St Philip High School - Statuette Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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9th Annual Enquirer and News All-City Cage Team Set .11 J kI H .1 . y npoirgcrd St,a'gffev,,,John .lereck Hits 3, Hoffhinis and Ralph Nixon Are P ' . S P .lf 9 La eviewg Joe Armstrong, t t I I ' ' Bivens from Central.. . 1 By wgwrw F0l.'l'7 Headed by John .lei first local athlete to ' Ninth Annual Enguirf m for the 1953-54 sea Jereck was the lone 1 the other four spot eview High Schools. oe Armstrong and D ins were the Cen' h players receiving rec in while Bill Hoffhi Ralph Nixon made n for Lakeview Hig if this group Armstr- Bivens are juniors wl other three players ors in high school. lffhines is another repe a pervious selection ha honored on the 1952-53 c tion. It is the first time the other three have l vred. To Get Certificates le selections are made by ts staff of the Enquirer s which watches each pli ughout the season and m: :tions on the basis of team 1 ts scored and all-around f . Another important elemen selection is sportsmanship. addition to being named All-City team, each player given a framed certificate Enquirer and News designa as a member of the 1951 Jr team. reck earns the title of capi he team-if for nothing rr 1 the fact he becomes the f ck Hits 32 Points ers SL hind 32-14, 't. Philip Rallies for 511--52 Victorj -,ll-,.l .-1-T 'thing can happen in basket- especially when Big John : of St. Philip High gets g. t night in spacious Percy Gymnasium St. Philip took wily favored Jackson St. Mary, n that had beaten the Tigers 28 early in the campaign. St. is second in the Catholic e and St. Philip next to last. Jereck Takes Over first half play, Coach Paul an's St. Philip outfit played confused ball club. St. Mary, e other hand. performed like -beaters ln piling up an almost levable 32 to 14 halftime lead. e outlook, indeed, was gloomy 'ie 600 Tiger fans who came last game of the season loolc up mates- ran wild in last half pl to come from behind for a sp tacular 54 to 52 conference trium Ties Own Record Yes, two halves do make a wht -even in basketball. St. Philip trailed by 18 points the half. But, in the final ti periods the Jereck-led Tigers roll to 40 markers against 20 to pull o the victory Big John jammed 32 points to tie his school rece that he set just a week ago on t same court against Jackson St. Jol He scored eight of the Tiger ni points in the first quarter but faij to hit a single point in a meal five-point second period. In l last two quarters he sizzled for big markers in a take char' effort. ng his ets in r long iJuNasl lohn,6t ..-if :k's Output Breaks Sc Scoring Record. FRANK By BILL e big guy from St. Philip due for a big night soon He had it last night. in Jereck, the giant-size p center who has threa. eak a scoring record every came through with that against St. John last nig mates to a strong smashed the existing e d in pouring 32 points th. a performance tha in the memories c se crowd of some 400 in sp: .ct. Taylor Held Record 1 . Y Week Jones Gymnasium. ck Grab in Jere iecond Cily Cr' t man has sewed up tl title for tl scoring cage straight season s 32 point spluge againsi St. Mary in the season lifted his mark lhn Jereck, giant St. l l - ' . ' ' l I ts in 15 games for a ref t n vPraU0. To Get Leadership Awards Elks to Honor 2 High School Seni- Two high school seniors will be honored by Battle Creek Lodge No. 131, B.P.O.E., for their leadership in school activities. A boy and a girl have been named by the lodge as winners of the Elks local leader- ship contest for young people un- rlerf 19 years of age. They are John M. Jereck, St. Philip High School senior and Son of Mrs. Mary lJereck of 73 Nich- dls St., and Jeanne M. Tamml, Bat- tle Creek High School senior and daughter of Mr. Tamml in 53 Gold l A 'Miha C and Mrs. Paul en Ave. ahmnrlnn canlsm and citizenship apprecia- tion: 135, perseverance. stability and resourcefulness, and 647, sense of honor. ?Those picked locally win S50 awards, which will be presented April 30 during an Elks teenage party at the Temple. They then enter the state contest, where the two winners -receive S100 each, with an extra S100 bond going to one of these two, picked as top in the state. State winners go to the national contest. The local winners have an im- pressive record of school leadership. Although John Jereck may be best known as an outstanding athlete, his activities aren't confined to sports. Class President He was a member of the student council at St. Philip for three years, Christmas pagean the church as an A top basketl player, he is con: top athletes in tlf holds the school record, has been picked for the all- city basketbali team Plliialeafs At that juncture in a tipin shot out front, 51-49, lhalf ister the big High hit again ii on the rest of tl Jereck just m Own record by w Shot just after t At that his 32 n seasonal total to games in whi

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