Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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Sv. George Kraft 6' 1 forward Jerry Lundquist 6' 00 forward Merold Westphal 5' 11 forward Dave Hancl-iett tips ball into waiting arms of Huffman. Batavia Immaculate Conception North South Luther Wolther Luther South Mooseheart Francis Parker Elmwood Park Chicago Christian North Park Immaculate Conception University High Luther North Harvard Elgin Academy lotin Glenwood Basketball Scores P.S.l. Tourna North Park Elgin Francis Parker Chicago Christian Varsi W 38 50 48 41 70 59 36 65 39 48 51 50 56 61 72 51 46 meh' 49 60 45 55 'Y O 41 48 59 47 47 46 78 54 52 62 44 49 64 59 38 31 31 48 34 65 68 Jr. Varsity W O 28 63 20 49 44 42 32 66 32 46 37 62 22 20 39 55 26 37 41 46 42 48 55 15 37 1 1 54 42

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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

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Hanchett shoots a lump shot for 2 points. Harvard gave our boys a battle from start to finish. Led by guard Dave Hanchett we slipped by Harvard, 61 to 59. Thanks to a fast start we kept right with the Harvard boys all the way. With 30 seconds remaining, the score stood tied at 59 apiece. Wheaton took the ball out of bounds and con- trolled it until the last few seconds when Degor Hanchett drove in and laid it up for the final 2 points. Our last three games prior to the tournament were quite easy. Elgin Academy with a squad of 7 men weren't about to stop the Warriors who went on a rampage scoring 72 points to a meager 38 by Elgin. Center John Huffman scored 20 points on 8 baskets and 4 charity tosses to be high point man. Latin and Glenwood were overpowered by Wheaton as each team was only able to score 31 points. Merold West- phal hit for 19 points to take scoring honors in the Latin game and 14 in the Glenwood game to lead the scoring there also. The Warriors ended the season with a fourth place in the P.S.L. tournament. They defeated North Park in a thriller, 49 to 48. They then stopped Elgin Academy 50 to 34 and lost to Parker 45 to 65 and Christian 55 to 68 to end the season. First Row-R. Johnson, Hanchett, VanderMolen Olson Conyers Chamberlain Manager P Johnson Second Row-Westphal, Cummins, Kraft, Huffman Grupp Lundquist Carmean Geurkink Coach Benson.