Stevens Trade High School - Stevensonian Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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ST:-zvens squeezed ouT a hairbreaTh vicTory over E-Town College J. V.'s as They won by a 67- 66 counT. STevens came Trom behind in The lasT quarTer and scored 24 poinTs To win. BleTlco led The Traders wiTh I7 poinTs, while Sloboda, Vida, BorTz, and Krell all hiT The double Tigures. STevens Traveled To Valley Forge where BorTz and BleTlco shared 45 poinTs To pace STevens To a 79-7l win. STevens Tallied 29 poinTs in The TirsT period To The losers 22 which seemed To be The deciding margin. The game was ToughT on even Terms TheroaTTer. Boriz scored 24 poinis and Bleflco 2l To lead The Traders' aTTacl4. STevens' nexT vicTim was Mercersburg whom The Traders had beaTen beTore by one poinT. This Time again Slevens won by an 83-72 score. Leading mosT oT The way, yel' pressed hard, The Traders Tinally won wiTh a bursT oT sTeam in The Third cluarTer. BorTz hiT The hoop Tor 22 poinls To load The Slevens scoring. V. Zi lvl. visiled Slevens buT paclqecl Too much scoring abiliTy as They won easily by a 64-49 score. l7. 81 lvl. rolled To a 2l-I4 TirsT quarTer lead and were never in Trouble ThereaTTcr. Yorl: Junior College scored iTs second vicTory over STevens by a 69-59 counT. The game wasn'T decided unlil The closing minuTes when The Traders ran ouT oT sTeam. IT was a hoTly con- lesled game as The lead changed hands oTTen ThrougheuT The game. Sloboda led The STevens scoring wiTh 2l poinTs. Slevens nexT opponenT was a Tlashy CadeT Team Trom Valley Forge. All The way The STev- ens boys led, so by The end oT The TirsT quarTer, The score was I4-T27 aT The half STevcns led 42- 23: Third quarTer 5l-367 and The game ended wiTh The Traders winners 78-53. Don Bleflco was The high scorer oT The game wiTh 2l poinTs To his crediT. In The lasT game of The season, STevens dropped a 79-68 decision To a powerTul Wyoming Seminary Team. Behind all The way, STevens ToughT hard buT could noT gain The vicTory. BorTz, in his Tinal game Tor STevens, led The aTTaclc wiTh 6 Tield goals and T I Touls Tor 23 poinTs. semi'

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STevens opened The I952-53 baskeTbaII season wiTh a bang as They romped over ST. Francis Prep by a 6I-33 score. IT was STevens all The way wiTh BleTko and Vida leading The aTTack wiTh I6 and II poinTs respecTively. STevens Then visiTed ElizabeThTown College To play The College J. V.'s. STevens dropped This one 57-49 because oT Their inabiIiTy To hiT Trom The chariTy line. 5Tevens was behind II-6 aT The end OT The TirsT quarTer, and 27-I6 aT haIT Time. In The second haIT, E-Town sTreTched Their lead by I3 poinTs: aIThough 5Tevens cuT This lead To 9, They never regained The Top score. BIeTko and Vida paced 5Tevens wiTh I5 poinTs apiece. The Traders Then meT The Alumni and had Ii+TIe Trouble by winning easily wiTh a 59-32 score. BIoTl:o, 5poTTs, and BorTz led 5Tevens wiTh I3, Il, and IO poinTs respecTively while McAdoo and 5chuITz led The Alumni wilh II and IO. York Junior College was The nexT Team To claim STevens as Their vicTim by a score of 75 To 70. IT was a nip-and-Tuck game. buT The 42-34 TirsT haIT score proved To be The winning margin. STevens came back in The second half as Blefko and BorTz led STevens wiTh I8 and I6 poinTs respecTively. Wyoming Seminary also claimed The Traders as Their vicTims. The opponenTs won by a 69- 56 score. STovens was behind 29 To Il aT The haIT. Coming back sTrong in The second half. The Traders IosT by a I3 poinT margin. Sloboda led The STevens scores wiTh ZI poinTs. STevens IosT Their Third in a row aTTer being deTeaTed by a 50-42 score aT The hands of Millersville 5TaTe Teachers College J. V.'s. 5Tevens led The TirsT quarTer I6-I4 buT were behind aT halT 24-23. The margin oT vicTory grew Tor Millersville as They widened Their lead To 8 poinTs aT The end oT The game. STevens ran ouT oT sTeam in The IasT quarTer as Perkiomen won by a 73-70 score. Leading ThroughouT The game, 5Tevens' aTTack TaITered by scoring only II poinTs in The IasT quarTer. STovens led ThroughouT The game unTiI The closing minuTos. The score aT The TirsT quarTer was I5-I4: aT haIT Time 40-33: Third guarTer 59-53 wiTh STevens ahead. Leading The aTTack were BorTz and Sloboda wiTh I8 poinTs apiece. STevens IosT The TiTTh game in a row againsT a snappy Hill School OuTcIassed Trom The sTarT. STevens couIdn'T geT rolling. The final score was 72-47. BorTz led The STevens scoring wiTh I3 poinTs. STevens Tinally jumped back in The winning column wiTh a 68-67 win over Mercersburg aTTer a greaT IasT quarTer. Leading in The TirsT haIT, STevens Tell behind. In The Third guarTer STevens lagged wiTh a 54-44 score. Sparked by BorTz, who scored I3 oT his 22 poinTs in The IasT quarTer. 5Tevens came Through and won by ThaT narrow margin oT one poinT. STevens Then meT F. 81 lvl. Fresh aT The local Armory and IosT in an overTime period 58-52. aTTer a Tough baTTIe. The game was deadlocked 46-46 aT The end of The reguIaTion game. Don BIeTko led The STevens aTTack wiTh a ToTal oT 25 poinTs. 5Tevens nexT meT a sTrong Toe on Their home courT when They meT GeTTysburg Frosh. Again The Traders were cIeTeaTed. The Tinal score was 68-56. The visiTors jumped To a I7-I I TirsT period lead and were never headed. Jerry BorTz Took individual scoring honors Tor The evening wiTh 27 poinTs on IO Tield goals and 7 Touls.

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