. He initiated his coaching career by coming up with one of the best records in J. V. history. The team finished their schedule with the total of thir- teen victories and five losses. The J. V’s opened the season this year with ten veterans of last year’s squad. Only three of these players are seniors. They are: R. Marsh, Walt Shaw and John Pokines—this year’s high scorer of the team. The future of basketball at St. Mary’s seems to be well provided for in the coming years owing to the fact that there are only these three out of eighteen members that will be leaving. One of the most impressive wins of the Jay Vees was when they took St. John’s of Albany on the Albanians’ court. In the first half of the game St. Mary’s came out ahead by the score of 26 to 13. The second half showed the spirit of St. John’s, as they came back to tie the score at the end of the game by 43 to 43. In the overtime St. Mary’s outscored their opponents, three points to one, and won the game 46 to 44. The leading scorer of this game was again John Pokines with twenty points and “Mick” Bromirski with thirteen points. The members of the Junior Varsity would like to express their thanks to Father Lynch, the Director of Athletics, to Coach Donald Smith, also to the manager, Jim Millett. S. M. A. Opp. S. M. A. Opp. North Bennington 36 28 North Bennington 31 26 Keveny 24 22 St. John’s, Renn. 38 61 St. John’s, Renn. St. Joseph’s, Albany 29 33 St. John’s, Albany 46 44 32 33 St. Ann’s, Albany 28 25 St. John’s, Albany Heatly, Green Island 44 37 Heatly, Green Island 27 19 47 33 St. Patrick’s, Catskill 31 27 St. Ann’s, Albany Waterford 42 38 St. Joseph’s, Albany 46 29 35 26 Keveny, Cohoes 42 47 Waterford 27 26 St. Patrick’s, Catskill 33 35