Wayne Township High School - Embers Yearbook (Mountain View, NJ)

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Ca e Champs Wayne ended its '56-'57 basketball campaign with a record of 15 wins and 5 losses, and tied for first place in the Lakeland Conference with a league record of 5 wins and 3 losses. The Indians also won the Lakeland Conference Jamboree title for the second consecutive year, tripping Boonton, 63-54. Let us start from the very beginning. Nobody expected Coach Gifford's Indians to be a title threat this year, because the team lost its six starters from last year via graduation. Nevertheless, the team did have two returning letter- men, Rollie Weinmann and Jim Klein. Other prospects were Harry Douma, Jack Di Napoli, Ed Ruzicka, Neil Myers, John Henderson, and Bob Logan. Wayne entertained Boonton in its first game and the Indians took the decision, 49-30. The varsity then lost a heart-breaker to Verona, 48-47, in a double overtime. However, the boys then proceeded to win their next three, downing Dover, the Alumni and Mountain Lakes. The team was soundly Whipped at Butler, 54-34. Again they went on a three game winning streak, beating Pompton Lakes, Dover again, and avenging the Butler loss, 46-45. The team then lost a real contest at Passaic Valley, 55-50, and were now 4 league competition. They then defeated Pompton Lakes and Hawthorne. The Indians then avenged the P.V. setback at the former's home court. Down by seven points with 1:30 to go, Jack Di Napoli and Bob Logan scored eight points between them and brought Wayne a come-from-behind victory. They had a let-down at Boonton, however, and got trimmed, 56-48. The team wound up the season with three straight wins over Ramapo Regional, Hawthorne and Mountain Lakes. Throughout the year the team had fine shooting from Rollie Weinmann, Harry Douma, and Bob Logan, excellent defensive play by Neil Myers, Ed Ruzicka, and Jack Di Napoli, and rugged rebounding by Jim Klein and John Henderson. -2 in 53 Jack Di Napoli drives for a two-pointer Standing: L. White, P. Cialone, H. Douma, J. Henderson, J. Klein, E. Ruzicka, Gifford. Kneeling: R. Weinmann, J. Di Napoli. N. Myers, Coach

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Diamond Champs mr! , get ucome 011 The Indians started off the season with what looked like a poor team. Then something hap- pened to the Waynites. The infield tightened and errors became a rare thing. The big bats of Lewis, Ruzicka and I-Ianratty were heard throughout the conference. The Indians pro- ceeded to pound their way through their stunned opponents. They downed Passaic Val- ley twice, once behind che brilliant no-hit pitching of Ed Ruzicka, Boonton twice, and for the first time in the school's history, Butler and Dover were downed. P.V. crumpled under the tomahawks of the Indians, and the Lakeland Conference Championship was copped in a down-to-the-wire finish. The Indians now looked at the trail of glory they had blazed: two no-hitters, ten home runs, seventeen runs scored in one game, Bob Lewis' feat of a .426 batting average, and for the first time, Butler and Dover lay scalped by the trail. The outlook for 'S 7 was favorable with the strong battery of Ruzicka to Di Napoli return- ing. Neil Myers, Harry Douma, and Bob Lewis were back in the field and several lettermen re- turned to the infield. Bob Logan, possessor of the other no-hitter, returned along with several promising underclassmen. Row 1: E. Mazurkiewicz, H. Douma, R. Lewis, J. Sutliff, G, Aug, R. Turner. Row 2: Coach 8 Marusyn, B. Hanratty, R. Reidy, E. Ruzicka, R. Logan, W. Valentine, W. Snyder. Row 3: J. Di Napoli, N. Myers, D. Marshall, G. Rapp. . HW ar 95 rdf ww