Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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SCORES Whitehall Opponent Whitehall Opponent 30 Central Catholic 37 44 Freedom 37 50 Phillipsburg 43 68 Palmcrton 36 50 Easton 43 65 Emmaus 30 60 Bethlehem Catholic 42 Second-half playoff 50 Northampton 38 54 Parkland 43 49 Parkland 5! 45 Freedom 49 52 Liberty 51 District playoff 63 Stroudsburg 56 55 Hazelton 59 Dean Groller, Glenn Noack, and Matt Franko before the game. Wright drives Boxed in Sophomore Scott Coval attempts to get loose after getting boxed in by Parkland's Trojans. Wes Wright moves in to help. Bowman at baseline Beet Bowman goes baseline on his Parkland opponent and looks for his teammates for help. Wright drives Wes Wright tries to drive around Parkland player to get a shot off. Mike Bobyak (52) and Ron Madouse (24) crash the boards. Varsity FRONT ROW: John Bowman, Scott Coval. Dave Artim. Mike Spanitz. SECOND ROW: Dave Fischer. Ron Madouse, Dean Groller, Bill Pugh. THIRD ROW: Dan Willis, manager, John Recker, Wes Wright, Mike Bobyak, Matt Franko. Varsity vanity basketball 113

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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

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Cooperative team effort results in 20-5 season SCORES Whitehall Opponent 65 Southern Lehigh 39 81 Hazelton 50 64 East Stroudsburg 31 53 Panther Valley 30 37 Dieruff 53 59 Bethlehem Catholic 50 68 Northampton 30 56 Parkland 59 64 Liberty 43 49 Nazareth 24 65 Freedom 46 59 Allen 43 Going baseline Rebound battle The jayvees play with a cooperative team effort. During the season, John Gregg and Glenn Noack have scored consistently in double figures. Although the cagers lost a down-to-the-wire contest with Emmaus 51-50 February 14, Noack scored 18 points. Palmerton lost to the Zephyrs 68-36 February 9. Gregg was high scorer with 18 points, and on February 8 Noack had 14 points in the 46-45 clip over Freedom. Tony Hanosek, Karl Heydt, Mike Gigler and Noack finished the game in double figures in the 61-56 defeat of Liberty February 5. The team won four in a row, defeating Northampton, Becahi, Easton, and Phillipsburg, during the last weeks of January. Central Catholic downed the junior Zephs 73-57 January 15 despite a 22 point effort by Noack. When the talented team beat Emmaus 57-47 Janury 8, Gregg and Noack had 16 points apiece. The Christmas season was merry for the jayvees. They chalked up wins against Allen, Freedom, Nazareth, and Liberty from December 22 to January 4. However, they dropped a close one to Parkland 59-56 December 18 even with the 14 point effort by Noack. The Zephs won six out of their first seven games. When they met and defeated Panther Valley 53-30 December 14, Jeff Miller and Noack each scored 12 points. Hanosek was 100 percent from the foul line shooting 8 for 8. Heydt blocks 114