Wheaton Academy - Compass Yearbook (Wheaton, IL)

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On his famous shot Merold Westphal 6' forward Dave Thompson 5' 10 guard Jim Bosgraf 6' 1 forward from the side, Kraft pots one for Wheaton Hindered by a lock of height and in many cases, failure to make free throws, the Academy Varsity ended the season with a not too impressive win-lost record. However, one of the high- lights of the season was the new Holiday Tournament held at St. Procopius in Lisle. Our boys won one of their two games to finish with the second place trophy despite playing without some of the fellows who were home for the holidays. But the team didn't do so well against stiffer competition in the P.S.l.. tourna- ment. Luther North was picked to play against us and set us down in short order 34-71. The Warriors won only 9 of their 25 games. Mr. Benson once again coached the varsity basketball team this year giving the fellows rough workouts and many good ideas for defensive and offensive patterns. Each of the team members enioyed playing under his leadership and learned a lot about team spirit and basketball tactics. The two high scorers of the Academy five were Merold Westphal and George Kraft. Wes poured in a total of 317 points for a point per game average of 13.8. He also played an ex- cellent defensive game and had a lot of hustle on the court. George was only 2 points behind Merold as he accumulated 315 points in the 23 game schedule for a 13.7 mark. The bulk of the rebounding was also done by him.

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V 'Q , I 0 n ll. n Q ' ' n .ll as X1 s I ' o,n' ' I I lst row: Weigand, Mohlis, Faulkner, Camp. 2nd row: Hare, Barkdoll, McKe-llin, Van Karnpen, Ericksen. 3rd row: Dyrness, Sullivan, Hayes, Chrouser, Grupp, Manager: Johnson. FROSH-SOPH TAKE P. S. L. CROWN! Behind the very capable coaching of Mr. Eddie Mitchell, the Academy Frosh-Soph basketball team went undefeated in 12 conference games to win the undisputed league crown. Their over-all record for the season was an excellent l6f3. Our Junior Warriors amassed a total of 923 points in their T9 games while their opponents managed only 708. This year's team was aided very much by new boys. Freshman Dave Sullivan led the team in the scoring column by starting off his high school career with 237 points and an average of 'l3.2 points per 3 game. One of the forward positions was filled bythe lanky, shifty Gordon Hare, transfer student. Bill McKellin held dawn one of the guard positions along with Mike Faulkner or Sherman Williams. Leader of the rebounding department was Dave Chrouser who also played a great offensive game. All in all, much ofthe success of these fellows can be attributed to their enthusiasm and their motivation to never give up, even when behind. ji gs D Chrouser hits far 2 as Sullivan moves into posit on

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