Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM First Row: R. Anson, J. Grotberg, D. Jones, R. Nichols, S. Mason, R. Carten Second Row: Coach Dar- gert, C. Bergmann, R. Ostrom, A. Ruegg, G. Browne, D. Tilley, B. Wheeler. Vikings Retain High Standing By winning 15 games and losing only 5, the basketbaU team of 1967 continued the success which has come to be ~ trademark of all Viking ba ketbaU teams. Working with a young team, Coach Bill Dargert molded the diverse talents of the quad into a ingle playing unit. The cool and level– headed play of guards Jim Grotberrr and Scott Ma on com– bined with the rebounding strength of Arnie Reugg, the incomparable hooting of Gary Browne, and the great aU– around kill of Doug Tilley to make the Whitman team the twelfth best in the metropolitan area. Backing up the fine tarting five were center Bob Ostrom, guards Rick Carten and Dick Anson, and forward Carl Bergmann. The team began the ea on slowly by barely edging Blair 60-58 in overtime and downing stubborn Einstein 56-53. Doug Tilley led the Vikings in the Blair game scoring ll of his 22 points in the ]a t quarter and in overtime. Pooles– ville, a urpri e team, hocked Whitman, winning 88-67. The stunning loss, though, seemed to arouse the team as Whitman stormed back to reel off five straight victories. Helped by Gary Browne's 30 point , the Vikings flogged B-CC, 84-62. Coach Dargert cleared the bench as Whitman walloped Churchill 84-38. Whitman pulled away from Peary as they defeated the Hu kies 79-70. Southpaw Gary Browne poured in a record 35 points in that game. Walter John on was next to fall before the relentless Viking rush, 56-50. With five men in double figures and every man on the team scor– ing, Whitman crushed Gaithersburg, 95-62. The Whitman express was finaUy halted by archrival Richard Montgomery, 68-66. Behind 66-65 with 12 seconds remaining, Willie Allen of the Rockets scored a three-point play to hand the Vikings their fir t loss in the AA league. Whitman, feeling the effects of the close Montgomery game of the night before, was upset by Wheaton 80-60. Aided by Doug Tilley's 21 points and 16 rebounds, Whitman got back on the winning track by trouncing Einstein 83-73. Leading by 9 points going into the fourth quarter, five Viking players fouled out as Sur· rattsville downed Whitman in overtime, 80-76. The Vikings rebounded against B-CC by handing the Barons an 83-58 thrashing. Gary Browne and Doug TiUey combined for 54 points to lead Whitman to a decisive 95-71 victory over ChurchilL The maturing Vikings rolled on by jolting a good Springbrook team 67-65. Grotberg and Tilley together scored 42 points to go with Browne's record 43 and led to a new team high in defeating Gaithersburg 99-77. With the help of Arnie Ruegg's five foul 'Shots in the last quarter and Scott Mason's fine defensive play, Whitman nipped a scrappy WJ team 43-39. Whitman's faint hopes of winning the County title were finally dashed 95-83 by the impressive Richard Montgomery team. Playing brilliantly, the Vikings led 46-44 at halftime. But a four-minute lapse in the third quarter proved to be their downfall. All five starters scored in double figures with Scott Mason, Jim Grotherg, and Gary Browne being particularly outstanding. In the last game of the year Whitman defeated Northwood 86-71 to close an excellent eason. Individual honors went to Junior sharpshooter Gary Browne and Senior Doug Tilley who were chosen for the selective AU-Metropolitan and All-Montgomery County teams.