Chenango Valley High School 1961 Yearbook (Chenango Bridge, NY) - Full Access

Basketball Chenango Valley's 1961 Varsity Basketball team lunged into the season like a lion, exactly the opposite from last year's team. In their first game the Warriors hit hard and beat Greene's Trojans by a wide margin. The following game was against their traditional rival, Owego, and they came through with on important victory. The Warriors next made trips to Johnson City and Central and in each case extended their winning streak. The fifth victim was Union Endicott's highly rated team. Against undefeated Vestal, the team ron into shooting difficulties and fell in a hard fought battle. The Warriors rebounded to win the Sidney Christmas Tournament by defeating Cooperstown and host, Sidney. This was the second year in a row that Chenango Valley hod won this tourna– ment. Dick Reece, the Warriors' Co-Captain, set a tournament record by scoring 31 points against Cooperstown and was named most valuable player of the tournament. C. V. next swept over Norwich. The team ran into difficulties in the next three games, At Owego, the game went into "sudden death" overtime before the Warriors succumbed. The next loss was to Binghamton North and then for the second time this year, Vestal defeated C.V. The team bounded back, however, to de– feat Homer and a graduation-weakened North team. J.C., the hottest team in the Southern Tier at the end of the season, got the best of the Warriors in their next game. In the Sidney game, Dick Reece, one of the highest scorers in the Triple Cities, set a new school record by scoring 32 points. The Warriors soundly defeated U.E. and held them to 37 points. This has been a good year for our Warrior Varsity Basketball team, coached by Arthur Sharpsteen. Good job, boys! cv 84 Greene 39 65 Owego 41 63 Johnson City 58 ED KRAJCA 64 Central 56 50 Union Endicott 42 52 Vestal 51 69 Cooperstown 54 63 Sidney 43 71 Norwich 54 41 Owego 44 51 North 56 50 Vestol 70 63 Homer 37 DALE CAUGHEY 53 North 40 50 Johnson City 56 69 Sidney 48 53 Union Endicott 37 50 Oneonta 60 JIM HITT GARY HITCHCOCK GARY CAMPBELL DICK REESE 79