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Holland Scbriever, a 5*10 senior will fill the other guard spot. Schriever led the B team in assists last season while scoring 12 points per game. Paul Perkins, a 6-0 senior who led the Go-Go team last season in the scoring department with 14 points per game will fill the forward spot on this season’s varsity.Hie center position will be claimed by .lay Bonett, a springy 6-2 junior who led the B team in rebounding last season with 12 pull-downs per game. John Murray, a 5-10 senior, and Bob Kissel, a 6-0 junior, will round out this season’s McAuley varsity. All of this season’s varsity players except Canton played “B” team ball last season.Wyatt’s Warriors open their 1965-66 season Friday night as they travel to Bronaugh for a non-conference game.McAULEY WON THE LITTLE EIGHT CONFERENCE championship last season. Coach Wyatt forecasts a stiff battle for loop honors this season from the Diamond and Southwest City squads. Other Little Eight conference teams includeGoodman and Alba.McAuley’s B team roster this season will be sparked by a pair of brother acts. The “B roster looks like this: Gary Warden, a 5-11 freshman, and his brother Steve Warden, a 5-11 sophomore; Charlie Johnson, a 6-2 freshman, and his brother Chris Johnson, a 6-2 sophomore; Arthur Staed, a 5-10 junior; Jess Link, a 6-0 junior; Dave Kunze. a 5-10 junior and SteveRodrique, a 5-9 junior.McAuley will open the home seaBon November 12 as they host Triway, a new addition to the regular season schedule for the Warriors Other schedule newcomers this season include St. Mary’s of Pittsburg and Carthage.The question facing Wyatt this season is this; Have his GO-Goers from last year matured enough in the last year to make a victorious transition from a “B” to an “A” brand ofbasketball?
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Wed, Nov 03, 1965

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