St Marys High School - Bell Yearbook (Sandusky, OH)

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Varsity commences successful season with victories against Huron, Margaretta St. Mary's lightning speed enabled them to overcome a highly regarded Huron Tiger five, 75-62, in the sea- son opener. Huron's backboard strength was a major factor in the first half, but with a hustling defense the Panthers connected for 44 per cent of their shots and attained victory. Junior guard Dick Wiesler paced the squad with 25 points, followed by Denny Faber With 18. Wally Am- burn continually hounded the Tigers into making many errors. The Panthers fought the Margar- etta Polar Bears to a close 54-52 Win in a non-conference encounter. Jim Metzo paced the hard-courters with 18 points, also scoring the Win- ning points as the two rivals, fought for the win. The hardcourtmen out-rebounded the Polars 33-23, and connected on over 50 per cent of their shots from the charity stripe, while Margaretta hit only eight buckets at the foul line. Out of 36 Panther-Polar encoun- ters, St. Mary's has now been the victors in 25. .V, Wally Ainburn, in the clear, lines up for another two points as Dick Wiesler rnooes up to guard a Margaretta opponent. ii .v- 59 fg 's, 52 at M T A Jim M etzo leads the pack 4 4 clown the court during iii the Panthers' opening game .surprise win over the Huron Tigers, 75-62, if :fa X f l.i,v if ' Fi il iw' V Z W ri A 1 -4 .,- . , -ea .iw W fl Q P a

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The members of the undefeated 1965-66 Panther Thompson, Dave Manner, manager, Coach Ray basketball squad include, ROW ONE: Gary Schae- Miller, Frank Dominick, manager, Jim Metzo, co- fer, Wally Amburn, Denny Faber, Rich Carroll, Dan captain, and Dick Brady. Gene and Ron Weyer were Brady, Dick Wiesler, Ed Higgins, and Pete Hoff- missing when this picture Was taken. man. ROW TWO: Ned Zuber, co-captain, Fred Panthers pocket perfect season, 18-O First-year Coach Ray Miller, who came to St. Mary's from Van Buren High School, piloted a sparkling Pan- ther quintet to a perfect 18-0 record for the 1965-66 season. Miller's Killers also captured an undisputed Sandusky Bay Conference Champi- onship, and fifth place in the State of Ohio, according to the Associated Press. The only other undefeated season at SMH Was enjoyed by the 1949-50 squad, coached by Mr. Lee Zierolf. Senior basketball co-captains for the 1965-66' season were Jim Metzo and Ned Zuber.

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I Jim Metzo blocks a two-point Mohawk attempt. Jim .set a new St. Mary's individual scoring record of 42 points daring the St. Wendlin-Panther clash. Fred Thompson jumps high in an attempt to make it 68 for the Panthers against Per- kins. Page 98 Wally Ambnrn hnstles in for a basket' during the second Perkins game. f