St Pauls High School - Paulette Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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EAGLES JUMPED HIGH, TO V-I-C-T-O-R-Y St Paul s again stepp d up into the winning circle by trouncing the Pinecrest Pilots 58 30 rl he starting five sat out most of the game to give the re rves a chance to show themselves lead the second team assault against the win less Pilots Once agai the Spongers from Tarpon Springs proved troublesome for the Eagles by knocking them off with a two point advantage 58 56 Leading scorers for the Eagles were lVlcCune and I-Ialboth with I8 and 16 points respectively Brewster Tech with their n W semester eli gible players came up the xictors in this second encounter at the Tampans gym with an im pressne score of 5l to 38 OL PH proxed to be an easy victory for the Eagles in this non conference tilt due main ly to the fine rebounding of Don Luger and sharpshooting of Jim McCune The reserve strength was used in full force and helped to build up the total to 63 to 39 The following game with Brandon proxided the most exciting of the year With only five seconds left in the game Otto Halboth poured through two fre throws to put the Eagles ahead by one point and thats the way t ended 49 48 WONDER WHO WILL GET THE BALL? For the last seasonal game of the year the Eagles took on their upstate Catholic rn als and came out on top with a three point advantage with team xx ork and good shooting paying on in the final minutes of the game Final score showed St Paul D6 St Leo 53 The Blue Eagles next went to the District Tournament held in Tampa and reached the semi finals by defeating Farragut once more 40 to 70 On the following night the St Pauls team ended the year by losing a close fought gam to the NVimauma Wildcats 141 1 4' ! 1 21?-:-F:?Q ft: T 1 C I L1 3 I ,SQ X r s ve ' which they did. Quick thinking Rod Eerreria ln 5 . ' Y Y . J . . 5 A 1 8 -- . V G Y. . . I I Y r 1 ' 1 ' ' . Y l x r ' ' ' ' A . . V. . . V 6 h . . . '

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St. Paul's continued on their winning ways by taking advantage of O.L.P.H.'s Bears. The Bears didn't have enough height to cope with the Eagles and the men of Blue came out on top of a 64-51 score. Once again our cross city rival Admiral Farragut came to the Eagles nest and once more went home defeated. The Eagles set a new city record in scoring as they passed the century mark. Everyone on the starting live scored over twenty points in this contest. Final score showed the Eagles on top of a lopsided 107-52 count. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND HOPE' 140 IN RESPONSE TO OUR CRY, THE Brandon was the next victim of the Eagle quintette. Brandon Cgave a valiant tryj put up a valiant effort to stop the high-flying Eagles as the lead changed hands more than ten times. But once again the Eagles came out on top. Final score 58-56. St. Pete was up for the second time but this time the men in Blue and White did not prove such easy opponents. The hard fighting St. Paul five put up a fine effort before succumbing to the Devil's 60-49. St. Paul's entertained Brewster Tech next, and once more took up their winning ways. McCune and Halboth kept up their attack on the hoop by leading the Eagle five over the Rams 57 42 The second game with Largo proved as disas trous as the Hrst The Largo sharpshooters were Just too much for the Blue Eagles to handle The Packers precision fast breaking quintette rolled up 80 points as compared to the Eagles 58 On the second encounter with the Blue Jackets from Admiral Farragut St Pauls did not reach th 100 mark but had no competi tion in defeating the Sailors 83 49 due mainly to the 43 15 score the Eagles built up before half time The Wildcats from Wimauma invaded the St Paul s gym and proceeded to claw their way to a 69 44 victory Once again the Cats height proved too much for the Blue and White xxA Y is IK O 1 y . , . i D - I.. ' ' K v '15- ..g fl' -. - . '.- f X ' .. , ::3?E?S5 f- 'X V .. 5' ffu'-1 I--Q' K H P.. Xa ,tix , ,I ,I size:- A , . 45.15. , '-' f ig ' 9 I - 'V 1 5234 ,. S,t.:,3 E I. A-M ,::,1. X . X X s -1:5551 I, . 1

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ATH LETICS AWARDS PLUCK, PRACTICE, AND PERSEVERANCE St. Paul's Football Team completed a suc- cessful year without any serious injuries. lt was successful on the other hand insomuch as members received innumerable trophies for in- dividual team play and sportsmanship Four football members of St. Pauls: James McCune, Donald Luger. Vvlilliam Goodall, Jack Brajcki. have collected trophies ranging from county recognition to state. l to r: Donald Luger, .lohn Brajcki, XVilliam Goodall, Jamjs Mifune READY FOR A PLACE OF HONOR THANK YOU, FATHER, I WONDERED Father O'Hare. Vvlilliam Goodall. All Pinellas County named Jack Brajcki I-12 lguardi, Williani Goodall lfullbackb on the Hrst team: James NlcCune received honorable mention. Goodall and Brajcki were each pref sented with a silver football for their accom- plishment during an assemblv of the student body. The Thom lVlcAn annual award of a bronzed football shoe was presented to Vv'illiam Goodall during the same student body meeting. 'lihe award was not for precise football ability only, for a large factor that played an important part was scholastic achievement.