St Marys High School - Salute Yearbook (New Baltimore, MI)

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St. Mary encountered some of the leading state quintets, among which were Alma and Michigan State Normal College. yet they gave them a good game never giving up hope as they bowed 66-57 and 62-55 respectively. The prowess of the lfagles was shown against Lawrence Tech., Detroit Tech and Highland Park junior College. The boys played smooth games and the result of which can be well noted in the scores. St. Mary's College as in the past. has been confronted with shortage of height on their quintets. Yet. the forward combination of hlohnny Rakoczy and Stanley Krzysiak overcame this defect. johnny Rocky Rakoczy ac- counted for 182 points. while Stan Sacks Krzysiak scored 157 as the lfagles outscored their opponents 5-12-491. Coach Neumann will have his entire squad returning, a11d this group will consist of: johnny Rakoczy. Stanley lirzysiak, Peter Holewinski. XYalter Ziemba, Frank Hunger. Michael Danko, -loseph Hallas, Stanley Orlikiewicz. 'loseph Boruszewski, .lohn Halka, Leonard liotowski and .lohn Hrydziuszko. VVith these to choose from. we can be certain. therefore, that Coach Neu- mann shall be able to produce a team that will be able to hold the escutcheon of St. Maryis against any opponent. To Coach Neumann. a deep appreciation from the collegiates for his un- tiring efforts in producing a winning team. Season's scores: St. Marys College ........ 57 Michigan State Normal ........ ...... 66 ..... 37 Port Huron junior College ..... 38 50 Lawrence Tech 25 52 Highland Park Junior College 26 27 Assumption College -l-1 45 Port Huron junior College -12 57 Detroit Tech 35 26 Michigan State Normal ,,.... ..... . -ll ' ...,. 43 Detroit Tech ..................,.... ...... 2 -l ' ..,.. 40 Lawrence Tech ...i....,.................. ...... -l 2 53 Highland Park junior College -l-6

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second half of a game against St. Benedict to overcome a 21-10 halftime deficit, In go on and win 34-30. They just missed handing St. Gregory, runner up in the division a defeat, when they lost 22-20. They ended their season in third place. Captain iXdam Marzec sco1'ed 128 points during the Catholic League season to gain recognition of being chosen forward on the Detroit News' All- City First Division quintet and gaining second laurels on Detroit's Sports lfinal team. A non league contest with our annual rival, Roosevelt High School of lieego Harbor, proved to be a real thriller. This game was against the first Class Cu opponent. This classic proved to be an exciting 21-19 overtime victory for St. Mary. 6 1514 tl-ict Tvarnament XYith Captain Adam Kloco llarzec and Sparky Zaborowski gathering 11 and 8 points respectively. St. Mary added salt to the yet fresh wounds of the Keego Harbor Quintet as she eliminated the Presidents from a crack at the State Championship by the tune of 21-20, at Farmington I-ligh School's gym. on March 7. liig Beaver then received a 37-13 tlrubbing in the semi-final of the District Tournament on March S. The boys received their first trophy of the year and the fifth District Championship in six years as they downed Clarenceville in the District final 44-24. Regional Yoarnament Friday, March 15. saw the St. Mary's liaglets disposing of St. james, the Catholic school favorite in the regionals. The Ferndale quintet was held scoreless for the first 14 minutes of the game. and thus St. Mary scored this masterpiece while defeating St. blames 37-18. liusch High School of Centerline. the total favorite to take the regional title. felt another l71'1.1lS1llQ' defeat as they received a 27-20 spanking f1'om our lads. The people were really su1'prised, for the performance of Centerline in the previous evenings, established them as the team to beat. Our rejuvinated lads were then rewarded with their second basketball championship. ual-ter ina! History repeated herself! Back in 1941. St. Marys High School went as far as the Quarterfinal in the State Tournament only to be eliminated by the Flint School for the Deaf 32-31. and now the rangy Saginaw quintet. St. Peter and Paul, administered another heartbreaking 37-35 quartefinal defeat. The game was a basket for basket struggle, but the Saginaw lads got the best of the lfaglets and went on to win the game. lt was one of those nights where foul shots would have clinched the game. St. Mary scored 15 long shots in comparison to St. l'ete's 14, but missed 9 of those indispensable free throws. Thus, those unpredictable Eaglets of 1946 hung up their uniforms bearing in mind a season ot 12 victories and 5 deteatsg a season that produced 2 championships. District and Regional. Against Class competition, they won 6 and lost only one, the most important of all. Q 0 , M. 56' an 2, Ii I '