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

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KETB LL When the buzzer had announced the end of the final game of the sub-district tourna- ment here, the general rejoicing on the part of the local fans evidenced the fact that the boys on our basketball team and their coach, Bob Handke, had paid their debt in full for having lost all conference games this year. With only one win to their credit, the team had gone into the tournament as just another looser, but they emerged with a perfect tournament record to the de- light of all of us. Sharon, William.s Bay, and Walworth were beaten in successive games as the record below shows. Had the tournament turned out differ- ently, the team and their coach need not have felt too badly about their record. They started the season with only two senior regularzs. Gil Amborn was not in the line-up for several games because of an injured foot, and Jim Baumann was lost to the squad early in the season because of a LINE-UP Forward - Tom Gaynor Lee Jeffers Gary Held Center - Wally Partenheimer Bob Kramer Guards - Gil Amborn Don Amborn Jim Baumann Ccaptainj Subs - Charles Kist Fred Cornell Herman Harmon Terry Avery Qmanagerj shoulder injury. They also started with a squad of only about eight members and these were supplemented by the addition of two more seniors, Charles Kist and big Bob Kramer. Probably no player in the history of our school began his basketball career in the middle of his senior year and made a greater contribution to the team's success than did Bob Kramer. As the sea- son closed Bob was doing a tremendous job under the boards on both defense and of- fense. Charles Kist played in only a few games, but was a real work-horse in practice sessions. The spirit of these two boys even in defeat is emblematic of the spirit of all the squad members as they re- fused to admit their losses and came on the floor for each game determined to give the very best that they had for Wilmot High. We are proud to salute this spirit of de- termination and to include the team rec- ord here. RECORD WILMOT 42 Mukwonago 52 33 Central 46 42 Alumni 52 35 Lake Geneva 75 48 Delavan 68 42 Burlington 67 56 Mukwonago 61 East Troy 42 VValworth 46 Whitewater 62 83 45 58 43 Elkhorn 52 24 Burlington 40 28 Lake Geneva 54 48 Delavan 54 62 Central 47 44 Mukwonago 68 46 East Troy 63 49 VVhitewater 52 45 Elkhorn 60 Sub-district Tournament WILMOT 96 Sharon 34 52 Williams Bay 44 58 Walworth 41 District Tournament WILMOT 58 Lake Mills 77 46 Slinger 49 Page Seventy-one

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Front row, left to right: Glenn Rasch, Greg Bush, Joe Rygielski, Ronny May, Ricky Bostoni, and Norm Robers. Back row, left to right: Mgr. Bill Van Patten, Larry Dombrow, Allen Pelz, Dennis Jeffers, Tom Dicklin, Jim Harmon, Jim Ratchek, and Billie Lois. THE 661399 TEAM These boys, eight of Whom are freshmen, showed a great deal of promise in Winning live of their nineteen games this year. Greg Bush and Glenn Rasch played regularly and will give some of the sophomores a run for the A squad next year. Dicklin, Har- mon and Ratchek carried most of the load for the team and Will be ready to advance next year. Robers and Bostoni also saw a great deal of action. The sophomore boys lack height which some of the freshmen boys will be able to supply in another year. Coach Bucci will have a nice beginning for a good B team next year in the fresh- men Who Will remain for another ye-argof seasoning. THE RECORD WILMOT 19 Union Grove 29 33 Central 17 39 Alumni 53 23 Lake Geneva 42 34 Delavan 29 37 Burlington 42 24 Mukvvonago 32 32 East Troy 43 25 Walworth 48 30 VVhiteWater 34 VVILMOT 24 Elkhorn 38 28 Burlington 27 14 Lake Geneva 41 26 Delavan 32 41 Central 38 27 Mukvvonago 34 33 East Troy 30 38 Whitewater 52 31 Elkhorn 39 Page Seventy-three