Wilmot Union High School - Panther Yearbook (Wilmot, WI)

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BA KETBALL The record books will show that Wil- mot finished the '56-'57 season in a fifth place tie with Delavan on 'the basis of a record of five wins and nine losses. From this and from their 11-10 over- all record, it appears that the Panthers en- joyed what, at best, may be termed a very mediocre season, but actually the season as a whole was quite successful. Again, as in football, the 'team was faced with the problem of inexperience. Captain Ed Skora and Dick Timmer were Coach Bob Handke's only returning letter- men. But Jim Bauman, Roger Allen, Dutch Haase, Wally Partenheimer, and Gil Amborn, all boys whose only previous experience was B-squad play, did very com- mendable work in filling in the vacant po- sitions. The team won its first four games in- cluding a 72-66 win over the Alumni. It was the first time in approximately eleven years that a Wilmot team was able to de- feat the stars from the ranks of the old grads Although the 5-9 conference record is rather unimpressive, it does not give a true picture of the caliber of the team. In the opinion of many, the teams of the confer- ence were more evenly balanced than they had been in a long while. All the teams were nearly equal in potential. This point is clearly illustrated by the fact that the first place team was beaten by the third and fifth place teams and was able to beat our team by only 7 and 5 points respective- ly in their two meetings. Five of our nine losses were by seven or less points and two others were by only 10 points. In a record-breaking scoring duel with Lake Geneva, W'ilmot compiled an amaz- ing total of 103 points while the Resorters totaled 98. The 103 points is a school rec- ord, and the 98 points for a loser is also highest in our history. It was in this game that Dick Timmer set an individual scoring record for Wilmot by scoring 39 points. Ed Skora also had a very good night as he tallied 31 points. At the close of the season, Jim Bau- mann was elected Captain of next year's squad. Jim, a guard, averaged 7.3 points per game. Scoring honors went to Dick Timmer with 24.5 average. Runner-up was Ed Skora with 16.9 points per game. Timmer was elected to the all-conference team and Skora was given honorable men- tion. CONFERENCE PLAY Union Grove 46 Wilmot 58 Central 39 Wilmot 59 East Troy 51 Wilmot 61 Alumni 66 Wilmot 72 Whitewater 72 Wilmot 69 Elkhorn 64 Wilmot 60 Burlington 45 Wilmot 52 Lake Geneva 98 Wilmot 103 fconference recordj Walworth 48 Wilmot 56 Central 47 Wilmot 52 Delavan 64 Wilmot 75 Mukwonago 62 Wilmot 72 East Troy 72 Wilmot 55 Whitewater 61 Wilmot 51 Mukwonago 50 Wilmot 70 Elkhorn 70 Wilmot 66 Burlington 48 Wilmot 45 Lake Geneva 79 Wilmot 59 Delavan 69 Wilmot 60 TOURNAMENT PLAY Genoa City 55 Wilmot 58 Walworth 57 Wilmot 51 Page Seventy-seven

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ASKETB LL L. to R. Wayne Jacobs, Wally Partenheimer, Ed Skora, Roger Allen, Jind Baumann, Dick Timmer, Gil Amborn, Bob Snarski, Dutch Haase, Manager B SQUAD L to R., back row: Coach Frank Bucci, Jim Harmon, Norm Ro- bers, Ken Nicpon, Bob Horton, Jim Schilz, Mgr., Gary Kunz. Front row: Don Am- born, Dick Tilton, Jim Ratchek, Lee Jeiers, Tom Gaynor, Dennis Stefen, Herman Har- mon, and Tom Dicklin. Jim Bruenning, and Coach Bob Handke. Our future basketball hopes lie in the hands of the boys pictured above. Although they got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, by the end of the season they had vastly improved and will surely come back next year as a first-class HA team. Page Seventy-six

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