Walt Whitman Junior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A TRIBUTE TO OUR TEAM AND ITECEH The 1962-63 basketball sea- son at Walt Whitman J. H. S. proved to be the best it has ever had. The team came as far as the borough semi-finals losing to Sands Junior High School by only three points C51-485 Coach by Mr. Ben Cassuto, a fine athlete himself, our team trained regularly and displayed some remarkably excellent of- fensive plays, not to mention that our defense was also out- standing. Our team showed its jumping capability at the cen- ter and other jump balls, on offensive tapping, and rebound- Our team was led by our six- foot-three-inch center,.Coak Cannon, who was the scoring leader and rebounding ace. The star guard, Ronald Tishkevich, had an excellent season scoring just short of 270 points C267D. Also Eugene deEugenia, and Alan Perry proved to be two fine de- fensive and offensive players. Great improvement was evident in the record of our star for- wards Valentine Rodreguez, who finished as one of our leading scorers. Basketball is not only a game of skills and agility, but also a game of sportsmanship and brains. You can be assured that our team desplayed worth. Good luck, Mr. Cassuto, to you and to next year's basket- ball team ing. Harry Hill INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS' RECORD Position Name Games Class Ttl. Points Average Center C. Cannon 18 9-5 325 18.0 Guard R. Tishkevich 20 8-9 267 13,3 Guard A. Perry 20 9-1 128 6,4 Guard D. Eugenia 16 9-10 111 6,9 Forward V. Rodreguez 20 9-5 74 3,7 Forward J. Enz 14 9-9 64 4,6 Center R. Lomas 13 8-1 40 3,1 Forward A. Shewatgon 8 7-10 12 1,5 Forward M. Shaffler 7 8-9 9 1,3 Forward T. Moss 3 9-7 3 1,0 Forward G. Vasquez 0 9-ll 0 0,0 CGym leaderb LEAGUE COMPETITION RECORD W: playoff game Date Walt Whitman Opponent 1-10-63 57 Hudde--31 1-17163 50 Ditmas--19 1-31-63 51 Hudde--18 2-7-63 66 Ditmas--19 2- -63 '59 Cunningham--41 2-15-63 W5l Markham--41 2- -63 f48 Sands--51 73

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WITH THE TEAM AT THE PLAYOFFS by Harry EITl The first playoff game was played at Midwood High School. Here our team came against an- other top rated team called Cunningham Junior High School. At the end of the first quarter, Cunningham was ahead by a very slim margin, but, by the half, we were well in the lead. Af- ter a good old-fashioned Brook- lyn basketball game, we came out the victors. Some of the more noticeable things in the game were that our team played a clumsy first quar- ter but came right back to show off our fine defense and excel- lent teamwork in the remaining quarters. Cunningham seemed to have a one man team with one man always taking the outside shot but was one of the fastest teams I have ever seen. Our ace rebounder and high scorer, Coak Cannon, led us to a well- deserved victory by scoring twenty-four pointsg Alan Perry, a fine defensive and offensive player, sparked the team with thirteen points. The final score was 59-41. The second playoff was again played at Midwood High School. This time we faced one of Staten Island's finest teams, Markham Junior High School. This game was a harder one for us for we encountered several players be- yond the six foot mark. Never- theless, our six-foot-three-inch center, Coak Cannon, controlled the center tap and the boards. In this game our good teamwork and superior defensive play pre- vailed. Fine ball-handling of our starting team helped us through the full court press many a time. Needless to say, the sweat and toil were well worth it, for we were on our way to the quarter finals of the borough championship. Our final game was played at the Brownsville Boys' Club Gym. Here we played against Sands Junior High School whose p1aY6rS were well over our height. Aft- er leading at the half, our team lost the game by the narrow mar- gin of three points. We were out of the competition but we were proud of our record. Coak Cannon was again one of the highest scorers and our man be- hind the scenes, Mr. Cassuto, coached a good game. With a coach like Mr. Cassuto and a team with unpredictable poten- tial, Walt Whitman can well be proud of its performance. MR. BEN CASSUTO- COACH MANAGERS SfanIey Bodzin 9-5 David Sackoff 9-5 AVG. TOTAL PER POINTS GAME Coak Cannon Ronald Tishkevich 267 13 6 Alan Perry 128 TOTAL Foul Shots AVG. POINTS Coak Cannon 0 Ronald Tishkevich 50? 33 Alan Perry 542 27 CHonor Rollb TEAM POINTS PER GAME Total l,I52g 53 points per game TEAM POINTS BY OPPONENT Total 6583 33 points per game TEAM RECORD I7 wins 3 losses Cone loss to last year's City Champs: Marcus, by two points.D Cone loss to this year's City Champs: Sands, by three pointsb Cone loss to J.H.S. 643 HIGH POINTS SCORED IN ONE GAME BY AN TNDTVTDUAL Coak Cannon--29 points Ronald Tishkevich--26 points