Wayne Central Basketball History

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Wayne Central Basketball History – Boys 1974

Team

Wayne Central Basketball History 1974

Chris Collins
Jim Kelly
Jeff Loucks (missing in photo)
Clete Manning
Mike Hecht (missing in photo)
Kevin Schultz
Neal Smith
Bob Hetu
Dave Buck
Tod Wernert
Tom Crowley
Jerome Stephens
Gary Hyman

Coach:

Chuck Imhoff

Wayne Central Basketball History 1974

Kneeling L to R: Bob Hetu, Chris Collins, Jerome Stephens, Dave Buck, Mike Hecht

Standing: Gary Hyman, Jeff Loucks, Neal Smith, Matt Brown, Clete Manning, Jim Kelly, Kevin Schultz

Missing: Tod Wernert, Tom Crowley. Matt Brown up from JV for sectionals.

Thanks to Bernie Porray for photo.

Results

Won 75 – 59 Waterloo
Lost 56 – 54 Sodus
Won 77 – 62 Marion
Won 78 – 59 Williamson
Won 67 – 64 OT Lyons
Won 75 – 59 Waterloo
Won 79 – 64 Pal-Mac
Won 86 – 64 NR-W
Won 82 – 69 Clyde-Savannah
Won 60 – 45 Red Creek
Won 67 – 57 Sodus
Won 100 – 47 Marion
Won 72 – 58 Williamson
Won 69 – 64 2OT Lyons
Won 72 – 52 Pal-Mac
Won 70 – 50 NR-W
Won 74 – 68 Red Creek
Won 86 – 66 Clyde-Savannah
Lost 55 – 45 Waterloo

17 – 1 Regular Season Overall
17 – 2 Including sectionals
15 – 1 League (Wayne County)
Ranked 6th in state (small sch.)
Broke Sodus 33 game win streak
Chris Collins made D&C All Greater Rochester 1st Team (Only Wayne player ever until 2018, 2021)

Lost sectionals 1st round
Wayne County Co-Champs
16 Game win streak

Final Standings:	W – L
Wayne	15 – 1
Sodus	15 – 1

Scoring

Game #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Tot	ave.
Jim Kelly	7	8	11	6	17	14	17	11	12	10	0	25	17	18	12	12	4	8	7	216	11.4
Bob Hetu	4	8	20	13	4	4	15	8	10	4	7	12	11	5	1	6	15	?	6	153*	8.5
Clete Manning	9	12	15	12	8	16	16	23	5	12	11	12	12	4	16	12	18	11	9	233	12.3
Chris Collins	13	18	21	19	14	14	6	12	29	18	14	15	11	20	22	12	19	38	14	329	17.3
Jerome Stephens	24	8	2	14	2	18	14	14	12	8	17	8	9	12	11	9	10	?	8	200*	11.1
Jeff Loucks	14	0	4	6	11	5	4	9	10	6	8	10	6	7	4	14	8	12	8	146	7.7
Tom Crowley	4	0	0	1		0	2	1	2			2									1.3
Neil Smith			2	2			0	0				1			0						0.8
Tod Wernert			0	0				0				0			0		2				0.3
Gary Hyman			2	4		0	4	2	0			4			0		4				2.2
Mike Hecht				0				2				0		4							0.7
Dave Buck				1								3									2.0
KevinSchultz					1	4	1	4	2	2	0	8	6	2	6	5	8		1		3.6

* Incomplete information.

More stats:

Jim Kelly – Led team with 219 rebounds, led team 73 assists, FG %, 77 of 180 43%, FT 60 of 100, 60%.

Photos/Articles

Unless noted, photos courtesy of Scott Stead

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Wayne vs Lyons 1974 – Jim Kelly

Wayne vs Lyons 1974 – Jim Kelly