St Marys High School - Immaculata Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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.Shooting .Stcuw The Blue and Gold cagers had the most successful season ever exper- ienced by a Blazer quintet in the history of St. lVlary's. With this accomplish- ment in mind we feel we should introduce to you the boys responsible for this fine record. First of all we have Captain Gene Wiegand who is one of the four gradu- ating seniors ancl also one of the four skyscrapers. Gene played the pivot spot for the greater part of the season and was a constant menace to the opposition with his freak shots and excellent rebound work. He was the second high scorer on the team. And now we would like you to meet the tallest of the skycrapers and also a senior, Ed Timm. Ed always turned in a good game and was our best re- bound man. He chalked up ZI points in one tilt which was the high game of the season. Dropping clown about a foot we introduce Dean Sassaman, our diminu- tive senior forward. Although he suffered injuries and illness for a greater part of the season, he proved that his absence next year will be greatly felt and dif- ficult to replace. And now we introduce Bob Mallon, the remaining senior, a two-year varsity man, and an important gear in the Blazer machine. His scrap and stamina will be missed next year. The two remaining members of the four skyscrapers are in the junior Class, Jack Kelly and Joe Dolezal. Jack was known as our best defensive man while Joe fzekel with his accurate left hand was high scorer for the team. Keeping these two in mind and add such players as Clarence Wetzel, joe Kniola, Bill Sweclenberg, and john Lewalski we know there can be nothing but a bright future for the Blue and Gold cagers of '4l - 42. 44

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Olaf.: het lrallll .Sealson Eight victories against ten defeats was the record of the Blazer basketeers at the end of the '40-'4l season. The Elymen opened with a bang by win- ning three consecutive games from South Bend Catholic, 27-23g Portage, 42- 28g and Catholic Central South Bend, 27-22. Griffith's Panthers broke the winning streak, 30-28. Traveling to Chesterton, the Blazers lost their second game of the campaign, 39-22. Reaching the season's peak, the Elymen won three more consecutive games against Laporte County's sectional champs, Rolling Prairie, 39-36g Porter County's conference champs, Liberty -Center. 29-264 and Catholic Central South Bend, 48-36. At Hammond the Marymen lost a heartbreaker to Catholic Central's warriors, 35-33. Union Mills dealt the Blazers one of their worst defeats, 44-l9. Lacking height Benton Harbor fell apart before an Elymen second half onslaught, 60-39. Slipping rapidly, the Marymen lost four games in a row to LaCrosse, 30-25g Chesterton, 34-3l 3 Michigan City, 60-30g and Hammond, 35-29. Playing their last game of the regular season, the Elymen triumphed over South Bend Catholic's Lions, 36-32. Meeting Hammond Catholic for the third time during the season at the Catho- lic state tournament, the Blazers lost a tough one 25-23. In the final game the Blazers, after leading for three quarters, lost to Dyer, 33-28. The Elymen scored a total of 576 pointsg their opponents scored 607 points. joe Dolezal scored the highest total number of points for the second time. Joe netted l67 points. Ed Timm scored the greatest number of points in a single game. Ed dropped in ZI points against South Bend Central Catholic in the second meet- ing. The Blazer-Red Devil game drew the largest crowd. Arr estimated total of 3,000 fans attended the tussle. 46