Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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Manager • Trainer - Athletic director - Dan Willis Billy Heller Robert Steckel Coaches Dick Tracy and Carl Case concentrate on game strategy. Jump ball Wes Wright jumps at center court to start the game between Whitehall and Parkland. Ron Madouse (24) waits for the ball. Coval on the move Sophomore Scott Coval dribbles around Nazareth opponent. Wes Wright watches his move. Going up, up, up Towering over Liberty opponent, Wes Wright goes for a ten-foot jump shot. Slap! That’s a foul Mike Bobyak is fouled by Liberty player as he goes for a bucket. Ron Madouse has his eye on the ball. Madouse on his toes Taking his man underneath, Ron Madouse goes for a shot as his teammates converge for the rebound. Madouse on his toes varsit basketball 111

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Coval named to EPC All-League First Team Head coach -Assistant coach • JV coach -Freshman coach - Dick Tracy Carl Case Chet Pieczynski William Stickler Jump ball Sophomore Scott Coval was named to the East Penn Conference All-League First Team. Teammate Wes Wright made the Division I First Team along with Coval. The 59-55 loss to Hazelton February 28 in the District XI playoffs finished the Zephyrs for the season. Whitehall had beaten Parkland 54-43 in a playoff for the second-half Division I EPC title February 20, and then had to face first-half winner Freedom for the overall Division I Championship. That game ended in a disappointing 49-45 loss and Freedom gained the title. Coval on the move no

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SCORES Liberty defeated in double-overtime Whitehall Opponent Whitehall Opponent 69 Southern Lehigh 39 57 Nazareth 50 56 Hazelton 51 Christmas tournament 86 East Stroudsburg 51 50 Kutztown 34 59 Panther Valley 40 62 Upper Perkiomen 40 43 Dieruff 45 49 Freedom 39 67 Bethlehem Catholic 45 57 Allen 79 63 Northampton 35 54 Emmaus 36 36 Parkland 46 50 Catasauqua 36 54 Liberty 45 Boxed in Whitehall triumphed over Liberty 52-51 in double-overtime. The game went into overtime when Mike Bobyak scored a field goal with 1:05 left. In the first three-minute overtime, neither team scored. Liberty went ahead 45-43 in the second OT. Then Scott Coval scored a field goal and a foul shot, but Liberty shot a basket, making it 47-46 with 1:21 left. Bobyak hit on two foul shots; then Coval got four free throws in a row. Liberty tried but couldn't pull it off even with two field goals before the final buzzer. Coval and Bobyak scored 17 and 16 points, respectively, in the downing of Freedom 49-39 January 2. The win ended the Patriots’ nine-game winning streak. Coach Dick Tracy called it “the best defensive game of the season.’ Whitehall won the Christmas Tournament at Upper Perkiomen defeating Kutztown 50-34 in the first round, and then going on to cream host Upper Perkiomen 62-40 by using a tough man-toman defense. The Kutztown game marked Coach Tracy's 100th career win for WHS. Bobyak led with 17 points and Coval finished with 12. Both Coval and Bobyak made the All-Tournament team. Bowman at baseline