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• The players and coaches of the 1987 La Salle Basketball Team had a tough challenge. They had 10 maintain their excellence on the court despite the loss of five key seniors and the head coach
from last year's team thaI went to the playoffs. They met part of this challenge by hiring Marty Jackson as head coach. He was the head coach of lasl year's
highly successful freshman team. The loss of last year's seniors left the team without a true superstar. They made up
Cetting psyched
for it by playing more as a team and working harder.
Coach Jackson counted on his captains, Malcolm Macklin and Dan Durkin, to lead this young team as well as his
other seniors. The other seniors were Dave Smith, Brendan Coghlan, Kevin Iaquinto, and Brendan McGowan. The team also needed production from the younger members of the team. They were juniors Bob Betchyk, Tom lee, Gene Schall, Tim Gaddy, and Terry Burke. The other contributing members of this team were sophomores Jack Stanczak, Mark Fitzgerald, and Brian Reilly. This was a year in the Catholic league North where there was no powerhouse. The league was very well balanced and practically all the teams had a legitimate shot at the playoffs. la Salle started the season on the right track by coming in second in the Archbishop Carroll Tournament. They continued on this track by beating tough Father Judge. The victory put la Salle in an early season tie for first place in the Catholic league orthern Division. The team hopes that the new coach's intense practices and their emphasis on teamwork can enable them (0 continue the excellence in basketball.
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