St Patrick High School - Celtic Cross Yearbook (Elizabeth, NJ)

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280 accurate set shootung of lake Hynes and Ray Bopf and the clever floor play of Tony lacovuno and Tom Kelly we gradually narrowed the gap In the last mnnute of play we went ahead only to have leff again take the lead with less than ten seconds to play Wrth lnghtnnng luke precuslon the ball whipped down the court When on shot at the basket failed Walt Kelly retrieved the ball and threw has never to be forgotten hook shot whlch swnshed cleanly through the net as the whnstle blew endnng the game THE FINAL SCORE READ ST PATRICK -40 IEFFERSON 39 UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT St Patricks team made basketball history thus year From the Unuon County Tournament we emerged champaons and thus became the flrst parochial team ever to wan the tltle We were also the lnltlal team from Elnzabeth to survive thus tourney since ut tarted enght years ago ln the furst round we came across a lnttle better than mediocre team Next an lnne for us was Sacred Heart They troubled us a lnttle at the start but thanks to the accurate shootung of Ray Bopf wo went ahead and stayed there untul the game ended In the sem: funals whnch as the farthest any Celt team had ever come we were matched wnth a very strong Regional team lnsplred wnth the thought of wnnnnng and anded by Walt Kelly who tallied twenty points we overwhelmed them and galned the finals Here we encountered a fast h gh scorung quintet from Roselle Park Our hopes were set hugh and with the champuonshlp nn view we battled hard and came out the ultumate victors After the tournament the team received a trophy and unduvldual awards On the basis of our wlnnnng this tournament we recelved an unvntatlon to a banquet to be held nn our honor by the Knights of Columbus The dlnner was held on Aorul 27 and the members of the team were presented wnth lnduvndual awards 'A' from Roselle, They proved no match for us and we defeated them 4225.

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