St Peters School - Mitre Yearbook (Peekskill, NY)

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L. R. Front row: Sprague, Foster, Bendfelt, Barlow. Second row: Butler, Frey, Hales, fCaptainl, Pritchard. Back row: Mr. Schlett, fCoac Q, Macintyre, lManagefl. Varsity Basketball The 1955-1956 basketball season was one filled with ifs and it should haves. The record, 4 and 10, does not show the team's capabilities. Although the majority of the games were lost by close scores, the blame for these defeats cannot be placed on any one person. The Saints fought hard, but it seemed they were unable to come through with the winning drive when it was most needed. The team, under the management of rookie coach Bob Schlett, showed a willingness to fight, but often they could not overcome the complexes of the so-called big teams. Prior to the Christmas holidays, the team lost its only two scheduled games to Haldane and Hackley. The Hackley turned into a rout as the well- drilled men from Tarrytown fast-broke the to death. However, this ' was Haldane game. The score and was dead- game. In the over- baskets and went These two' served to demor- to have the men the holdidays, the took Scarborough, and quick succession. Losing to a quintet served to spark up the in their next contest against Scar- e Saints played the iinest game of l 'THE MITRE W 1 graft 9 of

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before they could capitalize on their newly gained ground. Even though both Frey and Hayes scored in the second half, it was to no avail as the men from Brunswick left the field victorious by a final soore of 38-13. Captains Foster and Moulder led the re- venge-seeking team against Trinity-Pawling on October 29. Early in the first quarter the Saints took advantage of a TP fumble and Macintyre scored from the 10. Before the end of the quarter, however, Trinity-Pawling had also scored and the score stood at 7-6. In the second quarter, on a kick partially blocked by ' Varian, Howe grabed the loose pig-skin and raced for a touchdown. TP tied up the score at 13 all, and from the middle of the third quarter until the end of the last quarter the score remained that way. The ball changed hands many times, but neither team could score. Then, with seconds left, the TP team burst through for a tally from the 1, handing the Saints a 19-13 defeat, the second of the season. .1 On November 5, the Saints wiped up a rain-Hooded field with the Mountaineers from Storm King. After the Saints scored, the Storm King men plugged up the Saint's run- ning game and forced them to the air. Shostal connected on several beautiful spot passes, eventually leading to another score. Macintyre bulleted over from the 10 in the fourth quarter to make the Enal score a lop-sided 21-0. November 13 was the date for the final game of the season against Saint Luke's. Again on a muddy field, the Saints were defeated by the score of 13-6. The Red and Gray from . New Canaan time and again tried to smash through the line but were stopped. At the end of the half it was a scoreless tie. Early in the third quarter our rivals from Connecticut scored on a screen pass from the ten yard line. The Saints then bore down and stopped the in- vaders until early in the fourth when the Red and Gray again tallied. The Hill- toppers, now down by 13 points, started to move and finally scored on a long pass. However, this was to no avail, for time ran out on them before they had a chance to score again. Although they were defeated, the Saints played one of the best games of the entire season, in spite of the fact that they played a much stronger team. This year, as in the past, the Saints' fielded a strong, well-conditioned, if somewhat in- experienced, team. , Although the record was not particularly impressive, everyone gained the needed ex- perience for next year and perhaps future years of college ball. The prospects for next year's team retuming are excellent, and pro- viding they play heads-u ball, the class of '57 should be able to proguce a fine season. THE MITRE ' 37

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the season, even though they were defeated. The first ray of hope for a good season came when the Saints rolled Oakwood by a wide margin. This game proved that the team could work as a unit, as they literally swept the floor with the opposition. Coach Schlett cleared the bench and gave everyone a chance to play in an effort to give the entire team the much needed game experience. The Hilltoppers next encountered Saint Luke's from Connecticut. The Saints had a far superior team, but were beaten by the height of the invaders from Greenwich. Then came or the biggest game of the season for the team, against their rivals, P. M. A. The Hilltoppers were full of fight and ready to make a killing, but, even though the lead see-sawed in the closing minutes, P. M.A. found some hidden strength and squeaked out victory by a narrow one- point margin. The Saints traveled across the Hudson to meet the Mountaineers of Storm King on their home court. After playing a nip-and-tuck game all the way, the Saints left the floor victorious. Returning from a weekend, the Hilltoppers next ventured to Yonkers where Halsted de- feated them by a small margin of five points. The following Saturday the revenge-seeking men from Storm King came to the Saint's home court, and were routed by twenty-three points. The Saints closed the remainder of the season with three losses to Scarborough, P. M. A., and Haldane, while winning one from Wooster. February twenty-seventh saw the Saints in- vade the County Center at White Plains for the annual Westchester County Private and Parochial School Tournament. In the first round of competition, the Saints met a much improved quintet from Storm King. Pla ing an extremely tight first half, the Saints played as a well-knit team and exchanged basket for basket with the opponents. The score at the half showed the Saints to be on top by two points. After a half time pep talk by Coach Schlett, the Saints returned to the floor to take the opponents in a fast-moving, free-scoring second half. A few days later, on March 2nd, the team returned to take on the other Hrst-round win- ner, Scarborough. By working the ball de- liberately and forcing Scarborough to shoot from the outside the Saints were able to con- trol the backboards. However, neither team could open a wide margin until the last few minutes, when Scarborough went on to win by five points. This game was typical of the way the team played all season, and although it was not aawinning team, its spirit is one to be copied. THE MITRE 39