wh school 1983

Boys’ Varsity
Basketball
How can one describe the state champion basketball
team? How about Terrific!, Fantastic! and Awesome! to
name just a few adjectives. This year’s team has set
school records left and right. Led by co-captains Greg
Boff and Brian Flynn they achieved a new school record
of 21-3, and they were able to win 13 of those games in a
row while holding their opponents to an average of 43
points per game. In addition they emerged as the champions
of the Dwight Englewood Tournament. But one of
the most amazing feats was their victories over
Rutgers Prep and Pennington in the States, although
they had lost to them previously during the regular
season. "This team was really a team, all of the members
worked together to make all of their wins a combined
effort.” stated Coach Ray Kovonuk, who coached
his 200th win at Wardlaw-Hartridge this year, against
Morrison-Beard. Therefore, instead of citing one most
valuable player of the year, Coach Kovonuk awarded
the MVP to the whole varsity team, comprised of Greg
Boff, Brian Flynn, David Hall, David Lombardi, Irving
Greene, Brian Culp, Tom Voder, Rob Darden, Sean
McMullen, Brad Buzzi, Mark Oberschewen, and David
Joy. With this gesture he emphasized how valuable
teamwork and coherence were in shaping one of Wardlaw-Hartridge’s
best basketball teams ever.
LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: S. McMullen, B. Flynn, D. Hall, T, Yoder, D.
Lombardi, Coach R. Kovonuk. SECOND ROW: D. Joy, R, Darden, B, Buzzi, I.
Greene, G. Boff, Coach Wuest. BACK ROW: J. Bross, K. Cook, B, Culp, M.
Oberschewen, J. Callan, V, Geisler, S, Salamone.
Schedule
RAMS
OPPONENT
35 Admiral Farragut 41
73 Montclair-Kimberley 40
57 Dwight-Englewood 44
69 Peddie 42
58 Solomon Schechter 24
46 Hun 61
58 Princeton Day School 46
75 Saddle River 55
53 Pingry 40
51 Pennington 66
53 Rutgers Prep 57
62 Neumann Prep 45
48 Princeton Day School 41
77 Ranney Prep 22
61 Pingry 52
66 Montclair-Kimberly 40
80 Staten Island 66
47 Morristown-Beard 26
52 Newark Academy 18
71 Gill/St. Bernard’s 39
72 Admiral Farragut 46
43 Newark Academy (First round of States) 24
62 Rutgers Prep (Semi-Finals Of States) 56
45 Pennington (Finals State Tournament) 43
1935-1936
194