Binghamton North High School 1947 Yearbook (Binghamton, NY) - Full Access

Hardwood Hearsay Intramural ~asketball Intromurol basketball provides a practice field for boys, many of whom ore added later to jayvees or varsity squads. High class competition has kept basketball on a high plane at North since 1937. So great has been enthusiasm that between twenty and thirty teams have played each year. In the fall of '46 twenty teams in four leagues each played from eight to twelve games depending on how for each advanced in playoffs. Results of single elimination playoffs in January in two classifications were: Class A winners: Captain Ernest Mecke, Bill Starner, Roy Shaw, Tom Haggi, Don Bailey, Bill Jamieson and Jerry Palmer. Charles Fox's Class B winners included Tom Word, Jack Crounse, Roy Solie, Don Bernnon, Harry Zeomer and Bud Franklin. BEST TEAMS AND THEIR RECORDS Closs A Won Lost Mecke 8 3 Cartridge . ... ..•...... ... 8 3 Perez 7 3 N ichols 7 4 Mostrogiovani 6 4 Theobald 5 3 Closs B Keefe Fox Bolton Prenderost Won 9 8 7 6 Lost 3 4 4 4 During the spring three leagues of 23 teams played after school and at noon with a double elimination playoff to end the season. Final games at noon found the gyms crowded and the games close. BEST TEAMS AND THEIR RECORDS Closs A Won Lost Mostrog•avam 8 2 Mecke 8 2 Race 8 3 Nichols • 8 3 Wilson . . •. .. ... ... 6 2 P1erdom1nico .. . .... ... 6 2 Zeomer . .... ... .... ....... 6 3 Class B Puglisi Matias Volleyball Won 8 5 Lost 2 3 A look backward through the years reveals that volleyball worked its way into North's sports calendar as an intramural activity in 1939 for a two-year trial period. Though the squad participated in tournaments with Triple Cities schol– astic and faculty teams, it did not acquire varsity status until 1945 when Coach Archie Allen revived interest in it and organized a league comprising Vestal, Johnson City, Central, and North. The team was highly successful, ending second in the league standings and winning the Class A Section IV NYSPHSAA tournament. This year's squad, coached by Mr. Allen and Mr. Howland, was chosen from the outstanding players in the noon volleyball league. Sparked by Svoboda, Bram, Pratt, Gitchill, Winkler and Skomskie, the team finished second behind Central in both the regular season and the Class A tournament. 'Bowling North's bowling squad, headed by Coach Ernie Lalley, hod its origin in 1940 and was included in the inter-scholastic league in the '41 -'42 season when it was victorious in cap– turing the league trophy. An individual trophy was won by Joe Carmel, and a prize bowling boll by George Ruple. Dur– ing the war years, '42-'43, the squad was disbanded. As a result of this inactivity, the keglers finished fourth in the league in '44-'45. Showing improvement during the '46-'47 tournaments, they won nine, lost fifteen and ended in a tie for third place. 70 To;:> left- Intramural leagues spring plav-oH ~ Runners up- Back row Bo~ Koltz, Tom Haggai, Charles At– wood, Harold Groce, Don Van Am– burg, Don Clift, Bill Jam1eson. Win ners---Dick .Spafford, D1ck Bowman, Don Puglts1, Conn1e Mastrogoovon1, Lorry Miller, Bill Griswold, Jim Bern– hardt. Top right : What a bay can do on Intramural competition may lead to h1s select1on by Coach Reut– llnger for Jayvee or varsity squad Second left Valley ball Bock row : M1ke Bake, Louis Skomsk1e, Bruce Fronklinh Charles Fox, Rochord Ka– bat, Jo n Slocum, Tony Wmkler. Front row : Ronald Pedrone, Rodney Pratt, Harold Beam, Bob G1tchell, Russ Wiltsie, Joe G1annetto, Steve Connon. Absent : Rudy Svoboda, Warren Jennings. Second right- Hit 'em h1gh! Among the eight teams a Round Rabon tournament of twenty oomes was held. Betty Har– vey's B.T.O.'s I B1g Time Operators ) won first place. Th~rd left- Pep · O~·gamzed on I 946 by Mrs. Wilma Kern on:l th~rty-six girls, Pep Club now has 100 mem– bers whose cheering sect1on at games and rallies and whose blue and scarlet shakers and caps con– tribute the clamor and color that stimulate school spirit. Th1rd nght- Pep Club officers : Phil– omena de Persis, secretory- treas– urer; Dorothy Lone, president; M rs. Kern, faculty adviser; Betty Mac– Namara, vice-president. Lower left Gutter ball?!?! Signong up for twelve squads, eighty eager beavers bowled three mghts a week. H1ghest scare, 168, was bowled by Dolores Kilmer. Lower right : Andy Kotusak lets one go. Back raw : Ru– dolf Valochovic, Bob Morgan, Gor– don Reno, Yonce Benko. Front row · Andy Pelshow, Bob Wright, George Chopc, Ernest Meckc, Pete Yacko.