Brighton High School 1954 Yearbook (Rochester, NY) - Full Access

After winning their first four games without in– cident, the Barons were upended by East Rochester, 50-49, on the home court. Again regaining their winning ways, Brighton encountered seven teams, suc– cessfully defeating them all, until East Rochester a– gain provided a thorn in the side of the Barons with a 57-50 victory over the Witzelmen. Completing the season with wins over Webster, Irond equoi t, Brockport, and Monroe, the Brighton basketmen landed runner– up to East Rochester. Jim Crawford, all-county selection, making use of his 6'7" frame, led all Brightonscorerswith 93 field goals and 54 foul shots in scoring 240 points. Jim placed third in county scoring competition behind Larry Wiese and Bob Albrecht. Rudy Nessel and Alan TOP ROW: L. TOR.: Feinglass, Jacobstein, DeBraal, Nolte, Rawcliffe, Milliman, WiL– son, Belknap, Miller, Hart, Coach Miner. SECOND ROW: Liebschutz, Powell, Kingston, Halaby, Flannagan, Grimes, Kitzman, Sha– piro, Ashton, Allen. FIRST ROW: Muhly, Hughes, Lambrix, Di– Pasquale, Stahl, Burdick. THE BRIGHTON JUNIOR BARONS under the new guidance of Coach Hugh Miner compiled a 15 won, 2 lost record. The Blue and White had their fabulous 40 g_ame win streak broken, in their opening game against Canandai~ua. This loss coupled with an early season loss to Fa1rport gave the Minermen their only two set– backs. HoweverJ later in theseason the juniorvarsity's playi n~ improve and they pi ned defeats on Canandaigua and Fa1rport, in addition to the remaining competition. The starting five consisted of Alan DeBraal, who was a constant playmaker and scoring threat •...• John Hershey contributed 143 and 190 points respectively, and each garnered second team a 11-county berths. With Bernie Heumann contributing 179 points and the much needed height in the forecourt position and Sandy Gradinger, a constant threat in the backcourt, the Barons were in contention for the better part of the season. Seniors Ross Ziegler, John Tholstrup, and Tom Liebschutz along with juniors Dennis Kitzman, Irving Heyman, George Allendorf, Sanford Heumann and Bill Scheer provided the necessary bench strength. These juniors along with several of the junior varsity players wi II provide the nucleus for next year's team. Mr. Witzel will be faced with the momentous task of rebuilding these players into a County contending squad. Milliman, the squad's big man ..... Ron Nolte, an ex– cellant rebounder ..... and Dave Kingston, Bob Pow– ell, Craig Ashton, and Sam Halaby supplied the back– court power and know-how. Tom Flanagan, a junior, played an important role as a top rate suostitute. Giv– m~ the squad adequate bench strength were Jim Raw– cllffe, Alan Belknap, Fred Hughes, Bill Burdick, Joe Wilson, Don Allen, and Bill Jackman. Freshmengain– ing experience were Roger Kitzman, PerrY. Jacobstein, Gary Miller, Don DiPasquale, Paul Muerly, Lou Nei– sner, Brad Shapiro and Pau I Grimes. John Tholstrup Rudy N...:ssel George Allendorf Bernard Heumann Ross Ziegler AIan Hershey ]tm Crawford