Westlake High School - Panorama Yearbook (Westlake, OH)

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Seated - T. Bender, D. Herb, S. Spooner, Mr. Jinks, D. Collins, C. Welker, C. Shiley. Standing - R. Hunger, L. Rodice, A. Kalapis, A. Hennie, R, Overmyer, R. Cooley . uniofz Uafzsifml Dover's Junior Varsity come through with eleve-n victories and five defeats. AI Hennie with l98 points and his runner up, Alex Kalapis, with 87 points were the spark plugs of the team. Under Mr. Jinks in his first year of basketball coaching, the Junior Varsity played well. The result of the past J. V.'s games shows a chance for a very good Varsity in the future. They totaled 567 points against their opponents' 456. thnt

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Efwtlmll On August 20, 1947, forty-three lively boys come to Dover's first foot- ball practice. The first few days were hot and sweaty. The boys were aching and stiff. Out of those stiff and aching muscles came Dover's hard- fighting football team, a team whose record we can boast and be proud of, with 6 victories, 2 defeats, and 1 tie. Coach L. Duchez and assistant coach S. Fulton, after much hard work and expert coaching, put the Demons in a well-earned third-place position in the Western Cuyahoga Division. Captain Ken Starkey made five touchdowns and Eugene Klink made six to lead the attack. Al Welker, who played a marvelous game at full- back, scored two touchdowns. Altogether ,the Demons racked up 127 points against our opponents' 78. The Demons gave up their games to Strongsville and Bay Village. The league wcls all tied up until about the middle of the season, when the De- mons reluctontly took third place. Next year's team will have a number of regulars bock, and we hope for a prosperous season. This year's scores were as follows: Brecksville, O ...,.,.. Dover O Independence, 13 .... Dover 13 Elyria, O .......... Dover 25 Olmsted Falls, 6 .... Dover 13 North Olmsted, O .... Dover 13 sf Z Strongsville, 12 . Lorain, 6 ...... North Royalton, 7 Bay Village, 20 . Brooklyn, 14 . . . get wh, '52 ' f -the -IT? H if ' i ,, c twenty-nine Dover 7 Dover 18 Dover 18 Dover 0 Dover 20

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Uafzsifxl gaslzeflvall Dover's first game was with Brooklyn on their floor. Brooklyn defeated us 49-33, but they were at their best and we had a new, inexperienced team. Michelich tallied 8 points and Hayden 7. Next Dover traveled to North Royalton and again tasted defeat, but this time it was a hard-fought overtime thriller. Red Cooley tied the game with two successive foul shots, but we couldn't hold our own and lost 34-32. Hayden totaled I5 markers. Olmsted Falls came here and was very much surprised, Dover had a new player. Coach Duchez took Ed Hennie off of the J. V.'s and put the height under the basket. We won 52-30 with Ed Hennie totaling ll points. With victory under their belts the Demons went on to defeat Strongs- ville by a 34-30 upset with Captain Bill Hayden sinking 9 points. Next North Olmsted came here and was defeated 42-25 with Miche- lich making ll points. With victory in three successive games Dover traveled way out to North Amherst and played on the David and Goliath scale, Out-classed in height, we bowed 57-29, but Hayden did his part with 8 points. The next game was played at Bay. They cut-played us and went on to win by a scare of 43-24. Burneson and Klink split the high point honors with 6 markers apiece. For the next game Brooklyn came here in mind of victory but went home victims of defeat. The Demons fought hard and pulled out in front in the closing seconds to edge the Brooklynites 54-52. Bob Gavalek started the rally in the last quarter with six straight points. That was all the Demons needed to give them drive. Burneson collected I5 points for high point honor. North Royalton came to Dover for the next game and was defeated 52-30 with Hayden and Hennie each totaling 9 points. For the next game Dover went over to Olmsted Falls and was upset in another overtime thriller 43-4l. The Demons beat Falls by 22 paints before but Lady Luck seemed to have changed everything. As a result of this game we were knocked out of the finals. Burneson took high point honor with 9 points, The Strongsville-Dover game turned out to be the most exciting of the season. Klink shot a long shot and while the ball was in the air the horn blew, supposedly ending the game. His shot went in and the score was tie, 35-35. The Demons fought through 2 overtime periods and a sudden death period. Lynn Rogers made the three points to put us in front 44-42. ln sudden death a team is required to win by two points. Gavalek received the high with lO points, For the next contest Dover went to North Olmsted and was defeated 37-35 in another upset against us. The Demons fought but couldn't get ahead. As a result, North Olmsted kept the lead. Cornish tallied lO points. The last league game was with Bay and they defeated us for the second time, 41-32. lt was a close game until the last quarter when Bay took the lead and kept it. Klink made lO points. The night after the Bay game Dover played Rocky River and was de- feated 58-51. Dover played two games with the alumni, who represented the l945 champs of Dover. We were defeated in both. ln the first game the score was 34-36 in which Klink made l4 points and the second game ended 35-30 with Michelich scoring 9 points. thirty-one