Westerville High School - Searchlight Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Row 1: Ralph Collins, Steve Jennings, Gary Limbach, Kirk Wes- tervelt, Charlie Cobb, Rick Hitt, Craig Hall, Jim Scarfpin, Jim Wallace, Rick Doone Row 2: Rick Clapham, Paul Beeney, John Barr, Coach Bill Sad- ler, Dan Keating, Robbie Coad, George Raica The Wildcat basketball team lor the 1965- 1966 season, coached by Bill Sadler and as- sisted by Jon VVildermuth and Carroll Mea- dows, worked hard and played together as a unit. These factors provided the Cats with a respectable eight win, six loss slate for league play. The team practiced in earnest for two weeks prior to their opening game with perennially tough Linden McKinley of the City League. During many of these sessions the cry of You donkies, put the ball in the hoop! could be heard echoing through the hallowed halls of W. H. S, November 24, 1965 came and went and enough said about the opening game with Lin- den. On December 3, the Cats journeyed to Mifflin for the first Mid-Eight game of the new season. The Westerville team proceeded to down the Cowpunchers 44 to 38. Senior captain, Jim Scarfpin, led all scorers with seventeen points. Gary Limbach, junior forward, added ten more. The following week the Cats were host to Gahanna Lincoln in another league battle. The Wildcats came up with a big twenty-two point second quarter to put the Lions down by a 60 to 56 count. Junior Craig Hall had the hot hand, bagging nineteen points to lead all scor- ers. The next night the team journeyed to Lon- don where they absorbed a disheartening 78 to 49 beating. Hall led Westerville scorers with ten points. The week of December 17 to 24 the Cats played two home games. It was a joyous week- end for Westerville round ball fans. On Friday night, the Wildcats trounced Groveport 56 to 44, with Hall leading the way with sixteen fol- lowed by Rick Hitt with fourteen. On Wednesday, the Cats pulled an upset by beating Grove City 64 to 57. Down by four points going into the final quarter, the Cats held the Greyhounds to ten points while burn- ing the nets for twenty-one of their own. Jim Scarfpin ])oured in twen ty points and Craig Hall added nineteen more. However, it was a tremendous team efTort that brought the vic- tory. This game was one of the highlights of the season. These two victories raised the Cats ' league record to 4 and 1. Things looked bright but the worse was to come. After losing two games, to Pleasant View and Linden again, (Holiday tournaments) the team got back to league play on Januai7 7, 1966 when they traveled to Marysville for a meeting with the Monarchs. The Cats fought hard, but went down to a 63 to 51 defeat. Craig Hall and Sen- ior guard, Dan Keating led the team with four- teen and thirteen points respectively. The following night the Cats played host to league-leading Hilliard. Our team was game and never quit, but Hilliard had too much and handed Westerville a 75 to 62 loss. Senior John Barr led the Wildcats with fourteen points. 168

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Sandra Turner, Senior Karen Zipperlin, Senior Katliy Hill, Junior Donna Willsin, Junior Cathey Kelcli, Sophomore FALL HOMECOMING QUEEN AND COURT Everything from the espionage antics of super-spy Jamie Bond to the impressive coronation of the queen took place at the Fall Homecoming Assembly. Miss Linda Vance, 1964 queen, returned to crown her successor, Barbara McCalla. Queen Barbara ' s royal court included senior attendants Sandra Turner and Karen Zipperlen, juniors Kathy Hill and Donna Wilkin, sophomore attendant Cathey Kelch, and freshman Nancy Lindsay. Nancy Lindsay, Freshman 167

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Westerville toured to Grove City for their return game the next week. The Cats were handed a fifth straight defeat by the Grey- hounds, 5-1 to 43. John Barr again led Wester- ville scorers with twelve points. Nothing seemed to go right for the team. On January 21, the pieces fell back into place, and the Cats defeated Mifflin for the second time, 70 to 59. Craig Hall led with twenty j oints and Jim Scarfpin collected eighteen. After dropping a non-league meeting with Reynoldsburg, the team went to Gahanna for a game with the Blue Lions. It proved to be a wild one, lasting through two overtimes. Craig Hall made a fifteen foot jump shot to tie the game at the end of regidation time. At the end of the first five miniue overtime, nothing had been decided, so another was necessary. The Wildcats scored four big points while holding Gahanna scoreless to take the shakey victory 51 to 47. Hall scored seventeen points, Scarfpin thirteen, and Hitt twelve to ice the win. London then came to Westerville for a re- match and this time things were different. The Cats outplayed the Raiders all over the floor and came away with a convincing 61 to 49 vic- tory. It was another example of fine work as the scoring was balanced and the defense strong. The Wildcats went to Groveport riding a three game win stretch in the league. Craig Hall turned in another sparkling twenty point per- formance and coupled with the rebounding of Jim Scarfpin it was plenty to give Westerville a 60 to 49 victory. It was a fourth straight win in league competition and upped the team ' s record to eight wins and four losses in league play. February 11, 1966, was the date set for the 1966 Homecoming at Westerville High School. Marysville was to provide the opposition and the team was up for this one. Captain Jim Scarfpin got into early foid trouble and the team had an uphill struggle, but they came on and lost by a heartbreaking single point. The loss hurt, but no one coidd blame the team. They gave it all they had. The final league game was no picnic either as the Cats an 87 to 67 drubbing at the hands of league champion Hilliard on the Hilliard floor. Thus the Wildcats closed league play with an eight and six record ami a tie for third place in the league, a sizeable improvement over last year ' s fifth place finish. In the opening round of the Central District AA Tournament the Cats were defeated by Worthington 62 to 42. The team ended the sea- son with an eight win and eleven loss record for all games. Craig Hall and Jim Scarfpin were . 11-Leaguc selections with Hall being third leading scorer in the Mid-Eight with a fourteen points-per- game average. Other members of the team, all of whom are important were: Seniors, John Barr, Paul Been- ey, Rick Hitt, Dan Keating, and George Raica, and Jim Wallace; Juniors, Rick Clapham, Rob Coad, Steve Jennings, and Garv Limbach. With the aid from retiuning lettermen and the help of the Reserves, who were league champs, the Westerville squad for 1967 shoidd be improved. Wcsten ' iUe Opponents 47 Linden 87 44 Mifflin 38 60 Gahanna 56 49 London 78 56 Grove]X)rt 44 64 Grove City 57 42 Linden 75 43 Pleasant ' iew 59 51 Marvsville 63 62 Hilliard 75 43 Grove City 54 70 Mifflin 59 56 Reynoldsburg 66 51 Gahanna 47 61 London 49 60 Groveport 49 49 Marysville 50 67 Hilliard 87 42 Worthington 62 169