St Stanislaus High School - Stan Em Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Jn I Certainly, everyThing did not end so drastically for The Broncos of '46. They did bring To dear old ST. STani- slaus a trophy. ThaT contribution To the Trophy case will stand as a symbol of resourcefulness of The Team of '46, The Broncos drew as Their first tournament opponent, Annunciation. The Broncos galloped To a decisive vicTory over The Taller Team by a score of 36-30. AfTer This victory they were scheduled To meet ST. Catherine. The victor of This game was To be proclaimed Distriqt Champs. The ST. Catherine Team was complete- ly dominaTed by The Broncos. The Broncos dis- played remarkable basketball TalenT and came out on Top by The score of 43-36. This broughT The Broncos To Their lasT game of The season of '46. IT will be remembered as one of The most Thrilling games in Bronco his- Tory. The opposing Team, Ec'orse High, was rated as one of The besT quintets in This section. They came inTo The game highly favored over The Broncos. The Broncos, unwilling To accept de- feat, fought sTubbornly ThroughouT The game. The score was 30-30 as The whistle blew ending The game. This meant playing a Three-minuTe if-1-1'iunf,n.w , an overTime period. The overtime period began wiTh Ecorse sinking Two quick baskeTs. The Broncos reTaliaTed by sinking a field goal afTer about Two minufes of play. WiTh about Ten seconds To go, Walter Mak- simczyk, The Bronco CapTain, grabbed a re- bound and headed for The opponents' basket. Taking a one-handed push shoT, he succeeded in hiTTing The net for Two points. An uproar of cheers and groans left The Crowd. BUT lo! The Time keeper called The referee. They Talked for a momenT. Then The referee, raising his hands, silenced The crowd and announced The basket void, claiming That The ball was shoT after The final whistle was blown. ' Thus, ended The Basketball Season of '-46. Top Row: H. Zaglaniczny, R. Miekosz, F. Tadrzynski, Rev. Vincent Borkowicz, C. Grzeskowiok, J. Gomula, W. Teper, Coach Frank WatTc. Bottom Row: E. Formanczyk, M. Kaput, A. Pomaranski, C. Maj, Capt. W, Maksimczyk, S. Nokielski, G. Gondek, R. Szydlowski, V. Konstantynowicz. Page 61

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if -riffl' ' , . . . W, ,Q VARSITY' SQQAD Fora i945 me jluzy, Hmm, Q ,7h1uZL Pagv 60 BASKETBALL C BaskeTball, more Than any oTher sporT, runs in cycles. One year The Team is show- ered wiTh The fruiTs of vicTory, while The nexT year, The Team sTruggles desperaTely To up- hold The presTige of Their predecessors. Wifh The loss of four regulars, The Broncos faced a Tough schedule. Their lack of heighT and experience added a greaTer barrier To be overcome by sheer resourcefulness and The will To win. The Broncos, forTunaTely, had an abundance of These qualifies. Al- Though facing sTrong opposiTion, The Broncos losT Three games by The mere margin of Two To five poinTs. ST. Joseph, a sTrong conTender for The EasT Side Championship, barely squeezed a 26-24 vicTory over The Broncos. The De La Salle quinTeT lefT The floor aT The half Time, wiTh worried frowns on Their faces, as The Broncos held Them To an T8-l8 Tie. The Broncos always displayed greaT sporTsman- ship while bowing To opposing Teams. IT is easy To win, buf, Oh! so hard To lose. YeT, losing a Tough game, brings ouT cerTain qualiTies in an aThleTe. These qualiTies prepare him for laTer life. We all cannof win, someone has To lose. Winning or losing is noT governed by mere morTals. God alone is The iudge of who will be The conqueror and who The conquered. The Broncos realized This fact. They have noT only gained physically buT also spiriTually. The ST, Sfanislaus quinTeT is looking forward To a successful T947 season. For They now know how To lose and win gloriously.

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f-Si left to right: V. Adamczyk, T. Stcskowska, R. Dominas fCaptainJ, D. Woiciechowska, M. Bruszewska INTRAMURALS I Intramural basketball contests which had lain dormant for the past several years leaped again into the spotlight with the Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores each hav- ing a representative team while the Fresh- men had a team representing each of four classes. The regular season ended with the Seniors in first place with nine victories and one defeat. The Juniors, Sophomores and the Victors , a frosh team, followed in the standings in the above order. Page 62 In the playoffs, the Seniors met the Sophomores and eliminated them, 40-lO, while the Juniors edged out the freshmen I9-16, thereby qualifying for the finals. ln the finals the Seniors defeated the Juniors in a hotly fought contest by the score of 46-38. The Seniors were acclaimed champs by the presentation of a trophy by Father Andrew Nieckarz, who was the sponsor and director of the intramurals.