Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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John Huffman stretches to take ball from North Shore forward. The Warriors, although not posting a very im- pressive won and lost record, came out of the P.S.L. Tournament with fourth place. Some games were excellent while others lacked polish and finesse. One of the bright spots of the year was the 50 to 49 upset over U. High. The first game of the year was a hard fought battle between our Warriors and Batavia, with Ba- tavia coming out on the long end of the scoring 38-41. It was encouraging, however, because Batavia is always a strong contender in the Little Seven Conference. The following night, the Warriors bounced back to beat Immaculate Conception, 50 to 48 on Dave Chamberlain's 2 free throws in the last 12 seconds of play. Chamberlain was high point man, pumping 4 fields goals and 13 free shots through the hoops. Over-confidence plagued the Warriors the night of the Luther Walther game. As the buzzer sounded, we were 6 points behind, making our third loss in four games. During the Christmas holidays our boys caught fire and trounced Luther South, 70 to 47. Dave lDegorJ 50 Hanchett walked off with the scoring honors, canning 8 baskets and 6 charity tosses for a total of 22 points. One of the brightest spots of the whole season was the surprise upset of Mooseheart, 59 to 46. Mooseheart always has an excellent team, but by playing heads- up ball for four quarters, our maroon and white crushed this opponent. The Warriors were whipped by Francis Parker, 36 to 78. They were led by a powerful twosome of Jim Lowry, all city guard, and Jim Simmons, honor- able mention all city center. Coach Benson's boys were unable to cope with the constant barrage of fields goals throughout the entire game. Parker's tall men controlled the rebounding almost completely. Along with their dead-eye shooting, this made things rough for the Warriors. Elmwood Park was a soft touch, proved by the score of 65 54 and by the fact that most of the team played. George Kraft had another hot night hitting for 27 points with his unorthodox jump shot from the side. With a one and three conference record the Warriors battled Chicago Christian, which is always tough. No one was able to hit as seen by the score of 39 to 60.

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First row: Manager Goddard, Spangler, Finney, Edwards, Sipp, Brower, Partridge, Oury. Second row: Manager Fogle, D. Chrouser, Snelgrove, Bosgraf, Jeffrey, D. Sevall, Olson, J. Sevall, Trotter, Janke, Coach Benson. X . .ss N fsta- XWF3 VKX e Y! This year's Junior Varsity had a rough time as far as winning a game is con- cerned. The team was very small with in- experienced men all around. As the season progressed the team improved consistently. After taking a few sound trouncings the Junior Warriors came close to tasting vic- tory. In the first game of the year the J.V.'s lost to I. C. by a score of 0-26. The following week our Junior Warriors were turned back by North Shore 6-13. The next game was played on a wet snowy day against Mooseheart who didn't seem both- ered by the weather. The final score of the game was O-40 in favor of the Moose- heart boys. Coach Benson's boys came close to beating Luther South but fell short losing 6-7. Luther North then beat us 25-6 two weeks later. 49

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wwW ...,,Y.v-.W-M W.. ..- Q, Dave Chamberlain larry Grupp Dave Hanchett 5' 10 guard 6' 5 center 5' 10 guard Vanity basketball John Huffman Ranny Johnson 6' 4 center 5' 8 guard Over-confidence hampered us in the game against North Park. Midway through the game, we trailed by one point, 29 to 30. At the end of the third period we were trailing by three and in the fourth quarter the Warriors seemed to fall apart at the seams and we lost 48 to 62. George Kraft took scoring honors for the maroon and white sinking 21 points on 10 field goals and 1 charity toss. Our fighting Warriors came through in fine fashion winning six of their last seven games. The Warriors crushed I. C., 51 to 44. They were out to get us because of our previous victory. 6' 4 John Huffman had a hot night, sinking 5 field goals and 7 foul shots totaling 17 or 1X3 of our points. I. C. managed to scrape up 44 points which wasn't quite enough. Wheaton downed University High, 50 to 49. In the most exciting game of the year, the Warriors squeaked by a flashy U. High five. The game was won in the last fifteen seconds when Kraft dropped in a shot from 8 feet out. With 3 seconds to go, U. High's ace Davey, took a iump shot from 30 feet that bounced off the rim as the buzzer ended the game. Dave Cham- berlain paced the Warriors scoring with 14 points. Luther North proved to be too much to handle for our Warriors. Luther pumped in 64 points to the Academy's 56. George Kraft and Dave Hanchett scored 13 and 12 points respec- tively to lead the Warrior scoring. From here on out the Warriors hit their stride, winning five in a row. 51