Wilmington High School - Mirror Yearbook (Wilmington, VT)

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1974 J.V. Basketball TOP: Coach Frank Spencer, Robert Rowell, Les Adams, Kurt Lemmer, Mark Rosso, Roy Moyer, Mitchell Green, Bill Spirka. BOTTOM: Mike Rosso, Cleon Boyd, Mark Lavoy, Marcel Schneider. SEASON RECORD: At Marlborough 51 WILMINGTON At Clarke 47 WILMINGTON WILMINGTON 72 At Austine WILMINGTON 58 At Thayer At Whitingham 52 WILMINGTON At Leland and Gray 48 WILMINGTON Marlborough 61 At WILMINGTON FINAL RECORD 6 wins, 8 losses 39 At WILMINGTON 61 Thayer 3O 41 At WILMINGTON 48 Whitingham 36 54 WILMINGTON 74 At Austine 52 At Whitingham 53 WILMINGTON 39 40 At WILMINGTON 72 Austine 29 27 Leland and Gray 49 At WILMINGTON 28 50 Clarke 55 At WILMINGTON 48 54

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Coach Bob lVlcKay, Tim lVlartin, Les Adams, Kurt Lemmer, Eddie Sullivan, Peter Davis. BOTTOIVI: Marcel Schneider, Buddy Hay- ford, Scott Boyd, Chris Allen, Paul lVIitro.

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The success or failure of a Junior Varsity basketball season cannot really be measured by the final season record. Although a rough indication of how well Wilmington did against teams from other schools, the true success of a J.V. season is measured by the develop- ment of the players. Unlike Varsity basketball where the primary emphasis is on winning the league champion- ship, the main emphasis in Junior Varsity basketball is on developing the skills and atti- tude which will allow players to move up to Varsity competition. Often, this is a frustra- ting task. Often a player who works hard, develops to the point where he plays limited time with both the Varsity and Junior Varsity teams not really feeling completely a part of work and time pay off in that one perfectly executed play, that fine defensive move, or even the first foul shot sunk before a cheering crowd. This year had many such mo- ments to ease the frustration, the way Andre and Roy and lVlitchell came through in the second game against Clarke, the way Kurt and lVlark Lavoy teamed up for 32 points against Thayer, the way Cleon never gave up and always gave his all after recovering from his accident, and the way everybody put it together to beat Whitingham at Wilmington. Overall, this was a very successful season for the J.V. team. ln the games, the team held its own with every team it faced. lVlore importantly, every team member finished the season a better basketball player than when he started. For some of the players the improvement was slight, while for others this was a year of tremendous de- velopment. lt is likely that several of this year's J.V. players will be fighting for Varsity positions next year, some perhaps even for starting positions. It is only then that the true success of the 1973-74 Junior Varsity basketball season can be measured. 55 either. There are many happy moments though, when all the